thepurpleblob Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) What is Miss Natasha "Bat for Lashes" Kahn playing in this picture.... any offers? Edited April 10, 2009 by thepurpleblob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 didn't 'bass collection' basses have headstocks like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 From the headstock, looks like a Bass Collection bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 [url="http://www.basscentre.com/4-string-bass-guitars/bass-collection-speakeasy-4-string-active-bass.html"]http://www.basscentre.com/4-string-bass-gu...ctive-bass.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Bass collection or possibly a Tune Bass Maniac (which the bass collection basses were modelled after). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 [quote name='RhysP' post='459642' date='Apr 10 2009, 09:47 PM']Tune Bass Maniac.[/quote] If that isn't the best name for a bass guitar ever then I don't know what is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 or even a Maison, which was a "Squier/Epiphone" Bass Collection-a-like, as far as I recall (I had an orange one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I don't think it's a Bass Collection - they don't have position markers on the fretboard. I reckon it's a Tune of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 [quote name='TheRev' post='459680' date='Apr 10 2009, 10:56 PM']I don't think it's a Bass Collection - they don't have position markers on the fretboard. I reckon it's a Tune of some sort.[/quote] yeah the Tune basses do have the fret markers. Z x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 and is it just me..or does it look like the headstock might not be rounded at the top? maybe just the light reflecting off it if a funny way... Z x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 [quote name='TheRev' post='459680' date='Apr 10 2009, 09:56 PM']I don't think it's a Bass Collection - they don't have position markers on the fretboard. I reckon it's a Tune of some sort.[/quote] I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Definitely a Tune or a Bass Collection. I'm sure I've seen Bass Collection basses with dot markers in the past, they flooded the budget market in the early '90s back when I gave a sh*t about basses, I've seen a lot of them. Did Ibanez build them? They always reminded me of Ibanez basses. Bass Collection seems more likely, given the number of them in circulation over here compared to Tune basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 It's a Maison. Basically a low-rent version of a Bass Collection. The headstock on the Maison is a little squarer and pointier than the BC or Tune ones, but the main identifying mark (the logo on the upper bout) appears to be covered over with gaffa tape. I've played a couple. Horrible, horrible things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 dont think so russ, the headstock on the maison looks wider and the upper horn fatter. i think it looks a lot like this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44886&hl=bass+collection"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44886&hl=bass+collection ://http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?sho...ass+collection [/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 [quote name='Russ' post='459785' date='Apr 11 2009, 04:59 AM']It's a Maison. Basically a low-rent version of a Bass Collection. The headstock on the Maison is a little squarer and pointier than the BC or Tune ones, but the main identifying mark (the logo on the upper bout) appears to be covered over with gaffa tape. I've played a couple. Horrible, horrible things. [/quote] IIRC Tune basses also had a logo in exactly the same place as those Maison basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) It could well be one of those shine basses that seem to go down a treat on ebay. As you can see, many of the identifying markers are the same, such as the headstock shape and the fretboard. I seem to remember the nut being of a similar crudeness from when i actually owned the thing. Edited April 11, 2009 by EdwardHimself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) I'm not sure it's a Tune. The tuner spacing on Tune Bass Maniac looks different to me A&D tuners very close & almost horizontally aligned: Edited April 11, 2009 by molan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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