34" Flying V bass options???

[rocknroll777]

Ain't Dean making the metalman V bass??.......they're quite cheap, so, good bass for modding

 

[Batmensch]

Ummm...... read a few posts back. Specifically my #6 and #10 and one or two others.

 

[mcarp555]

Gaskell only makes lefties.

Yeah, I know.

 

[Tommygunn]

Invalid Link Removed down in Oz makes a nice one, and in 34" scale, too:

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Oh man.


Bass is nice too.

 

[DwaynieAD]

I've wanted to mod and Dean V (or Z) as well but I have the same concerns about quality.

 

[Chuck King]

I've wanted to mod and Dean V (or Z) as well but I have the same concerns about quality.

I've had a couple cheap Dean basses, including a one-pickup Metalman V, and I've been really impressed with how comfortable the necks have been. I had a Custom Zone that I gigged with bone stock. The Metalman needed some of the same refinements that you'd expect from any bass that costs $200 brand new: nut slots; fret leveling; cheap electronics. But once you deal with that stuff, you'd have a pretty decent instrument, still for not too much money, and if you want a full-scale-length V, you don't really have other options that are both easy to find and affordable.

 

[edpal]

Not that you want to go this route.....it started as a Steinberg Spirit I love a flying V - feel the body shape brings the neck up nicely, love digging the V into my inner thigh for really digging in, great neck access. BUt I own 5s exclusively so there really is nothing out there for me.

 

[edpal]

Maybe you could do like I did, find a bass that you like that is not too costly, cut the wings off the body, attach new ones. It really isn't that difficult, once you get past the idea of going all Dr. Frankenstein. I realize that for many the finances just wouldn't work and you need access to good power tools and know how to use them..

Using an existing bass, bought right, gets you neck, tuners, pickups, controls,etc. in one shot. Much cheaper than buying the individual parts.

 

[Seydlitz]

I've seen a Logical Guitar V bass at Steve's music in Toronto a little while age. No idea what scale lenght it was. I have a Epiphone V and it is cool very light, fun to play. What more can you ask for.

 

[fu22ba55]

Hey! That lawsuit V looks just like mine!

Hmmm... maybe I should sell mine if they're held in such high regard.