cytania Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Oddest thing I've seen for a while; Nanyo type headstock, P/J pickups, Rickenbackeresque bridge and why paint 'World' on it? http://rguitars.co.uk/collections/used-guitars/products/alvarez-world-bass Anyone know anything about this? ALLAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The bridge is definitely too gaudy for my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Definitely wasn't born with that functionless piece of junk on it. Looks like a generic Tune/Nanyo/SR wannabe that someone thought would be improved by bodging a Rick copy (it's not a real one) tailpiece on. It's misaligned, the string spacing is stupidly narrow & I'd be prepared to bet it's impossible to set up or intonate correctly. So it's just like a Rickenbacker now! Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Game over, that's my day ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I will note that ugly as it is - it may work well. Well assuming the pickups have a pretty even output with the narrow string spacing, the bridge intonates well (at least up to the 12th fret), and the alignment probably being off doesn't cause issues for the player in question. It's not pretty - given the "world" printed on the pickups I'm guessing that's the model name. As has been alluded to already - if that bridge is original, I'll be amazed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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