My Squire-esque basses

[gearhed289]

I was looking over my small collection of 10 basses recently and realized the similarities many of them shared with some of Mr. Squire's basses.

Left to right - 4001CS, 8 string Ric, Guild JS II, non-reverse Gibson T-Bird (clone), and 70s Jazz Bass.

Enjoy!

[longhouse]

Jazz bass and 4001CS are especially fetching.

[just_bassics]

I like them all, Tom, but that Guild is sweet!

[ajish4]

I like them all, Tom!

+1, but I'd love to try out the 8 string!

[cjj]

Nice collection there! And the Guild? That's it! I've been trying for a long time to remember what my first bass was, and seeing that reminded me what it was, only mine was red and a single pickup version.

[gearhed289]

Thanks guys! Yeah, the Guild is a fun little bass. Squire had a fretless one mounted to a stand before he got the giant Wal triple neck. I've got TI flats on mine. It's great for that vintagey thumpity thump, played with a pick. Actually, if you go to my myspace page, there's a song called Am I Dying Here that features the Guild.

http://www.myspace.com/tomheslin

Oh, and the Jazz Bass sold on ebay yesterday, so I had to snap that pic before it went bye bye.

[woodyng]

loving all of those basses,but i would really like to hear and play that t-bird clone-is it a set-neck? ......loverly cream finishes on the rick and jazz...

[gearhed289]

loving all of those basses,but i would really like to hear and play that t-bird clone-is it a set-neck? ......loverly cream finishes on the rick and jazz...

All mahogany, set neck, yes. I put a real Gibson pickup and TRC on there. It's quite an instrument! 1 of 50 made by BaCH in the Czech Republic.

Yeah, the CS and the Jazz were a nice pair, but I just never bonded with the J. I might get a Geddy Lee. Those have great necks.

[johnallg]

Tom, great songs. I love your bass lines. Kudos Sir!

[ram]

What John said - I really liked A Crashing Bore & Socialite. You should post some on the: Rickenbacker Recordings By RickResource Forum Members

[gearhed289]

Thanks so much guys. I would love to post in Ric Recordings, but I'm sorry to say that besides the one Guild track, the others were recorded on a '65 Jazz Bass with Sadowsky pickups and preamp and a Badass II bridge. I don't know who butchered such a beauty (candy apple red/matching headstock), but it does sound pretty great. Belongs to the studio owner John Ovnik.

I DO have two new projects in the works, and there will most definitely be some Ric usage.

[johnallg]

Tom, I sent a link to the music to my 26 year old daughter. She has turned me on to a LOT of new artists who play and write just darn good music. She really enjoyed the songs.

[woodyng]

tom-you rock! enjoyed your songs on the myspace page,great sounding bass lines and tone too. i seem to remember something about a group order on those t bird basses a while back-wasn't that on dude's website? i used to own an '67 epiphone embassy,so i spent a lot of time on the gibson AND rickenbacker group pages.....

[gearhed289]

John, thanks for passing it along. It's nice to see the "young people" getting into more classic rock influenced stuff again.

Woody, yeah, the non-rev project started at the old Dude Pit, and it took a couple of years to get together. But the results were worth the wait. Having seen and played the Czech built Spector basses, I wasn't that surprised at how nice the 'birds turned out. There is talk of doing a run of Embassy clones. That's the one with T-bird pups, not the mudbucker, right?

[woodyng]

i am just now seeing your response,sorry about that. yes the embassy was basically a lighter and somewhat better ergonomically tbird,made in the u.s.gibson factory alongside thunderbirds,using the same pickups,keys,bridges etc. i believe my old embassy is now on ebay again-there is a listing from berkley,which is where i sent her a few years ago....that was a really nice bass....