Hand Made Italian Bass

[QuadriProject]

A friend of mine is the owner of the LAURUS company.
He made great basses, all hand made !

Here you can find an article (in Italian Txt but there is also a video) about one of his great basses.

LAURUS Mod. Quasar T 900 – 5

Let me know what you think about it :-)

Ciao
Alberto
QUADRIPROJECT.COM

[Lonesomedave]

depending upon how it sounds...i think it is fantastico...bellisimo

what a beautiful instrument.

[Avezzano]

I know. Beautiful basses but a bit pricey. If he only developed a second import line, he would increase sales and expand the brand capillarity, see Frudua, Manne, Warwick, Fender, G&L, Ernie Ball-OLP etc.

[Wallace320]

Sono quindici anni buoni che conosco Laurus e le prime volte furono quando li "dimostrava" Red Canzian dei Pooh. Mi ricordo di qualcosa in particolare in quel di Lucky Music a Milano. Adoro lo stile di Red e dei Pooh e, non per niente, pur facendo tutt'altro genere, suono moltissimi Fender Jazz bass. Il problema, se così si può dire parlando di opere d'arte, è proprio che il valore instrinseco è elevatissimo, per cui, o sei un affermato professionista come Red o i maestri d'orchestra Rai cui, insieme a Massimo Moriconi, li avevo visti usare all'inizio, oppure i bassi Laurus restano troppo "fuori portata".

A presto,
Claudio V.

I's been 15+ years that I'm aware of Laurus, very first time being clinics of Red Canzian from The Pooh. I can vividly remember something that took place at Lucky Music's in Milan.
I love Red's and Pooh style, that's why, even into completely different kind of music I play, I now own many Fender Jazz basses
Problem being, if you can get my point even talkin' about masterpieces, their undisputing unbearable value, so much so that, if you're no acclaimed professional, very much like Red's or Rai orchestra maestros who, together with Massimo Moriconi, played them from the very start, Laurus basses are way out of reach

Cheers,
Wallace

[QuadriProject]

I agreed with all of you. The Laurus are expensive basses and I haven't the money too for such beauty :-)

But I felt in love with the design and the quality of the materials. That's why I made the article .

Thanks for your reply

Alberto

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Sono d'accordo con tutti voi. I Bassi Laurus sono costosi e personalmente non ho le finanze per potermeli permettere.
Quello che però mi ha fatto innamorare di questi gioielli , è il Design curato e i materiali ricercati che Pierluigi Cazzola usa per le sue creature.

Ecco perchè ho voluto dare spazio nel mio Blog alla Laurus

Grazie per le risposte,

Alberto

[jim777]

Wood & Tronics is another outstanding Italian handmade bass worth checking out as well.
http://www.wtbasses.net/home.aspx

[Lonesomedave]

also very lovely.

it seems that Antonio Stradivari is very much alive and well, through the efforts of these amazing craftsmen.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by QuadriProject

A friend of mine is the owner of the LAURUS company.
He made great basses, all hand made !

Here you can find an article (in Italian Txt but there is also a video) about one of his great basses.

LAURUS Mod. Quasar T 900 – 5

Let me know what you think about it :-)

Ciao
Alberto
QUADRIPROJECT.COM

I tried those and disliked them.
As well made as on would expect these days and not bad but just not for me. And whilst the body shape is not particularly good looking and made the bass quite uncomfortable to play( to me) the head is downright ugly IMHO.

[jeffbonny]

Originally Posted by cnltb

And I think whilst the body shape is not particularly good looking the head is downright ugly IMHO.

To each his own. It put a smile on my face.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by jim777

Wood & Tronics is another outstanding Italian handmade bass worth checking out as well.
http://www.wtbasses.net/home.aspx

The two I tried, felt good sounded good and looked good. Nicely made and well designed IMHO of course.
The tone when amplified was very close to that when un-amped which made the instruments feel real nice.The pickups seemed just right for the instruments I had the chance to try out.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by jeffbonny

To each his own.

Absolutely agreed!

[Bassamatic]

They are all so beautiful! I am very pleased to see that there are some makers that are not afraid to make a new design for the headstock.

[jmac]

http://www.laurus.it/en/?/bass-guitars/

[bassguitarthund]

Only going by the pics, I don't read Italian. The body is beautiful!!!! Not to crazy about the headstock though, but then that is just personal preference.

[Avezzano]

headstock: remember that they are all headless basses; therefore those are not headstocks but rather... "bookmarks"!

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by Avezzano

headstock: remember that they are all headless basses; therefore those are not headstocks but rather... "bookmarks"!

Here an example of another 'headless bass.
I think that in this case it has worked out in the looks department

http://www.lefay.de/english/bass_capone.html
They are also extremely well made and comfortable to play.
Lefay also make their own bridges and pickups as far as I know.

[Flaked Beans]

Originally Posted by Avezzano

headstock: remember that they are all headless basses; therefore those are not headstocks but rather... "bookmarks"!

Originally Posted by cnltb

Here an example of another 'headless bass.
A real good looking one IMHO.
It is possible .
http://www.lefay.de/english/bass_capone.html

Really? I can see the headstock!

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by Flaked Beans

Really? I can see the headstock!

Well...the one I posted does have a headless bridge. I guess that makes it somewhat of a hybrid.
The point was that if you are going to lock the strings past the fretboard , you may as well make it look good.

[Wallace320]

Decent body? Any? Laurus bodies are astonshing... And that... Does affect sound.

Cheers,
Wallace

[mongo2]

Aesthetically it's not my cup of tea.