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4 String: Sandberg VT 4 Sandberg TM 4 Turan Jazz 4 Strandberg Bass Warwick Thumb 4 5 String: Dingwall ABZ 5 (wenge neck, black gold finish, 3x FD3, Darkglass Tone Capsule) Warwick Thumb BO BN 5 Aristides 050 (Red/Purple Chameleon Satin, SD QPs) Turan Blackfish 5 GNG Feanor 5 Jens Ritter Roya...

I hope so.

Unless the final design drawings I get from Mark really push me over the edge on my GAS, I'll think I'll just wait another two years and get something really high-end like a Sei.

Answered it earlier in the thread, WMI are impossible to get hold of.

I also wish they were paid well. Whilst us Westerners may all benefit from cheap foreign labour, it's so sad to think that it's due to exploitation. But SK does seem to pay fairly well. I've found out that the stock pickups are, unfortunately, pretty bad. The bridge is fine though.

It's definitely WMI, no idea who'll be making it, but it'll definitely be a small team of luthiers with special knowledge on these huge basses.

This bass doesn't come with Delanos though, it comes with the Korean stock pups. In terms of it being an ETS bridge, I don't think it is, again, I think it's generic monorail single bridge pieces.

No, that's very true, but they all use Hipshot or ABM and Schaller, and this is just Korean stock stuff.

Curtis is absolutely amazing, one of the few who makes really good ERB music. Scott Fernandez, Jean Baudin (especially Jean), Curtis Reilley, and Yves Carbonne are the only players I've heard making really good music on more-than-7 string basses.

If I do decide on any higher tier luthier, I'll have to save up for at least another year, maybe two.

The World Musical Instrument factory are really, really, really hard to get hold of. No idea why, there's only one unverified phone number linked to then online. It's worth a shot trying. But at the same time, Mark gives them this super detailed design plan (like you might've seen earlier in...

I'm curious - what makes it not look like a $3000 bass? I mean, I think out of all the RMI basses ever made, one with such a gorgeous top and finish is the most 'boutique' looking bass.

Well, all ERB players have to take a leap of faith when ordering such large custom basses, and this is cheaper than most player's choices when it comes to 8+ string ERBs. It's also got the monorail-style bridge set-up. In terms of the wiring options, that is actually an option, but I talked to...

Yeah, I think a Stambaugh might be a few hundred dollars more. I'm having a really hard time trying to find a way to contact Maruszczyk, what's the best way of doing it?

It's a totally different instrument though, and I hate the look of it.

That's fair enough, yeah. The factory has a fairly limited selection of wood, annoyingly. The only top woods they could do were: flamed maple, spalted maple, Asian walnut, Poplar birdseye, Swamp ash, and Macasssar ebony.

I know, it's just such a hard question to answer when I'm not able to play one. The sound clips I've heard are pretty darn good, and the thing is, there are so many different 'stock' pickup models. I spoke to a guy who had a second-hand stock 10-string RMI and he said the pickups were pretty...

Oooooohhhhh, Maruszczyk is actually a really good shout! Adore their bass designs and is a European luthier so (whilst we're technically still in the EU) the import charges and shipping won't be too bad :)

It's most definitely not a Cort, mate. But yeah, WMI make lost of stuff for the budget lines of the huge brands like Schecter and ESP. He designs it, sends it off to be built by MIK factory, gets it sent back to him so he can finish anything that needs finishing, set-it up, and re-string it...

As far as I know, the only other luthier/company at this price point is Prometeus Guitars in Italy. He's on here, Triad, and is a really nice guy, but Prometeus basses always end up looking a little...rough, to me. The finish he uses makes the basses often look like they just haven't been...

I mean, I understand that such a niche instrument (and the fact that Mark is designing a brand new body shape for me to send to the guys in Korea) is going to be expensive, but yeah, I do have to wonder where the $3k is going. What really worries me is that RMI also sell stuff on eBay (like...

But that's such a silly thing to say, chap... The cost of some very rare woods, the cost of developing CNC files or the templates for different body shapes and neck shapes, the cost of the custom hardware, the inlay material, and the labour cost, it can often be worth far more than $3000.

I mean, the mine thing is gauging the price of other luthiers' 10-strings, which is why I was hoping some people might be able to suggest other luthiers at a similar price point (if there even are any).

I'm almost certain it's being made in the World Musical Instruments factory, who make the PRS SE line, Chapman Guitars, and a number of Schecter series. So it's definitely an industrial factory-scale operation on these guitars.

Oh, no, I wasn't referring to resale value, I know that would plummet on an instrument like this (unless it was something crazy high-end like a Ritter or a Jerzy Drozd). I was referring to whether $3000 was worth it for me when the instruments comes with generic brand hardware.

I already know of Prometeus, but I don't think I know of any other builders could make one for $3000. Any ideas, fellas?

He's absolutely reputable, I have no concerns over his possibility to deliver the instrument, RMI is an established and legit company. What I'm more worried about is the quality of a Korean-made instrument and the value of it when it has generic hardware and pickups.

Hi everyone, I recently discovered Ramsay Musical Instruments, a UK-based company that makes crazy basses in conjunction with a South Korean manufacturer. Essentially, Mark Ramsay (the owner) designs the basses (with the customer, of course) and sends off the spec sheet and dimensions to the...

That's so beautiful ^_^

Hey guys, I've been pondering for over a year now whether I should get a 12 string bass. Not a double or triple coursed but 12 individual strings. I love bassists like Jean Baudin and Scott Fernandez and I also love their guitars, so I looked around and found Prometeus. It's an Italian, one man...

I managed to get a Westone Thunder I Prototype & a Fender amp for just over £100. That was when I was 14.