The Last Bass Outpost

Can anyone ID this bass? Hofner by chance?

If there is one place I could think of to post this, it's here at the LBO. 

Chocolate butthole...
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Word on the street is Mr. Lee has been collecting basses as of late. I know he's an avid collector of wine and baseball memorabilia. I guess it was just a matter of time. I have another shot somewhere where you can see 2 rev-birds, and 2 Ampeg devil basses hanging on the wall behind him.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10920927_1536096013321418_8723984563518989633_n.jpg?oh=7550d2cfffb95f437e5381093f6bd8ef&oe=55601455&__gda__=1432461631_1025e2db1a5b1269638532847a2a24ab

This caught my eye in my eBay daily e-mail - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Thunderbird-Short-Scale-Bass-w-Seymour-Duncan-Custom-Shop-Alnico-Pickups-/271604119478?ssPageName=ADME:SS:SS:US:1120



Kinda sexy, but that awkward knob arrangement still baffles me.

Well I did it... I finally got myself an Alembic. I lusted after one as a teen getting into Stanley Clarke and Entwistle, but there was no way I could afford one. So, I sold my first Ric and bought an alumi-Kramer. It had the look - small, round, symmetrical-ish body, 4 knobs and 3 mini toggles. And the truth is, it had a lot of the tone too, as well as a great P tone and a good Ric/Jazz hybrid tone. Very impressive for something fully passive. So, fast-forward 32 years, and I got the bug BAD! Seeing Stanley up close a couple of months ago didn't help! For months, I've been searching the net literally every day for the right bass at the right price. Finally I posted something in the "wanted" section of the Alembic Club, and landed a really nice '86 Distillate, complete with original case and paperwork, all in spectacular condition. 20 pieces of wood! (there are 5 plies on both the front and back of the headstock) Mahogany body, walnut top, maple and purpleheart neck, and ebony board. I really like their low pass filter tone control design. I'm still getting used to it and working on setting it up the way I like. The thing is top quality throughout, as it should be - this bass new, today would list for $8800! This particular Distillate was ordered as a long scale (most were 32'') which is cool by me. It also has a longer upper horn than some earlier ones, which is good. Kind of like a Spoiler on top and a small standard on the bottom. Time will tell if it ends up being a real keeper...

This just went unsold on eBay and has been re-listed. Seems like a really good price, though the finish is questionable. I was tempted to grab it myself, but I'd end up routing it for T-Bird pups. 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/191221974698?nav=SEARCH

There's an Alpine white Epi that I have my eye on...

So the truss rod on my '94 Les Paul has always been a little tight. And at one point, I had to take the nut off and put a couple of washers over the threads. A while ago I noticed a small crack, maybe 3/4'' long, right behind the truss rod cavity. Didn't think much of it until the last time I had to tighten the rod to flatten out the neck some. The crack started getting worse, so I backed off. I took it to my local guy, and he seems to think the rod was installed improperly. I've had this bass for about 8-9 years, played it a lot, and never had any real issues. What do you guys think? Seen anything like this? Potential cures???

Wow, I never knew these things had three output transformers. Not a fan of the folded horn, but this is just plain cool!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370988628220?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649