Alusonic Basses

[TRichardsbass]

My friend Alberto Rigoni uses Alusonic Basses. Interesting reverse take on using aluminum for the bodies instead of the necks.

Thoughts anyone?

 

[bholder]

I've never heard of them before, but there is a history of metal-bodied guitars and basses from the dobro days - there are folks making hollow aluminum and bass bodies out there, but I haven't found one recently who sells the bodies separately (rather than entire completed instruments). If I could find one, I was thinking of getting a hollow aluminum tele thinline body and mounting an old Kramer aluminum neck on it. No luck yet though. Will check out Alusonic though.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Interesting!

Hybrid alder body topped with aluminum.

Of course, it won't make any difference, as we all KNOW that the pickups produce 99% of the sound of a solidbody bass guitar.
I read it on TalkBass.

 

[Joshua Pickenpaugh]

I just found out about these basses, and being a Sabre owner I'm very interested (especially since EBMM killed off the Sabre, again, for the third time). US prices look rather reasonable. Will be keeping my ear to the ground on these basses.

 

[jeff7bass]

This is nice. Vid included, great sound.
Alusonic Aluminium Instruments

 

[svlilioukalani]

This is nice. Vid included, great sound.
Alusonic Aluminium Instruments[/

I sure hope they do better than my old Kramer aluminum neck bass. Looks interesting.