That black sparkle finish is one of the 2008 305 finishes...can be had at Musician's Friend for $529.
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Official ATK Club
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go for it man. check out the two that are on ebay right now. they are both 4 strings, but one of them is an older 90s model (great one!) and the other is the koa topped. cant go wrong with either....or any for that matter
Unless some other really slammin' deal comes along, I might put that black sparkle 5-string on layaway...
snap a picture of it man, then you are in. even if its the same color, proudly show it off. bum someone's camera, or camera phone
Best mispelling of my username EVER!
That being said, my ATK305 is GONE - some problem with the neck that couldn't be sorted (I suspect fret issue local guy wasn't competent enough to handle) so I'm currently waiting 3-4 weeks for my replacement bass (they decided to replace the entire bass rather than the neck) which is back-ordered....
Oh yes- the issue was, no matter how I adjusted the action/truss, ONLY the 6th fret on the E string buzzed/rattled HARD. After the "reapir guy" the store used worked on the fret, now it buzzes/rattles on the E from 5-7 frets...sigh....ha ha ha.....I'm fairly certain a good luthier could have resolved this with proper fretwork, but it was probably cheaper for them to replace under warranty than pay $$$ to a real luthier...who knows....
SHOULD look essentially the same, since I believe in Canada the 305 ONLY comes in natural.......
Jamie
I saw one pop up in the classifieds here last year, but that's about it. So, theoretically, yes, some TBer owns a blue moon ATK700.
Best mispelling of my username EVER!
That being said, my ATK305 is GONE - some problem with the neck that couldn't be sorted (I suspect fret issue local guy wasn't competent enough to handle) so I'm currently waiting 3-4 weeks for my replacement bass (they decided to replace the entire bass rather than the neck) which is back-ordered....
Oh yes- the issue was, no matter how I adjusted the action/truss, ONLY the 6th fret on the E string buzzed/rattled HARD. After the "reapir guy" the store used worked on the fret, now it buzzes/rattles on the E from 5-7 frets...sigh....ha ha ha.....I'm fairly certain a good luthier could have resolved this with proper fretwork, but it was probably cheaper for them to replace under warranty than pay $$$ to a real luthier...who knows....
SHOULD look essentially the same, since I believe in Canada the 305 ONLY comes in natural.......
Jamie
Thats really sad to hear man, so no ATK in the future? that stinks though, but if the neck is bad I wouldnt want to play it
Best mispelling of my username EVER!
That being said, my ATK305 is GONE - some problem with the neck that couldn't be sorted (I suspect fret issue local guy wasn't competent enough to handle) so I'm currently waiting 3-4 weeks for my replacement bass (they decided to replace the entire bass rather than the neck) which is back-ordered....
Oh yes- the issue was, no matter how I adjusted the action/truss, ONLY the 6th fret on the E string buzzed/rattled HARD. After the "reapir guy" the store used worked on the fret, now it buzzes/rattles on the E from 5-7 frets...sigh....ha ha ha.....I'm fairly certain a good luthier could have resolved this with proper fretwork, but it was probably cheaper for them to replace under warranty than pay $$$ to a real luthier...who knows....
SHOULD look essentially the same, since I believe in Canada the 305 ONLY comes in natural.......
Jamie
weird, i kinda have a similar problem
i cant get the higher pitched frets to stop buzzing no matter how much i tighten the truss rod. the neck still has a bit of ( to it.
it really sucks, but all i can do is live with it. My gf ordered it for me, so im not changing it.
yeah, and two of the koa-topped atk500, one being mine, so that makes it five total...
This makes me wonder how many of us have USA ATKs.... 4's or 5's It would be kinda cool if we had some kind of list of who has what types of ATKs we all have. Just fer fun
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