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 Post subject: So, I was about three away from Peter Hook the other night..
PostPosted: April 30th, 2018, 10:18 am 
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... and now I have GAS for a Shergold six-string baritone bass.

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 Post subject: Re: So, I was about three away from Peter Hook the other nig
PostPosted: April 30th, 2018, 6:39 pm 
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I know at least one lefty Shergold Marathon Bass 6 exists, but it's possible there is only one. Shergold only made a total of 95 Marathon Bass 6's so they are quite rare.

As far as I've seen from looking around, no one currently makes a clone of the Marathon Bass 6. And it is quite different than any other Bass VI on the market, having a much wider neck (the Shergold Marathon Bass 6 has a nut width of 49mm, whereas the Fender Bass VI has a nut width of 42mm. For reference the Musicman SR5 has a nut width of 44.5mm).

There's some light talk of trying to get Eastwood to do a Marathon Bass 6 clone but I don't think anyone has pursued it with any gusto. I've inquired to Serek and Regenerate semi-recently but both are not taking custom orders at the moment.


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 Post subject: Re: So, I was about three away from Peter Hook the other nig
PostPosted: June 5th, 2018, 3:04 pm 
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3 what? Inches?Feet? Miles? The suspense is killing me!

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3 beers..... 3 fights... 3 killer bands? (Joy Division/ New Order /... the Light)... so many possibilities.... love me some Hooky :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: June 7th, 2018, 4:13 am 
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Three gin and tonics, and three feet.

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3 blind mice?

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PostPosted: June 21st, 2018, 4:51 pm 
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screambasses wrote:
Three gin and tonics


That x 3 = 3 sheets to the wind.


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