Maybe if I was a bored billionairre rockstar who already owned every other cool bass in the world, MAYBE.
Otherwise, no.
Otherwise, no.
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would YOU pay $6000 for this bass?
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I believe I read somewhere that the 'dildos' add to the tone somehow-acting as resonant chambers or something.
Yup, it's funny looking. Probably looks better in person.
Yup, it's funny looking. Probably looks better in person.
Its not that I'm appose to paying 6000 for a bass that sounds amazing and feels perfect to play. IMO you can't put a price on that. But at the same with that amount of money I could go buy a bass that not only plays, feels, and sounds perfect but also looks good. Like an F Bass or a Pedulla, not something that looks like it was stolen from an episode of The Jetsons.
I hear what you say, but let's at least give the builders credit for doing something new. I mean, can anyone else name a builder who puts a carbon fibre top (beautifully coloured and quilted by the way) over a wood body?
Maybe people are just not willing to accept what is new or different. At the end of the day, I'd have a Fodera over this bass any day of the week, but then again, lots of people hate Foderas, because singlecuts are ugly, right? And Bongos are ugly too, and in fact, sod it - if it doesn't look like a Fender it's ugly. The End.
:scowl:does not look familiar:scowl:does not compute:scowl:
Anyone see the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame ceremony for George Harrison? Prince took the solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and absolutely nailed it. It was phenomenal.
As for the basses, they look pretty cool, but not $6k cool. For that money I want a Ritter or a Fodera, nice woods all the way please.
Ummmm, unless there's something seriously wrong with my monitor, there are 2 black ones...
Did you mean the ALL black-bodied one with the natural headstock or the black one with the chrome bratwursts and black headstock?
The one on the right's actually dark blue
That bass looked ugly for a $6k price. As for Prince, he's indeed the most professional musician I've ever seen/encountered.
I checked out the sound clips. It sounded good for funk with the bridge pickup... The rest of the clips were sort of lacking. I didn't really like how the neck pickup sounded.
Definitely won't see me paying 6 grand for that bass.
Definitely won't see me paying 6 grand for that bass.
I want it! Buggered if I' cough up 6K though. Very modern, inspired design in this age of look-alikes, re-issues and rehashes. It sure is unique. How does it sound or play? Who cares, when it looks this good and costs this much I guess that does not matter!
Well, maybe that just means that the LEDs aren't passive after all!!
Wow, active LEDs! Who'd have thought it! I always find that active LEDs sound far more sterile than old style passive LEDs though.
Looks like I've got to this party a little late...
As an owner of 3 Gus basses (and a G1 Guitar) I'm obviously a fan. They're not for everyone, but then it would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff. Admittedly it was the looks that originally attracted me to them in the first place, but it was the tone and playability that actually got me to part with my money in order to own them.
As for the asking price of that particular bass... It's a little high for what seems to be a second-hand instrument, when allowing for the £-$ exchange rate at the time of the original post you could probably have ordered one to your own spec (not including piezos or MIDI) for around the same price.
From a US PoV most UK custom bass prices seem excessively high simply because of the higher CoL in the UK and the exchange rate. The recent discussion about the price of the relaunched Wals - another UK made bass with all custom-built hardware - illustrates this. Like the Wal, the if you want a Gus bass then there is no real substitute.
As an owner of 3 Gus basses (and a G1 Guitar) I'm obviously a fan. They're not for everyone, but then it would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff. Admittedly it was the looks that originally attracted me to them in the first place, but it was the tone and playability that actually got me to part with my money in order to own them.
As for the asking price of that particular bass... It's a little high for what seems to be a second-hand instrument, when allowing for the £-$ exchange rate at the time of the original post you could probably have ordered one to your own spec (not including piezos or MIDI) for around the same price.
From a US PoV most UK custom bass prices seem excessively high simply because of the higher CoL in the UK and the exchange rate. The recent discussion about the price of the relaunched Wals - another UK made bass with all custom-built hardware - illustrates this. Like the Wal, the if you want a Gus bass then there is no real substitute.
