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[b]Ashbory Mini Bass[/b]
My son plays this, mostly. It's a nice gimmick, but never used in anger.
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Carvin XB75P (Tuned F#BEAD)[/b]
Death Metal Bass. Koa top. Really nice player.

[b]Musicman Bongo[/b]
Good all around bass. Some people don't like it. I traded in a fretless 5 thumb for it. Miss that thumb some. Best overall sounding.
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Atelierz Mini-CUB upright electric. [url="http://www.atelierz.co.jp/cubpassive.htm"]http://www.atelierz.co.jp/cubpassive.htm[/url][/b]
EUB. I try.

[b]Stingray[/b]
Everyone should own at least one 'ray in their life. This one could cut cheese with the sound.

[b]MIJ Jazz (w/ Badass and Lindly Fralins)[/b]
Just an awesome player. Gassed for a Jazz, played about 30 in shops around Shinjuku and Shibuya. This was the best.

[b]GW #23.[/b]
Best overall playing / comfort.

[b]Wish peanut 6 fretless[/b]
Wish claims he makes "Paint brushes for musicians". I think he makes baseball bats with strings. It's a 6-er fretless so it gets some use. The neck takes some getting used to.

I ordered it unfinished:


It was far from perfect:


Here's the neck, compared to a thumb fretless (fattest neck I had...)


I finished it in tung oil, and fitted an adjustable bridge.


It does have some nice contouring behind the neck....

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[quote name='Gwilym' post='192519' date='May 5 2008, 10:28 PM']nice collection - that Carvin looks really nice, and the GW too (I had to look them up [url="http://www.gwbasses.com/index.shtml)"]http://www.gwbasses.com/index.shtml)[/url] - how did you come by that one?[/quote]

I spent six years living in NY, USA - when I fell in with what I'd describe as a 'bad crowd' at www.uglybassplayer.com

One of the initiation rites to the club is you have to order a bass from Grandon & then wait for over a year for it to arrive.

It is the nicest player of the bunch by some margin: it just sounds flat. There's no top end 'zing' to it. Shame really because otherwise I really wouldn't need another bass (at least, that's what I tell myself...) Tempted to replace the electronics with those from the Bongo to see what happens, but the PUPs are just completely the wrong shape.

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