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Wishnevsky!!!!!!

#121
HAHAHAHAHAAA.............you guys!!

I have to say the wishnevsky thingy, kinda looks cool from behind..............thats about the best compliment i can give..............marks for effort perhaps!!



I think it's good to have luithers who will experiment with design..................but hey that thing's so UGLY blah blah blah UgLy Blah blah blah uGLY....................well i guess beauty is in the eye of the...UGLy..........haha.








no offense :rolleyes:

Peace
 
#122
you know, for all of the attention that the poor misunderstood man gets on these boards, you'd think that somewhere, someday, somebody would either purchase one and post a review, or at least make a trip to the dude's shop and give his stuff a shot. anybody up for a road trip to nc? anybody live near him in nc? i think it would be worth it....

that said, check his website. if his guitar building influences his bass building, there might be something there. some of his actual geetars are beautiful.
 
#123
Originally posted by The Mock Turtle Regulator
"The sound is big and growly, with the first pair in unison, and the rest in octaves."


-meaning two identical G's ?
er, why?

the headstock design looks interesting, with tuners either side- a nightmare to restring, I suspect, though.
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that "bass" would be a nightmare to do anything with.

i'm curious, has he ever done a fretted instrument? i don't remember seeing one ever. i wonder how his creative outlook on luthiery would translate to fret placement. i mean, it's obvious that there's no musician/music-related design criteria that get considered when he builds his monstrosities - maybe he would just slap the frets on there in a star pattern. :rolleyes:
 
#124
Originally posted by Planet Boulder


Woodworking first, quality bass-building a distant second.
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woodworking first? surely you jest. man, i've seen better wood working in jr. high school woodshop ;). maybe wishnevsky has a mental or physical handicap? maybe building these uh..."instruments" is a form of therapy?

if i was an arrogant man (ok, more arrogant than i am :D ) i'd have to say his #1 priority is giving me nightmares/heartburn
 
#127
While I initially started this post as fun, (I don't exactly remember the design of this bass, but I was definitely struck by the fact that all of the tuning machines sported only two of the four screws allowed...), I do admire his pluck and determintation. Even his website is unique... What's with the ultra-small window to navigate??

His designs are unique, he makes no apologies for them, and folks buy them... What more could you want??

-robert
 
#129
I just recently found out that he is a friend (or aquaintence) of my dad's so the next time I go and visit my dad he said he'll take me to meet Wish and see his shop. I plan to mention talkbass to him to see if he knows of it (which I bet he does as supposedly he is internet savvy) and to maybe get him to post here.

I actually like some (not all) of his designs, and besides that, they are fairly cheap (usually around $200). I wouldn't have one as a primary bass, but as something fun to have around it could be cool. He seems to sell all of his basses that list on ebay and it seems from his website that he can do custom work as well.

-KB
 
#131
The site says he spent two years at Ovation. I have an 83 Custom Balladeer :eek:

Seriously now some stuff as JT asks for Wishy type posts here...

The site says that he'll make a fretted bass for $50 extra. You can choose your woods from a range of options and if you send him a bridge and/or pup he will fit them. A custom order bass for £300-$400? The Sam bodyshape aint bad and rear mounted control panel is an option.
 
#137
Originally posted by john turner
that is an improvement, but it still looks to be lacking accurate cuts and measurements, like it was cut by hand. the strings don't even look to be the same distance from one another.
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And apparently still no truss rod, either. Here is a quote from the auction: 'There is also a center strip of locust wood for maximum stiffness, and to eliminate the problems associated with neck rods.'
 
#138
Originally posted by embellisher


And apparently still no truss rod, either. Here is a quote from the auction: 'There is also a center strip of locust wood for maximum stiffness, and to eliminate the problems associated with neck rods.'
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:rolleyes: and what problems are those? straight necks?


see, this crap is why i personally get pissed off. this wingnut is not only marketing his crap as a viable instrument, but actually an _improvement_ over other instruments.

reminds me of this jerkoff i used to know who worked in a music store back in the mid 80's. i was there checking things out when this kid came in and was wanting to buy his first bass. the salesman/jerkoff directed him and his parents to a lotus he had on the wall - a used piece of crap with action that was a good 1/2" off the board, at least. even the parents, as ignorant as they were about musical instruments, thought that was a bit high, but he says "well, actually it's good for a beginner to play on one that high to get his fingers strong". joke was on him, though. the parents went outside to talk about it, and i went out there and told him that the instrument was a piece of crap, and that he was charging too much for it anyway, even if it was in perfect shape. funny thing is, the jerkoff still works in music retail.

you know, the fact that these things looked hacked by a developmentally challeneged 12 year old with a.d.d. is one thing - you could call that art, and there will be a fan base for it (obviously, there's a few fans of that "art" here at tb). but when you want to sell something and you resort to lying about its functionality, then that's wrong.
 
#140
a truss rod is not just to adjust the action, it's also to help stabilize the neck. there's ~150-200 pounds of pressure on a tuned up bass neck. there's no telling how the necks will shift and move over time - that's just dead wood holding them together, and not very much of it either. i wouldn't want to see these instruments in a few years.

then again, i could go a long time without seeing them at all, to be honest.
 

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