In fact, I think it’s probably the only type of bass he has bought three of exactly the same kinda, after one of them got stolen and then one got sold, which he subsequently regretted. Gary had a Musicmaster Bass in shell pink, which is still the prettiest bass I’ve ever seen. Plus, I’m a sucker for pastel colors, always have been. They seemed more fun than the Strats or Ibanezs that everyone at our college seemed to favor. We were always more into the student model Fenders like Mustangs (which have become really played out these days) and Duo-Sonics than stuff like Strats and Teles, but something about the Vista series just seemed to appeal to us more I guess it might be because they aren’t “player” guitars. Personally, I think a lot of them were better built than the Japanese Fenders of the day, and that’s maybe why they were discontinued. Most people will think of Squier guitars as being budget versions of Fender designs, but this was a line all of its own they would have cool features like sparkle finishes or reverse headstocks, basically all the gimmicks of the era, and they were built by the same people manufacturing Japanese Fenders, I think, using a lot of the same parts. They came out around ’97-98 and were only in production for a year or so, but as this was the year Gary and I started college, we quickly began to favor them as they were really well-built, unique designs and, most importantly, really cheap. Jarman: These have always been our favorite type of guitars. The Smiths guitarist added sinewy guitar and a palpable sense of maturation to the Cribs’ already potent sound, and given the new LP’s blend of visceral raw-punk energy and full-bodied pop melodicism, Marr’s two-year tenure with the band left an obvious mark on it creative approach. I just got this bass a couple of months ago from Craig's List in Orange County.In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (Wichita), the follow-up to 2009’s enormously successful Ignore The Ignorant, represents a physical return to the Cribs’ original band-of-Brit-brothers format-Gary Jarman on bass/vocals, his twin Ryan on guitar/vocals and younger sibling Ross on drums-after the departure of the massively influential Johnny Marr. It was actually listed once before and by the time I got around to contacting the guy, the ad was gone and it was sold. Evidently ANOTHER case of Craig's List Flake-itis caused this one to come back up for sale a week later. I drove up to Orange County from San Diego.the guy was nice enough to meet me halfway.and met in the parking lot of a Guitar Center. It's always fun to do a transaction for a cool instrument within steps of a giant supermarket of a guitar store. I actually had a guy who wanted to meet me at a guitar store and then do the deal inside the store so he could try out the guitar through one of their amps. I drew the line there.just not kosher.Īnyway, so the guy meets me and he turns out to be a very cool guy with some great punk rock roots. He also knew a few musicians I knew and we ended up chatting about instruments and the weirdness of Craig's List for way too long. The bass was in excellent condition and we both had decided that anyone who is afraid of a classic shell pink Fender because it might mean they are gay is an idiot. This thing looks really cool and classic.yeah I know.I just used the word classic in the previous sentence. I had the bass for a couple of months and really liked it. It's a short scale instrument and it was strung with flatwound strings, which I'd never had before. As my boss would say, "Me likey." Not sure why my boss says that. Even though the bridge is a pretty basic piece of hardware that was originally designed to be a budget student instrument back in the day, it stayed in tune just fine.
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