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Lady in red

Cool and classic basses: Vigier Passion Custom III 5-string

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Lady in red

Burns, baby, Burns

Cool and classic basses: Burns Marquee 5-String bass

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Burns, baby, Burns

It's a beast of a bass from Burns of London

Cool and classic basses: Burns 5-String Bass

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It's a beast of a bass from Burns of London

Customised to perfection

Cool and classic basses: Wal Custom Mach II – Gold Plated Fretless 5-string

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Customised to perfection

Bass Guitars
Cut-price intergalactic classic

Cool and classic basses: DeArmond Starfire Bass

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Cut-price intergalactic classic

A pair fine Ovation basses

Cool and classic basses: Ovation Magnum I/II

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A pair of forward-thinking bass behemoths from Ovation

A true British original

Cool and classic basses: Supersound SCB Bass

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A true British original

French fancy

Cool and classic basses: Vigier Excess Bass

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French fancy

Just a beautiful Jazz...

Cool and classic basses: Fender Jazz Bass Pre-CBS Custom Colou

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Simply a beautiful early jazz bass from Fender

Bass Guitars
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Cool and classic basses: Music Man Cutlass Bass

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When Music Man went graphite

Bass Guitars
Perspex for all

Cool and classic basses: Hayman 40 40 Bass

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Perspex for all

Fretless Fender for the win

Cool and classic basses: Fender Standard Precision Fretless

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Fretless Fender for the win

(Flash)back to the future

Cool and classic basses: Warwick Fortress Flashback

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Flashback to the future

Affordable '60s icon for the masses

Cool and classic basses: Harmony H22

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Affordable '60s icon for the masses

Bass Guitars
Metal majesty

Cool and classic basses: Hartke XK-4

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Metal majesty

Bass Guitars
As played by Stu Sutcliffe in Hamburg

Cool and classic basses: Hofner President Bass 500/5

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The "Stu Sutcliffe" joins the cool and classic ranks

The first Fender resissue?

Cool and classic basses: Fender Telecaster Bass Series 2

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Legendary basses profiled from Fender, Gibson, Warwick and more

Power forged and ready to rock

Cool and classic basses: Vaccaro X-Ray Bass

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Power forged and ready to rock

When four strings aren't enough, you need a StringRay 5

Cool and classic basses: Music Man StingRay 5

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When four strings aren't enough, you need a StringRay 5

Bass Guitars
They don't come much cooler than this...

Cool and classic basses: Rickenbacker 4003

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With looks like that, it must be a Ricky...

A resonator bass that will catch your eyes and your ears

Cool and classic basses: Dobro Deluxe Dbass

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A bass resonator that will grab your eyes and your ears

Check out this classy lady in red

Cool and classic basses: Stuart Spector Design SSD NS-4 Bass

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Handmade, ergonomically designed stunner

Bass Guitars
Check out the rare and wonderful Gibson Les Paul Triumph

Cool and classic basses: Gibson Les Paul Triumph

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The all-action four-string equivalent of the Gibson Les Paul is this week's cool and classic bass...

Electric Guitars
German made, British played and lusted after to this day

Cool and classic basses: Hofner Senator

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German made, British played and lusted after to this day

Bass Guitars
Metal guru, is it you?

Cool and classic basses: Zemaitis M/F Custom Bass

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Legendary basses profiled from Fender, Gibson, Warwick and more

Bass Guitars

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