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September 15, 2010 at 7:06 am #25513JasonParticipant
https://www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/gnw/images/ugly/8pentasitar.jpg
Yes – it’s back – our famous Ugly Guitar awards.
To see a round up of some of the ugliest guitars from previous years – and to submit your own nominations go to The Ugliest Guitars are Back!
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September 17, 2013 at 12:03 am #785001bassleftParticipant
A Hutchins guitar/mando. I’m sure it’s useful and all, but not pretty:
Sorry to link to the auction; uploading the pic didn’t work for me.
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June 22, 2013 at 4:20 am #78406TimParticipant
The knobs alone would have got it in this thread for me (it not being a retro toaster) but the ‘Decoupage’ job… 😯
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June 17, 2013 at 3:16 am #784261bassleftParticipant
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/2/9/3/3/2/1/webimg/679187518_tp.jpg
Covering a Washburn with various bass players cut out of magazines. Tasteful. My favorite is “help, I’m trapped between two pickups!”
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June 14, 2013 at 7:21 am #78478JasonParticipant
[quote=”USGold”]I guess they took the term “spanking that axe” litteraly[/quote]
:rofl:
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May 30, 2013 at 1:09 am #78434USGoldParticipant
I guess they took the term “spanking that axe” litteraly
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May 28, 2013 at 11:01 pm #785531bassleftParticipant
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Unique-Guitar-Body-Carved-Mahogany-Electric-Wood-Carving-Bass-Heart-Naked-Women-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$T2eC16R,!)sE9swmZpRsBQRFEUyhLQ~~60_57.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Unique-Guitar-Body-Carved-Mahogany-Electric-Wood-Carving-Bass-Heart-Naked-Women-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqZ,!o!F!NG+C1yMBQRFEIWLIg~~60_57.JPG
Sorry about the huge pics – straight off the auction – but this is a new one, I think. Apart from looking like a massive arse, that neck join appears to be skewed. My bet is a carver with no idea of guitar building has come up with this design.
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May 24, 2013 at 10:09 pm #78524USGoldParticipant
It’s a brand new model 225 prices at about $1400 US, notice the orange peel finish, cheap looking hardware and only two tone/vol pots, guess Gibson thinks their name alone is enough to sell us trash, I’ve
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May 24, 2013 at 6:03 am #784521bassleftParticipant
Sadly, Scott, I think that playable ad for anti-fungal foot cream has appeared in a previous year. As for your other one, I confess I was thinking “OK, it’s not pretty, but why flag up… oh, crikey – it’s a Gibson 😯 ”
I wonder how much that is meant to cost? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of a large wad. There is a TV ad that Tim would know, “Should’ve gone to Specsavers” 🙂
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May 23, 2013 at 1:25 am #78444USGoldParticipant
Not sure if this has ever been posted before, If not I think I’ve found a winner.
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/401925_477776018965924_1100687771_n_zps0a9edbe2.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/401925_477776018965924_1100687771_n_zps0a9edbe2.jpg%5B/URL%5D -
May 23, 2013 at 1:17 am #127455USGoldParticipant
Proof that even the mighty Gibson can make a really bad guitar.
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/417896_10151698494835348_597342185_n_zps10f6151b.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/417896_10151698494835348_597342185_n_zps10f6151b.jpg%5B/URL%5D
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May 19, 2013 at 6:05 am #784681bassleftParticipant
but could you overtake Leonard and Sheldon’s expertise at “Rock Band” with it?
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May 15, 2013 at 4:58 am #78456TimParticipant
Awesome finds Scott (if I can take the liberty of calling you that, still find it weird to call 1BL Oz!)
The switchy one is the antithesis of the bass I want: 2 pups, 3-way switch, master volume, fin. Not even sure if I need the volume…
Having said that, quite fancy strapping a Chaos Pad on a la Matt Bellamy! There’s been one hanging around a certain pawn shop in Leeds for a year or two now for about £80 I think…really don’t need…but…
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May 6, 2013 at 9:57 pm #78516USGoldParticipant
Yep, thats actually a Mando, I figure he needed a loan to afford to restring it.
