Good morning, World! Concerning those basses: I am no collector, not in any way. It's just that sometimes one must look for safety first. So is the case with the two Embassies. I first saw one on a photo on an album cover. No, not the Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin. Always thought that head belonged to a Burns Vista Sonic, until a few years ago. The record in question was one of Greg Kihns first. Anyway, when I found out what that bass was, and finally got one, I realised there had been only a little more than 500 made of them. What would happen if mine got stolen, or smashed? I had to get another one! Just in case... So I finally found one.
They are both players, no wallhangers, but it feels stupid right now to have two of them, when there's a world out there, crying for Embassies!!!
After that I got caught up with the thought of somehow getting a long scale Eb0. First I bought a worn out Gibson Ripper, with some essential stuff changed, namely the pickups and controls. A couple of the tuner keys were gone, too, whilst the bridge were in no good shape. I thought about letting my luthier change the whole body into Eb0- style, but fell in love with the sucker. No, not with my luthier, for f--ks sake! With the bass! The Ripper! So I gave her a modern T-bird pickup, and suddenly had myself a Ripperbird.
That was about the time when I saw the Lotus bass on Ebay. Got her, rebuilt her, stringed her up with the usual Roto Sounds 45-105, and got to work. Nice bass, soft sound with a little twist towards brutality.
The Fender P bass was my main bass from 1977, until I got the first Embassy. Then it was all over. But you know, you can't skip an old friend just because you find others. At least not until there's money on the table.
The Bach P-bass was given to me by my children, when I... well, you don't have to know every detail, right? That bass could be of some interest to all you awaiting news concerning the Bach T-bird. I'd say the quality is very good, no problem what so ever. Even the pickup is really good, the neck is smooth. I guess you'll all be satisfied the Czech work, when the man comes around.
