Let's see your basses...

[blitzcruise]

How about "identical" cousins:

My Hamer Blitz Bass and Gibson Explorer Bass

[Hamer Time]

How about "identical" cousins:

My Hamer Blitz Bass and Gibson Explorer Bass

How do they compare?

[Dasein]

Here's a shot of my early 80's P - Bass. I just liked the shot. Bass was my original main instrument (after the accordion). I cut my teeth on an early Ibanez Jazz Bass copy which was awesome -- loved it (it was a school instrument) until it got ripped off by another kid at school (I then had to start lugging my own bass to school everyday - 2 miles). The handle on my case broke after about a year -- It's still broken thirty years later - lol.

[LordOfTheThighs]

I got nuthin

[Toadroller]

^^^

No, no. That's pretty good, actually.

[blackfbiv]

In all it's glory... The blackfbiv!

[blitzcruise]

How about "identical" cousins:

My Hamer Blitz Bass and Gibson Explorer Bass

How do they compare?

They feel and play very similar. The Gibson has a brighter tone than the Hamer.

[Hamer_SS_guy]

Here are all basses I use:

[mc2]

I can't get my iPad to post direct pics....sorry for the links. But here's a pile

Since I Am in New Orleans for Mardi Gras....two '64 Gibson TBirds that

I have been using this week...my "Saints" Theme basses, complete with beads and Saints umbrella

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//TBirdPair_CIMG5554_zpsd296654a.jpg.html

Early Cruise basses, including two 1982 four-digits and double-neck...lefty with magnetic fingerboard, 8-string from "Alcatrazz live in japan," and '83 fretless signed on back under the clear at factory by BOTH Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//EarlyCruiseBasses_zps695baad5.jpg.html

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//JonPaulFactorySigs_zps396e12a8.jpg.html

Bunch of Chaparral basses.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//ChapGroupFront1_zpse534c163.jpg.html

Howie Epstein's two B4S customs.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//B4SEpsteinPair_zpsab4ff6c1.jpg.html

My acoustics.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//AcousticThree_Gargoyle_zpsca20b8dd.jpg.html

Veillette-Citron and Pedulla 8-strings.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//8StringsVCPedulla_full_zps0612d6e7.jpg.html

Original Guild Ashbory Basses...plus crazy rare Asbory MkII version.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Ashbory_1Web_zps3034862c.jpg.html

Kids Dragon 12vers

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//KidsDuo2web_zps7644f5c7.jpg.html

Korina 8 an 12ver TBirds

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Korina8n12_SmWeb_zps62616f11.jpg.html

1964-65 Gibson TBirds

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//ThreeTbirdIIs_Web2_zpsa13c8ead.jpg.html

Freaky Gibson-Epi 70s prototype

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media/EpiProto_NatG3_1_zps2259621c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=22

Pile of Hamer 8-strings

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//NINEeightsWeb_zpsa0cba78f.jpg.html

Green 8-strings in long, short and medium scales.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Green8Trio_2_zps572e35ea.jpg.html

Graphics

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//FlagNMiller_close_zps005a1264.jpg.html

90s Cruise Basses

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//CruisebassThreeWeb_zps5bcb5af9.jpg.html

My early collection...still have the teardrops and ovation. Alembic looking one is a Brodesser, my first custom bass. White 2/63 Fender Bass VI was sold to John Entwistle and sold by Sotheby's after he died.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Collection1979_Mine_zps40afddf3.jpg.html

Petersson 8 and 12ver

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//PeterssonBasses_Web_zpse2bfb7d4.jpg.html

Some Standards

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//StandardBigHeadBasses_zps56f67825.jpg.html

Some oddball Hamer basses

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Ten-Hamer-BassesWeb_C2_zps1e0d8e6f.jpg.html

70s Les Paul Signatures in Sunburst

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//LesPaulSigs_6n4Web_zpsb7b7b9f8.jpg.html

Hamer Violin Bass

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//image_zps18ddcb33.jpg.html

Monaco 4 and 12ver

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsca033135.jpg.html

Kubicki PBasses...not just necks, complete Phil Kubicki made PBasses!!

