Custom Shop Flying V bass

uwe · September 21, 2020, 02:51:19 PM

Quote from: doombass on September 21, 2020, 02:25:33 PM
Maybe, but that's what Gibson put on the SG-Z basses in the late 90's, but it might have gone by unnoticed for you just because they used the BLACK variant.

Did anybody now dial in V-I-K-I-N-G or what ?

morrow · September 21, 2020, 03:07:35 PM

Holy shit , there's a Guild Thunderbass amp in the background of that photo of the V !

morrow · September 21, 2020, 03:15:53 PM

May not have been the finest bass amp ever made , but by God they're funky !

uwe · September 21, 2020, 05:57:38 PM

Like something out of The Jetsons!

morrow · September 21, 2020, 06:18:03 PM

A great local guitar player used one , and always had a great sound with it . Moved to Montreal , broke our hearts .
Not a great amp for bass , despite being a bass amp . Heh , probably better than anything Vox made though .
Pity none of the contemporary designers can haul something like that out . It's seriously funky . Right up there with the Rickenbacker Transonics !

gearHed289 · September 22, 2020, 08:19:22 AM

I was expecting to see this one -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-GIBSON-CUSTOM-V-BASS-made-in-USA/124344691061?hash=item1cf3856975:g:HyYAAOSwTyxfZtAF

Highlander · September 22, 2020, 04:45:25 PM

Dave W · September 22, 2020, 05:55:44 PM

Yikes! Another "Gibson Custom" that's not a Gibson.

uwe · September 22, 2020, 06:32:57 PM

You mean master luthier Steve Wishnevsky did not last long at the Gibson Castom Shop?

morrow · September 23, 2020, 07:20:31 AM

I had to look around , Wish did make a V inspired bass ... $200

Basvarken · September 23, 2020, 07:35:22 AM

Haha, that is hilarious!

amptech · September 23, 2020, 01:21:43 PM

That green knob really takes this design to another level!

TBird1958 · September 23, 2020, 01:25:21 PM

Quote from: morrow on September 23, 2020, 07:20:31 AM
I had to look around , Wish did make a V inspired bass ... $200

Is this the time when we say "I wish it was a Bass"?

I've heard some say that Wish Bass is fun, not to be taken too seriously.

morrow · September 23, 2020, 03:34:11 PM

We used to have a nice little used/vintage shop , I was frequently in to look around . And one day , coming through the door , I spotted one in all it's glory . The store owner was watching . I walked up , and then walked back and gave it a long look before saying "those things do not disappoint" .
It was truly awful . The varnish had run streaks and drip marks , it was beyond primitive , and there was absolutely no doubt of it's origin .
Beyond all that it was truly hideous .
It sold within ten days .
I think it was priced at $400 . That's what new ones were at the time . A hundred dollars a string , and then extras ... varnish , truss rod , etc , etc .
It lived up to the reputation , and yet there was some weird appeal to the thing .
But I actually have seen and played one .

uwe · September 23, 2020, 04:21:59 PM

(well-behaved clapping) Thanks for sharing.