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May 6, 2013 at 8:41 pm #784881bassleftParticipant
Ah yes, I know of the 3 Stooges and now feel a little silly although not as much as if it were, say, the Marx brothers (quite funny films although disappointingly light on explaining Das Kapital or The Communist Manifesto). As you so kindly provided me with the getout, the Zon basses threw me off the scent.
I mentioned on another thread that I’m a slow (music) reader; it took an embarrassing number of seconds before I got the Jaws joke. Tied it neatly with the bloke playing the surfboard-shaped guitar. Wouldn’t want to play that sitting on a yacht; from below, his fretboard thrashing might be mistaken for an injured turtle…
And that last guitar reminded me of another cultural export that has come over the pond; Hardcore Pawn. I can just see Les and Seth’s faces as that one comes through the door.
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May 5, 2013 at 11:54 pm #78513USGoldParticipant
[img[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/603708_471628642913995_1050084703_n_zps314ec332.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/603708_471628642913995_1050084703_n_zps314ec332.jpg%5B/URL%5D%5D
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May 4, 2013 at 8:13 am #78485USGoldParticipant
As a guitarist even I have to admit this would sound much better played on a bass.
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/217668_10151111661676077_111147059_n_zpsce789e2e.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/217668_10151111661676077_111147059_n_zpsce789e2e.jpg%5B/URL%5D
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May 4, 2013 at 8:11 am #78424USGoldParticipant
Think your LP or Bass is heavy, try this on for size
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/944701_10151462548994261_1202210025_n_zpsca0db88b.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/944701_10151462548994261_1202210025_n_zpsca0db88b.jpg%5B/URL%5D
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May 1, 2013 at 1:04 am #78549USGoldParticipant
I got all three pics through facebook so steal away, it never occurred to me that Brits might not recognize the three chaps above, tell me you do know “The Three Stooges”, my belief is that they were golfing pictures that have been photoshopped over to guitars, that explains the cobber as you so rightfully put it, threads as we yanks would say.That black mess you commented on above, you’d never get to playing, be constantly messing about with switches and sliders and whatnot, sometimes I have trouble deciding which pickup to choose on my PRS three pu model, and that’s with only a 5 way and one volume one tone.
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April 30, 2013 at 11:04 pm #1274541bassleftParticipant
😆 , those are creative finds Scott. The oversized acoustic reminds me of my avatar and those three guys, 😯 . You’d think with those Zons (very outside our price brackets), they’d afford some decent clobber.
I’ve had my av for a long time. I’m quite tempted to change to that one (or maybe – sacrilege – use it on another forum I sometimes yak on)
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April 29, 2013 at 10:45 pm #127453USGoldParticipant
Ok not ugly , but thought this might amuse my bass playing friends.
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/547266_356541684447313_380254174_n_zps7e587a60.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/547266_356541684447313_380254174_n_zps7e587a60.jpg%5B/URL%5D
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April 29, 2013 at 10:43 pm #127451USGoldParticipant
Beyond comment.
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/321525_522398817795356_1129854172_n_zps37bf7a61.png.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/321525_522398817795356_1129854172_n_zps37bf7a61.png%5B/URL%5D
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April 29, 2013 at 10:42 pm #127452USGoldParticipant
How to make a guitar even uglier-add crappy gold-metalflake finish
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/316413_562446707109386_177375737_n_zps7b7e6b51.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/316413_562446707109386_177375737_n_zps7b7e6b51.jpg%5B/URL%5D -
April 27, 2013 at 8:45 pm #1274501bassleftParticipant
😆 , ha ha ha, I want one. In left. With 5 strings. Can’t have too many knobs. Wonder if the seller’s getting rid because he just can’t find the right tone?
