franzbassist Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 (edited) My guess is a Zemaitis. Edited October 2, 2008 by walbassist Quote
Bassassin Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Yep - I'd say it's one of Tony Z's - the slanty pups & massive stop bar are common on his designs. Shame the bridge & headstock aren't visible to confirm it. Jon. Quote
franzbassist Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 [quote name='YouMa' post='298003' date='Oct 2 2008, 09:01 PM']No mate its ronnie lane[/quote] I know. I was asking about the bass, not the player. Quote
backwater Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Ronnie Lane is listed as a Zematis user on the Zematis Owners Club site : [url="http://www.zemaitisclub.com/zemaitis-players.htm"]Zematis Players[/url] Andy Quote
franzbassist Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 Definitely a Zemaitis. Good shot of the whole bass at 1.00 [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sUsI0KElyEQ&feature=related"]here[/url]. Quote
markytbass Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 (edited) There is a different pic over at Talkbass [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.evangeline.co.uk/images%255Cartist%255CRonnie%2520Lane%2520copy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D198449&h=309&w=250&sz=26&hl=en&start=6&usg=__oNg8DSUSqWEOz-na48tgfeFkbwM=&tbnid=YmsRDhOlqZ7IXM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dronnie%2Blane%2BZemaitis%2Bbass%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...v%3D2%26hl%3Den[/url] Edited October 2, 2008 by markytbass Quote
Faithless Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 Ah, he's my fellow-countryman I know, he's been living in UK for long. Visited his web some time ago. Some nice basses I remember. Quote
Bassassin Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 He lived/worked just a few miles away from me when I lived in Kent. Sadly I never met him, even though he built a guitar for a bandmate of mine back in the 80s. J. Quote
Faithless Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 [quote name='dlloyd' post='298460' date='Oct 3 2008, 01:34 PM']Tony Zemaitis? He died a few years back.[/quote] Ah, didn't know that... Sad. Quote
skankdelvar Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 ...and he built a 7/8 (?) scale biplane which he had in his back garden. Quote
6stringbassist Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 Why are the pickups slanted that way, it would make more sense to have them angled the other way, the E string towards the bridge rather than the G string. Quote
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