Wandre - Italian 60s-style design

[alyctes]

Personally I think it's both hideous and seriously overpriced, but I'm sure that's just me...

 

I don't know how old it actually is, but it definitely has that 60s vibe to it.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376549673301?itmmeta=01K57SMEDVR45VFCG4WTP3D2TV&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwMHg7L1Zz0LA5DYYmRTS30mtQVSPNgxZajlUzTZPaSj5m1JCr2YHkIRmzPtEqOdzfF7QtUSpw3HVjaR3kovLsFHOdWFXUpgwuh5ulp46jZPpV6OH70uN5%2BuvbdfNZd61KUOCIDUhXBT64JO%2FQLvoDBLXo2EsyvaSO1dS267a%2Fjdyxp2PWJDhxx9TWxvN1TIkTQKhIFgn1sx3cGDPXIWiqx58kxxhRX43%2B5iUKSG40TdSfp37CQG4MTpFxPMprjD4Uw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5Ln0fmpZg

[tauzero]

I wouldn't call it hideous, but it does suffer from the fact that Les Paul came up with one of the most attractive guitar shapes ever and anything that bears a faint resemblance but is out of proportion seems really really wrong. Plus the control section of the scratchplate is truly horrendous.

[BigRedX]

Unsurprisingly I like that a lot and if I had a spare €2000 and a use for a 4-string bass I might be making an offer.

 

Made some time between 1963 and 1967 and originally costing 68,000 Lira.

 

And in what looks like surprisingly good condition for a Wandré. All the ones I have seen in real life have been considerably worse for wear.

 

More information on this Fetish Guitars web page.

Edited September 16 by BigRedX

[Beedster]

I love it 👍

[Beedster]

…. sort of bass I’d expect to see Jack White  playing 

[Happy Jack]

That's just the sort of barking mad eccentricity that appeals to me.

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:

That's just the sort of barking mad eccentricity that appeals to me.

Go on mate………..

[Burns-bass]

I've played this one and it's great!

 

https://motomusic.co.uk/products/wandre-davoli-mini-bass-1960s-red?_pos=2&_psq=wandre&_ss=e&_v=1.0

[tauzero]

20 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

I've played this one and it's great!

 

https://motomusic.co.uk/products/wandre-davoli-mini-bass-1960s-red?_pos=2&_psq=wandre&_ss=e&_v=1.0

 

It's nice that they modelled basses on Triumph gear selector cams.

 

[Bassassin]

That's really quite restrained & conservative for a Wandre.

 

 

I've never found any of their designs particularly appealing but live in hope that, wonky-looking & tacky as they are, one day one will turn up at the car boot for a tenner.

[Cestrian]

I bought one, reasonably cheaply scouring the Italian equivalent of Gumtree. Impulse buy after seeing a video of the bass player in Sean Lennon’s old band playing one. Really distinctive sound, presumably mainly down to the aluminium neck.