binky_bass 2,170 Posted November 21, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scratch-Built-Electric-Guitar-/174513410010?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 So many questions... so little time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorks5stringer 1,828 Posted November 21, 2020 Function over form and it looks like it's strung with rusty old fence wire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
binky_bass 2,170 Posted November 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: Function over form and it looks like it's strung with rusty old fence wire. The way I like my basses! The more fence wire the better! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alembic1989 77 Posted November 21, 2020 I can see you with that Russ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bassassin 1,925 Posted November 22, 2020 There's the proof that those people who say "you can achieve anything if you just put your mind to it" are wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baxlin 907 Posted November 22, 2020 BB, Re the thread title, buy it then, so you can answer the first question, (what is it?) and then post a review on here to explain the second question! Because it seems no-one else can answer either...... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldslapper 1,564 Posted November 22, 2020 Why is there a sherbet liquorice attached to the side? Seems a waste. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Jack 4,327 Posted November 22, 2020 Oh come on guys, the wooden whammy bar attached to a bungee cord is sheer genius and you know it. You're just ticked off because you didn't think of it first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorks5stringer 1,828 Posted November 22, 2020 Makes a Wishbass look like an Alembic.... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jus Lukin 2,645 Posted November 22, 2020 It looks kind of steampunk (in so much that it looks like a Victorian contraption, not that it looks like it cost a fortune to dress up funny 😄). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGreek 5,567 Posted November 22, 2020 This is living proof that Mental Health has increased since COVID. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prowla 1,360 Posted November 22, 2020 Once again I marvel at the creativity of the human brain! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorks5stringer 1,828 Posted November 22, 2020 2 hours ago, TheGreek said: This is living proof that Mental Health has increased since COVID. Pedantic I know, but don't you mean 'decreased'? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul S 3,181 Posted November 22, 2020 Sigh. if only it were a 4 string. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NikNik 357 Posted November 22, 2020 Old Ladies' tights for bass strings?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NikNik 357 Posted November 22, 2020 Looking at the components, this thing was made decades ago. The switches and those old ladies' support tights surely lend creedence to that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGreek 5,567 Posted November 22, 2020 3 hours ago, TheGreek said: This is living proof that Mental Health has increased since COVID. 1 hour ago, yorks5stringer said: Pedantic I know, but don't you mean 'decreased'? To clarify...."cases/incidents of mental health" 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stub Mandrel 8,997 Posted November 22, 2020 Looks like it was meant to be a lap steel guitar to me - and a bit of fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigRedX 2,481 Posted November 23, 2020 Probably worth it just for that "vintage" capacitor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tauzero 1,129 Posted November 24, 2020 "I have no idea if it works". I can say with almost certainty that it doesn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
