Eggle Basses

[BetaFunk]

Where have all the Eggle basses gone? You don't see many for sale nowadays but there must be a lot still out there somewhere. When i used to visit Project Music on the Great West Road in the early 90s the place was full of Eggle guitars and basses.

[Mr Lizard]

Egg.

[BetaFunk]

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Egg.
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That was available in the cafe across the road.

[spinynorman]

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Where have all the Eggle basses gone? You don't see many for sale nowadays but there must be a lot still out there somewhere. When i used to visit Project Music on the Great West Road in the early 90s the place was full of Eggle guitars and basses.
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Ignoring the egg joke, I had one of the original Berlin guitars, which was beautiful. It was just a shame I couldn't play it. When I put it up on eBay (years ago) someone actually messaged me asking if I was sure I wanted to sell, as he was convinced I'd regret it.

But, their website doesn't say anything about where you can buy them and I could only find a couple of dealers on line, and they don't stock the basses. So it looks like marketing isn't their strong suit. They were never that big a bass brand though, the guitars got far more attention.

Plus there's a strong perception that the 1990s were their best times and things went wrong after Eggle quit. There's a link in the patrickeggleguitars,org site to a fan forum, so maybe register there and ask about the basses?

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Edited January 18, 2013 by spinynorman

[molan]

Slightly off topic but I have a first series Eggle LA Pro 6 string.

Beautifully made, some very clever design features and sounds great!

[TRBboy]

I've played a few Eggle guitars, and they were awesome! I loved the look of their basses, but I picked one up at a trade show once and the neck felt like the fat end of a baseball bat, the thing was virtually unplayable and I left the stand feeling very disappointed. It was beautiful to look at, but horrific to play. Still, that's the only Eggle bass I've played, so others may be different I guess.

[BetaFunk]

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Plus there's a strong perception that the 1990s were their best times and things went wrong after Eggle quit. There's a link in the patrickeggleguitars,org site to a fan forum, so maybe register there and ask about the basses?
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Yes they really pushed their guitars and basses in the early 90s. Project Music had stacks of them at knockdown prices at that time. They must have sold loads but you rarely see them nowadays.

[Roger2611]

I had a Milan bass for a while and absolutely hated it, infact as it was the only bass I had at the time I actually stopped playing, I brought it quite cheap and the only redeeming thing about it was when I traded it in (for my 50's Classic Precision) I got far more that I paid for it back, it then hung on the wall of the music shop until the day it closed down