WTAF??

[ricksterphil]

It's a mad mad world

 

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/brian-eastwood-bender-collision-bass-2008-sunburst-2nd-hand/

[Lozz196]

Looks like a bass that Mr Soft from the Steve Harley/Cockney Rebel song would play.

[velvetkevorkian]

Paging Mr Dali to the front desk please, you seem to have lost something.

 

NGL I kind of love it.

 

edit: not enough to pay £1899 for it though

Edited 22 hours ago by velvetkevorkian

[Marvin]

Looks like it was left too close to a radiator.

 

[Owen]

Those are superb. I have eyed them from afar for years. 

[Sean]

I've played one of the Stratocasters and it was a very nice guitar to play. 

 

[Osiris]

2 hours ago, ricksterphil said:

It's a mad mad world

 

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/brian-eastwood-bender-collision-bass-2008-sunburst-2nd-hand/

 

Agreed, why on earth are people still making sunturdburst instruments in this day and age??? 😮😢😭🤢🤮

[Mottlefeeder]

1 hour ago, Osiris said:

 

Agreed, why on earth are people still making sunturdburst instruments in this day and age??? 😮😢😭🤢🤮

Possibly because 'front' grain and end grain take common finishes differently, so by hiding the transition, they can use a cheaper finish.

David

[Hellzero]

It looks like the bass is running away ... from itself.

[Jackroadkill]

3 hours ago, Sean said:

I've played one of the Stratocasters and it was a very nice guitar to play. 

 

 

Would that be the Bender Distortocaster?  There was one in a shop in Shrewsbury in the 1990's for years; I wish I'd been able to afford it.

[Sean]

42 minutes ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

Would that be the Bender Distortocaster?  There was one in a shop in Shrewsbury in the 1990's for years; I wish I'd been able to afford it.

Yes, that's it. I played in a band with a chap that owned one and he had a Fender Strat sprayed to match. He'd play the first set with the Fender and then switch to the Bender later on. I think as many as 10 audience members noticed the switch over the years. 

[miles'tone]

It was the 90s man. I quite fancied one at the time ☺️

[ossyrocks]

I've known Brian for decades and remember seeing these in his workshop when he used to build them. A lot of thought went into the design and build of these in order from them to play well and actually intonate.

 

He built other wacky designs too, including a Moon guitar/bass.

 

Rob

[80Hz]

I dig it - it looks like it's dancing!!

 

I can also appreciate the mad skill that went into building it - I mean look at the way the neck starts to deviate around the 15th fret, then the pocket joins the body at an angle.. nuts

 

I'm trying to imagine the genre of music most appropriate for this bass..

[SteveXFR]

Thats why you don't leave your P bass leaning against a radiator 

[ossyrocks]

Here's the Strat version

 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/7274703-very-rare-brian-eastwood-bender-distortocaster

[HeadlessBassist]

"Ted clearly didn't listen to his bandmates even when they repeatedly told him that a rubber bass was not a good idea in hot climates..."

Edited 6 hours ago by HeadlessBassist

[ossyrocks]

and the Blue Moon guitar..

 

 

[Jackroadkill]

1 hour ago, ossyrocks said:

He built other wacky designs too, including a Moon guitar/bass.

 

Made for Showaddywaddy?

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I like that ..but not in sunburst ! If it were about £800 max and in yellow , orange or green I’d have to track one down . I remember roughly around 15-20 years ago this design and the cheese bass / guitars were mentioned in a bass guitar magazine . Inflation and rarity has pushed the price up somewhat .

[BigRedX]

This, or the Bas Extravaganza Punk Bass would be the instrument I would want to bring to any gig where I was told to use a Precision.

[velvetkevorkian]

2 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

and the Blue Moon guitar..

 

 

All the ergonomic benefits of a headless but with added sharp edges to keep the guitarist in line

[SteveXFR]

The important question is, can you get a tort pick guard to fit?

[Ed_S]

13 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

The important question is, can you get a tort pick guard to fit?

 

Preferably a celluloid one for increased flammability 🙂 

 

That said, it'd be a funny "can I borrow your bass?" bass.