Hutchins singlecut fiver - a rare beast, they made four.

[alyctes]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hutchins-Calypso-single-cut-5-string-bass-guitar/223137935870?hash=item33f40eb1fe:g:PtEAAOSwLxpblUIr

Lucky for me, it's not fretless

 

[dyerseve]

Lucky for me it's a bit of a minger 😆

[TheGreek]

On my doorstep....I hate you guys...

[Happy Jack]

Not sure I understand the attraction. Are these particularly sought after? If so, why?

[alyctes]

No idea.  I ran across it, I was interested by it, wondered whether some other BCer might be.

[binky_bass]

If you strategically put your thumb over the top of the 'single cut' and close one eye accordingly to blot out the shame of that section of the body shape it's actually a very reasonable design, assuming you can trick your mind into believing it's a true single cut and that it isn't some kind of shameful status streamliner wannabe. Copious amounts of acid helps with this process. (Disclaimer: visions of Satan crawling up your leg with a knife between his teeth are a natural by product of acid taking.)

[binky_bass]

I don't really understand photoshopping, but this is how I feel this bass should look... (ish)

[dyerseve]

45 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

If you strategically put your thumb over the top of the 'single cut' and close one eye accordingly to blot out the shame of that section of the body shape it's actually a very reasonable design, assuming you can trick your mind into believing it's a true single cut and that it isn't some kind of shameful status streamliner wannabe. Copious amounts of acid helps with this process. (Disclaimer: visions of Satan crawling up your leg with a knife between his teeth are a natural by product of acid taking.)

Yeah it had potential but is poorly executed. The heel of the neck is near the 12th fret FFS so good luck finding anything comfortable to play above that position. 

[binky_bass]

It could work if the heel was profiled down to a smooth transition that scalloped inward from the 24th fret to the upper bout of the cutaway in my poorly photoshopped pic. But as a single cut without the single cut it certainly lacks actually playability!

[TheGreek]

It didn't sell...

[CameronJ]

On 14/09/2018 at 23:22, dyerseve said:

Yeah it had potential but is poorly executed. The heel of the neck is near the 12th fret FFS so good luck finding anything comfortable to play above that position. 

Oh god, that heel is atrocious.

[dyerseve]

17 minutes ago, CameronJ said:

Oh god, that heel is atrocious.

You could almost say it was this basses Achilles'....

 

 

 

 

 

Assuming you could find a brown paper bag to cover up the rest of the bass...

[TheGreek]

It's back

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hutchins-Calypso-5-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar-With-Hard-Case-Hardcase-Rare/253955875536?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D52945%26meid%3Dc9dd83edf7b84c5fa92905aceb7ef2d8%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D292794974049%26itm%3D253955875536&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

[edstraker123]

My offer of £100 was rejected - i thought it was fair given the potential difficulty in selling it on if it was unplayable and  the hideous colour and weird shape .

I'm glad it was this morning !

 

 

 

[fleabag]

£200 apparently

[lemmywinks]

On 31/10/2018 at 21:43, TheGreek said:

It's back

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hutchins-Calypso-5-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar-With-Hard-Case-Hardcase-Rare/253955875536?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D52945%26meid%3Dc9dd83edf7b84c5fa92905aceb7ef2d8%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D292794974049%26itm%3D253955875536&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

That's a different bass, aside from the darker colour (could be put down to lighting/filters) the grain on the back is different:

Can't be that good if half of them are up for sale at the same time! Ugly as sin anyway, also what's with the bridge and pickups being lopsided on the maple laminate part? Looks really odd but both of them have it so it must be deliberate. Treble side is touching the body wings, bass side you can see maple:

[BreadBin]

My BC Rich has a similar offset problem - it's because the (tapered) fingerboard has been fitted with the top edge parallel to the wing edge, the centre line should be parallel instead. 

Edit - looking again I don't think this is the case.

Edited November 3, 2018 by BreadBin
Update

[Bassassin]

That really is quite spectacularly foul.

[Bridgehouse]

[lemmywinks]

Also what's with the centre block / lower wing join veering away near the lower horn on the darker bass? Looks really strange and isn't on the other one.

[binky_bass]

If you zoom in you can see it's a wedge of maple... clearly the guy knows how to build a bass. 🤔

[Bassassin]

Looks like it's the stain. I'd assume the body wings were coloured after they were joined to the neck, & that's a masking error.

Just makes it a tiny bit more vile.

[dyerseve]

And thankfully that's why only 4 were made, for the world had already suffered enough...

[AndyTravis]

They had one in forsyths in Manchester for about 3 years. 

I thought it was a joke they were playing.

looks like an ugly status streamliner got pregnant with triplets.

[edstraker123]

Here's one for £280 buy it now.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hutchins-Calypso-Style-5-String-Electric-Bass/323528477705?hash=item4b53cccc09:g:7QUAAOSwsz9b1vV5

 

The seller is moving overseas - maybe to get away from it !

Edited November 4, 2018 by edstraker123
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