Useless amateur Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) Hi I am dreaming of an Epiphone Rivoli in sunburst but money is in laughably short supply. Does anyone know of a budget alternative? Must be available in sunburst. Really appreciate any help Jon Edited January 10, 2021 by Useless amateur Quote
Jonesy Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 What sort of budget are you looking at? And does it have to be the same sort of shape? I haven't played them, but have heard good things about the Hofner Ignition series. Quote
Useless amateur Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 Budget is as low as possible I’m afraid and yes it does have to be the same shape. I will look at the Hogner now, thanks for taking the time to reply, I am very grateful Jon Quote
Useless amateur Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 It’s the wrong colour and pickup arrangement is different but it is the best I have seen in my searches too. Thanks 👍 Jon Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Just now, Useless amateur said: It’s the wrong colour and pickup arrangement is different but it is the best I have seen in my searches too. Thanks 👍 Jon They do black, sunburst etc Quote
Jonesy Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 No idea what the shipping situation is like now and it's not sunburst, but...... https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hb_60_wb.htm?o=63&search=1610316926 Quote
Cato Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 Epiphone have just released a series of guitars based on classic Epiphone (not Gibson) designs from the 50s and 60s. https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/epiphone-crestwood-custom-wilshire-coronet-2020/ Maybe if they do well they might start looking at their bass back catalogue? Quote
LeftyJ Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 I used to own an Italia Torino bass that will get you close soundwise (semi-hollow with a big, bold mudbucker in the neck position) but it has a single cutaway bodyshape and an added bridge pickup (a guitar humbucker in a closed chrome cover). Quote
Graulges Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 The red sub that Andy Travis mentioned is in sunburst in this video. The bridge pickup isa bit big though. (27) RedSub HB Bass Guitar, Sunburst | Gear4music demo - YouTube Quote
bertbass Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Graulges said: The red sub that Andy Travis mentioned is in sunburst in this video. The bridge pickup isa bit big though. (27) RedSub HB Bass Guitar, Sunburst | Gear4music demo - YouTube That sounds pretty good actually. Quote
Stu-khag Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 I've been looking for an age to get one. I managed to buy a budget one second hand that turned out to be a gibson copy except its long scale for not a lot of money. Im in the process of gradually getting it fixed up but the longscale neck makes it not so nice to play. I live in hope of a new rivoli to be released. Revelation guitars have a good rep I believe, there is this model that caught my eye but havent seen one in the flesh. https://thebassgallery.com/products/revelation-rgb Quote
Roger2611 Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 20 hours ago, AndyTravis said: These crop up as b-stock... I owned one of these for all of about a week, I donated it to cat rescue after that, it was supposed to have been a B stock instrument which had apparently already been sold so they sent me a brand new one....given how bad the new one was I dread to think how poor the B stock instrument would have been! It arrived with the bridge pickup not wired up, an action you could through a blanket over and go camping! I wired it correctly set it up as best as could be done with it and got rid of it...for me this was a classic case of you get what you pay for! Quote
spencer.b Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 2nd hand chowny chb ? Great instruments for the money , I picked one up cheap on here , really impressed with it Quote
Jonesy Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 On 10/01/2021 at 22:09, Useless amateur said: It’s the wrong colour and pickup arrangement is different but it is the best I have seen in my searches too. Thanks 👍 Jon There's one of them for sale in Sheffield if you're keen... https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKBassgear/permalink/2149525221847468/?sale_post_id=2149525221847468 Quote
Useless amateur Posted January 13, 2021 Author Posted January 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jonesy said: There's one of them for sale in Sheffield if you're keen... https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKBassgear/permalink/2149525221847468/?sale_post_id=2149525221847468 Thanks for that, I have just dropped a message to him. What I would really love is the Aria Tab bass https://www.chorder.com/electric-bass-guitars/aria/tab66-5236 Quote
Jonesy Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, Useless amateur said: Thanks for that, I have just dropped a message to him. What I would really love is the Aria Tab bass https://www.chorder.com/electric-bass-guitars/aria/tab66-5236 No worries 😃 That Aria is nice looking too. I like that it's horns are ever so slightly pointier, like the Ibanez artcore range Quote
Useless amateur Posted January 13, 2021 Author Posted January 13, 2021 If I had the money I would buy it but I have only seen one secondhand and he wanted £300 for it Jon Quote
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