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April 24, 2013 at 9:36 pm #127449USGoldParticipant
OK, this one is not so much ugly as pointless, A big confused WHY? from me.[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/934662_10151505514626708_441688983_n_zps507f4e7d.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/934662_10151505514626708_441688983_n_zps507f4e7d.jpg%5B/URL%5D
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April 24, 2013 at 5:27 am #782511bassleftParticipant
Yep, it’s a previous (and very scary) contestant. Some guitarists like to make love to their guitars…
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April 18, 2013 at 3:57 am #127447TimParticipant
Man, I remember that…I’d only just recovered on fact 😯 Just wrong on so many levels, “Jake and Dinos Chapman don’t make guitars but if they did…”
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April 16, 2013 at 11:14 pm #78272USGoldParticipant
I think I’ve found a winning entry.
[URL=http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/USGold/media/562517_10151494143601708_1880663385_n_zps47311464.jpg.html]http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/562517_10151494143601708_1880663385_n_zps47311464.jpg%5B/URL%5D
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March 30, 2013 at 11:30 am #127448USGoldParticipant
LOL, thanks 1Bass
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March 30, 2013 at 11:21 am #1274451bassleftParticipant
Two very, very fine additions. You haven’t lost your touch.
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March 30, 2013 at 7:01 am #127446USGoldParticipant
Is this just Stinky Cheese or did woodpeckers attack this axe?
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March 29, 2013 at 4:39 am #127444TimParticipant
*drinking
😯
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March 29, 2013 at 2:19 am #127443USGoldParticipant
What were they thinking?
http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/USGold/484273_550126895008034_1692882132_n_zps1ad25ed6.jpg
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March 26, 2013 at 12:27 am #127441USGoldParticipant
I truly dislike the “metal” “goth” and “death” guitars whether bass or 6’s. Wonder what these POS’s will be worth in 30-40 years, when the fad has shifted to something else, not like a classic LP or Strat/Tele
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March 25, 2013 at 7:57 am #1274421bassleftParticipant
OK, over in the bass forum, I put up a pic of a “Maestro” bass, the only lefty MM5 I’ve seen for reasonable money (the Ernie Ball going for what I consider unreasonable money) that is heading my way.
I also mentioned that the seller also has some utter frighteners on the books. Time to put pics to the claim:
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mdL3KXNZCvrmSC4QEo3BRyw.jpg
Another Maestro. Been on this thread before, IIRC.http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mTum3UlrcUh3f6fHpF8vcyw.jpg
And after I’d finished the garden fence…http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mGDDtzpR18Gjn8JaWfLv1zg.jpg
If I looked like this, I’d also want to remove my headhttp://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/ms-x6fv0rayzz5_E3k1h3Ww.jpg
Place this on your lap to counteract any excess Viagra intakehttp://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mWDx81f9Psk2hOyuu3LOxew.jpg
This is an old fave of the thread but, remember, all of these are from the same seller. Can you imagine their home decor?http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/ma_jbC2FGzD6Ztv04cgUahA.jpg
Bought to match the nickname of the guy in the band who bought one. They call him “Stupid”http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mRDtgQFahfAM5agj1EDAhfQ.jpg
Oh dear, another “axe”http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mVne1WV9BpzkLRv7o1Lj6GA.jpg
Comes with a useful handle for throwing it onto nearby waste groundhttp://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mjyYR1Y6oGNlNGGW9PSzhaw.jpg
Words? You want words to describe this ❓http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/muT2XXGm_kwfTcoZA42j_SA.jpg
Even Cincinnati residents want this bannedhttp://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mvcILEzAxA0V84wWGqn5NWw.jpg
I can’t see the point. Oh wait, there it ishttp://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mxtr3ctLGZk7c-RspAQAYRw.jpg
I’m feeling nostalgic for the 80s, headless look againhttp://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mEc4_8hrTAB4t9EgPbuwKOw.jpg
It’s called “The big, white K”. As in
“What the [big, white] ***K is that?”http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mOJjv_NXv0iFBpkLbU-1UhQ.jpg
Another one meant to be put on your lap that even a priest would have 2nd thoughts about. Talk about a cardinal sin😯 These are all from one seller’s current listings 😯
Yet, apart from my (hopefully) more aesthetic bass, they also list some very pretty guitars for reasonable money. One of which I shall put in USGold’s other thread.
