Huge Hands Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='154134' date='Mar 9 2008, 07:51 PM']Marcus Miller seems to be enjoying playing it.[/quote] Looks like one slip and he'll be in A&E with a pierced chest cavity.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotnwhy Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 wow, some beautifull new posts there! yum yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 The TB. Cripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='154134' date='Mar 9 2008, 07:51 PM'] Marcus Miller seems to be enjoying playing it.[/quote] You have to be very very cool to wear a Porkpie Hat with a track suit. I'd suggest you'd need that amount of cool (or maybe just a tad more) to play that bass in public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 [quote name='Dillsfretless' post='162066' date='Mar 23 2008, 09:57 AM']Whew! just waded through the whole thread for the first time. I have to say that I found 99% of the basses here within to be totally ugly. Having said that, a few were very 'interesting' - I particularly liked the one string bass![/quote] Not a problem. The whole point of this thread was to show that there is a massive selection of good quality instruments out there for those of us who want something a little (or a lot) different. There's plenty of threads here drooling over the basses of Leo Fender's three companies and their look-alikes and to be honest I simply can't see the attraction. Personally I like my music to be at least a little removed from the norm and the instruments that I use to create a perform that music to match that. For me the visual aspect is as important as everything else. I now own basses by 4 of the builders featured on this thread - Gus, Lightwave, Reverend, and Tokai, and given the opportunity and the cash I would probably own more provided that the sound and playability fitted with what I wanted. And having said that it guess it's time for some more basses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) So todays new basses come from [url="http://lutheriedac.free.fr/"]DAC[/url] in France There appears to be two basic models, the Synergie: and the Baobass For me the Synergie is an interesting bass - similar in concept to the Harvey Citron AE Basses but a bit more elegant. There are two versions of this a 'conventional' solid body with a single pickup and the one shown here with a chambered body and a Schertler system. The Baobass is design has a nod to CT basses but starting at a much more sensible €1200 for the bass shown here. Walnut body and maple neck with a single Delano pickup. Simple and elegant. Edited March 30, 2008 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='166622' date='Mar 30 2008, 10:04 PM'] For me the Synergie is an interesting bass - similar in concept to the Harvey Citron AE Basses but a bit more elegant. There are two versions of this a 'conventional' solid body with a single pickup and the one shown here with a chambered body and a Schertler system.[/quote] It had overtones of the Shaftesbury Ned Callan (or Cody) to me (and I've only been able to find a photo that doesn't show it well): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Mario_Bass Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 thanks so much for this thread its great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 [quote name='synaesthesia' post='168635' date='Apr 2 2008, 06:11 PM']Have a look at these, from Croatia: [url="http://www.aries-basses.com/"]http://www.aries-basses.com/[/url][/quote] Aaaaaaargh! Awful website! 16 clicks before I saw a picture .. daft I calls it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) No no no no no......... Now I've got GAS for one of those DAC Synergie basses (the black solid-body for those that have seen the website) Sort of a punk rock version of the Warwick Corvette Edited April 2, 2008 by clauster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 [quote name='OldGit' post='168648' date='Apr 2 2008, 06:21 PM']Aaaaaaargh! Awful website! 16 clicks before I saw a picture .. daft I calls it[/quote] +1 And everything happens S O S L O W L Y . . . A website that shows off the web designers latest tricks rather than the luthier's talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotnwhy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 [quote name='synaesthesia' post='168496' date='Apr 2 2008, 02:39 PM'][url="http://www.slapring.com/en/home/index.php"]http://www.slapring.com/en/home/index.php[/url][/quote] wow!! that was [b][i]literally[/i][/b] a blast from the past!! i haven't been on that site since i first started playing bass (probably 6/7 years), i used to visit it every time i went online because i was in awe of the slapping (i hadn't learnt how to do it by then). not only is it suprising thats it's the same music after all those years. but to hear something that had such an effect on me, but until now had completely forgot about was a very nice suprise. