Roger2611 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steampunk-Electric-Bass-Guitar/322862492084?hash=item4b2c1aa9b4:g:t1QAAOSwGPxZ~XNg I have no words to describe this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 (edited) Ow, my brain! To be honest, my first thought was, 'how can you play a bass with all that crap stuck to it?' Don't understand the Victorian retro-tech/science fiction steampunk thing. As the P Bass didn't appear until half-way through the 20th century, it unnecessarily subverts the timeline of technological advancement. To me it's just a style-choice/marketing ploy/bored office worker thing. I was right the first time, it's a P-bass with crap stuck to it. Edited November 4, 2017 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Maybe this is 20th century Bass taken back to the Victorian era by HG Wells, customised and brought back, so is totally authentic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1509795239' post='3401690'] Maybe this is 20th century Bass taken back to the Victorian era by HG Wells, customised and brought back, so is totally authentic... [/quote] Nah. 'The Time Machine' is full of anomalies. By going back in time Wells would have altered the future and we'd all be playing basses with graphite necks and lightweight alloy tuners, or something. Oh, wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Funnily enough, I have an oldish Telecaster copy that I'm setting up for slide, and I was considering going steampunk on that. Having seen the bass, I'm glad I didn't - I sprayed it sparkly metallic blue instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 I can't be the only one who's been hankering for a bass with an integrated barometer, can I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 20 pounds is the postage... and the weight too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 I don't mind the carry handle. But everything else... it's possible to do this sort of thing well, but that isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alembic1989 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 If only it was a fretless..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Buy it now: £875. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Buy it now for only £875......bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 [quote name='Osiris' timestamp='1509799236' post='3401724'] I can't be the only one who's been hankering for a bass with an integrated barometer, can I? [/quote] Only under pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Dunno if sticking some brass buttons & door knockers onto a bass makes it steampunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPHDS Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Coupled to the fact it is actually a leftie bass, flipped (hence the 'reversed' P pickup)......with a load of ironwork welded to the front in order to cover the control cavity. Also note the 'control canister' to avoid any routing......and 'ducting' from the controls to pickup for wiring.......! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timhiggins Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 It's sh*tty sh*tty bang bang ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) For some reason I have to keep coming back to look at it, but when I do it makes me feel ill. I just don't want this thing to exist, it's an offence against decency and good taste. Can we have a whip-round, buy it, then throw in into the sea? Preferably on fire? Please? Edited November 5, 2017 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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