Both of these showed up today. The ATK is a NOS 2016 ATK 810, and the one on the left is an RB999 "Bean bass" from the 80's. Very excited to mess around with both
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NBD X2: Double Ibanez Delivery! ATK and a Bean!
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Both of these showed up today. The ATK is a NOS 2016 ATK 810, and the one on the left is an RB999 "Bean bass" from the 80's. Very excited to mess around with both
Hey there Lobster!
I am subscribed to your channel and love watching your reviews, your style and sense of humour, but with all these basses it begs the question, are you a lottery winner?!
I am subscribed to your channel and love watching your reviews, your style and sense of humour, but with all these basses it begs the question, are you a lottery winner?!
Nope, just a cyber security guy
. It's the field to be in right now. Very fortunate for where I am, and I'm very glad that I have the opportunity to share these instruments with you and everyone else through the tubes of the internet.
Thanks Uni! I just set it up (still on the stock dead strings, waiting for new ones to arrive). Very fun bass.
I blew the chance to get a dark stain version a while back for a song. Had to retreat and and lick my wounds. Strangely enough, the one that spoke to me the most was a MIK 305 in natural with a maple board (i think). Boy, that thing sounded huge.
I love the look of the dark stained ones... except for the matching headstock. It's a design preference of mine. Usually don't like maple boards with matching headstocks, much prefer the headstock match the fingerboard on maple. The earlier ones with the single pickups and the full maple necks are definitely up there on my favorite list. They're hard to find in good shape though
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BTW, I'm LOVING the ATK. I've been trying out MJC Ironworks strings, and put some on the ATK (steels)... This thing is AWESOME. Such versatility with the dual humbucker, really surprised at how much I like this bass.
Let's hope not! (I own 2 of them). I just remember the dark days of T40 when you couldn't get $200 for one. It seemed to me that the most complaints about being "unheralded" where the T40 and the ATK.Does that mean lower prices for T40's?
