No. 8 Wire Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Never seen the bass version in the flesh. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193724052913 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I remember seeing The Nice, with Lee Jackson playing one of the original versions of these. I was totally obsessed with it. I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. GLWTS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Seller seems to have removed it from sale plus an epihone rivoli he had up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I had one of the originals. Horrible piece of stinky poo. Glad to get rid of it for £15 quid in about 1974. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) My mate’s Dad used to say the bass sound on the Nice was like something you got free in a Christmas cracker. Lee Jackson was a great player but imagine what he would’ve sounded like if he’d used a Fender bass? He was left handed and probably used the Vox because it looked okay upside down. A bit like why Macca chose his Hofner. He now uses a Ric. Edited October 26, 2020 by ash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Benjamin Orr of The Cars was also regularly seen with one (swapping between the Vox and a MM Stingray when playing live - you could hardly imagine two more dissimilar basses......) I have a mid-‘60’s English made Vox Wyman bass - VERY much nicer than the slightly later Italian made models. Have to admit I rarely gig it due the short scale and incredibly skinny neck. But they are amazingly cool basses, with a surprisingly “big” sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo.gwillim Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 25/10/2020 at 20:27, songofthewind said: I remember seeing The Nice, with Lee Jackson playing one of the original versions of these. I was totally obsessed with it. I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. GLWTS. First gig I went to was the nice at Bournemouth winter gardens. He had such a distinctive sound. They did about 6 encores whilst my dad waited in the car... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aalin Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 There is an American luthier who remakes that type of bass and guitars, surely better than the originals one which were made by the Eko brand. These ‘Teardrop’ instruments are really nice. http://www.phantomguitars.com/teardrop.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 26/10/2020 at 21:18, ash said: My mate’s Dad used to say the bass sound on the Nice was like something you got free in a Christmas cracker. Lee Jackson was a great player but imagine what he would’ve sounded like if he’d used a Fender bass? If I remember rightly, it did sound very plunka-plunka-plunka. Rubber band like. I forgot he was a lefty. Glad to hear he's still playing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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