Not seen one of these B4

[phsycoandy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electrical-Guitar-Company-Bass-/181156293434?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a2dc1ab3a

[jmchich]

Weird. Bit of an eyesore that neck if you ask me. Which you didn't.

[BigRedX]

That's nice! Pity it's only got 4 strings.

Edit: Electricals seem to come up reasonably frequently on eBay. I see one at least every other month for sale.

Edited June 11, 2013 by BigRedX

[Gust0o]

Love these. The guy from Torche plays one. Not brave enough to consider one just yet!

[chrismuzz]

That's pretty damn cool! It's not often you see a unique design that just looks so right.

[jimbobothy]

bit like a Kramer sort of

[lowregisterhead]

A cool looking thing, but I bet it also suffers from the main issue the aluminium-necked Kramers had - very cold to the touch, especially coming into a warm gig from outside on a cold night! Tuning could be an issue under those conditions. Did someone say 'coefficient of linear thermal expansion'??

[waynepunkdude]

They make some beautiful guitars.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1371458084' post='2114016']
A cool looking thing, but I bet it also suffers from the main issue the aluminium-necked Kramers had - very cold to the touch, especially coming into a warm gig from outside on a cold night! Tuning could be an issue under those conditions. Did someone say 'coefficient of linear thermal expansion'??
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It might have been a problem in the more primitive 70s, or if you live somewhere that has proper cold weather, but here in the UK its very much a non-issue.

I've owned several guitars and basses with aluminium necks and bodies and have never had a problem with either cold or tuning stability. Even going to gigs in the winter the instruments never spend more than a couple of minutes outside of a temperature controlled environment (my house, the car, the venue) and then they are always in proper cases. I've also never noticed any significant tuning problems over wooden instruments subjected to the same temperature changes.

Maybe if you had to travel for several hours in cold weather with the bass in the unheated cargo area of a van and then were expected to be on stage and playing within minutes of arriving at the venue, it might not be too good, but I doubt the average Fender bas would fare very much better. And besides the sensible owner of an aluminium bass would take precautions against situations like that happening.

[Happy Jack]

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[lowregisterhead]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1371465640' post='2114092']
It might have been a problem in the more primitive 70s, or if you live somewhere that has proper cold weather, but here in the UK its very much a non-issue.

I've owned several guitars and basses with aluminium necks and bodies and have never had a problem with either cold or tuning stability. Even going to gigs in the winter the instruments never spend more than a couple of minutes outside of a temperature controlled environment (my house, the car, the venue) and then they are always in proper cases. I've also never noticed any significant tuning problems over wooden instruments subjected to the same temperature changes.

Maybe if you had to travel for several hours in cold weather with the bass in the unheated cargo area of a van and then were expected to be on stage and playing within minutes of arriving at the venue, it might not be too good, but I doubt the average Fender bas would fare very much better. And besides the sensible owner of an aluminium bass would take precautions against situations like that happening.
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A fair point, well made. Unfortunately in the depths of winter in the North East of Scotland in the late 70's there was an exact confluence of those precise circumstances that I witnessed on a couple of occasions. I wasn't the owner of the Kramer in question, and there were other variables, i.e. perhaps the owner's bad ear for tuning on-the-hoof and old strings, as well as possibly questionable playing skills, but although the bass was pretty, the sound it made sadly wasn't. All that mounting misfortune aside, my main gripe was just the way the neck felt - it appeared cold to the touch whatever the prevailing temperature. Great looking thing, though.

[Mr. Foxen]

Looking at that pickup spacing, you allowed to post that here?

[dannybuoy]

The first time I heard about them was when a friend had this made up - looks like it came out of Terminator 2:

[umcoo]

My spidey sense tell me is looks like it belongs to Quimby who is a member on here

[absolutpepper]

EGC's are apparently great (can't profess to having played one). Seems a fair price too. You'd probably pay less for ordering direct but then there's the hassle of the build time wait, shipping and potential for import tax.

That being said, i'd be all over one of their guitars in a heartbeat for my next purchase...

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1371659568' post='2116752']
The first time I heard about them was when a friend had this made up - looks like it came out of Terminator 2:


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Holy crap, i'd be scared to touch that

Pretttyyyyyyyyyy

[quimbymeat]

I am selling a three month old EGC bass 500 all Aluminium. Pm me your email and i will send photos and info.