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps4e5305a7.jpg.html

Vox Teardrop Constellation IV

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps3c197832.jpg.html

Hagstrom 8-string and Fender Jazz...and Redding wall of SUNN 2000S

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps104529e6.jpg.html

Darkburst 4-digit

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//StandardBass_SN0639AmberLg_zpsd632ce66.jpg.html

Couple of graphic Kubickis. Yes, that is Stu Hamm's Raiders bass.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//TwoPamelinasHammampNAMM_zps1c936235.jpg.html

Another Kubicki with one of my endorser Leduc in custom green.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Leduc4ampKubickiExFactor_zps479d70af.jpg.html

Couple of B8S's and a '92 TransBlackburst B12M.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//B8S_threeA_zps2d74dea2.jpg.html

'64 TBirds

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//CIMG5992_zps394490c8.jpg.html

Polaris White '86 Gib CS TBird made for Japan dealer...Korina non-reverse

TBird 8-string clone (sold to T. Petersson.)

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//TBirdsGIBsKorina8_86TBirdII_zps064a1d6d.jpg.html

[marcnorth]

You win!

[blackfbiv]

Holy... 'Hoarders - The MC2 Edition' hahaha awesome stufff!

gonna ping u about the Ashbory basses...

Ok, your mailbox is full or sumthin', so...

"I've searched YouTube for examples of these babies.

Buuut.... they are either sad players (sorry but tru), sad toned vids or simply played too much like a regular bass...

What can you tell me about them?

I'd love to test drive one for a while, but I am a little afraid that they are a bit of a one trick pony... much like a stand-up bass can be..."

[Shark]

Holy Moly.

[mc2]

gonna ping u about the Ashbory basses...

"I've searched YouTube for examples of these babies.

Buuut.... they are either sad players (sorry but tru), sad toned vids or simply played too much like a regular bass...

What can you tell me about them?

I'd love to test drive one for a while, but I am a little afraid that they are a bit of a one trick pony... much like a stand-up bass can be..."

The Ashbory Basses are rather odd ducks but they definitely do have their fans. The original Guild ones were not made in great numbers in the 80s...a little over 1,000 made if I recall. But I guess the demand was there since DeArmond do the reissue and made a lot of them.

I had always wanted one and, after I finally did, decided to try and fing all of the original colors. Like M&Ms, I guess.

But yeah, they are pretty much a one trick pony and a little quirky. They play OK but the scale length is tight if you have big hands.

But it is a lot better than lugging an upright if you only have a few tunes you want an upright sound on. The trick to getting these to play right is to use talcum powder so your fingers don't drag on the rubbery strings.

That MkII Ashbory I have at the top of the photo is a longer scale and looks sort of like a Steinberger. I like it better than the regular Ashbory. But they made less than 100 of the MkII back around 1990 and none were imported to the U.S., so they are hard to find.

The road case in the pic actually came with the black one form a guy who toured with it.

You DO get some odd looks when you pull it out to play bass.

[veatch]

For the clicking impaired - Part I

I can't get my iPad to post direct pics....sorry for the links. But here's a pile

Since I Am in New Orleans for Mardi Gras....two '64 Gibson TBirds that

I have been using this week...my "Saints" Theme basses, complete with beads and Saints umbrella

Early Cruise basses, including two 1982 four-digits and double-neck...lefty with magnetic fingerboard, 8-string from "Alcatrazz live in japan," and '83 fretless signed on back under the clear at factory by BOTH Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//EarlyCruiseBasses_zps695baad5.jpg.html

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//JonPaulFactorySigs_zps396e12a8.jpg.html

Bunch of Chaparral basses.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//ChapGroupFront1_zpse534c163.jpg.html

Howie Epstein's two B4S customs.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//B4SEpsteinPair_zpsab4ff6c1.jpg.html

My acoustics.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//AcousticThree_Gargoyle_zpsca20b8dd.jpg.html

Veillette-Citron and Pedulla 8-strings.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//8StringsVCPedulla_full_zps0612d6e7.jpg.html

Original Guild Ashbory Basses...plus crazy rare Asbory MkII version.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Ashbory_1Web_zps3034862c.jpg.html

Kids Dragon 12vers

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//KidsDuo2web_zps7644f5c7.jpg.html

Korina 8 an 12ver TBirds

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Korina8n12_SmWeb_zps62616f11.jpg.html

[veatch]

I can't get my iPad to post direct pics....sorry for the links. But here's a pile

1964-65 Gibson TBirds

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//ThreeTbirdIIs_Web2_zpsa13c8ead.jpg.html

Freaky Gibson-Epi 70s prototype

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media/EpiProto_NatG3_1_zps2259621c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=22

