gadget Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hi Folks, I was reminded earlier of these rather bizarre, if not very innovative, hand made basses that seemed to be pretty popular around a decade(ish) ago, and I was wondering if anyone remembered them? Are they still around? Anyone own/owned one? Anyone able to dig up any pics? The web really doesn't turn up much info, as when you search for Bass Surgery, you seem to get lots of Plastic Surgeons pooping up! I'd love to see some pics again, so hope this develops into an interesting thread! I remember the designs were rather pointed, and somewhat resembled a lethal weapon of some description? I also remeber they had an incredibly hefty price tag too! Hope someones able to dig up some info? Regards G! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 AFAIK they have gone out of business now. There's some discussion about them in the [url=http://basschat.co.uk/topic/5525-weird-wonderful-basses/page__view__findpost__p__262543]Weird & Wonderful thread from post #436 onwards[/url]. IIRC the luthier was also a dental technician, which resulted in a lot of custom cast hardware such as the buttons on the machine heads. He also had a fondness for the [url=http://www.lightwave-systems.com/technology.html]Lightwave pickup system[/url] and the built-in [url=http://www.wittman-spins.com/tunersProTuner.html]Wittman tuner[/url]. I believe that Toasted on the forum has played one, but I think that's as close as any of us have got to owning one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='gadget' timestamp='1322515024' post='1452043'] you seem to get lots of Plastic Surgeons pooping up! [/quote] Ewwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1322517522' post='1452105'] Ewwwww [/quote] That was my first though too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Oopsie! Typoo! Hehe! Yer, he was a Dental technician, and I remember chatting with him at one of the bass shows years ago, before I moved out here. Just wondered what had happened, as the net doesn't even deliver a picture on any searches. I'll go take a look at that link now. Anyone else got some info/pics? I know there were a number of threads about them on Bassworld, before we changed over to Basschat, but nothing appears here either. Cheers G! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Hmm. Interesting that that never showed up when i did a search on the forum? Oh well, thanks for the link! Good to see some pics again! Cheers G! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCH Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I found a couple of pic's..I tried to buy the 4 string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I remember thinking they look amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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