prowla Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) ... but no, it's not by he who must not be mentioned! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225086014346 Edited July 23, 2022 by prowla 1 1 Quote
yorks5stringer Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 Looking at that D string break angle.... Quote
Happy Jack Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 It's been designed like that to suit people with enormous sausage fingers. 2 Quote
Woodinblack Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 "Everything you need to have your only unique custom bass guitar" they are not wrong. Quote
Bassassin Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 You have to wonder at what point the 'builder' realised he was hopelessly out of his depth. Fwiw looks like those tuners could be dismantled and reassembled as L/H. 1 Quote
madshadows Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 The sorcerer has an apprentice !! 😛 John 😎 1 Quote
lemmywinks Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 Is this like the bass version of a copycat killer? Quote
tauzero Posted July 24, 2022 Posted July 24, 2022 On 23/07/2022 at 06:57, yorks5stringer said: Looking at that D string break angle.... Expand If it was wound on the tuner the right way, it would be a lot better. 1 Quote
yorks5stringer Posted July 24, 2022 Posted July 24, 2022 On 24/07/2022 at 00:55, tauzero said: If it was wound on the tuner the right way, it would be a lot better. Expand True dat.... Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 The use of B&Q woodscrews to secure the bridge is a nice touch. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) On 26/07/2022 at 13:02, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: The use of B&Q woodscrews to secure the bridge is a nice touch. Expand Now you're just being picky, the Seller does says screws are included........! Edited July 26, 2022 by yorks5stringer Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 I've just looked up "shou sugi ban" and it seems to be a fancy way of saying that the surface has been charred with a blowtorch. You wouldn't want to be wearing a white shirt when playing it. Quote
Woodinblack Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 Yep, I went to a demo of Ben from Crimson doing it. I think he just likes setting stuff on fire really. Quote
lemmywinks Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 On 26/07/2022 at 16:37, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: I've just looked up "shou sugi ban" and it seems to be a fancy way of saying that the surface has been charred with a blowtorch. You wouldn't want to be wearing a white shirt when playing it. Expand Larry Hartke went through a stage of randomly sticking basses on his BBQ and posting the photos on Facebook. Tbh most of them looked better than this one. Quote
Dan Dare Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 It's no longer for sale "because there was a mistake in the listing". Shame. It was just down the road from me. I'll keep searching for my dream custom bass. Quote
TheGreek Posted August 13, 2022 Posted August 13, 2022 A collaboration between Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles?? 1 Quote
Steve70 Posted August 27, 2022 Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) There's a lot of 'bodgery' about... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274732465561?hash=item3ff754bd99:g:kx4AAOSwy6NgW5u7&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoACmQuPpAxjKHGf7Xf4dIVAvlS0%2BMxNqFgPSZEVImzA0yS1MVJ%2Fa4ArsMuv8e7%2BnIup%2B%2BQp7rgZETutXw5sOx6gXlLHdoU7eefoME36z20S6NhBHX07lwaqyFXZrL622U3HkeBSdJCQYmV6C7cbNbKypFwJGwsSjHAr2ff96lkQ0H4DJ1kXiCTSbyrHpOwjRMAU6DAvqoWdr%2BftsIIEu3tw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-aO_IXcYA Edited August 27, 2022 by Steve70 Quote
yorks5stringer Posted August 27, 2022 Posted August 27, 2022 On 27/08/2022 at 17:40, Steve70 said: There's a lot of 'bodgery' about... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274732465561?hash=item3ff754bd99:g:kx4AAOSwy6NgW5u7&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoACmQuPpAxjKHGf7Xf4dIVAvlS0%2BMxNqFgPSZEVImzA0yS1MVJ%2Fa4ArsMuv8e7%2BnIup%2B%2BQp7rgZETutXw5sOx6gXlLHdoU7eefoME36z20S6NhBHX07lwaqyFXZrL622U3HkeBSdJCQYmV6C7cbNbKypFwJGwsSjHAr2ff96lkQ0H4DJ1kXiCTSbyrHpOwjRMAU6DAvqoWdr%2BftsIIEu3tw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-aO_IXcYA Expand The reason Fender do not make the top horn shorter is so the Bass balances better, so why make it shorter and then have to have that horrible extension thing sticking out...? Custom Smuchtom... Quote
PaulThePlug Posted August 27, 2022 Posted August 27, 2022 I had one of those 'flavoured burps' when i saw the 'Fat Dolphin' headstock... Both of which, are not nice. 1 Quote
Bassassin Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 While that's obviously a cheap Jazz copy that someone's hacked around and slapped some Dulux on, the rest of this guy's listings (and there are a few!) appear to be ambitious-but-rubbish bitsas with home-made bodies, probably Chinese necks & random, sometimes quite decent quality components. A lot of looks-OK-from-a-distance finishes that make your skin crawl at close quarters, and it looks like he's been doing this a lot, and for a while. This is maybe what MDP aspires to. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/graeme7760/m.html His sold items consist of a pickup. 1 Quote
lemmywinks Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 On 28/08/2022 at 12:53, Bassassin said: While that's obviously a cheap Jazz copy that someone's hacked around and slapped some Dulux on, the rest of this guy's listings (and there are a few!) appear to be ambitious-but-rubbish bitsas with home-made bodies, probably Chinese necks & random, sometimes quite decent quality components. A lot of looks-OK-from-a-distance finishes that make your skin crawl at close quarters, and it looks like he's been doing this a lot, and for a while. This is maybe what MDP aspires to. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/graeme7760/m.html His sold items consist of a pickup. Expand Some of those look ok until you get to the headstocks and the price tags. Quote
NikNik Posted August 29, 2022 Posted August 29, 2022 I have never heard of 'Allt Dubh' (Black Stream in Scots' Gaelic) pickups before. Quote
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