Ugly, even for a Wishbass

[lemmywinks]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Fretless-4-String-Curly-Magnolia-MVB-Wishbass/143461840001?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20190212102350%26meid%3D37123b7329a24e67bd8430bf3d070a87%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D274117286686%26itm%3D143461840001%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Even with the import costs...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Fretless-4-String-Curly-Magnolia-MVB-Wishbass/143461840001?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20190212102350%26meid%3Da900ba359f7447c8bc2b7849d76b45d7%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D254446216243%26itm%3D143461840001%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985

[ped]

I think Customs & Excise have this on a prohibited items list 🚫 

[Newfoundfreedom]

It looks like it was conjured as opposed to built. 

[kodiakblair]

I don't know,think it looks OK. Wouldn't want to play it standing up though,that top horn is overkill 🙂

 

Going by the through body holes Steve was in a good mood. In the past,any time folks complained about those being squint he'd go crazy random on the next 3 builds 🤣

The move to new digs must have mellowed him out a bit 👍

[lemmywinks]

On 09/12/2019 at 15:34, kodiakblair said:

I don't know,think it looks OK. Wouldn't want to play it standing up though,that top horn is overkill 🙂

 

Going by the through body holes Steve was in a good mood. In the past,any time folks complained about those being squint he'd go crazy random on the next 3 builds 🤣

The move to new digs must have mellowed him out a bit 👍

 

That was one of the things I always found really jarring with his basses, how long would it have taken him to make a template or even just to measure them properly? I know you're meant to finish them yourself which is fine but having wonky holes makes getting a good looking bass near impossible no matter what you do to it.

 

I would add that I do like some Wishbasses and think the ethos behind them is sound (ie you and the fella both kinda make a bass in two separate stages) but this one? Bleurgh!

Edited December 10, 2019 by lemmywinks

[kodiakblair]

1 minute ago, lemmywinks said:

That was one of the things I always found really jarring with his basses, how long would it have taken him to make a template or even just to measure them properly?

Cranky old bugger does it on purpose 🤣 Folks upset him and it's back to "homespun yarn, drinking 'shine from jam jars while sittin at the table Gran Pappy made, hacking a bass from fire wood" 👍

Maybe not 100% true,few of his basses where in a Tokyo Modern Art exhibit, but fairly accurate. The ethos is hand made instruments that look hand made 😎

[Hellzero]

Isn't it a redundancy : Ugly Wishbass.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I wonder whether this is where Ned Steinberger might have got inspiration for the headstock on my CR5M upright?