- Fretless
- Y
SUPER EXPENSIVE ABG ALERT!!!!!
This instrument, in my experience, is the niche, within the niche of instruments.
It was absolutely a 'I just got divorced last year' purchase.
Can't say much about how it performs live.
Can say that it can hold up acoustically with two guitar players who are real musicians with dynamics.
Add drums? Very difficult.
But ...
For me ...
One of the best purchases I've ever made for my day-to-day playing.
It's always right there on the stand, and I don't need to do anything but pick it up, and most times it's in tune because of the all-graphite design.
I've owned/played/evaluated:
- Guild's big 80's ABG
- Earthwood ABG
- Anything Ovation
- Martin
- Taylor's AB-2
This bass smokes all of them in overall volume/depth, and unlike all of those basses, what you get here is (spec alert):
- 34" Scale
- 19MM Spacing
- Complete 'top to bottom' clarity on every note, because of the craftsmanship/graphite design
It is the closet instrument, in build quality/playability, to my Sadowsky/Olinto basses.
It's not a step down I have to work around, but a useful way to 'exercise' with a feel (I'm a 19MM/34" Scale Guy) close to what I'm used to.
Currently strung with Labella White Tapes.
It's a bit louder if you put D'Addario Chrome's on it.
Flame maple top
Gig bag included.
Very minor dings.
NO TRADES
$3400 SHIPPED CONTL US
Paid well over $4k for this back in 2019.
The one I got to replace this, with a different top, was even more. Well worth it.
This instrument, in my experience, is the niche, within the niche of instruments.
It was absolutely a 'I just got divorced last year' purchase.
Can't say much about how it performs live.
Can say that it can hold up acoustically with two guitar players who are real musicians with dynamics.
Add drums? Very difficult.
But ...
For me ...
One of the best purchases I've ever made for my day-to-day playing.
It's always right there on the stand, and I don't need to do anything but pick it up, and most times it's in tune because of the all-graphite design.
I've owned/played/evaluated:
- Guild's big 80's ABG
- Earthwood ABG
- Anything Ovation
- Martin
- Taylor's AB-2
This bass smokes all of them in overall volume/depth, and unlike all of those basses, what you get here is (spec alert):
- 34" Scale
- 19MM Spacing
- Complete 'top to bottom' clarity on every note, because of the craftsmanship/graphite design
It is the closet instrument, in build quality/playability, to my Sadowsky/Olinto basses.
It's not a step down I have to work around, but a useful way to 'exercise' with a feel (I'm a 19MM/34" Scale Guy) close to what I'm used to.
Currently strung with Labella White Tapes.
It's a bit louder if you put D'Addario Chrome's on it.
Flame maple top
Gig bag included.
Very minor dings.
NO TRADES
$3400 SHIPPED CONTL US
Paid well over $4k for this back in 2019.
The one I got to replace this, with a different top, was even more. Well worth it.
