Unicorn bass

[nilorius]

3 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

My Unicorn...

I would'nt mind that soapbar pickup near bridge. Though, bass looks and sounds great for You. Absolute Unicorn for You !

[snorkie635]

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

I don't think anyone, exept my grandmother, has ever seen live unicorn grizzlie bear. She told me how hard was to hunt them down, but the meat was tasty!

"Transportation Room. One to beam up."

[tauzero]

9 hours ago, Chris2112 said:

 

This Basslab double neck would do. Every single aspect of it utterly captivates me. If I won the lottery the thing I would do would be to commission a replica but with Kent Armstrong pickups. 

 

Same here, but with parallel necks.

[bass_dinger]

For me, a fretless Washburn XB500 (5 string). Washburn made about a dozen fretless basses spread across the 4 5 and 6 string range, and all went to Japan. 

 

Also a factory fretless xb925 (I have only ever seen one for sale, in the USA), and a fretted xb925 (one was for sale in the UK on basschat.co.uk but the neck had been swapped out when it developed a fault).

 

 

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[bass_dinger]

On 08/06/2023 at 09:59, bass_dinger said:

. . . a fretted xb925  . . . "

Looks like I have found one of my unicorns!  The day before I posted my list, I found two for sale on Facebook.  11 days after, I have a courier date, and just need to pay the fee.  

 

I am normally quite "meh" about basses - I like the ones I like, and so long as they both work, I have no real interest in anything else (apart from those unicorn basses!).  So, thanks to @nilorius, I spoke what I wanted - and it arrived! 

I am excited.    

 

[nilorius]

44 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

Looks like I have found one of my unicorns!  The day before I posted my list, I found two for sale on Facebook.  11 days after, I have a courier date, and just need to pay the fee.  

 

I am normally quite "meh" about basses - I like the ones I like, and so long as they both work, I have no real interest in anything else (apart from those unicorn basses!).  So, thanks to @nilorius, I spoke what I wanted - and it arrived! 

I am excited.    

 

Cheers!!!

[bass_dinger]

On 08/06/2023 at 09:59, bass_dinger said:

Also a factory fretless xb925 (I have only ever seen one for sale, in the USA),

And now, the factory fretless XB925 has materialised (sort of)!

 

When I bought the fretted Washburn XB925, it came with a second XB925, with a neck so bent that it was unrepairable, and in bits.  So, I ordered a new fretless neck from the same person who ran the  Custom Shop when that bass was made. So, as close to factory as I can get.

 

Second Unicorn incoming!

 

Well done @nilorius!