wow guys check this!

[Ghosts Over Japan]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290211911866&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=tab%3DWatching[/url]

at first i looked an thought it looked kinda cheesy but the more i look at it the more i love it!

more bass company should bring out a bass with binding, i personally love them

what do you guys think of this?

[paul, the]

Kind of gimicky. Like throwing everything at it: quilt top, inlays, binding... Where's the purpose and conviction?

I guess it's a couple extra quid invested to make it stand out.

EDIT:- £500

Edited March 14, 2008 by paul, the

[Hamster]

Doesn't float my boat.

Hamster

[jwbassman]

I think it looks pretty good - the detail in binding on the neck is a little OTT but overall not bad, I wonder how it plays

[thedontcarebear]

That looks horrible.

[MuddBass]

[quote name='Hamster' post='157138' date='Mar 14 2008, 02:06 AM']Doesn't float my boat.

Hamster[/quote]


[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='157219' date='Mar 14 2008, 09:29 AM']That looks horrible.[/quote]

What they said

[ahpook]

coffee table basses don't do much for me tbh, but each to their own.

[tauzero]

Mahogany neck? Looks rather more like maple to me... The overall, er, vibe is of a £100 bass tarted up with a quilt top, some binding and inlay, and a better bridge than standard Fender-type bent tin. If it was going for £150-£200, it would be reasonable if you liked the look of it.

[nick]

Nice, but absolutely overpriced!
Whoa I didn't see that headstock - tacky - awful!
If someone was after something like this they'd be better off shopping around/waiting for an 80's Ibanez to crop up (which this bass alost imitates amongst others) [url="http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1983_84/bass/p06.jpg"]http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1983_84/bass/p06.jpg[/url], which will also at least hold it's value - if bought at realistic price. Cheaper & more tasteful.

Edited March 14, 2008 by nick

[wotnwhy]

i quite like it

but it would be better without the neck inlay... and the price tag...

[Bassassin]

I quite like the ornate-ness & attention to detail, this sort of thing is not what fashion dictates that basses should look like - and that's +1 for me. I don't like the fact that the photos are so busy showing the fancy inlays that you can't tell with any certainty what [i]shape[/i] it actually is! And no pictures of the back. At all.

I'd also concur that this is not a £500 bass - £200 and under would be fine - this is a generic no-name, made in China/Indonesia/wherever cheapo under all the ostentatiousness.

This has way more class, imo, and is significantly cheaper, shame about the crap pics, but these are stunning in the flesh:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200206165395"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200206165395[/url]

Jon.

[thedontcarebear]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='157561' date='Mar 14 2008, 04:37 PM']This has way more class, imo, and is significantly cheaper, shame about the crap pics, but these are stunning in the flesh:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200206165395"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200206165395[/url]

Jon.[/quote]

I quite like those as well.

[Ghosts Over Japan]

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='157607' date='Mar 14 2008, 05:35 PM']I quite like those as well.[/quote]

yeah those arias do look alot better for the money, you just dont see bingings on basses very often so its kind of nice change, but i aint agreeing with the quilt maple either, stained wood would suit the part just fine

[markytbass]

They have one of the Richwood basses in a shop in Darlington. I havn't played it but I'm not keen on all the inlays etc. My question would be, is it £500 worth of bass or is it priced at £500 because of the add on's? (i.e a gold plated turd).

The Aria on the other hand I have tried (well a 5 string version). Very nice bass well worth the money.

[Beedster]