I like them, but I'd only get one if I was sure it came with a Private Browsing mode. Otherwise, it's back to my regular old Chrome and Explorer basses.
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Firefox Bass from Ark Instruments
- Thread starter Robert B
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I thought when I was poking around the Internet I saw a price on one. It was well above the price of most mass produced basses, but a relative bargain compared to the more well-known boutique names. I don't want to repeat the price because I don't know how long ago that may have been or what options it included etc. I'll leave that to the builder. But they are not cheap and you will probably either be saving up money or selling off some of your gear to pay for it. Unless of course, you're more blessed financially than most of us!
I'm done with lesser known name custom basses. I'm very satisfied with the ones I bought, but man I've seen people take a beating when they sell them.I thought when I was poking around the Internet I saw a price on one. It was well above the price of most mass produced basses, but a relative bargain compared to the more well-known boutique names. I don't want to repeat the price because I don't know how long ago that may have been or what options it included etc. I'll leave that to the builder. But they are not cheap and you will probably either be saving up money or selling off some of your gear to pay for it. Unless of course, you're more blessed financially than most of us!
I like a bunch of your designs (I'm assuming these are all yours?) But the Astro is another one that's out of this world!
Yes, there is that. I'm not in buying mode myself. I'm getting old to be buying new instruments and I already have more than what I need, if not everything I'd like to have. We are moving to a new state next year and planning to downsize in the process, so I plan to put some pieces in the classifieds after the holidays. Still, it's always fun to look!
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
Yes, they are more common but in the renders I think fretlesses look nicer
Agreed, the rendering looks fabulous as fretless.
TD
i remember reading someplace that ernie ball and bmw teamed up to design the bongo bass. can anyone confirm?
Not a secret that this series of basses of mine are inspired by the Kubicki, he personally gave me his approval to continue with my vision for it before he passed on. I used to play Factor basses (a fretted and a fretless) and worked at a store that sold them. Phil Kubicki was very free with his knowledge and I looked up to him when I was thinking of possibly designing in the future.. I changed the things about Factor's that I didn't personally like such as the bridge, scale length and capo design and headstock..
I thought it was ernie ball and American Standard.
The longer low string has frets and a capo for adding lower notes like the Kubicki Ex-Factor does, for a 4 string you can drop to D for a 5 string you can drop to A
Since these are only build to order you can decide what scale length and number of strings (up to 6) that you want.
Yeah I knew there was functional reason for it but I'd be happy to drop that functionality in order to preserve good looks. The bass is a visual statement so I would preserve its looks as much as possible.
My site i not quite ready to publish yet so for now I have been sending people here to see examples of my work:
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I do not publish specs because each instrument is built to the exact specs the customer wants, there are NO production models available to buy, custom order basis only. In some cases you can choose your own builder if I approve of them first..
Bill
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