Who's man enough for a heart shaped bass?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

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My silly daughter seems to want a red (probably epiphone) SG guitar, so she wants to sell her lovely daisy rock heartbreaker. Sounds & feels very much like my mustang with its 30" scale and punchy 'Duncan Designed' P bass pickup, but heart-shaped.

...And very Purple (with lots of mojo).

[EssentialTension]

I prefer the shell pink.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='587032' date='Sep 1 2009, 10:58 PM']I prefer the shell pink.[/quote]
So do I - I have gigged with that one, but I haven't had the boules to borrow this one for a gig.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='587043' date='Sep 1 2009, 11:07 PM'] So do I - I have gigged with that one, but I haven't had the boules to borrow this one for a gig.[/quote]
The purple heart one reminds me of the one Rob Davies in Mud played in the seventies:



I'm guessing it was a John Birch.

[Dr.Dave]

I'm man enough - I've thought for a while we could use a couple of diasy rocks in the ZZ trib.

Band brain storming session tonight , as we tend to do every so often , if I can persuade our guitar player to consider one too I'll have this on the watch list.

[Bassassin]

'Course I would. :brow:

I'm starting to think we need an "Are you man enough?" sticky - particularly considering how sorely tempted I am by [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110429803150"]this[/url].

Jon.

[beerdragon]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='587071' date='Sep 1 2009, 11:49 PM']The purple heart one reminds me of the one Rob Davies in Mud played in the seventies:



I'm guessing it was a John Birch.[/quote]

Whats Ray Stiles playing?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='beerdragon' post='587634' date='Sep 2 2009, 04:29 PM']Whats Ray Stiles playing?[/quote]
My uneducated guess would be an 8 string John Birch Rick copy

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='587644' date='Sep 2 2009, 04:35 PM']My uneducated guess would be an 8 string John Birch Rick copy[/quote]
I think that's correct.

[LukeFRC]

err, I've actually played one of them... friends...

they are top heavy, unbalanced shortscale wierdos, you cant play sat down and it sounds surprisingly good. Ballsy even.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='587843' date='Sep 2 2009, 07:21 PM']err, I've actually played one of them... friends...

they are top heavy, unbalanced shortscale wierdos, you cant play sat down and it sounds surprisingly good. Ballsy even.[/quote]
Come on, be fair, surely it looks more like a big purple arse than a pair of balls!

Hang on, I'm not doing a very good job of selling it am I?

It does balance a lot better using the extra strap button I added where the bottom horn would be.

Edited September 2, 2009 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[BigRedX]

In the Mud picture both the bass and the guitar are by John Birch.

The bass J-LP said is an 8-string and the guitar is a 12 string. The guitar re-appeared as a prop on the cover of the the Lisa B "Fascinated" single.

Edited September 2, 2009 by BigRedX

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='587864' date='Sep 2 2009, 07:47 PM']Come on, be fair, surely it looks more like a big purple arse than a pair of balls!

Hang on, I'm not doing a very good job of selling it am I?

It does balance a lot better using the extra strap button I added where the bottom horn would be.[/quote]

i think it sells itself on the noise it makes, really it does sound rather good!