Chromey Checkerboard 'Bird

[TBird1958]

While visiting Mike Lull's last Friday I spied this chromey checkerboard beauty!


I NEED THIS BASS   


Alas, it belongs to Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament. Likely it'll become his Sig model, I understand Tom Peterson is pretty interested in one too.

[Nocturnal]

That would fit right in with Cheap Trick! Was this the surprise you mentioned in the Pino thread?

[TBird1958]

I almost dropped the Hiwatt when I saw the damn thing!

[Chaser001]

Very interesting.

[SKATE RAT]

thats way cool 

[exiledarchangel]

Am I the only one that gets dizzy when I look at that bass?

[godofthunder]

I really thought that would be Tom's bass.

[Basvarken]

Am I the only one that gets dizzy when I look at that bass?

No, me too.
The pots look too close to each other, and the lower horn looks too big.
But maybe that's because my eyes are hurting...

[TBird1958]

No, me too.
The pots look too close to each other, and the lower horn looks too big.
But maybe that's because my eyes are hurting...

It's shaped like a standard 'Bird the camera angle accentuates the lower bout, and the arm carve on the uppermakes it look smaller too. Interestingly tho the body on this bass is 15% bigger than my Lull and is thinner, done at Jeff's request.

[Basvarken]

Interestingly tho the body on this bass is 15% bigger than my Lull and is thinner, done at Jeff's request.

So there was someting wrong with the proportions.

[TBird1958]

It looked about the same as one of my '76s...........

This one's proportions are all the same, it's just bigger. Not disproportionate in any one place.

[Basvarken]

It looked about the same as one of my '76s...........

This one's proportions are all the same, it's just bigger. Not disproportionate in any one place.

I don't get it.
It's bigger, right?
Then the proportions are different. In relation to the body the neck is smaller and so are the pickups.

[Denis]

Interesting. Look at how many frets it has. Can you actually reach 'em!

[Highlander]

I almost dropped the Hiwatt when I saw the damn thing!

That might have cost you a T'bird or two... 

Definitely does things to my eyes - radically different fin...

[TBird1958]

Interesting. Look at how many frets it has. Can you actually reach 'em!

The backside is pretty clever as this pic of mine shows - you can easily reach the higher frets, tho I "don't go there"  







Here's Jeff Ament playing it, he's a big guy! Mmmm yeah lefty headstock too.