Kraken basses

[MikeBass]

Anyone heard of them?? MAybe tried them??
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Just stumbled across their website.
Some SWEET looking basses they are making over there!!!

 

[MikeBass]

Wow, I CAN'T be the only one here who has heard of them can I??!?!?

 

[PilbaraBass]

Wow! That's some kraken nice guitars!

Never heard of kraken b4...do they use a lot of plastic parts?
I hope not, I don't like plastic guitars very much...too much kraken....

LOL

 

[MikeBass]

Wow! That's some kraken nice guitars!

Never heard of kraken b4...do they use a lot of plastic parts?
I hope not, I don't like plastic guitars very much...too much kraken....

LOL

 

[JAUQO III-X]

Hey Mike I checked them out at this past winter NAMM they were pretty decent,the construcion was not slacking at all and the two that I played,played well and sounded very nice(very modern).

Ask Ryan(Low Down Sound)about them,he checked them out as well.

 

[Carver]

There's one on ebay right now at a pretty reasonable price. I've never played one, but the look pretty cool!

http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-NAMM-SHOW-CUSTOM-KRAKEN-SC5-BASS-W-FODERA-STRINGS_W0QQitemZ150115091982QQihZ005QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Note: I'm not affiliated with the seller in any way!

 

[MikeBass]

There's one on ebay right now at a pretty reasonable price. I've never played one, but the look pretty cool!

http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-NAMM-SHOW-CUSTOM-KRAKEN-SC5-BASS-W-FODERA-STRINGS_W0QQitemZ150115091982QQihZ005QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Note: I'm not affiliated with the seller in any way!

Wow!!
Looks a little like the one on your avatar!!

 

[MonetBass]

Mega-distressed:
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Some sweet-looking instruments on there. I likes!

 

[Carver]

Wow!!
Looks a little like the one on your avatar!!

Yeah...It kinda looks like a single cut Drozd.

 

[Freddy]

I was in touch with them as they have a very nice singlecut 6 string with a fantastic burl maple top... They replied immediately which is a good thing... The wait for the bass would be around 3 months and the price was a nice surprise! 1800 US Dollars for a beauty of a bass... Right now I`m having a 9 string made for me by Chris Larkin, and my wife would probably kill me if I got another one right now, so I`ll have to wait a little bit...........

 

[mark beem]

Spiffy looking basses!!! And the price is right too!!

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[chaosMK]

We like to call taking a dump "releasing the Kraken"

 

[mark beem]

We like to call taking a dump "releasing the Kraken"

TMI!!!!!!

 

[CelinderMotoMan]

Ask Perseus, he knows alot about Kraken.

 

[T. Brookins]

Man! Nice stuff! I played the one on Ebay. Very solid! a lot of great wood! Solid quality.

That red-cherry bass looked like an F-Bass/MTD.

I love the Fodera lookers- convincing!

 

[BASS333]

i try that in namm 2007 and wow the looks is convincing a combination of jerzy drozd and fodera singlecut mix.i love the 6 string in ebay w/ burl maple top w/ killer inlays

 

[dotlikeimpact]

These guys are notorious for ripping off small luthier's designs and selling poorly made copies. Just ask Scott French, who recently had to deal with them doing that with one of his designs. Boo, kraken.

 

[dotlikeimpact]

<Rant> Wow, looking through their gallery again I see a Scott French copy, an MTD, Fodera, Jerzy Drozd, etc. Bottom Feeders, Kraken. Ripping off big companies has been going on for years, but the little guys, that gets me. Especially the ones that barely make a stable living from their work, anyway. That is why we developed copyright laws in the first place, to protect creators, not to fund stockholders in perpetuity. At least, I wish and assume that's the case... </Rant>

 

[Angus]

<Rant> Wow, looking through their gallery again I see a Scott French copy, an MTD, Fodera, Jerzy Drozd, etc. Bottom Feeders, Kraken.... </Rant>

+1000

 

[MikeBass]

These guys are notorious for ripping off small luthier's designs and selling poorly made copies. Just ask Scott French, who recently had to deal with them doing that with one of his designs. Boo, kraken.

Who's Scott French?