ambient Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 Kind of nice to be different I guess, but coooooooome on !!!! Quote
BigRedX Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 Fantastic! I'd love to be able to try both of those. When I was getting into music it was the height of the early 70s glam rock era, and bands were full of amazing looking custom guitars and basses, and the idea of owning an instrument that was like anyone else's was simply boring! When I built my first guitar I must have spent a good 6 months drawing out shapes and making full-sized cardboard mock-ups to get the right balance of originality and practicality. The musical world would be a very dull place if we all played the same instruments. Quote
ambient Posted December 21, 2013 Author Posted December 21, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1387629874' post='2313960'] Fantastic! I'd love to be able to try both of those. When I was getting into music it was the height of the early 70s glam rock era, and bands were full of amazing looking custom guitars and basses, and the idea of owning an instrument that was like anyone else's was simply boring! When I built my first guitar I must have spent a good 6 months drawing out shapes and making full-sized cardboard mock-ups to get the right balance of originality and practicality. The musical world would be a very dull place if we all played the same instruments. [/quote] I know, and I do like less run of the mill instruments, but how would you play the black one without a strap ? Quote
BigRedX Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1387630111' post='2313964'] I know, and I do like less run of the mill instruments, but how would you play the black one without a strap ? [/quote] No idea, and TBH not something that would bother me since I only play standing up with the bass or guitar on a strap, the practicalities of playing sitting down never enter into my instrument buying decisions. Quote
Happy Jack Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 Also, of course, ugly for the sake of being ugly. Quote
tauzero Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 I don't understand why the red one has tuners at both ends. Quote
Dad3353 Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1387752307' post='2315344'] I don't understand why the red one has tuners at both ends. [/quote] Ambidextrous, innit..? One can tune with either left or right hand (or both..!). Well, it's different, I suppose. Quote
Annoying Twit Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1387752307' post='2315344'] I don't understand why the red one has tuners at both ends. [/quote] Is it a 12 string bass? The following bass has some degree of 'different for the sake of being different', but by $%£* I would like to own one. http://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php Quote
Happy Jack Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1387791641' post='2315578'] Is it a 12 string bass? The following bass has some degree of 'different for the sake of being different', but by $%£* I would like to own one. [url="http://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php"]http://atlansiaguita...Bass-Guitar.php[/url] [/quote] Nice to look at, probably fun to play. £2650 to buy. Plus shipping, taxes, etc. 'T'would be one helluva punt to splash that amount of dosh on a bass that could end up on Basschat for £1000 a few months later ... Quote
Count Bassy Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1387752307' post='2315344'] I don't understand why the red one has tuners at both ends. [/quote] Does it have detuners at both ends like that mannring bloke has? Quote
Maude Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) My Hohner fretless P has chrome tuners but black ferules ............ i know .......... crazy!! The problem I have is that I don't feel I'm good enough to play a 'look at me' bass. Edited December 23, 2013 by Maude Quote
Clarky Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) [url="http://www.edroman.com/guitars/auerswald/images/aurswald_guitar.jpg"]http://www.edroman.c...wald_guitar.jpg[/url] 1993 Barracuda. $18,994.99. One of a Kind, Made from Solid Wenge with Maple Neck & Ebony Board, from Ed Roman's Private Stash, 36 frets, Completely Made by Hand. Edited December 23, 2013 by Clarky Quote
Left Foot Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 the black bass in OP is a beauty! what make? Quote
cameltoe Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1387791641' post='2315578'] Is it a 12 string bass? The following bass has some degree of 'different for the sake of being different', but by $%£* I would like to own one. [url="http://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php"]http://atlansiaguita...Bass-Guitar.php[/url] [/quote] Satan's bass! Quote
thepurpleblob Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 There's no accounting for taste. Seems some people actually like single-cuts Quote
tauzero Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 [quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1387789375' post='2315543'] Just for intonation mabbe? [/quote] It would appear so, but done that way because of the unique bridge arrangement. See towards the bottom of this review: [url="http://101basses.com/new-atlansia-breeze-bass-the-newest-bass-guitar-from-h-noble/"]http://101basses.com/new-atlansia-breeze-bass-the-newest-bass-guitar-from-h-noble/[/url] Although on the diagram it's described as "pitch adjuster", adjusting the pitch with it would seem to alter the intonation. I must say it's rather an ingenious approach to the issue with strings coming over the bridge - with a B string with windings all the way to the eye, you either have to kink the string or put up with it bulging over the bridge. Quote
gelfin Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1387801766' post='2315795'] [url="http://www.edroman.com/guitars/auerswald/images/aurswald_guitar.jpg"]http://www.edroman.c...wald_guitar.jpg[/url] 1993 Barracuda. $18,994.99. One of a Kind, Made from Solid Wenge with Maple Neck & Ebony Board, from Ed Roman's Private Stash, 36 frets, Completely Made by Hand. [/quote] Always wondered if any of Ed Romans collection get played regularly. Quote
BigRedX Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 [quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1387829794' post='2316296'] the black bass in OP is a beauty! what make? [/quote] [url=https://www.facebook.com/MILLIMETRICINSTRUMENTS]Millimetric[/url] Quote
Left Foot Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 cheers big red, this bass looks ace imho. really ace [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/30/einp.jpg/][IMG]http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7995/einp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote
ambient Posted December 24, 2013 Author Posted December 24, 2013 Looks like it's being held up at gun point 😃 Quote
skej21 Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 If that's what I have to own to be 'not boring' I'll take the label and my jazz bass any day... Quote
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