I wandered into a shop today and nabbed a Flyte...

[prowla]

You don't see many of these about!

 

 

It has Humbuster pickups. 🙂

 

[PaulThePlug]

Thats different!

Looks like the E and G should go tother side of the peg...

And thats a mighty pointy headstock, could have some ones eye out!

Is the headstock different colouring down to lighting or a reflection?

Edited December 3, 2022 by PaulThePlug

[msb]

Nice score! I have the Unicorn that was based on that , but headless.

 

Edited December 3, 2022 by msb

[Paul S]

That is gorgeous.

[Reggaebass]

Never seen one of those before, what does it sound like 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

It looks like it'd be good for quidditch

[TheGreek]

Or digging holes.

[Reggaebass]

Or archery 

[Eric.C.Lapton]

I have a Burns flyte guitar I’m rebuilding. 
The Mach one humbusters are original to the bass but it looks like a refinish due to lack of decals.

The most popular colours were silver (there was a problem with the paint and they turned green) and natural finish.

Slade had a bass (recorded on at least one track) and guitar, also Marc Bolan was pictured with one

Heres a link for more info 

 

https://www.hendrixguitars.com/Va484.htm

Edited December 3, 2022 by Eric.C.Lapton

[Eric.C.Lapton]

They were inspired by the Concord supersonic plane 

[prowla]

1 hour ago, Eric.C.Lapton said:

I have a Burns flyte guitar I’m rebuilding. 
The Mach one humbusters are original to the bass but it looks like a refinish due to lack of decals.

The most popular colours were silver (there was a problem with the paint and they turned green) and natural finish.

Slade had a bass (recorded on at least one track) and guitar, also Marc Nolan was pictured with one

Heres a link for more info 

 

https://www.hendrixguitars.com/Va484.htm

🙂
Yes, I think it may be a refin; I remembered them as silver and with the logo. 

[mr4stringz]

That’s ace. And 15/16 frets is plenty.

[tauzero]

Impressive copy of the guitar on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134347289847

 

[prowla]

13 hours ago, msb said:

Nice score! I have the Unicorn that was based on that , but headless.

 

River-<something>?

Coincidentally, the shop also had a headless project in the storage area when we went looking for the Flyte's case (haha - a Flyte case!).

 

[Paul S]

13 hours ago, mr4stringz said:

That’s ace. And 15/16 frets is plenty.

 

I made it 21, but admittedly had to use my third hand to get there.  

Edited December 4, 2022 by Paul S

[tauzero]

6 hours ago, prowla said:

River-<something>?

Coincidentally, the shop also had a headless project in the storage area when we went looking for the Flyte's case (haha - a Flyte case!).

 

 

Is it just the one tuner that's missing? Not that finding a replacement is likely to be easy.

[Maude]

11 hours ago, prowla said:

 

 

 

That doesn't look like the shops storage area. 😁

[prowla]

6 minutes ago, Maude said:

 

That doesn't look like the shops storage area. 😁

That’s my storage area!

[greentext]

On 03/12/2022 at 20:05, prowla said:

You don't see many of these about!

wow yh that is an awesome pull, congratulations! love to hear how this sounds!

[Philip Westgarth]

I have for sale on eBay a Burns Flyte bass guitar body and neck made by Sherwood in the 70’s. The serial number on the neck is 371 and the body is 254.

[prowla]

2 hours ago, Philip Westgarth said:

I have for sale on eBay a Burns Flyte bass guitar body and neck made by Sherwood in the 70’s. The serial number on the neck is 371 and the body is 254.

I've seen that - could be an interesting project, but finding parts could be a challenge.

[Baloney Balderdash]

Looks cool, but it has extremely poor upper frets access.

[prowla]

An interesting interpretation of a Riverhead interpretation of a Flyte on eBay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185840185516

[Pea Turgh]

Love the grain on that.

[Bassassin]

23 hours ago, prowla said:

An interesting interpretation of a Riverhead interpretation of a Flyte on eBay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185840185516

 

That's been up for a while, think it's been discussed here too. Originally made for Matt Pegg, son of Dave (Fairport Convention) - Dave loved his Riverhead Unicorn so much he wrote a song about it!

Edited April 7, 2024 by Bassassin