Who’s Got Twins?

[wizard65]

These all fit the bill as laid out in the original post and clearly must have some stories behind them; I hope you’ll share the stories as well!

A large retailer earlier this year had a few pre special Stingrays running out at rediculus prices, so I got a bit carried away and bought 2 of them.

 

[BBQV]

These all fit the bill as laid out in the original post and clearly must have some stories behind them; I hope you’ll share the stories as well!

I’ve been a P-bass guy since I started playing. Fat necks and passive, one pickup basses is basically the only thing I’ve played in blues/rock cover bands.
Despite that, I’m a long time John Taylor fan, Duran Duran being a big part of the soundtrack of my youth.
Recently I joined a band where I felt I needed a different sound and I really like the padauk red Arias. An SB-1000 showed up close to home so I bought it. As soon as I got my hands on it I fell in love and started looking for a two pickup sibling. The SB-900 needed a new pickup, but I got it at a good price.
Playing both side by side, I realized they are two completely different animals, pickup placement really plays a big part sound wise.

 

[Ric5]

fenderbirds

 

[Ric5]

who let the dogs out

 

[cataract]

Kinda?

 

[Pauly 4001]

If an altered 4001 shares parents with a stock 4003 then I submit these babies:

 

[stingray69]

I only bought one intentionally but it had a preamp issue upon arrival.

Harley Benton was awesome enough to send me a replacement and told me I could keep the original one too. I managed to correct the preamp issue on the 1st one and now I have a pair of awesome identical twin basses!

 

[Border]

Here is my pair of Thunderbirds, posing with their distant, four wheeled cousin. The 5 string is an absolute tone monster, and the four is about the smoothest playing bass imaginable. The Firebird, on the other hand, is simply too much fun to drive. Have a great afternoon everyone, stay well.

 

[Skullheadrac]

loving this thread

 

[cataract]

An Oldie but a Goodie

 

[Frankie Fender]

I call them Yin and Yan.

 

[JoshS]

fenderbirds
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I'm not much of a Thunderbird guy, but this one is really sharp.

 

[Baa]

I got twins times three.
They were only made 1979-82, so i have bought enough to last me my lifetime

 

[eldorado2001]

 

[hieronymous]

I've got Jetglo twins:

And also Siamese twins:

 

[Ric5]

I'm not much of a Thunderbird guy, but this one is really sharp.

I really liked that one, and then I had a stupid moment and sold it. The new owner put the neck on a jazz bass and painted the body and added a different neck.

that bass had a unique grunt to it.

I have ordered parts to do another 5 string fenderbird ... it will be done in 2021

 

[SLPimp]

I have a 30" and I'm building a 34", so i have twins like Arnold and Danny.

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Well … what did you think I was talking about?

A primary and a backup, a fretted and a fretless, a four and a five, one with flats and one with rounds, or two just about the same just because you feel like it: if you’ve got twin basses, I want to see them and I doubt I’m the only one.

(If you can’t imagine why someone would want two of the same thing, you may have more fun in the “get off my lawn” thread; please say hello for the rest of us.)

(If you have the same bass in different colors, or different models in the same color, awesome! … but that’s something else. You should join or start that thread!)

If you have twins (as defined below), photographs, and a story, please share yours below.

I’m not going to hand out club numbers or police the thread, but I will suggest some parameters to differentiate this from existing twin-ish threads:

•twins here should look as much alike as possible—this is the point
•at a minimum, same finish, fingerboard material, hardware color, body style; ideally same headstock, pickup configuration, and electronics
•allowances necessarily made for different string count, different types of strings, presence or absence of frets, different levels of wear

If you have something close, but not quite, I suggest contributing to one of the handful of twin-ish threads that hasn’t totally died down yet. Again, the idea here is to see nearly identical instruments and the stories behind them.

Examples:

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I like to have matching four- and five-strings. I got the five first in summer 2019, trying to sonically match a very different looking four; but I fell in love with the ‘70s Precision aesthetic, and immediately had to have a visual match in a four. Both then got the orange edges on the pickguards, just to make them mine.

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Same idea with these ATKs, but this pairing played out over a much longer time frame. I got the five new as a teenager in the mid-‘90s. It got sticker bombed, beat on, and neglected; the pickguard was irredeemable, so I just did without. But as the search for a P5 dragged on, I remembered how much I loved this bass. I got a period-correct four to match in April 2019, but I needed to do something about the mismatch of pickguards. For $2.66 and a sore palm, I got these sheet metal screws in, and again, now they’re mine. Maybe I can sell the pickguard for a tiny profit

There are my perfect pairs. Let’s see yours!

 

[tgriley62]

I consider these two twins. Same body color & same slim neck width

 

[Tom Gallo]

I have fraternal twins:

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At one time I had twin blue boy 4004L basses. One serial number apart. I wish I still had one of them.

 

[megarat]

Here are my (fraternal) twins: their serial numbers are only six apart, and their only differences are the topwood and their finish (natural vs. see-through black). The one on the left has been defretted, and both have been Alembicized.