The Labella Bass guitar!!!

[alstocko]

No treble have this covered better than I can.

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/11/04/la-bella-strings-launches-first-bass-guitar-the-olinto/

Basically it's a super vintage P...

[deanovw]

with a huge price tag.

[wateroftyne]

I don't think they'll be expecting to shift many.

[Happy Jack]

That sort-of reminds me of a Precision ...

[BigRedX]

What is the point?

[EssentialTension]

Yes, what is the point?

[Jack]

It's nice to see a company doing something different. I've wanted a bass like that one for a while but I just don't like Fender. Now that another company with such a long pedigree of instrument manufacturing is making a similar bass at such a low price point I'm sure they get lots of business.

Edited November 5, 2012 by Jack

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1352107303' post='1858643']
It's nice to see a company doing something different. I've wanted a bass like that one for a while but I just don't like Fender. Now that another company with such a long pedigree of instrument manufacturing is making a similar bass at such a low price point I'm sure they get lots of business.
[/quote]

This post makes no sense.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1352107516' post='1858650']
This post makes no sense.
[/quote]
Irony and sarcasm often make no sense - a bit like the new La Bella bass.

[wateroftyne]

Ah.. It's not often I'm caught out like that.

Nice delivery, Jack - you got me hook, line and sinker. :-D

[Sibob]

Wow..........



.......that's a crap headstock!

Si

[philw]

Really, how is it possible to display so little imagination? I truly am tempted to thud my head on the desk in frustration.

Please, nobody buy one!

P

[charic]

Their logo looks terrible like on a headstock

[charic]

Although from the same size this may actually be worse

[mcnach]

oh, another one like a million before it, goody!

[molan]

I saw this on No Treble and genuinely thought it was an April Fool!

They sometimes republish stuff or it gets moved back up the site because of an update etc.

[The Dark Lord]

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1352107303' post='1858643']
...... It's nice to see a company doing something different.......
[/quote]
Huh?
Different?
It's just a shame that they forgot to hire a designer.

Edited November 5, 2012 by The Dark Lord

[WHUFC BASS]

Really can't see the point of this bass. The headstock reminds me of a cross between the new SX range and the only Peavey headstocks. For that money I'd want something a bit special, not some re-hashed Fender copy with a moody headstock.

[Dingus]

Maybe it's intended as some kind of revenge- if bass makers keep selling their own brand strings the La Bella want to turn the tables by making basses.

[Ben Jamin]

I'm sure it's a great P bass though.

Like all the other ones.

[Nico@Bass]

Another Fender copy... Sure it's a great sounding / playing bass but there are so many of them!

Edited November 5, 2012 by Nico@Bass

[uncle psychosis]

Sometimes I wonder if companies in the music business actually know *anything* about their customers.

For £3k, if I wanted a vintage Precision bass, I could get a real vintage Fender or even get a Fender custom shop and probably have some change.

WTF is the point in this?

[StephenFerguson]

I like my P Bass, its by Fender? although it was a third of the price so its probs sh*te.

Edited November 5, 2012 by StephenFerguson

[stingrayPete1977]

Yep my first bass was a Peavey Foundation with that headstock shape.

Boring boring boring but plenty of people buy these boring basses, many of them play and sound great but they are still boring.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1352130945' post='1859109']
Sometimes I wonder if companies in the music business actually know *anything* about their customers.

For £3k, if I wanted a vintage Precision bass, I could get a real vintage Fender or even get a Fender custom shop and probably have some change.

WTF is the point in this?
[/quote]
Alleva, Sadowsky and overwater etc etc all have full order books