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='168742' date='Apr 2 2008, 08:53 PM']+1 And everything happens S O S L O W L Y . . . A website that shows off the web designers latest tricks rather than the luthier's talent.[/quote] exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 If I have the patience to work my way through the Aries site there'll no doubt be some of their basses featured in the future... In the meantime here's an interesting bass form [url="http://www.dalegria.com/en/index.html"]D'Algeria[/url] Made in Brazil, most of the models 'borrow' rather heavily from existing designs, but amongst these I found this interesting gem... It's one of their signature models built for André Gomes. It has an interesting fish-tail body design 32" scale length and built-in compressor. D'Algeria also do a [url="http://www.dalegria.com/en/products_signature_defendertb.html"]Trevor Bolder signature model[/url] of a more conventional design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Thats.... ... how much they asking??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 After 4 hours searching this morning, I re-discovered what is perhaps one of the only true custom graphite bass manufacturers (ie will make you a custom all-graphite instrument from a shape you supply). [url="http://www.miller-instruments.com/"]http://www.miller-instruments.com/[/url] This is one of their standard models - all graphite: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 CK have you actually been in contact with them? These are one of the custom builders I would have featured here by now if it wasn't for the fact that they simply won't answer any of my emails and that picture you posted is about the best one on the site! The prices (if they're still current) are excellent when you consider that their direct competition is BassLab (who are more than happy to answer my many emails about construction and specifications and have offered me a bass to try first when I'm ready to more seriously consider having them build me something). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I thought their prices were pretty good too but there's no way to tell how current they are. I've just sent them an email but judging by their site, they're not big on the internet as a marketing tool. Although they have updated the news this year... ...did you try calling them at all? They do have numbers listed. Otherwise I'm quite happy to check out basslab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Time to add some new basses before this thread drops off the first page... ;-) Here's a selection of modern Retro designs from [url="http://www.dipintoguitars.com/"]DiPinto[/url] Belvedere Standard Mach IV and Galaxie More elegant than Italia IMO. I could certainly find a place for the Mosrite influenced Mach IV and the angular Galaxie in my collection. All 34" scale as well. Shiny without being too tacky. Prices around the $800 mark. Edited April 18, 2008 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Galaxie . Lovely dark board, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Has this been on? [url="http://www.wowmusicalinstruments.com/"]http://www.wowmusicalinstruments.com/[/url] Found here: [url="http://www.otheroom.com/namm06/guitars.html"]http://www.otheroom.com/namm06/guitars.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_citizenbass Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 ^^^^ kinda reminds me of the elephant man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Here's a guy who likes Aluminum - sorry, Alumin[b]i[/b]um: He has a (Flash-heavy) website [url="http://skylabdigital.com/"]here[/url], and more YouTube videos [url="http://ie.youtube.com/user/x9spaceman"]here[/url]. He has 1-string and 6-string basses too, and something called the Vytrobulus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 So that's where his site is now! I posted pictures and linked to an earlier incarnation of the site back at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5525&view=findpost&p=78582"]post 172[/url] in this thread. This is at least the third different place he's been on the internet, and it appears he's no longer trying to sell the basses as a business. When I first started gathering info and bookmarks that have become the basis for this weird and wonderful collection I exchanged several emails with the maker of these bases when he was offering the steel Quadrant bass for about $600. However just before I decided I was going to order one he stopped answering emails and pretty soon after that the original Phaedrus.com website disappeared. Thanks for the new link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I've not looked through all 19 pages so I don't know if these have been on but I think they're quite comical... [attachment=8000:ass_bass.jpg] [attachment=8001:bass_axe_jpeg.JPG] [attachment=8002:double_n...corvette.jpg] [attachment=8003:electra_bass_big.jpg] [attachment=8004:lion_bass.jpg] [attachment=8005:rainbow_jpeg.JPG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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