ALUSONIC: Aluminium Basses from ITALY

[taz81]

Hi boys! this is a link of Italian Bassguitar Forum (the "Italian Talkbass"). The user "polly" (the head of Alusonic Instruments), is presenting its new products, ALUSONIC ALUMINIUM BASS GUITARS:

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this is the site, (under construction):

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please, listen the sample of "Jazz sp-5" at page 3 of the thread...
the sound's wonderful!!! i've never heard a lowB better than that!

 

[stepswork4me]

The bridge pup sounds great! What is the neck material, please? Weight? I'd be willing to bet that there is no neck dive.

 

[Sbociol]

Hey taz nice seeing you here too!

 

[taz81]

Ciao Sbociol!

jazz5: maple neck/pau ferro wood fretboard. Black poliuretanic gloss finish over the neck and the fretboard.

precision: maple neck/rosewood fretboard. Black poliuretanic gloss finish over the neck.

the weight is about 10 pounds (4.5 Kg)

 

[stepswork4me]

Thank you, Sir. That's not a bad weight at all. I'll be interested to check out the website when it's up and running. I do like the sound of that bridge pup quite a bit, great growl and clarity. I wonder if a 24 fret neck wil be an option. It's a must for me.

 

[Baird6869]

I love the look. really cool.

Any indication of price?

 

[taz81]

user "Polly" said that the website will be update and officialy open soon (1-2 weeks). There, you will can find all contacts, finishes, description and prices of basses.

 

[stepswork4me]

Thanks Taz. I'm one of those unilingual Americans and would have never been able to understand a thing from the Italian bass site. This an interesting bass and I appreciate you taking the time to post all of the info here.

 

[RedemptionBass]

Those look pretty cool.... but it has been done before... Total Specimen clones.

http://www.specimenproducts.com/instru/originals.html

 

[taz81]

Those look pretty cool.... but it has been done before... Total Specimen clones.

http://www.specimenproducts.com/instru/originals.html

..personally i find "Alusonic Instruments" more beautiful and pretty cool than the "Specimen"...
totally another category of basses!!

 

[lug]

I just wonder how you would shield it.

 

[stepswork4me]

Those look pretty cool.... but it has been done before... Total Specimen clones.

http://www.specimenproducts.com/instru/originals.html

Not nearly as clean or well made. They just look very rough around the edges. Just what I see.

 

[SMG]

Wow!

That is the sound I always heard in my head as the ideal J bass sound!

 

[taz81]

...I remember that the J-sp5, will be the first aluminium 5-string in the world...

 

[Tonegasm]

Price?

 

[maxbass]

Polly borrowed the idea from Lanfranco Veronelli (R.I.P.), aka Penny, the mind behind "Telelan" basses.
Polly himself was a Telelan user, well before he even considered starting with Alusonic basses.

Here's a little page about Telelan basses:
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Good luck to Polly & Alusonic basses

 

[taz81]

the price is wrote in the middle of page 2 of the thread..between 2.300-2.600 euro, (without custom options). it's a great price for me!! for example, about 2.000 euro less than the 4.000 euro for a Noah Bass aluminium instrument.

 

[mpm32]

I'm going to Italy in July, I wonder where I can see one of those?

 

[mongo2]

Finally, the question of "What's the best bass for Metal?" can be laid to rest.

I wonder if they'll be available with Lace Alumitone pickups?

 

[Sbociol]

I'm going to Italy in July, I wonder where I can see one of those?

The maker of them is based in Riccione,near Rimini