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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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 Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:20 am Post subject: While my (bass) guitar gently weeps |
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Not wishing to tread on the toes of the General Guitar thread we know and love, but here's a little space for a bass that could've been treated more lovingly. I've already posted my Mustang bass elsewhere; hacked to pieces by a moron. Here's another that's been to the school of hard-knocks:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1966-VINTAGE-FENDER-MUSTANG-BASS-UGLY-UGLY-UGLY_W0QQitemZ7398552669QQcategoryZ38079QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
All credit to the seller for the honesty of the descn and for not taking the tempting route of dissembling it for parts. Could be a lovely '66 Mustang with those oval tuners, but here's the horrid bit:
Never mind the body refinish, the pickup hack and replacement, the naff mother of toilet seat pickguard, the black spray up the back of the neck. Nope, some idiot put a bit of masking tape around the dots and sprayed the fretboard black.
If ever a bass should be sold off for its hardware ('66 oval tuners, bridge with string dampers, serialed "F" neckplate vol+tone pots date coded etc). This is a bass that is worth less than the sum of its parts  |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:23 am Post subject: |
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 , just noticed that the original mini-P split pup is still there. Definitely worth a salvage or a professional re-fin but, in all honesty, might as well get a Japanese RI for similar money. |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
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Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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That is a bit of a beast!
I have problems with the word 'Vintage' (my Uni course featured many a debate on 'heritage', much of which applies here) tends to be code for 'enthusiasts revel in its failings, the general masses think it sounds a bit crap. That may be a little harsh but you get my point.
I was, at most, a quarter of the way through saving-up for a Hofner Violin bass when a guy in a seedy little Guitar shop forced me, I was very shy, to try the Aria...haven't looked back since. Looks crap, sounds fantastic, which is more important? |
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