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An Aluminium Bass??


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Anyone had any experience of one of these?

Made by Normandy of Oregon USA (so I guess they would say Aluminum)


They do a plain chrome one too - and I haven't seen it, yet, but they have an Aluminium Flying Vee Bass in the works.......

And this:

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Do I dare ask how much it weighs? :ph34r:
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They are quoting 9lbs on both the P Bass style and the archtop.

The bodies are hollow, with bracing inside. The neck is Maple with a Rosewood FB - and an aluminium nut!

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Not heard of those, but the EGCs are awesome and both the guitars and basses are used by some pretty high profile players at the noisier end of the independent scene (Jesus Lizard, Shellac. Melvins). For those days when you are a bit reticent to gig your original Travis Bean!

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I was in a band with a guitarist who used a Travis Bean and apparently on cold days the neck was quite uncomfortable to hold until it warmed up, which it didn't do very quickly. A whole cold bass would not be my idea of a good bass to play.

If you're in California I guess this won't be a problem but chilly UK. . . it might be.

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