Another winner from Wish

[Rich]

'The Mahavishnu of bass guitars'..?? I think he misspelled 'Coco the clown'. I love the way this guy almost promotes the non-existent sanding and finishing, the construction flaws and poor electrics as positive design features.  

Edited March 9, 2020 by Rich

[Stub Mandrel]

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Apparently, he never soldered a ground to one of the pots, so it's held down with tape. 

 

[TheGreek]

I was thinking about commissioning something from him. His website says if you can draw it they can build it. 

[yorks5stringer]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Obviously not a real Bassist, we all have at least one soldering iron  in our gig bags...!

[kodiakblair]

5 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Apparently, he never soldered a ground to one of the pots, so it's held down with tape. 

Guy has owned the bass 18 years,obviously it's not an issue 👍

 

4 hours ago, TheGreek said:

I was thinking about commissioning something from him. His website says if you can draw it they can build it. 

You should,Steve's bass ooze character.  Writes a good book too, "How Hippies Ruin't Hillbilly Music " covers the  whole living of the grid (landies) scene he was part of. Stills,shine,hash pipes,mad fiddle players with crazy names.  It's a fun read 😀

 

Don't leave contacting him too long,must be in his mid 70's now.

[TheGreek]

I contacted Steve - he wasn't happy taking on the complexity of my project.

[kodiakblair]

14 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

I contacted Steve - he wasn't happy taking on the complexity of my project.

Aye he tends to stick within his comfort zone and the limitations of the tools at hand. Better that than taking your money then not pulling it off.

 

[Dan Dare]

41 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

Better that than taking your money then not pulling it off.

Oooer

[Rich]

On 09/03/2020 at 19:43, TheGreek said:

I contacted Steve - he wasn't happy taking on the complexity of my project.

Yew din't ask for one o' them noo-fangled truss rawd thangs, did yuh boy? Hot damn. Yew'll be wantin' frets next.

[Happy Jack]

Thank God he labelled the strings so we'd know what they were tuned to ...

[Rich]

Tsk. Those aren't notes, it's the model name. He already has body shapes called 'Scarab', 'Ambrosia', 'Lobe' and 'Peanut', and now there's this one, the 'Guhcuffbuhbuh'.

[Stub Mandrel]

If it's that good, why hasn't he used it in 18 years?

[pst62]

That had me wondering if MDP has an American relative.

[kodiakblair]

This "snakewood" Lobe is a lovely example of a Wishbass. Spend some time on finishing and you get a fantastic results.