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7 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

Probably a very good reason for that.

You're right. A fabulous sounding bass that's also a work of art and, a feat of engineering is a very difficult thing to produce. Yet here we are.

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Had one of these until a 3 or 4 years ago. Traded it in for another notable (but more for provenance than looks) - John Giblin's Takamine TB-10 that he used for Kate Bush's 'Before The Dawn' shows

 

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On 10/12/2019 at 17:40, BigRedX said:

Probably these:

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Although having said that the fretless 4-string is currently for sale so may not be mine for much longer.

Absolutely the best looking basses I've ever seen here or anywhere else. I'd absolutely love a Gus bass and hopefully one day I'll own one.

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8 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Had one of these until a 3 or 4 years ago. Traded it in for another notable (but more for provenance than looks) - John Giblin's Takamine TB-10 that he used for Kate Bush's 'Before The Dawn' shows

 

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Same pickups, number of strings, frets... I have to ask, what's the point? Backup if a string breaks? Alternative to having a D-tuner or 5-string?

Posted (edited)
31 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Same pickups, number of strings, frets... I have to ask, what's the point? Backup if a string breaks? Alternative to having a D-tuner or 5-string?

4-string on the top, 8-string on the bottom. Admittedly blurry old-school camera photos don't help here

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2 minutes ago, toneknob said:

4-string on the top, 8-string on the bottom. Admittedly blurry old-school camera photos don't help here

LOL! The top one looks like it has 8 strings too... wonder why not 8 on top? I would play the 4-stringer more.

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Deserves being in the thread twice then 🙂

What happened to the purple bass that did the rounds for charity, it came to the Midlands Bass Bash one year.

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The one that comes to mind for me is Crazykiwi's old Alembic Series I with a graphite neck. A total dream instrument for me. 

Another notable one was the 'Miss Myrtle' Status owned by OutToPlayJazz. I remember that one well. Was it sold to another BC'er? 

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On 11/12/2019 at 21:47, NancyJohnson said:

I'd certainly say Gary's Spectorbird is a beautiful thing, but if there's one that I just adore it's this.  The LEDs are insane and I don't even like Fenderesque basses.

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Is a diesel generator being run behind that backdrop?!??! 😀

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On 12/12/2019 at 11:53, Stub Mandrel said:

Same pickups, number of strings, frets... I have to ask, what's the point? Backup if a string breaks? Alternative to having a D-tuner or 5-string?

Chiropractor recommended it.

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My fav was a 'tribute' build of Chris Squire's green Mouradian bass.  Sorry can't find the thread for pics.

Posted (edited)
52 minutes ago, ead said:

My fav was a 'tribute' build of Chris Squire's green Mouradian bass.  Sorry can't find the thread for pics.

 

Found it!

 

 

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1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

Found it!

 

 

I saw, heard and felt that very bass last weekend when Acid Reign played in Dublin. It sounded fantastic  (and was played fantastically too, I might add).

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Whilst I don't want to appear to engage in some sort of braggadocio, it struck me when trying to think of other notable Basschat basses that I own one, as my Bogart Blackstone has been sold through the classifieds here (although I bought it from The Gallery). It used to belong to Stuart Clayton and he used it in the below video, which has nearly 60,000 views on YouTube. For a small brand like Bogart, that may make it the most-seen Bogart bass in the world. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcc2zD62Ag

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