Pino's Ox Bird Thunder Bass

[HeadlessBassist]

I just found a very interesting supposed Pino bass for sale and did a little research. Anyone got any more info on the "Ox Bird" Bass he used with T-Bird pickups?

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 16:04 by HeadlessBassist

[Rick's Fine '52]

2 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

I just found a very interesting supposed Pino bass for sale and did a little research. Anyone got any more info on the "Ox Bird" Bass he used with T-Bird pickups?

 

 

 

 

Well it’s clearly a cheap style copy of the one Pino played. Can’t tell much else from the pic. 

[HeadlessBassist]

Yes, I was thinking it all looks like nice enough hardware, but not £800 worth.

[Beedster]

I love that sellers shop, he has some very cool and interesting instruments 👍

[BTops]

The black surround around the neck pickup looks cheap and tacky.

[crazycloud]

Aesthetically I prefer the one Pino is holding.

[HeadlessBassist]

Right. I think I've figured out what these are now. The base instruments were by BaCH in the Czech Republic. Ox Bird is a luthier from Poland who specialises in customising basses.

 

 

 

[bloke_zero]

There are some differences as well, like rosewood neck and the pickup placement looks like they are about 2cm closer to the neck on the original.

[Steve Browning]

I know he used it to record the last Who album. The strings were changed for the recordings (through a Fender Deluxe!!) and I got given them. Not my thing so I passed them on.

[Alanko]

I think Pino modified it latterly with an additional sidewinder/mudbucker neck pickup. 
 

 

Trying to get Gibson tones from a bass built around Fender lines has been an on-and-off interest of mine over the years.