Re: Bass V rescue mission
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Great stuff DB. I love these things... so odd looking and so cool.
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A true labor of love. Now you just have to track down the other three Bass V owners and you can have a reunion of all of them ever built..
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DB, the guitar-playing community at large needs more caring people like you who have enough respect for innovation and vintage to do what you have accomplished. My hats off to you and may the rest of the world see what you have done and follow in your mighty footsteps.
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Thanks to you Jay, it was your tipoff that helped me find the beater!Jay wrote: Great stuff DB. I love these things... so odd looking and so cool.
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jetset wrote: A true labor of love. Now you just have to track down the other three Bass V owners and you can have a reunion of all of them ever built..
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i've seen pictures of at least a dozen, so I know there's that many. I still wonder how many V bodies ended up as Swingers!
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I found it !!eupat wrote: what is weird is to the the V beside a VI (I've a picture but couldn't find it)
all seems so huge, the body, the headstock... they seem made for another human scale
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Holy crap with a capital Q, that thing is huge!
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It looks especially big next to a Bass VI. I'll take a shot next to my Jazz and Jag basses this weekend for a better comparison.stereordinary wrote: Holy crap with a capital Q, that thing is huge!
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Seems I overlooked this thread for a while
What a couple!!!
Hats off indeed.
What a couple!!!
Hats off indeed.
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Woh. I remember this picture. The Kurt...ish kid.eupat wrote:
So Bass V's are that big.
You get no sense of scale from the pics you posted.
Anyone got pictures of someone playing one? Maybe stood next to a 6ft measure??
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Re: Bass V rescue mission (COMPLETE - NOW WITH PICTURES)
The Bass V is not as big as it looks! :D
Here's a couple shots of my basses, including the Bass Vs.
Two Bass V, Jag Bass, Jazz Bass (with Ric 4003 off to the left)
And Bass V, Ric 4003, Jag Bass, Jazz Bass (with Bass V Sunburst off to the left):
Bottom line: It's only an inch or so longer than a Jazz Bass! (46.25 inches vs. 47.5 inches, or 117.475 cm vs.120.65 cm). Wikipedia says the V is 3 inches longer than a P Bass - I don't have one to measure but I don't think so.
Yes, the body is bigger, but overall the Bass V is not much longer. The proportions of body to neck exaggerate the difference I think. Something about the heel landing at the 12th fret helps the illusion. Most of the overall length difference is in the headstock. But yeah...the headstock is huge!
DB
Here's a couple shots of my basses, including the Bass Vs.
Two Bass V, Jag Bass, Jazz Bass (with Ric 4003 off to the left)
And Bass V, Ric 4003, Jag Bass, Jazz Bass (with Bass V Sunburst off to the left):
Bottom line: It's only an inch or so longer than a Jazz Bass! (46.25 inches vs. 47.5 inches, or 117.475 cm vs.120.65 cm). Wikipedia says the V is 3 inches longer than a P Bass - I don't have one to measure but I don't think so.
Yes, the body is bigger, but overall the Bass V is not much longer. The proportions of body to neck exaggerate the difference I think. Something about the heel landing at the 12th fret helps the illusion. Most of the overall length difference is in the headstock. But yeah...the headstock is huge!
DB
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Re: Bass V rescue mission (COMPLETE - NOW WITH PICTURES)
Thanks Stereo. I think there's a lot of us here that share those values. I appreciate the kind words! I knew going in the beater was a money loser, but better than it getting parted out on Ebay. There's so few Bass V left, there's no hope anyone could build one buying parts on Ebay, but we did see one parted out several months back, which was quite disturbing to me. That in part is was prompted me to lose money on this one so it could continue to live on and be played. I guess I won't lose money unless I sell it, which is extremely doubtful! (Boy that sure sounds like a rationalization for spending money, doesn't it!)stereordinary wrote: DB, the guitar-playing community at large needs more caring people like you who have enough respect for innovation and vintage to do what you have accomplished. My hats off to you and may the rest of the world see what you have done and follow in your mighty footsteps.
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