I have had the GAS for one of those Italia Imola basses. I am curious if there is anyone here that has owned (or still owns) one or any other Italia bass and would be willing to submit a review?
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Italia Basses, anyone here have one?
- Thread starter knarleybass
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I have two Italia basses, a Maranello and a Modulo. Both seem to be well made. The Maranello has a gold sparkle finish, is heavy, and has a dark, thumpy sound. The Modulo has a faux grey pearloid finish, four lipstick tube pickups (one for each string), and has a more midrangey sound, and is lighter than the Maranello.
A person was putting one on CL here in the Bay Area awhile back. Looked real cool. Sorta like a Hagstrom. Do they have a website?
my buddy has a maranello and it's cool as hell. it's a very well made bass, solid as a rock. and has great old school tone. he has flats on it and it has tons of mojo. well worth the money. personally, i'd really like to check out the torino hollowbody.
I have a Maranello in blue sparkle. Very "rock-star", I love it! It has a deep low end but not a lot of high end. Some pretty severe neck dive if you're not careful... but it's my only bass without an upper horn so maybe I'm just not used to it. I have to shift it around to find a good balance point. I did manage to crack the plastic control cover by tightening the screws too much, so don't do that.
It's not my main bass. But for the looks and a monstrous low end it's worth it.
It's not my main bass. But for the looks and a monstrous low end it's worth it.
This one gives me GAS, except I vastly prefer the black body/white pickguard.
Some kind of fiberglass body, a bridge piezo, and the neck pickup of God.
This one gives me GAS, except I vastly prefer the black body/white pickguard.
Some kind of fiberglass body, a bridge piezo, and the neck pickup of God.
The originals had "Res-O-Glass" bodies the Italia bodies are wood ...
... My Italia is very cool to play
I wish I could just buy one of those Wilkinson neck humbuckers to replace the stock pickup in my Rivoli reissue. But I can't find them for sale anyplace online. And I am having no luck finding a vintage Gibson mudbucker...
The originals had "Res-O-Glass" bodies the Italia bodies are wood ...
The current Mondial is "acousti-glass" top and agathis back/sides according to their site. I can't see buying one any time soon as money isn't exactly bountiful. But one of these, with flats, would be pretty nice. Here's the black model.
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Hmm I guess I could try that... I'll be sure to let everyone know what kind of response I get. If he's producing a decent replacement for this pickup, and it's available on its own for purchase, he could stand to make a lot of people happy...
I really like the looks of this one, but wasn't as crazy about how it played. Neck wasn't quite "right" for me. Don't know why it's not on their website.
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This one gives me GAS, except I vastly prefer the black body/white pickguard.
Some kind of fiberglass body, a bridge piezo, and the neck pickup of God.
Hey, I've got that one!! And yes, it is cool. It plays nicely, but prone for neckdiving ... The idea of putting flats on it, seems very sensible .. why didn't I think about that?
From LPD? I used to work there.
I have a lefty gold sparkle Maranello. I agree with other comments - it's heavy, and has a dark tone, though I would say that it's also distinctive sounding with both PUPs on. (Mine almost sounds slightly chorused). I don't play it much, but it's nice to have for when I want to make a bold visual statement and need those darker tones.
