Italia Rimini Bass

[HeavyJay]

I quite fancy one of these:
[url="http://www.guitar.co.uk/guitars/bass/1745-italia_rimini_standard_bass_guitar"]http://www.guitar.co.uk/guitars/bass/1745-...ard_bass_guitar[/url]

Does anyone have an opinion as to whether they are any good?

[simon1964]

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='436914' date='Mar 17 2009, 09:24 AM']I quite fancy one of these:
[url="http://www.guitar.co.uk/guitars/bass/1745-italia_rimini_standard_bass_guitar"]http://www.guitar.co.uk/guitars/bass/1745-...ard_bass_guitar[/url]

Does anyone have an opinion as to whether they are any good?[/quote]

I played one at Sound Control in Birmingham. They're quite nice. The neck that felt very much like a Precision to me. They're adequate tone wise. The sound is very much a passive old school sound, and not very versatile, but I guess you would expect that! And they look even cooler in the flesh!

Edited March 17, 2009 by simon1964

[HeavyJay]

[quote name='simon1964' post='436918' date='Mar 17 2009, 09:27 AM']And they look even cooler in the flesh![/quote]

[Marky L]

Some of the gear in the Italia range looks soooooooo cool. If I had some wadge spare, didn't have a list of other stuff to get first, I'd love something from their range, just for fun.

[mike257]

I've always thought they looked pretty nifty, never had the chance to try one out.

[url="http://www.guitar.co.uk/guitars/bass/1747-italia_modulo_tipo_1_bass_guitar"]This[/url] one looks pretty cool, nice take on the Fender style. One pickup for each string is a pretty crazy look too!

[HeavyJay]

These are some comments I found whilst searching:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=8437&view=findpost&p=268233"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=268233[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=8437&view=findpost&p=87775"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...ost&p=87775[/url]

Mostly the comments have been along the lines of:
Looks great, sounds average to not very good.