Headless Bass...

Post by Bg » Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:32 pm

it has to be said, that the main reason I bought it was because you don't like them

Thinking about selling the Strat mate :p

(nah, not really.....)

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:03 pm

I bet you don't miss the Tokai these days ? "its a keeper mate, I am neer selling that guitar"

Ha ha, now you got all the great axes in your stable.

That bass is a very nice looking axe, very Bill Wyham doing the 1980's stones tours.

Post by Bg » Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:21 pm

funnily enough, I do miss it though

had a good feel and tone to it - I miss every guitar I've ever let go

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 11:19 pm

Funny you say that as I miss my 97 LP Standard. It was a good guitar looking back now. I am thinking I might have to try and get a 97 of ebay if one pops up.

That Vintage sunburst was a nice piece of maple.

Post by Bg » Sat Jun 26, 2004 11:39 pm

yep, I really miss the early 80's squire I had, first proper guitar and I swapped it for an Aria II Bass - someone once offered me an SG for it and I turned it down - oh well.... that Tokai was good, the Gibson is better but bang for buck goes to the Tokai.

Post by Bg » Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:24 pm

Woo hoo! Sounds good through the amp, I feel like a proper bass player - everything just seems easier for me, not just the bass but my playing is coming along by leaps and bounds (well I think so anyway)

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:27 am

Nice looking bass BG - I used to think the headless instruments were have/gimmick until I saw one being used on the Bowie Glass Spider tour (video or something) and the sound of that headless guitar was superb. If it was not for the price I'd be chasing after a steinberger 6 and 12 string myself.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:35 am

The only things I really regret were a nice old maton (40's or 50's) f hole jazz guitar I idiotically traded in on a strat, and of course my original B45-12 (on an SG special).

But the Ibanez's, Diplomat's, Ecko's, Vox's, Commadores, Framus's, Marranuci's, Swallows etc. were all 'good riddance' as they were at best adequate and at the worst frsutrating - especially one 'Mellow tone' chinese made 12 string from the late 60's with 'steel reinforced neck'- talk about unplayable.

ash · Post by **ash** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:23 pm

The ones I miss are the guitars I never got a photo of, which considering they were all totally unique is a bit more of a bummer than it might sound. The ones that got stolen are a downer too, but at least I have pictures

I saw one of them in Greenlane Musicworks a few years ago going for a bargain price. It was a PRSish hollowbody/archtop with yellow dyed curly beech top with Seymour Duncan pickups. I should have bought it back on the spot. I would if I saw it again!!

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:55 am

On the first page of this thread bluesgeek mentions that Dr. Rog does not like wood grain finishes.

S'cuse me Doc? What up wi' dat? Headless basses I can understand someone disliking but nice wood?

Nice bass by the way, even if it is headless, which I never cared for. But if it's gotta be headless I guess you got one of the nicer ones.

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:02 am

bg,
Is that Strat one of those fotoflames or is it a C/S model?

Here's what my bass looks like:

It's a Fender "Victor Bailey" Jazz.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:37 am

Mate - I just have an aversion to the natural wood finish on guitars and basses - and keyboards - I had a Yamaha combo organ which was finished in American Walnut - I was going to cover the thing with tie-dyed sheepskin... all just personal taste!

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:51 am

Haha.... Funny coincidence Rog.

My office/workshop is in the old factory where that organ was probably assembled. I use some of the wood and the remains of the very same walnut veneer on my stuff some 20 years after they stopped making the organs there!

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:01 am

Oh the horror...

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:43 am

I guess we're just built differently then I suppose. I love natural wood grain so much that I'd even wear condoms with a wood grain if it were possible.

No, silly, not a woodie grain.