wateroftyne Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-Katana-Bass-/221201758763?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3380a6fa2b"]Yaaaaaaawn[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Yes, definitely not boring....not nice, but not boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 A Fender that BRX could love ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr M Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Ah yes, the Katana. A favourite of books on vintage guitars. Kind like a copy of the Randy Rhodes V with bits sawn off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 That looks like a ............ aherm ............slight mistake!! An extension of Leo's design principle that the instruments could be made by unskilled labour - in the case of the body of this one, very by the looks of it. Nice colour though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1363374280' post='2012124'] A Fender that BRX could love ? [/quote] Almost... I nearly bough the guitar version once. The bass would need to be a 5-string and they'd have to sort out the headstock and neck joint before I'd consider using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I have a six string version... I never play it. But looking at it fills me with a sense of wonder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 [quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1363376310' post='2012154'] I have a six string version... I never play it. But looking at it fills me with a sense of wonder... [/quote] Where did you get it? I have a suspicion it might well be the one I nearly bought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Not in Notts. In Stoke. I lent a mate some money and ended up with his guitar. If it was mine I'd have sold it, but feel like It's still his even though I've not seen the bugger for nearly 20 years. I've tried looking for him in the usual places but he seems to have succesfully avoided the 21st century. Edited March 15, 2013 by bigjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Pass the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I got offered one of these back in the 90s for a pittance. Luckily it seems not to have gained in value, so I am not so bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I was just sick a bit in my mouth.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I think someone at Fender was having a bad day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckendrick Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 It's no worse than the Moderene, the Flying V, and the Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Having had another better look, I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Essentially it's just a P-Bass with a different body shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr M Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 [quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1363438289' post='2012685'] It's no worse than the Moderene, the Flying V, and the Explorer. [/quote] Yup. And two of those have gone on to become icons. One never made it to production. I think that demonstrates that the line between legendary status and dismal failure is a very fine one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Looks nice and comfy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Lukewarm, me. The design is original, but for from great. Also in my mind this design is a vertical design that is much weakened when you hang the thing in playing position. I do love quirky though, so I'd probably buy it before the same P in the same quality with the regular design - if it was possible to play it, that is. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1363438716' post='2012694'] Having had another better look, I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Essentially it's just a P-Bass with a different body shape. [/quote] If you say so!! But what a body shape - interesting to hear where the inspiration for that came from - looks as random as a spalsh of paint on paper to me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Flash ! AAAAAAHHHHHH-AAAAAAA ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassSwede Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 That looks like a horrible horrible workshop accident. I sure hope no-one was seriously injured when it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1363454031' post='2012960'] If you say so!! But what a body shape - interesting to hear where the inspiration for that came from - looks as random as a spalsh of paint on paper to me!! [/quote] I would have said Gibson Flying V guitar via the Kramer XKB-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1363455765' post='2012986'] I would have said Gibson Flying V guitar via the Kramer XKB-10. [/quote] Possibly - but you could definitely have someone's eye out with that headstock or bottom horn. Can you imagine trying to play it on your knee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I kinda like it. Whack a bridge pickup in there and I'd use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Looks more like Lego fender.horrible imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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