Sorry if this has been asked already but I just wanted to know, do the stripes the Tomomi put on her basses extend to the back? And also does anybody know exact measurements for them? I want to mimic the design on my guitar with electrical tape.

@rachel_snsd48:

Ah! A good question. As a matter of fact, her racing stripes do not extend all the way to the back. I'll try to get a pic with such an angle.

Edit: If you go to this post I made a few years ago, you can see her bass from all sorts of angles
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t180p360-scandal-instruments-thread#155716

rachel_snsd48 wrote:Sorry if this has been asked already but I just wanted to know, do the stripes the Tomomi put on her basses extend to the back? And also does anybody know exact measurements for them? I want to mimic the design on my guitar with electrical tape.

I was asked this but in a private message on S-H. Based on my BLUETUS, the thickness of each racing stripe is as follows:

8.5 mm / 15 mm / 8.5 mm

There is a 2 mm gap between the three stripes.

And as Lexian says, it doesn't go to the back. Put up a photo on 'The Instruments thread' once it's done!

maharizm wrote:

rachel_snsd48 wrote:Sorry if this has been asked already but I just wanted to know, do the stripes the Tomomi put on her basses extend to the back? And also does anybody know exact measurements for them? I want to mimic the design on my guitar with electrical tape.

I was asked this but in a private message on S-H. Based on my BLUETUS, the thickness of each racing stripe is as follows:

8.5 mm / 15 mm / 8.5 mm

There is a 2 mm gap between the three stripes.

And as Lexian says, it doesn't go to the back. Put up a photo on 'The Instruments thread' once it's done!

Lexian wrote:@rachel_snsd48:

Ah! A good question. As a matter of fact, her racing stripes do not extend all the way to the back. I'll try to get a pic with such an angle.

Edit: If you go to this post I made a few years ago, you can see her bass from all sorts of angles
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t180p360-scandal-instruments-thread#155716

 
Thanks for the replies, it was a lot of help!  Now I can have racing stripes just like Timo's:happy:

Anyone has any idea if tomomi's deluxe P bass is made in Mexico or Japan?

jshow wrote:Anyone has any idea if tomomi's deluxe P bass is made in Mexico or Japan?

Mexican. The racing stripes were customised later as TIMO had played the P-bass in its original form prior to them being added.



For more details:

http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/deluxe/deluxe-active-p-bass-special-rosewood-fingerboard-navy-blue-metallic-1-ply-beveled-gold-vinyl-pickguard/

Thx for the info maharizm!

I will buy my very first Bass guitar, and I want it to be just like Tomomi have...  .wow.

Guys do you have any idea if Tomomi's model for her Fender Bass will be available in the market? I'd like to purchase one... .wow.

Guys do you have any idea if Fender will re-release Tomomi's model? I wanna have one...




 .please.  .please.  .please.

ryoseki kun wrote:Guys do you have any idea if Fender will re-release Tomomi's model? I wanna have one...




 .please.  .please.  

its not Fender who released Tomomi Model Jazz Bass, Its Squier (Squier Japan). You can buy the Tomomi Model Squier Jazz Bass "Bluetuss" only in Japan (I think)

As per the photos uploaded on HOOK Inc's Facebook page, TIMO's pedals haven't changed for the HELLO WORLD tour.

However, there is a change with regards her backline during the Japan leg of the tour. She still uses her Ashdown ABM 500 EVOIII head and when I saw them live in Japan back in January, it was housed in a rack, which is neither here nor there.

What I am interested is the addition of an Ampeg SVT-3PRO rack mounted bass head just above the Ashdown.



And this was featured again in the Sep 2015 issue of GiGS:



However, the short caption beneath the GiGS photo made no mention of the SVT-3PRO. This photo below from HOOKS Inc. shows that she may actually use it as part of her back line during the performance as one of the bottom patches (rightmost) on her PEC-2 routing system is labelled 'Ampeg':



I just wonder which song has her playing on the SVT! ^^

Thanks for the info everyone. I'm very much interested in her Ashdown Cabinet.

sonic0313 wrote:Thanks for the info everyone. I'm very much interested in her Ashdown Cabinet.

I thought it was already mentioned in the topmost post on page 1 but it ain't there.

Just to recap:

kudo_maharizu wrote:

It's a UK-made 1050W Ashdown NEO 810 8 x 10" cab which is now replaced by the ABM 810 cabs.

From what I can gather from older sites via Google:

Central to the performance of the 1050-Watt, 8 x 10, NEO 810 cabinet is the use of new, custom developed Neodymium speakers which incorporate a number of advanced features including a cast aluminium chassis with thin brackets to avoid sound wave reflections, a magnet circuit with heat sink rims to ensure rapid heat dissipation and decompression holes in the cone. The result is a ultra-lightweight bass driver that just keep getting louder as the level is increased, delivering a powerful, consistent bass tone at all volume levels and with no power loss over long performances.



The Ashdown NEO 810H Main Features Include:
• Power Output (RMS): 1050W
• Speaker Configuration: 8 x 10
• Impedance: 4 Ohms
• H x W x D (mm): 1280 x 610 x 420
• Weight (kg) 60

ryoseki kun wrote:Guys do you have any idea if Fender will re-release Tomomi's model? I wanna have one...

(A little bit of OOT)
Well, if you prefer the Fender Deluxe Active P Bass and you live in the Philippines, better call the Yupangco head office. They accept advance orders too. Just be specific with the model and color.

Sadly, Fender sales reps here in the Philippines have no idea about Timo and how good she is as a bassist.

TOMOMI's set up for their recent arena tour:



Effects:
-TECH 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI
-MXR Ten Band Graphic EQ
-MXR Bass D.I.+
-EBS MultiComp True Dual Band Compressor Pedal
-BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
-Fender Sub-Lime Bass Fuzz Pedal
-BOSS SYB-5
-Providence PEC-2 Routing System


https://www.facebook.com/HookUpInc/posts/782273508571103

TIMO's additional rented gear as described in the main SCANDAL article in the April 2016 issue of GiGS.



She used a 1966 Fender Precision (love the look on that baby) on Stamp!, and despite what I think the mag's description was saying, a '75 Fender Jazz on SUKI-SUKI.



A 90's Ampeg SVT Classic head was used for amplification.

TOMO recently bought a Fender Bassman 100 amp, and she predicts it'll become her main one:


https://twitter.com/scandal_tomomi/status/718063348336570370

Tomomi has good taste...and money of course

Nice amp, TOMOMI!

I was expecting for her to buy either a Marshall Super Bass or a Hiwatt though.

i wonder what pedal under the EBS compressor pedals with white color?

BenT_Rebellion wrote:i wonder what pedal under the EBS compressor pedals with white color?

That is not a pedal but an AC/DC station by Custom Audio Japan

Does anyone know if the Hofner bass Tomo uses in the LOVE ME DO MV is hers? Never seen her with this one.

Zacek wrote:Does anyone know if the Hofner bass Tomo uses in the LOVE ME DO MV is hers? Never seen her with this one.

As she usually would introduce her her gear in tweets or printed media (eg GiGs etc), the Hofner's likely rented as a prop to provide a vintage feel to their style - hence, fitting in with HARU's Guild and MAMI's Gretsch in the PV.

She could have borrowed my 1960 Hofner Violin bass, I bought it because they were really cheap but then Paul McCartney made it famous of course, he still has two, a 1961 model and an updated 1962 model given to him by Hofner.
But you can pick them up quite cheap on ebay.