when you wish you had a Wish instead

[NobodyImportant]

Designed and built by what seems to be a janitor and a 1st grader. Like some bizarre elementary scjool project. Mop bucket stand (and pickups) sold separately.

 

[Chickenwheels]

Imagine if THIS was the holy grail of basses….

It is.

 

[HardNHeavy]

i think i like this one...sort of. Maybe if they add the metal string ferrules behind bridge.



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[boombloom]

That is not a Wishbass. These are Wishbasses......

 

[tb-player]

if you follow Deke's exploits you're likely aware of his latest find up in Michigan, the owner will probably take $100 he couldn't get them to go less, only they know what they got.
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This should be posted as “made from The Tree” and listed for $100,000.

 

[PB-Padawan]

It has its magic... the only thing that hurts me is the tuners lol

 

[Element Zero]

 

[2112]

... the bridge brush is a great idea, you could pre-load it with soap to wash your hands before you play it

I'm gonna tend toward washing my hands after I play it. But that's just me... you do you!

 

[Carl Hillman]

if you follow Deke's exploits you're likely aware of his latest find up in Michigan, the owner will probably take $100 he couldn't get them to go less, only they know what they got.
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It looks like it fell out of Guernica. (Maybe that's why they're all screaming?)

 

[Smooth_bass88]

wishbass? more like Cringebass

 

[Deleted member 365158]

And it looks unfinished. Bet that gives a very pure and clean tone.

Im sure the brush gives it the clean tone.

 

[bigthemat]

I said I wanted a Wishbass, not a bass from Wish dot com

 

[BassToGoGo]

Props for the phallic shaped bridge...

 

[kevmac]

if you follow Deke's exploits you're likely aware of his latest find up in Michigan, the owner will probably take $100 he couldn't get them to go less, only they know what they got.
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Deke Dickerson
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I came upon this builder a while ago and the basses all look unfinished at best.The company is aptly named though,like I "Wish" these basses we're much better.With a lot of work you could probably make it decent but why not just go with a H.B. type to mod?The pictured bass by the OP is a joke right?

 

[LowActionHero]

Who made that bass?

NOT a Wishbass.

He WISHES it was a Wishbass...

 

[Bass V]

The pictured bass by the OP is a joke right?

truth is weirder than fiction, just turn on the news lol

 

[Sharko]

I bristled looking at it.

Nice

 

[Watchootognbout]

Maybe it's a Pat Metheny tribute bass.
With a brush for the bridge.

 

[two fingers]

if you follow Deke's exploits you're likely aware of his latest find up in Michigan, the owner will probably take $100 he couldn't get them to go less, only they know what they got.
Home ~ Wishbass ~ Custom Built Instruments ~ Hand Made
Deke Dickerson
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OK, everything about this bass looks horrible, is dumb, yada yada yada.

That said, there's actually a tiny bit of redneck rocket science in those tuners. Not every hick could have come up with that. I bet they actually work. If I were wanting to make a functional bass out of only things I can buy at Lowe's Home Improvement, that would be my tuner design.

 

[CletusMarley]

I think that neckjoint is spectacular.