Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

[ksdaddy]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

I made a mounting ring out of walnut. I haven't wired up a set of pots yet. I may skip the junk drawer and spring for a couple new 500Ks. I do plan to use a 0.001 cap on the volume pot a la Fender. I like it thinning out when I roll off the volume.

 

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

The Alembic Omega influences are very much there. Could this have possibly been a prototype for a new Alembic shape that never made it into full production? They might have just stuck whatever bass pickup they had in there on hand at the time (possibly explaining the strange pickup cavity).

 

[jtougas]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Wishbass-Electric-Fretless-Bass-Guitar-Hand-Made-USA-NO-RESERVE/261409302299?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222006%26algo%3DSIC.FITP%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D19852%26meid%3D5192560923779695826%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8938%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D131122091647

You might find this of interest...

 

[ginormous]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Wishb...d=100011&prg=8938&rk=2&rkt=10&sd=131122091647

You might find this of interest...

Here's a link to their current gallery page:

http://wishbass.com/gallerypagetwo.html

 

[daan]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

I like that bass. No, I REALLY like that bass! I dig the "hippie sandwich" style, I like odd-ball styles, I like mystery instruments (I have a Hofner ...thing that ended up being a kit that they had offered at one time, so it was juust different enough from their usual styles that nobody knew what it was.) ANyway, thank you for sharing that with us. What are your plans for this, add to your collection, or fix it up and move it along? What scale is it (30-32-34-other?) How does it sound?
Thanks again for sharing.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

I made a mounting ring out of walnut. I haven't wired up a set of pots yet. I may skip the junk drawer and spring for a couple new 500Ks. I do plan to use a 0.001 cap on the volume pot a la Fender. I like it thinning out when I roll off the volume.

AWESOME diy ring - what technique did you use? Router or really neat jigsaw skills? Need to make a replacement for an oddball ring myself, but my attempts were knda fugly..... :-/ teach me sensei!

 

[Adieu]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

PS doubting it's a diy project, more likely some assistanr/apprentice luthier's 6th solo build.. Reasoning? The laminates on the neckthru seem entirely too well done....neatfreak advanced hobbyist would have neater cavity routing and sloppier joinery. Hardcore technique and excellent execution on the outside coupled with a who-cares-its-covered-anyway attitude to interior routing is more characteristic of professional work.

 

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

Here's a link to their current gallery page:

http://wishbass.com/gallerypagetwo.html

Unless it was a truly custom job, I'm doubting it's a Wishbass. Ks's has a metal bridge of some kind (I'm too familiar with bass parts besides pickups) and all the Wishbasses have a wooden bridge, similar to a Carl Thompson job.

 

[JohnJohn]

Re: Mystery bass, trying to identify and find a pickup for it...

I'm leaning towards it being a custom build by either a small shop , (possibly European) or a very skilled hobbyist with heavy Alembic influences.
Whoever made it may have even used an Alembic as a template to draft up the designs.

Now that you have it together again, how does it play and sound ?