Saw Feeder earlier...

[dan2112]

Saw the bassist Taka Hirose with two strange looking basses

and
Does anyone have any ideas on what they are?

[Doddy]

I think they are custom jobs by a Japanese company called Combat.

[MythSte]

[quote name='Doddy' post='912438' date='Aug 2 2010, 03:00 AM']I think they are custom jobs by a Japanese company called Combat.[/quote]

Both of which look pretty tasteless IMO!

[Chris2112]

Wow, do you remember when Feeder knew how to rock?

[99ster]

[quote name='Doddy' post='912438' date='Aug 2 2010, 03:00 AM']I think they are custom jobs by a Japanese company called Combat.[/quote]


Spot-on - all his basses are custom made for him by [url="http://www.combat-guitars.com/"]Combat Guitars[/url] Tokyo

[clauster]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='912455' date='Aug 2 2010, 06:10 AM']Wow, do you remember when Feeder knew how to rock?[/quote]

The new album is a bit of a return to form IMO

[dan2112]

Yeah their new stuff's pretty dam good! And their Renegades stuff's cool too!

[MoonBassAlpha]

That Thunderbird-alike looks like they had several goes at positioning the strap button before they went for its current position....

[AndyTravis]

Taka used to work for ESP, and i think he made the Ric-Alike and the Big Gretsch alike he plays.

I also read that he made himself a 'Jaguar' Bass waaay before Fender did it.

[dan2112]

Does anyone else think that the bridge pickup on the reverse thunderbird looks like the pickup from an Ibanez SRX?

[Wil]

If there is an uglier bass than the non reverse thunderbird, I've yet to see it.

[Chris2112]

[quote name='Wil' post='912903' date='Aug 2 2010, 03:39 PM']If there is an uglier bass than the non reverse thunderbird, I've yet to see it.[/quote]

I know, the Thunderbird is bad enough, but reversed...yuck.

[dan2112]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='913050' date='Aug 2 2010, 06:02 PM']I know, the Thunderbird is bad enough, but reversed...yuck.[/quote]
I think anything reverse is just bad news....The Warwick Reverso?

[AndyTravis]

[quote name='dan2112' post='912902' date='Aug 2 2010, 03:35 PM']Does anyone else think that the bridge pickup on the reverse thunderbird looks like the pickup from an Ibanez SRX?[/quote]


they are G&L Magnetic field design humbuckers...i think

Look at an L-2000, they fit the bill.