Soliloquy Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It was a review of some Manson basses in a guitar magazine some time in 1983/4 that first got me interested in 5 and 6 string basses. I think they were a bit ahead of their time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I remember seeing someone playing a Kestrel on a late night music show in a Richard Niles led band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjay69 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 My god i used to own one just like this but with a single pickup in the P position, played lovely and had ridicolous controls with masses of top i seem to recall, but the thing weighed the same as a small car, at least on my skinny 17 y/o neck. Am desperately trying to upload a pic, but it's just not happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjay69 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Manson - check, Thunderbird Red - check, bad news 80's atire - check [url="http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a506/jjay69/MansonBass_zpsb5862651.jpg"]http://i1281.photobu...zpsb5862651.jpg[/url] http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a506/jjay69/MansonBass1_zps69ec4d7e.jpg Edited January 15, 2013 by jjay69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 [sub]Grand Days [/sub] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 [quote name='starman' timestamp='1243951698' post='503866'] Does anyone know anything about a Manson Kestrel bass? [/quote] The bass above is a Merlin. Here's a pic of me with a Merlin fretless taken some 30 years go. The green one bottom left is a Kestrel. [IMG]http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae181/gelfin5959/Merlin.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Curlycabletastic......that must have been at the workshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Wow, looking at the dates bandied around my Kestrel could have been a ‘prototype’ for the model produced under that name? I know it was one of the 1st 100 instruments he made (dated 1981). Sports the single Kent Armstrong & still sounds amazing! Has this ‘oink’ I’ve not heard on another bass. With the through neck I can’t get the action as low as I’d like but I’m not usually up the dusty end! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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