Chowny Bass (New Brand)

[PortlandBass77]

What does everyone think of these: Invalid Link Removed ?
They look like a cool concept to me:

 

[1stnamebassist]

Looks more or less like any other Warwick/Spector, Hollowbody bass copy out there. Do they ship to the USA? Looks like all the stores are around England/Europe, with no stores in the US. Maybe they are available on some auction sites? It would be nice to try before you buy, but it doesn't look like you would lose much money if it were a lemon.

 

[mongo2]

The Semi-hollow appears to be to no small extent, shall we say, "inspired" by Hofner (headstock, body and bridge), Gretsch (pickups, fingerboard inlays, body and tailpiece) and hint of Rickenbacker in the trussrod cover?

Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's pretty much 2 of my favorite bass styles rolled into one with a not-so-favorite trussrod cover.

 

[Bugeyed Earl]

I like the hollowbodies a lot! If it were my company, as a Linux user, I'd be inclined to give them model names like 0755 or +rw

 

[abarson]

The hollowbody CHB-1 is on my list of basses to try, based on the video clips I've heard. Gets "old school thump" and more.

(slap on hollowbody!)


Here's the shipping information from their website:
SHIPPING TO: USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand. All for a low fixed price.

And you can change the pricing to be reflected in US$.
No interest in the NT series.