"The shape and finish are not really attractive ..."

Started by uwe, June 05, 2012, 03:55:07 PM

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uwe

+1 for honesty!

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But come to think of it ...  :-X ... it looks a little like a Wal, ja, like something der Engländer would do ...
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Big_Stu

Yeah, ............. and a blind man running for a bus wouldn't really spot the join on the top horn.  :-\

uwe

I give him credit for the idea. If execution was a little more gifted it would have still been an ugly bass but endearingly so. Wals are ugly but they are also cute.
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

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TBird1958

 I think that's what he made the upper horn from......... :rolleyes:
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Pilgrim

Question is whether it's a Fender with a modified body, a Gibby frankenbass'd into a Fender, or a $99 kludge.

Or all of the above.
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Quote from: uwe on June 05, 2012, 03:55:07 PM
... it looks a little like a Wal...

... that's been left too close to the radiator... :o

(phew... he's not blaming me, I think... ;D)
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