The most beautiful basses you've ever seen?

[Silvia Bluejay]

We could all have been spared that photo, and we would be happier.

Here's one of a Marleaux Diva, sight for sore eyes.

[Hellzero]

2 hours ago, rubis said:

……..well one of them is beautiful!

Indeed, yellow and orange mix quite well.

[Paul S]

We called legs like that 'wednesday legs' back in the day, don't know if expressions like that are still around.

'wednesday gonna snap?'

[Hellzero]

Especially for @Silvia Bluejay

 

[krispn]

2 hours ago, rubis said:

……..well one of them is beautiful!

What’s wrong with her bass? 😀

[Silvia Bluejay]

Naked man holding dead animal... errrm... nah. 😮

Two wrongs don't make a right anyway... 😉😎

[rubis]

I apologise Sylvia Bluejay, no offence was intended 

[Silvia Bluejay]

2 minutes ago, rubis said:

I apologise Sylvia Bluejay, no offence was intended 

None taken, it's not an offending photo or we would have pulled it. Just unnecessary.

[4000]

19 hours ago, Deedee said:

Now this could be tricky. Undeniably beautiful craftmanship doesn't always produce a thing of beauty.

This. None of the basses in the first post strike me as particularly beautiful.

[Hellzero]

16 hours ago, itu said:

There is a green Alembic Essence in Reverb that looked nice and compact.

This one, I guess :

What about my Spoiler ?

[bassfan]

I’ll play. This.... IMO

[Twincam]

Think most of the basses posted already come in the most interesting looking basses group 😁.

I also think that sometimes you have to see and if possible hold something in person to really enjoy its form. As these instruments posted are often like or are a form of art. 

 

[Hellzero]

This photo deserves better Flea and his bass ... style 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Lunatique]

7 hours ago, rubis said:

……..well one of them is beautiful!

Is that Kylie Minogue?

[Storky]

On 21/03/2020 at 19:55, Lunatique said:

What are some of the most beautiful basses you've ever seen in your life? Let's fill this thread with them!

 

 

What is the second to last one? They’re all beautiful but that one is the prettiest imho.

[Lunatique]

On 22/03/2020 at 14:30, Storky said:

What is the second to last one? They’re all beautiful but that one is the prettiest imho.

That's a Stradi, from Poland: http://www.stradi.pl/

The others are:

https://lairat.com/en/basses/basses-categorie/

http://padalka-guitars.com/basses/

I've also edited my original post with these links.

Edited March 23, 2020 by Lunatique

[redbandit599]

5 hours ago, bassfan said:

I’ll play. This.... IMO

I was thinking this should be on this thread Paul! 😎

[bassfan]

4 minutes ago, redbandit599 said:

I was thinking this should be on this thread Paul! 😎

Cheers mate!!! How are you? Keeping well and c19 free I hope. 👍🏻

[bassaussie]

I always thought this was such an incredible instrument, in the way it completely defied all the traditional ways to look at a bass.

It was made by a Swiss luthier named Claude Pagelli in the 1990s. There's some information about it on his website

http://www.pagelli.com/e-guitars-innovations.html

Look for "Golden Fretless". He also has some nice close up shots of the instrument.

Ironically, I mainly play Fender or that style of instrument, which I love, and I'm woeful on fretless, despite numerous attempts at trying to master it!

Edited March 23, 2020 by bassaussie
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[songofthewind]

4 minutes ago, bassaussie said:

I always thought this was such an incredible instrument, in the way it completely defied all the traditional ways to look at a bass.

It was made by a Swiss luthier named Claude Pagelli in the 1990s. There's some information about it on his website

http://www.pagelli.com/e-guitars-innovations.html

Look for "Golden Fretless". He also has some nice close up shots of the instrument.

Pagelli guitars are astounding!

[Hellzero]

Can't agree more, the Pagelli Golden Fretless is to me, with the Ibanez AFR, the most beautiful bass ever. Wanted to put the photo last night, but went to bed, you know sometimes there's a calling...

[spectoremg]

On 21/03/2020 at 19:55, Lunatique said:

What are some of the most beautiful basses you've ever seen in your life? Let's fill this thread with them!

Shown in the photos are:

https://ish.guitars/products/paul-lairat-stega-6

http://padalka-guitars.com/basses/

http://www.stradi.pl/

Art for art's sake?

[Hellzero]

On 21/03/2020 at 20:55, Lunatique said:

This is the correct link to Paul Lairat basses : https://lairat.com/en/basses/basses-categorie/

😉

[Lunatique]

39 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

This is the correct link to Paul Lairat basses : https://lairat.com/en/basses/basses-categorie/

😉

Thanks! I've fixed the links. 

[Lunatique]

59 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

Art for art's sake?

I'm pretty sure they are every bit as functional as any other bass, and there are videos of them on YouTube, and they sound pretty damn good to me. Personally, I find these designs far more interesting and aesthetically compelling than the typical bass designs that's just a minor variation on what Leo Fender designed more than half a century ago.