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The Short-Scale Six-String Clubfor the original six-string basses!
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Hello I purchased a Gretsch Jet Baritone but I am having bad luck with them I am about to return the replacement to the first one which was a dud. Just out of curiosity those of you who went the USACG way about how much did it cost you to do it yourself?
Hello I purchased a Gretsch Jet Baritone but I am having bad luck with them I am about to return the replacement to the first one which was a dud. Just out of curiosity those of you who went the USACG way about how much did it cost you to do it yourself?
This is my Aria Bamonte Baritone, a signature-axe designed by ex- The Cure-guitarist Perry Bamonte. It has a 30" neck and is produced between 1999 and 2002. Thats all I know about this guitar.. anyone who can tell me how much its worth?
I gave 3000 nok for it, thats about 430 USD.. I hope that wasn`t too bad..
I gave 3000 nok for it, thats about 430 USD.. I hope that wasn`t too bad..
I didn`t knew Aria made such great guitars! It`s very heavy and solid, built like a tank
Holy hell, what a great catch, harald86!!!
I think the fact that you only paid what you did for the bass means its the BB-500. You likely would have paid 4x as much for the BB-1000. How does it sound??? I am curious to know what the string spacing on it is, and how bright the pickups sound.
I think the fact that you only paid what you did for the bass means its the BB-500. You likely would have paid 4x as much for the BB-1000. How does it sound??? I am curious to know what the string spacing on it is, and how bright the pickups sound.
Never seen those before, but it looks great. Please post more pics!This is my Aria Bamonte Baritone, a signature-axe designed by ex- The Cure-guitarist Perry Bamonte. It has a 30" neck and is produced between 1999 and 2002. Thats all I know about this guitar.. anyone who can tell me how much its worth?
I gave 3000 nok for it, thats about 430 USD.. I hope that wasn`t too bad..
This past Friday my band played at the Stork Club in Oakland for their monthly second-Friday "Death Rock Dive Bar" event (a really fun night, I've been attending since it started last year)... We had an hour-long set planned, and for two songs in the middle of the set I was supposed to use my red Dillion (full scale 4 string bass) but upon removing it from its gig bag I found the G string was broken at the bridge saddle. So I played the whole set on my Burns Barracuda. I recorded the show on my handy Zoom H2 and it turned out surprisingly well. My rig was miked with two SM57s, one on my 1x15 bass cab and the other on my Vox 50-watt guitar amp (which I have most of my highs and high mids through). Unfortunately, though, for whatever reason, the sound guy backed off on the mike on the guitar amp toward the later part of our set, so my bass sounds really lost and muddy at that point (the last 4 songs really suffer from this most). Bleh. But the overall band sound was still very good. And my Barracuda performed dutifully for the whole set! I'll post the soundfile to sendspace.com later after I get home from work if anyone's curious to hear...
Glad you like it! The string spacing on this is 3.5 cm. I haven`t tried the pickups properly yet (since I bought it two days ago), I will give you a full review of it tomorrow, after I`ve tried it at my band practice with the rest of my rig
Ah OK, just measure the distance between the low E string and the high E string, from the center of each string, at the nut.
OK I've made a 128 bitrate version of the recording I made of our show. It's about an hour long and approx 54 MB in size. The sound quality isn't pristine but it's decent for a portable digital recorder. It sounds best through headphones in my opinion....
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Thanks, I just got home from band practice and I have to say that this beast really lived up to my expectations! Even though it has lipstick pickups it handles heavy distortion very well. I plugged it into a chorus.. damn! This is where it really shines. The guitar picks up every nuance in my playing and it has a very bassy and fat sound when using the bridge pickup. The sound of the neck pickup is kinda thin with very little output so I guess I`ll be using the bridge- and middle pickup most.
That's very unusual... Usually it's the neck pickup that sounds the fattest and bassiest and the bridge pickup that sounds thinnest. Perhaps the neck pickup needs to be raised to be closer to the strings?
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