If I weren't left-handed, I'd be driving to San Antonio right now............... 
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Lowe Custom Bass - Chromasonic
- Thread starter DaveDeVille
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It's great to see this pop up again, and thanks for the kind words everybody! As a bit of history, that was one of two prototype Chromasonic bodies in ash:
Chromasonic - PROTOTYPE - SOLD | Facebook
The pickup rings and control plate are chrome-plated brass and were fabricated by Armadillo Guitar. The original neck was from Allparts, and the current neck is a Mighty Mite. It's one of about a dozen necks out there with an unmodified profile, a black face, and Lowe logo. They were originally sold as complete instruments along with Mighty Mite bodies and used Lollar, Fralin, or TV Jones pickups with my plug-and-play electronics.
I pulled down all pictures of those builds after I received a cease and desist letter from Fender. If I remember correctly, @DaveDeVille may have bought one of those Mighty Mite builds, swapped out the necks, and sold the remaining parts on. All of my current builds are custom-milled and finished in the USA.
It's a unique and pretty special instrument in a lot of different ways, and I briefly considered buying it back myself...
Chromasonic - PROTOTYPE - SOLD | Facebook
The pickup rings and control plate are chrome-plated brass and were fabricated by Armadillo Guitar. The original neck was from Allparts, and the current neck is a Mighty Mite. It's one of about a dozen necks out there with an unmodified profile, a black face, and Lowe logo. They were originally sold as complete instruments along with Mighty Mite bodies and used Lollar, Fralin, or TV Jones pickups with my plug-and-play electronics.
I pulled down all pictures of those builds after I received a cease and desist letter from Fender. If I remember correctly, @DaveDeVille may have bought one of those Mighty Mite builds, swapped out the necks, and sold the remaining parts on. All of my current builds are custom-milled and finished in the USA.
It's a unique and pretty special instrument in a lot of different ways, and I briefly considered buying it back myself...
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I kind of like that look. If I were in the market I'd definitely consider one.
I honestly thought you might after i contacted you. I'm financially on fence, the store offered 699 plus shipping to me, i countered 650 delivered, no tax, am still waiting for response.It's a unique and pretty special instrument in a lot of different ways, and I briefly considered buying it back myself...
