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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 7593
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:07 pm:   Edit Post

I showed this bass to my husband last night, and he said, "wow, that looks like a rottweiler coming right for you!"

I was showing him how the grain radiated out of the pickups, and now all I can see is that dog - right down to the ear and the teeth (or is that a bridge?)
mica
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Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post

See the Dog?
bluplirst
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Post Number: 140
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:29 pm:   Edit Post

LOL! So true!
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 2713
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post

haha yeah he has good vision. It probably a good reflection on it's sound. Strong meaty with a powerfully crisp bite to the tone. Chomp Chomp

Jazzyvee
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 1755
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 3:18 am:   Edit Post

Yep, if you squint your eyes it is even more pronounced!
811952
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Post Number: 2128
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 5:55 am:   Edit Post

AAAAAHHH!
hydrargyrum
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Username: hydrargyrum

Post Number: 1109
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 6:19 am:   Edit Post

Hmm, I see two serpents juxtaposed with fangs gripping the pickups. But I'm more than a little weird. . .

Okay, now I'm seeing it.
smokinbear
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Username: smokinbear

Post Number: 130
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 6:35 am:   Edit Post

Rottweiler for sure!!!!
cozmik_cowboy
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Post Number: 1142
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 6:58 am:   Edit Post

OK, I can see both of those - but my first thought was femurs & an under-developed pelvis. Then, between the bridge & tailpiece (inside the Rott's mouth, so to speak), the neck covers the middle of a human mouth. And of course, in the upper bouts, kneeling on the dark wood facing the fretboard, are (left) a guy in a striped suit and (right) a woman in a matching long dress. All in all, an amazing piece of wood!

Peter
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 2279
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 8:42 am:   Edit Post

I can see "Barkmore" . ( once knew a Dog named Barkmore)
cje
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Post Number: 96
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 9:50 am:   Edit Post

Looking down at myself as a skeleton - seated, crossing my legs.
xlrogue6
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Username: xlrogue6

Post Number: 201
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:04 am:   Edit Post

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pauldo
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Post Number: 752
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:31 am:   Edit Post

That bass needs a set of Snarling Dogs put on it.
hieronymous
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1023
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:50 am:   Edit Post

"Looking down at myself as a skeleton - seated, crossing my legs."

Wow, that sounds like an intense Tibetan Buddhist visualization-meditation!
hammer
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Username: hammer

Post Number: 100
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 8:48 pm:   Edit Post

As a psychologist (who was once trained in administration and interpretation of the Rorschach) I could have a field day interpreting what everyone sees in this beautiful piece of Buckeye burl. Fortunately, many years ago back in graduate school I learned that there is no research basis at all for this type of personality assessment. It appears that "what you see" is nothing more than "what you see" and what I see is a gorgeous bass that I'll probably never be able to afford.
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1619
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 6:58 am:   Edit Post

What an incredible piece of wood!
I find myself ruminating on the conditions that caused those grain patterns to appear and grow. Miracles in Nature continue to appear....

Mike

P.S. I WANT that bass. :-)
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 7598
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 10:24 am:   Edit Post

Frequently with Buckeye Burl, we find these amazing designs, then there's a huge bark pocket, which is not suitable for a top. It always happens on the more highly figured pieces. In cases like this, my uncle does an inlay in the top, like the "serpents" on this bass. He's so artistic.

My mom is currently trying to find the perfect piece of Buckeye for a Darling guitar that she's been longing to get.
hb3
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Username: hb3

Post Number: 694
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post

One of the aliens from "Space Invaders."

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