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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!

Jazz bass and 4001CS are especially fetching.

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

just_bassics wrote:I like them all, Tom!

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

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.

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.

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...

woodyng wrote: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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.....

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?

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....