Guitarists Have All The Fun

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PennyroyalWe

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Okay, we all know guitarists generally get most of the attention from the major makers. There’s been a few guitar models that I really wish would be made into a bass model.

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    The Squier 51: a guitar based off a bass design being made back into a bass might seem redundant, but I love the vintage/modern mashup of this model. A 51 p bass with an angled scpb in the neck and a musicman or double jazz humbucker in the bridge. Simple volume and 3 way switch controls. Sounds pretty rad to me.
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    Peavey Patriot: I hear you now “but there was a Patriot bass!” Yeah, well, they did it wrong IMO. The Patriot guitar has two single coil pickups, and is a 24.75” (same as gibson) scale. So, in my mind, a more approximate bass version would likewise have two single coil pickups, and should be a short 30.5 (i.e. Gibson) scale. Where the real Patriot bass was basically just a T-20, tonally similar to a tele bass, this version would be more like an EB-3, or (tonally) even a Rickenbacker.
But, alas, they’re not real so it’s all fantasy. Any of you have guitar models you wish were made into basses?
 
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I think a bass version of G&L's Comanche guitar would be extremely cool. Three MFD split-coil pickups would be monstrous. G&L took a step in this direction with the Matador bass, which has two split-coil pickups, but IIRC they are not MFDs.
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Also, I think DiPinto should offer a Galaxie with electronics more like the Galaxie guitar, which has either two or four single coil pickups, each with its own on-off switch. (It's available with humbuckers too.) As it stands, the Galaxie bass has a single split-coil, and it's a very cool bass, but multiple single coils would be totally rad. DiPinto might make one with multiple single coils as a custom order, but I don't know.

DiPinto Electric Guitars & Basses | Quite possibly the coolest guitars in the world.
 
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I wish EBMM would make the Sabre again, especially because the re-releases earlier this century came in some really nice finishes. I wish we had basses with Maxon pickups again (especially something like an Electra Longnecker.) I wish Ibanez would make the Musician basses again because man finding those used is pricey!

I really wish Matsumoku would come back and make all the cool stuff they made in the 80s, both guitars and basses.
 
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If you could only have 1 car in the Indianapolis 500 would you choose a race car or the pace car?

Instrument makers look at bass players the same way everyone else does. Guitarists get the cool gear because they play up front. They make a connection with the audience instead of the drummer. They sing lead or backup. They play in the spotlight instead of hiding next to the drum riser.

A cool guitar at a gig is marketing for that company. A cool bass is the bassist’s secret.
 
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Spectrum said:
Godin made one, the Shifter:

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I really like Godin guitars and played a few bass guitars at gatherings and they are sweet instruments. They really need a better presence in the bass community they are that good . Pure Canadian wood and solid and great craftsmanship. Hapax plays Godin bass guitars... Great Dark Wave band that is on the top of their game ! or
 
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MIMike said:
Well, there was the Fender Rascal!
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Those are cool but not based on any guitar as far as I can tell. More like a Bass VI with 4 strings instead of 6 that plays like a normal short scale bass. I thought they were cool and came pretty close to buying one a few times despite having no need for another 4 string bass. Every once in a while Fender puts out something really different.
 
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There are plenty of bass luthiers who can do what you need. Most of that is aesthetics and a tweak on pickups and pre's.
Just stick close to their model template.

The thing you need to factor innwith wacky ideas is what happens if you sell it.
 
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Spectrum said:
Those are cool but not based on any guitar as far as I can tell. More like a Bass VI with 4 strings instead of 6 that plays like a normal short scale bass. I thought they were cool and came pretty close to buying one a few times despite having no need for another 4 string bass. Every once in a while Fender puts out something really different.
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I thought the three single coil pickups (with an angled bridge PU) and a 5 way blade switch were pretty Strat like. Since the OPs OP seemed to talk about pickup configurations as much as body shape, the Rascal was the first thing I thought of that fit.
 
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