Wishbass - not Alembic by any stretch...

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Author Message effclef Intermediate Member Username: effclef Post Number: 194 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 2:08 pm:    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3729851730&rd=1 Six String fretless "Alembic style" Wishbass. God bless anyone making their own instruments, but this gallery is not my idea of what a bass should look like: http://www.wishbass.com/pages/943109/index.htm and: http://www.wishbass.com/pages/943110/index.htm Now, his prices are good considering the work he must put into them - has anyone played one? I see the ads in Bass Player all the time. EffClef jet_powers Intermediate Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 171 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 3:18 pm:    Yep. Those sure are ugly... I wonder if they sound as good as they look? JP lbanks Junior Username: lbanks Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2004 - 12:40 am:    I've got 2 of them. Thick wide necks, very, very upright sound. Worksmanship some what suspect, but he will deliver playable instrument at an 'off the hook' price. When I look at Wishy's, I think more folk art than ax. the_mule Intermediate Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 116 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2004 - 1:18 am:    That 'striped peanut' bass on http://www.wishbass.com/pages/943110/index.htm sure looks great! I wouldn't mind having one of those hanging on my wall, great to fiddle about with!