It's that man again....

[ChrisLovatt]

Looks like it'd work great as a whammy-bridge. 

What a donut

[Dan Dare]

Looks as if he drew the cover artwork for his mighty tome. I wonder what Virginia got up to in Greece?

[prowla]

5 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

Looks as if he drew the cover artwork for his mighty tome. I wonder what Virginia got up to in Greece?

Her head got really messed up.

[oldslapper]

7 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

Looks as if he drew the cover artwork for his mighty tome. I wonder what Virginia got up to in Greece?

Something to do with scallops, filing, large hands and the wrong bridge. 
It’s a perfectly balanced story line apparently. 

[zbd1960]

I decided to remove post.

 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by zbd1960

[Happy Jack]

6 hours ago, zbd1960 said:

I decided to remove post.

 

 

 

You've replaced it with an RSJ for improved balance?

 

[pst62]

Complete and utter lunacy!

[Jus Lukin]

-

Edited March 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Thunderbird]

I don't have words for these creations but some people must but the shite or he wouldn't do it or would he lol

[bassbloke]

Maybe it's an elaborate drug dealing operation.  Those 'instruments' are worth £100 tops.

 

What the photos don't show is a chamber in the body filled with several hundred pounds worth of your finest Bolivian marching powder.

[bassbloke]

It's like a game of delusional b*llshit bingo. 

 

Widespan separate coils humbucker.

I wired pickups up in series. 

 

I also love his precise approach to trussrod adjustment. 

I made the neck too flat and lost clarity on the first 5 frets.  But it sounds great above the 12th fret. 

 

 

[tegs07]

It’s all good to mock but if you’ve got soul, short arms and very large hands there needs to be a niche luthier.

Hobbits like to jam too.

Edited November 5, 2021 by tegs07

[yorks5stringer]

4 hours ago, tegs07 said:

It’s all good to mock but if you’ve got soul, short arms and very large hands there needs to be a niche luthier.

Hobbits like to jam too.

A few titles to jam  with: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Don't Go Frodo, I Heard it through the Goldmine, Baggins Trousers, Beorn to be Wild.

[Happy Jack]

 

[paul_5]

y'know, he's a multi-instrumentalist too - looks like he'd give Geddy Lee a run for his money...

 

 

[itsmedunc]

Now that explains it 😂 -

 

https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/mark--------phillips/201443/

[yorks5stringer]

Thinks it was a 'Harley Benson' and apparently he did the 'artwork/calligraphy' on the headstock himself.

[Burns-bass]

Regardless of your views on his creations (and having the gall to charge double the retail for a butchered HB bass) you have to applaud him for how much effort he puts into his listings.
 

Videos and descriptions are all pretty good! 

[NancyJohnson]

On 06/11/2021 at 10:35, itsmedunc said:

Now that explains it 😂 -

 

https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/mark--------phillips/201443/

 

Wouldn't it be spectacular if he was actually behind 'Tarzan and Jane's Guide To Grammar'?

 

 

[Richard Jinman]

Isn’t this kind of Heath Robinson-ism that makes Britain great? Or at least marginally more interesting than, say, Singapore? I doubt anyone on here has bought one of his short-arm basses or his self published novel. Shouldn’t we indulge his attempt to do something new with the bass.. it seems to make him happy and who knows … there might be a small army of bassists with limited reach happily plucking his creations.

Edited November 10, 2021 by Richard Jinman

[Burns-bass]

1 hour ago, Richard Jinman said:

Isn’t this kind of Heath Robinson-ism that makes Britain great? Or at least marginally more interesting than, say, Singapore? I doubt anyone on here has bought one of his short-arm basses or his self published novel. Shouldn’t we indulge his attempt to do something new with the bass.. it seems to make him happy and who knows … there might be a small army of bassists with limited reach happily plucking his creations.

I agree to a point. And I love a British eccentric.

 

The issue here is that he’s knocking out cheap basses at double the price to unsuspecting people (probably parents) who know no better. Personally I think that’s a bit off.

 

Im sure he’s a lovely chap and I wish him all the best. I just hope that anyone starting out on bass doesn’t end up with this nonsense on Christmas Day and instead gets a brand new, clean and healthy HB.

[lemmywinks]

3 hours ago, Richard Jinman said:

Isn’t this kind of Heath Robinson-ism that makes Britain great? Or at least marginally more interesting than, say, Singapore?  Shouldn’t we indulge his attempt to do something new with the bass

 

No, no and also no.

[prowla]

7 hours ago, Richard Jinman said:

Isn’t this kind of Heath Robinson-ism that makes Britain great? Or at least marginally more interesting than, say, Singapore? I doubt anyone on here has bought one of his short-arm basses or his self published novel. Shouldn’t we indulge his attempt to do something new with the bass.. it seems to make him happy and who knows … there might be a small army of bassists with limited reach happily plucking his creations.

His works of art make me chuckle.

 

6 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

I agree to a point. And I love a British eccentric.

 

The issue here is that he’s knocking out cheap basses at double the price to unsuspecting people (probably parents) who know no better. Personally I think that’s a bit off.

 

Im sure he’s a lovely chap and I wish him all the best. I just hope that anyone starting out on bass doesn’t end up with this nonsense on Christmas Day and instead gets a brand new, clean and healthy HB.

Yes - I don't understand what would possess someone to actually buy one.

[Newfoundfreedom]

9 hours ago, Richard Jinman said:

 … there might be a small army of bassists with limited reach happily plucking his creations.

 

Yes. Before he came along, they could only play guitar. 

Edited November 11, 2021 by Newfoundfreedom

[Hellzero]

12 hours ago, Richard Jinman said:

I doubt anyone on here has bought his self published novel.

 

Someone did !