Fair call as you would expect almost perfection the higher the asking price.Quote:
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Fair call as you would expect almost perfection the higher the asking price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
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So, clue us all in- what DO you like? Because at present the answer seems to be "not much ".
Just because we like different things doesn't mean that either of us are right or wrong. We just like different things. I prefer to see fairly simple guitars built and finished well rather than with what I'd call over-lavish finishes. That's one reason that I don't find PRS guitars attractive (the other is the necks on most of them).
I'm not going to comment on someone's choice of finish or colour for their kit build because that's their own choice and it's what they wanted to do and I have no reason to say otherwise. But in a 'beautiful guitar' thread, what's wrong occasionally stating that you don't like a guitar that much?
I can see where you are coming from Simon...
Often I find there is so much of that wonderfully done fine detail that the fact it is a guitar is lost, and then the next guitar I see is gorgeous in its simplicity, yet the opposite can also be true... That's not to say I don't appreciate the fine detail of any guitar, however sometimes I do feel the 'bling' on some is overdone, and if the guitar was being played on a stage somewhere I wonder if anyone in the audience would appreciate it. So for me some bling is good, other times the exact same bling on a different guitar in a different setting is pointless... I think it depends on where you are in the crowd, who is in the crowd,and why you are there... a Horses for courses sorta thing, some are rodeo, some are quarter, others are steeple, you have your Shetlands, and your draught, and there are so many others yet many just call all of them "Horses".... How anyone sees their or someone else's axe is entirely unique depending on their view of the subject....
G&L semi-hollow ASAT bass... I think a proprietor might take an active interest here...
Very nice BG.
I like that a lot. The G&L headstock design is a little bit awkward, but I can live with that and that one is something I'd happily buy if I was looking for a bass.
An exquisite Kubicki ExFactor bass. I've never seen a sunburst finish on one before.
Very nice. I played one of the first ones a long time ago in the mid '80s. Belonged to a nice Saudi lad who's rich family had moved to the UK to avoid some political unpleasantness and he didn't lack for anything. I didn't know any other 17 year-olds with a brand new Mercedes 190E 2.3 Cosworth as their first car.
What was it like to play? I've always wondered if they were one of those things where the utility didn't live up to the concept. The only professionals I know of who played them were Stu Hamm and Michael Bloodgood.
It was a very long time ago now - 32+ years or so! It was certainly a very nice bass, but I only played it for a couple of minutes so I can't really say exactly how nice or not. But I do know that I had read about it in a guitar mag review not that long before, which is why I knew what it was.
I had a go on the only one I ever saw on sale for about an hour once, again about 15 years ago. It was very comfortable, supremely well-balanced and had a really fast neck on it. I didn't realise at the time that it was a 32" scale length which made it feel a lot easier to play quick on. But I couldn't get my brain around the various controls- I needed longer than the hour I had with it. I would've loved to have bought it but it was over $3k secondhand back then. I shudder to think what one costs now.
"The Symphony Steel guitar...a fretless instrument with great sound and endless sustain. The guitar is made with 1,5mm thick stainless steel fingerboard, stainless bridge and great locally made Humless pickups. Birch and okume body, multipiece mahogany / maple neck and oak layer under fingerboard gives it great resonance and presention."
ChamberBass 5 Black dyed Quilted Maple top/Alder body.
I'm rather fond of this design, unorthodox as it is.
You must agree that Stradi guitar is very much a love/hate shape, even if on a bass where that extended upper bout design is more popular. It does look like Stradi have taken their fretless bass shape and turned it into a guitar with very little modification. I'd put it in the ugly guitar thread. Others won't and that's fine.
Ignoring the looks, it must also weigh a ton/tonne as it's got a very thick body and that 1.5mm of stainless steel for a fingerboard is only going to add to the weight.
I just feel that Vigier (using an alloy fretboard) have done the fretless guitar concept in a better way. (I did have a look for demos of the Stradi guitar on YouTube but only found bass demos).
http://youtu.be/yshLWYjMijo
I do like that Kenneth Laurence bass though. Very nice. For some reason, bass designs can be quite outrageous and work, whereas they often seem wrong on guitars. Maybe it's just the smaller proportions of the guitar that limit what can be done to the shape without it looking 'wrong'.
That Guthrie demo is a big family fave!
Owned and soon to be sold my Mike Gordon of Phish. Rare as rocking horse poop.
That is a nice looking guitar!
sweet looking axe BG, why have we never seen this axe before ? how long you owned it for ?
It's not mine- the IP should read "by Mike Gordon".
Has he got several of that type? I've found photos of him playing one on stage but it seem to be a non-sunburst brown and with quite a heavy flame on the maple top.
Trey Anastasio (the Phish guitarist) has about 5 of them, but this is one that the bassist owns. Mike Gordon also has a couple of Languedoc 5string basses.
It's interesting. I don't know what make it is but the body looks quite Ibanez-like. And that style of three-screw pickup mounting is an older Ibanez and Yamaha design feature, also featured on the Fender wide-range pickups, some Gretsch pickups but little else. (Yes, Tele bridge pickups also have three screws but in a different arrangement). It's a great pickup mounting system and far superior to the standard 2-hole method for being able to keep the pickup secure and parallel to the strings.
Ah - A Langeuedoc G2 - hence the title [facepalm].
US$10k new, but built to your own specs.
I can't help it, this is right up my alley.
That would be a struggle to play sitting down for someone as short as my 172cm....standing up wouldn't be much better either.
Doubled up five string is a first one I have seen. Looks like a Bass that Davey guy on Youtube would play.
Alpher instruments have come out with this bit of lusciousness. Honestly, my facebook page is a bass player's porn stash...
Have to agree that is a serious bit of Bass porn.Quote:
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Oh My, that is rather pretty.
http://www.guitarworld.com/gear-news...g-guitar/31936
If El can post his multi-neck beasts, what about the custom Olson that has been made for YouTube guitar dude Jared Dines.
That would be so neck heavy Fretty.
Probably end up playing like a lap steel instead of standing up with it.
Haha yes! I did chuckle at this one the other day.
Top shelf material indeed I can only imagine how nice that bass would be to hold and playQuote:
Originally Posted by Bass Guy
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So, a hilarious, and shady as hell, epilogue to this story. It's an Aliexpress guitar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
Check this out: 15 string version
He got called out on a facebook group I follow this morning and after some half assed defensive attempts, he shut down his FB pages and business website. Dodgy.
I guess Yamaha is considered a budget brand when it comes to guitars, but I just found this Pacifica and thought the colour scheme is fantastic. I would happily own this.
Some of the newer Yamahas are really nice I think. I really like the revstars.
P90 and Humbucker combo which has coil split on bridge too...... https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/mu...l#product-tabs
Highest spec level in Pacifica range......very nice indeed.
RRP $900 but can be found for around $765 which is close to low end Revstar at $799
All the details are on the photo. Yummy.