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March 23, 2013 at 9:13 am #78277USGoldParticipant
I’d be happy if I were able to play with any sort of band right now, between my work hours and the one horse town I live in (near actually) 7 miles out, I don’t have a soul to enev make noise with, speaking of which, any comments on jamming practice devices and jam tracks recordings, truth I hunger for a bass ,drum and either key or lead that would let me join in.
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March 20, 2013 at 2:33 am #78271TimParticipant
I started coming back on then moved house, it’s taken BT 8 weeks to grace us with a new phone line 👿 £13 line rental a month well spent!
Hoping to be back more now, not least because after 8 years off I find myself in 2 and a bit bands all of a sudden!
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March 20, 2013 at 2:18 am #127440USGoldParticipant
Feels good to be back, it does appear that the forum is missing Lee’s input
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March 18, 2013 at 12:23 am #1274391bassleftParticipant
It’s very good to see you back here. I got evicted from the PC room once my son was old enough to barricade himself in but I had the idea to keep a little netbook handy in the lounge.
Tim still pops in but old chum LeeUK hasn’t reappeared. Knowing his ego and search engine, maybe it’d help if I type “Land are a great band” 😆
I notice I’m only one trivial post away from the 4,000 landmark 😯
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March 17, 2013 at 1:48 pm #127437USGoldParticipant
Yeah, been away a bit, missed the forum, you guys moved since I was around, took me a bit to find it and remember my password-LOL
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March 16, 2013 at 9:46 pm #1274381bassleftParticipant
Good to see you back, with some gold again. Live busker shot – must be a first for the ‘ugly’ thread, surely?
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March 16, 2013 at 3:14 am #78252
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March 16, 2013 at 3:04 am #127435USGoldParticipant
A couple of new UGLIES submitted for consideration.
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March 13, 2013 at 4:56 am #78360TimParticipant
😯 would cheese-wire your thumb surely?!
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February 8, 2013 at 8:15 am #1274361bassleftParticipant
Is this the ugliest? Probably not. Stupidest? Oh yes. If you’ve hankered for a bass guitar that you flip over to play lead guitar with restricted upper fret access, this is your only option.
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Bass-Guitar-Electric-Gtr-Neck-Thru-2012-SLR4-Combo-2-Sides-Guitar-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/m1sAAMXQgfZRCfc7/$T2eC16hHJFoE9nh6qTIWBRCfc60zYw~~60_1.JPG
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bass-Guitar-Electric-Gtr-Neck-Thru-2012-SLR4-Combo-2-Sides-Guitar-/170986237910?pt=Guitar&hash=item27cf92efd6Note the “street value” in the descn and the nicely done rear (front? rear? front?) control covers. Barking.
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December 9, 2012 at 7:49 am #783631bassleftParticipant
Whoa-hoh, wow. You really need to click on the auction link while it’s still up. Not only is this copper-topped, snake-wrapped monstrosity truly hideous, the asking price of $1999 is completely bonkers. In the description, the bought-in neck came from Mighty Mite. I ask you…
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mOmaYLj_Znu1Nuu6MmMLpig.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Made-Copperhead-Snake-4-String-Bass-with-Active-Pickup-/230892602265?pt=Guitar&hash=item35c2458399 -
December 7, 2012 at 7:36 am #1274341bassleftParticipant
Now this is just a silly take on the Travel Bass idea, right?
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/CUSTOM-BUILT-FRETLESS-RUFF-NECK-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/$T2eC16h,!yUE9s6NGYyEBQwOpJ7O4Q~~60_35.JPG
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CUSTOM-BUILT-FRETLESS-RUFF-NECK-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-/181039625584?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a26cd7570Oh, hang on, is that a “skull” paintjob? 🙄
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/CUSTOM-BUILT-FRETLESS-RUFF-NECK-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqR,!pwFCs7Vk!3MBQwOps6KFg~~60_35.JPG
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November 24, 2012 at 8:11 am #782531bassleftParticipant
Another buy-new. The Fret King Ventura bass.
http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/Guitarist/330/fret-king-full-640-80.jpg
Now, Trev Wilkinson deserves a lot of credit. Decent quality hardware for a very reasonable price. And I can understand the thought “wouldn’t it be great if a single bass had that Jazz bridge honk, the Precision thump and the EB0 mudbucker tone?” as long as you quickly dropped the idea.
