JJW Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=111584595425&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The headstock is a bit ropey, but overall its a really nice looking bass! Not one for my budget though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Can't be 100% sure but this looks like cheapish donor bass with lots of intricate carving & marquetry work. Wonder what it started life as? Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Bizarre - Some pretty beautiful woodworking, judging by the photos. Only thing is, when it came to fit the bass hardware it didn't go quite so well. Countersunk wood screws to mount the pickup is just lazy, the pickup and bridge are, I suspect, mounted at an angle - or at the very least the uncarved wood is not shaped to the bridge or pickup outlines in a way you'd expect at this price point. Looking at the things the seller has on ebay - it's a pretty varied catalogue - carved guitar stands, acoustic instruments, electric instruments... All with some pretty heavy embellishment: Another bass: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLUEBERRY-NEW-HAND-MADE-AND-CARVED-ELECTRIC-BASS-LANGCASTER-PICKUPS-/121494192734?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c499e425e"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLUEBERRY-NEW-HAND-MADE-AND-CARVED-ELECTRIC-BASS-LANGCASTER-PICKUPS-/121494192734?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c499e425e[/url] It looks like a relatively ordinary bass, heavily modified as Bassassin noted on the floral bass in post #1. The necks may or may not be original to the bodies, and who knows about the hardware. Judging by the similar neck construction on both basses I'd imagine they share donors. The body wood could indicate they started life as pretty similar basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Rotten Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Looks very Autumnal but that flower on the end of the headstock is begging to be knocked off at a gig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 And the carve-up continues - from another seller, this looks remarkably like a BC Rich cheapo that's been assaulted with a Dremel: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Halo-Custom-Guitars-GVK-Hand-Carved-4-String-Bass-EMG-35DC-Fixed-Bridge/271841183277"]http://www.ebay.co.u...ge/271841183277[/url] J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I don't like it, too fiddly; but I guess it's better than "relicing"... apart from anything else it does seem to show some actual skill and ambition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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