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Love Morphine, no bassist was ever as original as Mark Sandman. What a sound!

I’m glad that I’ve seen them live several times.

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5 hours ago, Beedster said:

Why a 4-string nut?

 

In case a certain customiser should decide to add two more tuners at jaunty angles, add two bridge saddles, and ram a couple of Strat pickups into the pickup routs.

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2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Sandberg made some two string basses and so did Waterstone.

 

I'm surprised nobody put a 2-string Chris Ballew Gitbassinto production.

Id buy it

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7 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

I'd imagine no one mass produces a 2-string nut. For good reason. Well spotted though, Beedster.

How much would it cost for them to use blanks and do it properly? To me it shouts poor attention to detail 🧐

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16 hours ago, Beedster said:

How much would it cost for them to use blanks and do it properly? To me it shouts poor attention to detail 🧐

It’s a copy of Mark Sandman’s bass, which was a 4 string with only 2 strings on it, so it’s quite accurate in that regard. 

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Exactly! The headstock should have 2 extra holes as well and should be black.

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And a way higher nut alongside a full length string retainer as he was playing with a bottleneck all the time (as mentioned earlier).

 

Saw Morphine with Moondog Jr opening, with the two bands playing together a full encore: one of the best "rock" concerts I've ever attended.

 

Mark Sandman was really gifted.

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9 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Saw Morphine with Moondog Jr opening, with the two bands playing together a full encore: one of the best "rock" concerts I've ever attended.

 

I am properly envious of that, what a magical pairing. 
 

I could have seen Morphine at Reading ‘94 but I was wedged down the front to see CooShootCop and Rollins Band. And I didn’t know who they were at the time, alas.

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On 23/08/2025 at 16:45, Beedster said:

How much would it cost for them to use blanks and do it properly? To me it shouts poor attention to detail 🧐

Its a 4 string bridge too, with only 2 saddles, same for the pups. All you'd need to convert it to a 4 string is 2 saddles, 2 strings and 2 machine heads! Looks like an MDP creation to my eyes! 

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