Pile of Hamer 8-strings

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//NINEeightsWeb_zpsa0cba78f.jpg.html

Green 8-strings in long, short and medium scales.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Green8Trio_2_zps572e35ea.jpg.html

Graphics

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//FlagNMiller_close_zps005a1264.jpg.html

90s Cruise Basses

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//CruisebassThreeWeb_zps5bcb5af9.jpg.html

My early collection...still have the teardrops and ovation. Alembic looking one is a Brodesser, my first custom bass. White 2/63 Fender Bass VI was sold to John Entwistle and sold by Sotheby's after he died.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Collection1979_Mine_zps40afddf3.jpg.html

Petersson 8 and 12ver

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//PeterssonBasses_Web_zpse2bfb7d4.jpg.html

Some Standards

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//StandardBigHeadBasses_zps56f67825.jpg.html

Some oddball Hamer basses

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Ten-Hamer-BassesWeb_C2_zps1e0d8e6f.jpg.html

[Brooks]

love the ric! bytor!!!

great thread, there are some cool pics here.

i've owned 2 ashborys, they sound great, almost like a standup.

also have had a few nice fender basses over the years.

[veatch]

For the clicking impaired - Part III

I can't get my iPad to post direct pics....sorry for the links. But here's a pile

70s Les Paul Signatures in Sunburst

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//LesPaulSigs_6n4Web_zpsb7b7b9f8.jpg.html

Hamer Violin Bass

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//image_zps18ddcb33.jpg.html

Monaco 4 and 12ver

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsca033135.jpg.html

Kubicki PBasses...not just necks, complete Phil Kubicki made PBasses!!

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps4e5305a7.jpg.html

Vox Teardrop Constellation IV

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps3c197832.jpg.html

Hagstrom 8-string and Fender Jazz...and Redding wall of SUNN 2000S

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps104529e6.jpg.html

Darkburst 4-digit

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//StandardBass_SN0639AmberLg_zpsd632ce66.jpg.html

Couple of graphic Kubickis. Yes, that is Stu Hamm's Raiders bass.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//TwoPamelinasHammampNAMM_zps1c936235.jpg.html

Another Kubicki with one of my endorser Leduc in custom green.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//Leduc4ampKubickiExFactor_zps479d70af.jpg.html

Couple of B8S's and a '92 TransBlackburst B12M.

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//B8S_threeA_zps2d74dea2.jpg.html

[veatch]

For the clicking impaired, Part IV:

I can't get my iPad to post direct pics....sorry for the links. But here's a pile

'64 TBirds

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//CIMG5992_zps394490c8.jpg.html

Polaris White '86 Gib CS TBird made for Japan dealer...Korina non-reverse

TBird 8-string clone (sold to T. Petersson.)

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media-full//TBirdsGIBsKorina8_86TBirdII_zps064a1d6d.jpg.html

And, all i can say is:

[mc2]

Thanks for fixing the links to live pics. Sorry for posting so many...I was trapped inside in the back room because some guy cleaning my carpets in the middle of the house, so I had some time to kill

That upside down TBird pic looks correct on my Photobucket but posts upside down. Strange.

[Bass Guy Dave]

Mind: Blown.

Pants: Soiled.

I think my fave of the pile above would have to be that unbound 4-string Standard bass with the single P and the Gibson bridge. That just screams 'perfect' to me.

Someday, I really need to get an 8 string.... These pics are GAS inducing, for sure...

The rest of my little crew is a cheapie Slammer short-scale 4 string, an EBMM Sterling that's an awesome bass, an Import Chap 4 that's not bad at all, my old, frankensteined Peavey Fury 4 string from 1989, and an old, beat, de-fretted (before I got it,) Gibson EB3 I affectionately refer to as my "Secret Weapon." though it rarely gets used--it sounds awesome.

[ptm1diver]

Some of mine.

[gorch]

Since my son play bass, there is a touch point to basses in the house. Once I came to a Slammer Series bass cheap.

[chromium]

Some of mine.

What are the pickups in that last one... Q-tuners?

Nice ones - love the Stanley Clarke Sig.

[marcnorth]

I too like the Stanley Clark.

[ptm1diver]

Yes, they are Q tuners and it has an Audere 4 band EQ preamp with Z mode switch. There is a matching Strat style guitar also. The tops and Headstock lams were cut from the same block of Cocobollo. The bass headstock is below.

Here is a picture of both together.