george1146561 wrote:Planetguy wrote:Dayne Nobody IV wrote:your new photo is superb, love the pajamas nehru jacket look
"nehru"?
"pajamas"?
i'm not sure what meds you're on (or off) .... but did you bring enough for everyone?
anyhow...thanks for that weighty contribution to this thread!
When the picture is big, it looks different from when it's small. And is that a Burns or Baldwin bass? That big knob on the headstock looks familiar.
quite true...and so it's best not to make flying leaps and appear an ass w an axe to grind if you're not 100% sure on the details.... after all it IS easy enough to "explode" that avatar for a closer look.
the bass in question is a ROZE....built by Bill Roe, the bass player in one of the bands i play w, PLANET JAZZ. That photo, spur of the moment...I handed him my gtr during a drum solo and he handed me his bass for a solo and to finish out the tune,
that "big knob" you refer to is a scroll..much like you'd find on double basses and Ampeg
SSB and AEB basses. ( cue talbot to weigh in!)
it is an absolutely incredible instrument that he built. he's got a six string bass on his workbench that he's been working on( forever) that has my name on it. i hope to get my grubby mitts on it before i'm too old to play.

here's some video that will give you a closer look around the 3:00 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBo7wH9Gx3I