Putting them into an ugly body with an ugly headstock and charging a very unreasonable £729? Me neither.
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November 24, 2012 at 7:48 am #1274331bassleftParticipant
Older players (OK, me) might remember the rather offensive “Tokai is coming” advert. No, don’t search for it – your hard drive will be of interest to The Squad for years. Imagine, though, if this brand new Musicvox Spaceranger used the same campaign – ouch 😯
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musicvox-Spaceranger-Bass-Vintage-60s-70s-Beatles-Stones-EB-Scale-Cherry-Burst-/181029576374?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a26341eb6http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mJeJM8GTafNIiF5yrh5b04Q.jpg
It’s worth reading the auction for some hilarious hype about how you’ll get noticed on stage. It doesn’t tell you that you’d get much the same effect, cheaper, wearing those comedy breasts.
http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/gazza.jpgprops to Talkbass website for flagging this in 2007, as a search just revealed. Thought I’d seen one before. Still ugly, though.
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November 22, 2012 at 11:58 am #127431JasonParticipant
I feel sorry for whoever gets that guitar/bass doubleneck for Christmas!
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November 20, 2012 at 5:45 pm #783691bassleftParticipant
Wait, there’s more from the ‘bay 😆 . That AK47 fixation, particuarly inept, this one:
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mUYzvrvqyQARHhDj2rxdNmA.jpg
BulimiaBass (well, it made me throw up):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Purple-Heart-Micro-Body-5-String-Bass-With-Schecter-Neck-/321025172429?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4abe9763cd
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m2oIKaSUyFMB6qA4v93L0vg.jpgand it’s not easy to make a guitar/bass doubleneck look balanced, as if proof were needed:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Double-Neck-Guitar-and-bass-6-string-and-4-string-solid-wood-body-/261118742174?pt=Guitar&hash=item3ccbe3ce9e
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/New-Double-Neck-Guitar-and-bass-6-string-and-4-string-solid-wood-body-/00/s/MTIwNFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqVHJC0E+bEtVUtWBQdDI!ZJ3g~~60_57.JPG -
November 19, 2012 at 3:22 am #1274321bassleftParticipant
OK, it’s a coupla years late, but, in homage to the thread originator, LeeUK, I had to put this one up:
It seems familiar, maybe the seller previously bought it off eBay. Apols for only eBay linking; I don’t have a photo account so these images will die when fleeb takes them down. I particularly like the subtle wiring run from the pup to the pot with woodfiller surround:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Custom-made-Fretless-bass-guitar-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$T2eC16R,!)EE9s2ugNrZBQkY(2hwB!~~60_35.JPG
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February 10, 2011 at 7:34 pm #127430JasonParticipant
[quote=”guitarnick79″]have you seen dbz guitars? IMHO they make only ugly ones, I will try to find some pictures and paste here :)[/quote]
Please do!
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February 10, 2011 at 6:10 am #127429guitarnick79Participant
have you seen dbz guitars? IMHO they make only ugly ones, I will try to find some pictures and paste here 🙂
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January 27, 2011 at 9:37 am #127428JasonParticipant
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December 9, 2010 at 9:59 am #127427JasonParticipant
I forgot to mention – voting on the 10 finalists is now underway at:
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December 9, 2010 at 9:58 am #127425JasonParticipant
The ugly guitars polls on here never cease to amaze me – I would never play any of the guitars that have topped the list in any of the polls we’ve run over the last 5 years!
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September 23, 2010 at 2:36 am #78274THE NINJAParticipant
Wow, are you serious who would play that???I mean honestly..
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