Author Topic: Wishbass - not Alembic by any stretch of the imagination (Read 161 times)

effclef · « **on:** June 11, 2004, 02:08:46 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 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2004, 03:18:54 PM »

Yep. Those sure are ugly... I wonder if they sound as good as they look?

JP

lbanks · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2004, 12:40:32 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 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2004, 01:18:59 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!