SOLVED: Help me identify a bass... from a poor description!

[pantherairsoft]

The current price is €3100 with a finish if your choice. Plus €250 for a 6 string.

I also want one.

[Lfalex v1.1]

9 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Those prices are somewhat inflated since they are for the US distributor and will include EU to US shipping and import taxes as well as a distributor mark-up.

Nevertheless, cheap they ain't, and even if you bought them direct from BassLab, you'd still get hit for import taxes post-Brexit.

So that €3350 just became €4020. Plus, presumably, shipping and currency conversion... eeek!

Edited January 19, 2021 by Lfalex v1.1

[pantherairsoft]

1 hour ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Nevertheless, cheap they ain't, and even if you bought them direct from BassLab, you'd still get hit for import taxes post-Brexit.

So that €3350 just became €4020. Plus, presumably, shipping and currency conversion... eeek!

This is the agonising truth. At €3100, compared to other luthier specs, it sounds about right. But add VAT once it hits the UK and it’s time to cry. Wish I’d investigated this a few months ago

[Hellzero]

Come (back) to Europe. 😁

[pantherairsoft]

2 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Come (back) to Europe. 😁

We're actually contemplating a move to Germany. My brother-in-law moved there 6 months ago (he got a job with Thomann) and is absolutely loving life. We went over to visit between lock-downs and felt really inspired. It's a serious consideration.

Edit - this thread has gone major off topic! 

Edited January 19, 2021 by pantherairsoft

[Newfoundfreedom]

2 hours ago, pantherairsoft said:

The current price is €3100 with a finish if your choice. Plus €250 for a 6 string.

I also want one.

That's a whole extra digit more than I'd pay for any bass. I could probably stretch to a set of strings. 

[Bassassin]

23 hours ago, TheGreek said:

I like the design a lot, but I really struggle with the wonky curve of the horn/bow. Looks like it's been leant against a hot radiator all afternoon.

[itu]

Auerswald costs a fortune. Another bow bass is Atlansia Oxford:

https://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php

[Lfalex v1.1]

33 minutes ago, itu said:

Auerswald costs a fortune. Another bow bass is Atlansia Oxford:

https://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php

Most of those are at very least interesting. Some are lovely. But oddly not the Oxford!

[Hellzero]

I love Atlansia basses, but these Oxford are certainly at least ... ugly. Thanks for the reminder. 🤮

[pantherairsoft]

53 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

I love Atlansia basses, but these Oxford are certainly at least ... ugly. Thanks for the reminder. 🤮

Yeah - that's pretty awful!

[LeftyJ]

I love Atlansia! The company is run by Nobuaki Hayashi, better known as H. Noble, who designed many iconic Matsumoku-era Aria Pro II guitars and basses like the famous SB series. I love his mad professor-approach to guitar building, constantly coming up with solutions to problems that don't exist, often completely ignoring ergonomics and userfriendliness but always beautifully engineered. He doesn't play guitar or bass himself, he got involved in guitar manufacturing when he was building wooden cabinets for Matsumoku sewing machines! 

Edited January 20, 2021 by LeftyJ

[Lfalex v1.1]

Atlansia; So many pickups, so little time!

[Hellzero]

1 hour ago, LeftyJ said:

He doesn't play guitar or bass himself.

Neither was Leo Fender...