kneal6 Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Black-Electric-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ150360879341QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item230234f0ed&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A3|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Black-Electri...93%3A3|294%3A50[/url] Quote
waynepunkdude Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 If only had a really big bottle to open. Quote
bythesea Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 I think he might have followed his son's drawing accurately without checking the curves first - almost got there, close to being "right" but not my choice. Maybe he's been looking at too many Ritters. Quote
budget bassist Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 looks kinda like one of those esh basses that was in BGM a few months back. Quote
bythesea Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 [quote name='budget bassist' post='548155' date='Jul 22 2009, 08:37 PM']looks kinda like one of those esh basses that was in BGM a few months back.[/quote] That's the one! [url="http://esh-bass.com/content/view/13/26/lang,en/"]The Poseidon[/url]. Not a Ritter at all Quote
bythesea Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 Just put the Esh and the ebay version up side by side. Oh dear.... Quote
budget bassist Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 haha, ok so it looks more than "kinda" like an esh posiedon still, it's not THAT bad for a hacksaw in a shed job, is it? Quote
Kev Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 must be one weird electronics package to create a p sound... Quote
budget bassist Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 i get a nice p sound from my $$ with the neck pickup on single coil but it's not [i]quite[/i] the same Quote
Bassassin Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 Why do these home-made hack-jobs always look so crude & lumpy? You'd think if someone was going to go to the effort of hacking a bass up like that, they might spend an hour or two with the sandpaper to make it look a bit less like it had been chewed. Do they just get bored or what? Jon. Quote
Kev Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 [quote name='budget bassist' post='548317' date='Jul 22 2009, 10:14 PM']i get a nice p sound from my $$ with the neck pickup on single coil but it's not [i]quite[/i] the same [/quote] haha, Warwick owners often buy their lumps of wood to impersonate fenders besides, this hideous hack up has a bridge humbucker! Quote
budget bassist Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 [quote name='Kev' post='548472' date='Jul 23 2009, 12:36 AM']haha, Warwick owners often buy their lumps of wood to impersonate fenders besides, this hideous hack up has a bridge humbucker![/quote] Hey hey hey, let's not get personal now... i bought it to impersonate a musicman! (actually it sounds better than any musicman i ever played) Quote
Musky Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 I just noticed the sellers ID - I thought it said brutalbodger for a second. Quote
Happy Jack Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Hmmm ... sacriligious it may be to say this, but I don't think it's that bad. Given how hard it is to do something genuinely different with the shape of a bass, that's not such a rough effort. A bit "metal" for my tastes, but I can see how that could look good on stage with the right band. Also worth noting a BiN of just £100. Even if it's a complete dog when it turns up, the components have got to be worth a fair chunk of that figure. At worst, it's an interesting wall hanging. Quote
bythesea Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='548629' date='Jul 23 2009, 10:14 AM']Hmmm ... sacriligious it may be to say this, but I don't think it's that bad. Given how hard it is to do something genuinely different with the shape of a bass, that's not such a rough effort. A bit "metal" for my tastes, but I can see how that could look good on stage with the right band.[/quote] I would agree with that as far as the Esh goes, but I think that the ebay version is just a little bit too "wrong" for me. But without the Esh beside it who's to say Quote
yorks5stringer Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Wonder if his son wants something more 'mainstream' now, like a Fender/Warwick/Gibson/Musicman etc etc? Quote
ase_one23 Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 [quote name='noirpunk' post='548372' date='Jul 22 2009, 10:51 PM'] Looks like a Prince bass[/quote] my first thought too. Quote
Hot Tub Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Anyone remember the tv advert - I think it was for the (then) new Peugeot 206? A poor kid in Bombay sees the new Pug, can't possibly ever have one, so gets an elephant to sit on his old shed of a car and bend it till it looks like the 206. Hell, it's a good effort. Better than any attempt I could make at it! Oh, and a Poseidon-5 is my dream bass. :wub: Quote
Golchen Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Looks cr*p. Why even do something like that when you have such limited woodworking skills? I am certain that it will look even worse 'in the flesh'. Quote
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