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[quote name='BigRedX' post='154134' date='Mar 9 2008, 07:51 PM']

Marcus Miller seems to be enjoying playing it.[/quote]

You have to be very very cool to wear a Porkpie Hat with a track suit.
I'd suggest you'd need that amount of cool (or maybe just a tad more) to play that bass in public :)

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[quote name='Dillsfretless' post='162066' date='Mar 23 2008, 09:57 AM']Whew! just waded through the whole thread for the first time. I have to say that I found 99% of the basses here within to be totally ugly. Having said that, a few were very 'interesting' - I particularly liked the one string bass![/quote]

Not a problem. The whole point of this thread was to show that there is a massive selection of good quality instruments out there for those of us who want something a little (or a lot) different. There's plenty of threads here drooling over the basses of Leo Fender's three companies and their look-alikes and to be honest I simply can't see the attraction. Personally I like my music to be at least a little removed from the norm and the instruments that I use to create a perform that music to match that. For me the visual aspect is as important as everything else. I now own basses by 4 of the builders featured on this thread - Gus, Lightwave, Reverend, and Tokai, and given the opportunity and the cash I would probably own more provided that the sound and playability fitted with what I wanted.

And having said that it guess it's time for some more basses...

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So todays new basses come from [url="http://lutheriedac.free.fr/"]DAC[/url] in France

There appears to be two basic models, the Synergie:



and the Baobass



For me the Synergie is an interesting bass - similar in concept to the Harvey Citron AE Basses but a bit more elegant. There are two versions of this a 'conventional' solid body with a single pickup and the one shown here with a chambered body and a Schertler system.

The Baobass is design has a nod to CT basses but starting at a much more sensible €1200 for the bass shown here. Walnut body and maple neck with a single Delano pickup. Simple and elegant.

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[quote name='BigRedX' post='166622' date='Mar 30 2008, 10:04 PM']

For me the Synergie is an interesting bass - similar in concept to the Harvey Citron AE Basses but a bit more elegant. There are two versions of this a 'conventional' solid body with a single pickup and the one shown here with a chambered body and a Schertler system.[/quote]
It had overtones of the Shaftesbury Ned Callan (or Cody) to me (and I've only been able to find a photo that doesn't show it well):

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[quote name='synaesthesia' post='168635' date='Apr 2 2008, 06:11 PM']Have a look at these, from Croatia:
[url="http://www.aries-basses.com/"]http://www.aries-basses.com/[/url][/quote]


Aaaaaaargh! Awful website! 16 clicks before I saw a picture .. daft I calls it

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No no no no no......... Now I've got GAS for one of those DAC Synergie basses (the black solid-body for those that have seen the website)


Sort of a punk rock version of the Warwick Corvette

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[quote name='OldGit' post='168648' date='Apr 2 2008, 06:21 PM']Aaaaaaargh! Awful website! 16 clicks before I saw a picture .. daft I calls it[/quote]

+1 And everything happens S O S L O W L Y . . .

A website that shows off the web designers latest tricks rather than the luthier's talent.

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[quote name='synaesthesia' post='168496' date='Apr 2 2008, 02:39 PM'][url="http://www.slapring.com/en/home/index.php"]http://www.slapring.com/en/home/index.php[/url][/quote]

wow!! that was [b][i]literally[/i][/b] a blast from the past!!

i haven't been on that site since i first started playing bass (probably 6/7 years), i used to visit it every time i went online because i was in awe of the slapping (i hadn't learnt how to do it by then).

not only is it suprising thats it's the same music after all those years. but to hear something that had such an effect on me, but until now had completely forgot about was a very nice suprise. thank you :)

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If I have the patience to work my way through the Aries site there'll no doubt be some of their basses featured in the future...

In the meantime here's an interesting bass form [url="http://www.dalegria.com/en/index.html"]D'Algeria[/url]

Made in Brazil, most of the models 'borrow' rather heavily from existing designs, but amongst these I found this interesting gem...





It's one of their signature models built for André Gomes. It has an interesting fish-tail body design 32" scale length and built-in compressor.

D'Algeria also do a [url="http://www.dalegria.com/en/products_signature_defendertb.html"]Trevor Bolder signature model[/url] of a more conventional design.

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After 4 hours searching this morning, I re-discovered what is perhaps one of the only true custom graphite bass manufacturers (ie will make you a custom all-graphite instrument from a shape you supply).

[url="http://www.miller-instruments.com/"]http://www.miller-instruments.com/[/url]

This is one of their standard models - all graphite:

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CK have you actually been in contact with them?

These are one of the custom builders I would have featured here by now if it wasn't for the fact that they simply won't answer any of my emails and that picture you posted is about the best one on the site! The prices (if they're still current) are excellent when you consider that their direct competition is BassLab (who are more than happy to answer my many emails about construction and specifications and have offered me a bass to try first when I'm ready to more seriously consider having them build me something).

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I thought their prices were pretty good too but there's no way to tell how current they are. I've just sent them an email but judging by their site, they're not big on the internet as a marketing tool. Although they have updated the news this year...

...did you try calling them at all? They do have numbers listed. Otherwise I'm quite happy to check out basslab! :)

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  • 2 weeks later...

Time to add some new basses before this thread drops off the first page... ;-)

Here's a selection of modern Retro designs from [url="http://www.dipintoguitars.com/"]DiPinto[/url]

Belvedere Standard


Mach IV


and Galaxie


More elegant than Italia IMO. I could certainly find a place for the Mosrite influenced Mach IV and the angular Galaxie in my collection. All 34" scale as well. Shiny without being too tacky. Prices around the $800 mark.

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Here's a guy who likes Aluminum - sorry, Alumin[b]i[/b]um:


He has a (Flash-heavy) website [url="http://skylabdigital.com/"]here[/url], and more YouTube videos [url="http://ie.youtube.com/user/x9spaceman"]here[/url]. He has 1-string and 6-string basses too, and something called the Vytrobulus... :)

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So that's where his site is now!

I posted pictures and linked to an earlier incarnation of the site back at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5525&view=findpost&p=78582"]post 172[/url] in this thread.

This is at least the third different place he's been on the internet, and it appears he's no longer trying to sell the basses as a business.

When I first started gathering info and bookmarks that have become the basis for this weird and wonderful collection I exchanged several emails with the maker of these bases when he was offering the steel Quadrant bass for about $600. However just before I decided I was going to order one he stopped answering emails and pretty soon after that the original Phaedrus.com website disappeared.

Thanks for the new link.

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I've not looked through all 19 pages so I don't know if these have been on but I think they're quite comical...

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[attachment=8004:lion_bass.jpg]
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