TheGreek Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) Just wish they'd have posted a full length photo. https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/vaccaro-kramer-5-string-bass/1471774609 Same sell has this: https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/70s-kramer-bass/1471772794 Edited January 1 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Look like a pair of decent basses for the right person. Luckily enough, that isn't me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy_r Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: Same sell has this: https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/70s-kramer-bass/1471772794 ...liking the pieces of Meccano, pop-riveted on the back - kicking myself for missing this trick on my own DIY build! 😞 Edited January 1 by sandy_r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 That Vaccaro is a bit tempting. The Kramer not so much - a former vocalist had one and I had a play on it, didn't like it. The purple glitter paint on the Vaccaro would terrify me though, given my natural clumsiness it would be so easy to chip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Also note that the Kramer has has the pickups repositioned on that new body. This has the "neck" pickup in roughly the P-bass position whereas it would have originally been much closer to the neck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floFC Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 01/01/2024 at 18:42, sandy_r said: ...liking the pieces of Meccano, pop-riveted on the back - kicking myself for missing this trick on my own DIY build! 😞 The 2 parallel ones are for pickup height adjustment, the other one is a cover for the bolts actually holding the body and neck together. Everything is flush so I’d say nicer than a neck plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy_r Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, floFC said: The 2 parallel ones are for pickup height adjustment, the other one is a cover for the bolts actually holding the body and neck together. Everything is flush so I’d say nicer than a neck plate. i'm just envious - never had Meccano as a kid 😣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floFC Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 minutes ago, sandy_r said: i'm just envious - never had Meccano as a kid 😣 Here is a project 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy_r Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 33 minutes ago, floFC said: Here is a project hmmm - i preferred the earlier National Resonators ...before they modernised to Red with Green purfling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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