NBD - I'll just leave these here

[Happy Jack]

  On 22/09/2018 at 06:42, SpondonBassed said:

What drew you to it Jack?

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Basschat of course!

[Happy Jack]

Incidentally, the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that my bass has a mis-matched body and neck ... the scratchplate is sparkly red and the headstock is sparkly orange.

[wateroftyne]

  On 22/09/2018 at 05:44, Newfoundfreedom said:

Plenty of demo videos on YouTube.

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I didn't know Jacob Rees-Mogg had it in him. You learn something new every day.

[Happy Jack]

Very old-school thumb work.

[Hellzero]

Now you can play a cover of this with this Tonika :

 

 

[Happy Jack]

That reminds me of the days when you could go to a disco and see people playing air keyboards ...

[lowdown]

They guy playing the Bass in the video - He also has a video showing you how to put together a contraption for recording what goes on in the neighbours bedroom.... 

 

I think the Bass looks great hanging on the wall...👍

 

Edited September 22, 2018 by lowdown

[Hellzero]

Was the Geiger counter delivered with ? 

[SpondonBassed]

  On 22/09/2018 at 07:09, Happy Jack said:

Basschat of course!

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Ha!

Let me rephrase that; what is it about the bass in the OP that you like?

[Happy Jack]

It's just such an outrageous thing to look at.

The blank, white wall above my TV is a rotating art installation. Up until now the rotation has been:

Now they have a new friend!

[SpondonBassed]

  On 22/09/2018 at 08:59, Happy Jack said:

Now they have a new friend!

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In that context, I can understand.

PS;  Does the Futurama come with a "shiny metal   a s s"?

Edited September 22, 2018 by SpondonBassed

[Hellzero]

  On 22/09/2018 at 08:59, Happy Jack said:

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I had the same in red, even more sci-fi looking than the black one, with the silver plastic bag. It used to be my office bass.

[Happy Jack]

  On 22/09/2018 at 09:32, Hellzero said:

I had the same in red, even more sci-fi looking than the black one, with the silver plastic bag. It used to be my office bass.

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Yup, me too. I sold it because it looked cool but sounded crap.

Then I bought this black one and I sourced a Dark Star pickup.

Now it looks cool and sounds absolutely righteous. 

[Hellzero]

Indeed a Dark Star pickup is mandatory. 😉

[discreet]

  On 22/09/2018 at 10:00, Happy Jack said:

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This one, I like. The one in the OP, not so much as a playing bass. But I can see why you'd want to buy it and stick it on the wall - I used to collect tin toy Japanese robots from the 50s - 70s, so can sympathise totally...

[TrevorR]

Yes, Tonika, or more strictly TOHNKA according to the neck plate on this one...

 

 

 

https://reverb.com/uk/brand/tonika

http://cheesyguitars.com/tonika_bass.html

 

[SpondonBassed]

  On 22/09/2018 at 11:14, TrevorR said:

http://cheesyguitars.com/tonika_bass.html

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Hahahahaha!  "Cheesy Guitars"  Chortle nyuk!  Nyuk!  Nyuk!

[Bassman Sam]

  On 22/09/2018 at 08:59, Happy Jack said:

It's just such an outrageous thing to look at.

The blank, white wall above my TV is a rotating art installation. Up until now the rotation has been:

Now they have a new friend!

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I want one of those, the Rail I mean.

Edited September 22, 2018 by Bassman Sam

[stewblack]

  On 21/09/2018 at 19:24, Happy Jack said:

 

 

 

 

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Oh my it's arrived. I can't believe you actually did it and it actually arrived. It's a work of art.

[Hellzero]

Here a black with red stripes one with that Cosmos 1999 bag :

And the red one :

[musicbassman]

I think this just fits the look perfectly:

 

[PatrickJ]

  On 22/09/2018 at 08:59, Happy Jack said:

It's just such an outrageous thing to look at.

The blank, white wall above my TV is a rotating art installation. Up until now the rotation has been:

Now they have a new friend!

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I love the blue Futurama!

[Happy Jack]

Me too ... I don't know exactly why, but it's just a lovely thing to look at.

[PatrickJ]

I've never seen one before - what's it like to play, does it sound any good?

[BassTractor]

  On 23/09/2018 at 17:11, PJ-Bassist said:

what's it like to play, does it sound any good?

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