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If there are any Carl Thompson owners on this forum, please show off your instruments.

Here are mine:


This is my fretless 4 string

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And here is my fretted 6 string

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Hope there are other Carl thompson basses out there that need to be flashed.

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I finally played one early this year. The owner claimed it was once played by Stan Clarke in RTF and had been purchased for £23,000 by a rich girlfriend (I didn't know whether to believe him or not). Truly astonishing instrument in terms of balance, feel, dimensions and ergonomic brilliance. When you play one of these instruments you suddenly realise why the design is so influential - in fact Carl Thompson is the MOST influential designer of the bass guitar after Leo Fender. Some people don't understand - they think it's all about scrolls, ornate woods and cosmetics, etc.

Er, no I don't have one, I'm afraid but I admire this example on Talkbass:





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[quote name='winterfire666' timestamp='1401986667' post='2468966']

there must be some more owners on here, how about some more pics :^)
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i don't think there are. I've never seen a CT owner here on Basschat. They're incredibly rare here - and are usually owned by Americans.

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My understanding is he built a lot (small scale, lo tech) in the 70's but though the 80's and 90's he's built a team of younger guys to do a lot of the bench work. Pete Hilton seems to be one of the most skilled guys to have come out of the Thompson worshshop. My impression is Carl is a musician at heart, and luthier by circumstance, partly thanks to Dan Armstrong and his NY repair shop in the late 60's.

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