OLP Levin..Check this out! Craigslist style

[LuckyCondlins]

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what do you think? 250 bucks? Is that how much these things go for? Its hard to think you can get a decent 5 string for 250 bucks...The body is sweet, with matching headstock too,.

What would you do to modify this lil guy? Some new pickups in that lil bastard?

It looks cool and its not expensive at all.

 

[altanunsal]

if i were you, i wouldn't be giving this bass more than 150 bucks.

 

[stflbn]

One here for $300

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=400817&highlight=OLP


Others on ebay sell from $230 - $270 or so.


Non-Levin models sell for less both here and on ebay.



I find it kind of entertaining that Fender fans can accept and even embrace a $120 Rondo fender knock-off, yet above someone thinks an actual Licensed MM copy isn't worth $150.

 

[bradjonesbass]

Don't swap the pickup. The pickups in those are more Stingray than the pickups in the SR5 are.

 

[danomar]

I like mine, but it is a cheap bass. The string spacing is rather tight, too. That said, it plays well enough and sounds kinda like a Stingray or Sterling. I'd say it's worth $200 easy.

 

[Pilgrim]

I bought an OLP MM2 (single pickup, passive) for $120 last weekend in a pawn shop. it's immaculate, not a scratch on it, and has a great setup. I got a screamin' deal, but even so $250 is too high, even if it does have active electronics.

 

[RONQUITO]

That B-String mustn´t be too tight, flame me if i´m wrong, but i have played instruments in the 600-900 bucks range, and even at that price they barely touch the Tight B-string concept.

I might be wrong...this is just opinion.

 

[danomar]

That B-String mustn´t be too tight, flame me if i´m wrong, but i have played instruments in the 600-900 bucks range, and even at that price they barely touch the Tight B-string concept.

Not quite sure what you mean, but one reason I went with
OLP is because its B-string sounds clearer than most other cheap basses. I had an MM3 before the TL and thought it sounded even closer to the MusicMan sound.

The OLPs are cheap instruments. To expect more is delusional. In the $200-$500 range, though, I think they play and sound pretty darn good. The Tony Levin Signature is slightly more versatile than some in that range, too.YMMV.

 

[bassbrock]

BUY IT! I would!

My OLP 5-string (MM3 model) has the tightest B-string of any bass I've played.

The Tony Levin models are sweet and had they been out when I purchased my original OLP, I would've bought a Tony Levin model instead! Comes with the 3-band EQ and active pickups aleady. I had to upgrade mine later to the Seymour Duncan 3-band EQ "tone circuit" and active Basslines preamp.

 

[bassbrock]

The OLPs are cheap instruments. To expect more is delusional.

I believe the tree that gave its life so that the OLP bass in question here could live would differ with you

By the way, you could probably ask bovinehost who supposedly had a hand in designing this particular model. He also hangs out around here on TalkBass but posted a thread on the EB forums sometime around its release: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

They retailed for $500 and had a street price of $350-400. I remember seeing them on Musicians Friend for $400 originally.