GrumpyBassist Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Okay... apologies if this is in the wrong place but I honestly don't know where it belongs... Years and years ago... in The Bass Place. Nun Street... the home (as you will know) of one Howard and one Pete... I played the smallest bass I ever played or even saw. It was a tiny thing (I'm guessing a scale of no more than 18-20"?) with big big tubular rubber strings and a fretless fingerboard with 'painted' markers which were (in my mind now) no distance apart at all... it was a nightmare and truly hideous (I'm talking a badly designed Aria/Pignose) but... for some reason this popped into me head a couple of days ago and... I want one..!! Any clues as to what this ugly little monster might be would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Ashbory bass? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyBassist Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Oh... my... f^&*ing... God... that might just be it...!! Thanks... I'm might be going shopping..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) Is this it? Later re-issued by Fender as the DeArmond Ashbory (comparison here) and even later re-booted by The Bass Centre as a more conventionally shaped item with 21" scale rather than the original 18" scale ↓ Edit for: Dannybuoy and the OP beat me to it Edited April 10, 2020 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyBassist Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 I think so... cheers. It was definitely the ugly one though... pre 'mainstream bass or guitar looking' body version. I hate it when people use the word "rare" in their descriptions though... just means I'll be paying over the odds and if and when I actually get one... I'll probably hate it. All good though... thanks You have no idea just what search terms I've used not to find this little bugger..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 There are a lot of alternatives these days, check out the Kala U Bass and its many cheaper clones, just search for ‘ukulele bass’. A few people make solid body versions too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 @GrumpyBassist you’re in luck https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264695618219 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I had an Ashbory, I threw on a bottom of the garden bonfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: I had an Ashbory, I threw on a bottom of the garden bonfire. How come mate, you could’ve flogged it for a few quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 i believe that quite a few people have been fitting the uke bass strings to their ashbory basses, they are supposed to be a bit more useable than the originals (and there is quite a range available now) i have thunder reds fitted to my Kala U-bass. (i also have fond memories of the bass place on Nun street, it was part of my weekly trawl round Newcastle, usually just after a browse in Spenders across the road.) Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Here's one being played.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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