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That's what I thought when presented with "Sparkly Telebass"...

They're wicked good (IMO) but they're US only. They don't do a Korean "Tribute" model.
Not too easy to find, and not very cheap when you do.
Cass Lewis sometimes used them in [i]Skunk Anansie [/i]if you want to hear what can be got from them...

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That's the fella, thanks chaps. Off to do a bank job.

Edit: f*** me, look at [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-G-L-USA-ASAT-Bass-in-Clear-Orange-w-Maple-Neck_W0QQitemZ250256615674QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]this[/url]. What's wrong with it? :)

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[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='215041' date='Jun 8 2008, 07:12 PM']That's what I thought when presented with "Sparkly Telebass"...

They're wicked good (IMO) but they're US only. They don't do a Korean "Tribute" model.
Not too easy to find, and not very cheap when you do.
Cass Lewis sometimes used them in [i]Skunk Anansie [/i]if you want to hear what can be got from them...[/quote]

Just checked the Bass Player website and it sure is an ASAT.

[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/dillinger-escape-plans/mar-08/34319"]Liam Wilson on the Bass Player magazine website[/url]

Fairly scarce I think but I've been lucky enough to have found two. One's a honeyburst semi-hollow and the other's a natural. Kier (Dub_junkie) has one too (I got my semi-hollow off him) and I believe his is sparkly gold too.....lucky so-and-so!

Fabulous basses.
T

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[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='215070' date='Jun 8 2008, 07:50 PM']The orange onedoes look lovely

Possibly a bit of a neck-divey shape though :)

I guess a hollow body might help though.[/quote]

Not at all, I've never found them to be neck divey but then again, I tend to have them relatively low and good straps with a bit of grip against my clothing (use a couple of Comfort Strapps and a plain wide leather one) make a difference.

To be honest, there's not as much between the solid and semi-hollow weight wise or tonally. The semi-hollow is only erm semi-hollow in one a smallish cavity on the top of the body. The semi- seems to have a bigger bottom end and tonally blooms a little more than the solid which has a more focused mid range and feels and sounds a bit like a precision on steroids.

All in all, very Fender'esque, hardly surprising considering who designed it! :huh:

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I find neck dive a bit on mine, or rather, the bass likes to sit parallel to the ground. I thick strap mostly sorts it out mind, and there's a third party add on thing that someone sells that repositions the neck strap button behind the plate. Still great basses though.

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I loved mine - the neck was wicked, build quality absolutely first class and the tone to die for. I couldn't cope with the neck dive though, it really bugged me. Might not be so bad worn lower though, but I prefer to wear my basses fairly high.

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That black one is superb. I like the bound ones!
I have only one gripe-
Why do they insist on using pick-up selector switches? I'd much prefer a pan pot or 2x Volume controls to eke some more subtle tonal variations out of it.
The tones available are all good, but all very "meaty". Bet they're good "in the mix" though.

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[quote name='johnnylager' post='215056' date='Jun 8 2008, 07:30 PM']That's the fella, thanks chaps. Off to do a bank job.

Edit: f*** me, look at [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-G-L-USA-ASAT-Bass-in-Clear-Orange-w-Maple-Neck_W0QQitemZ250256615674QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]this[/url]. What's wrong with it? :)[/quote]

nowt me duck - it's just what an American one costs in America. I've been in Nitro Tone too, nice shop, nice blokes and nice stuff. Watch out for the customs charge

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[quote name='bassbluestew' post='215451' date='Jun 9 2008, 02:08 PM']OMG.....................if that black one was a fiver I'd be a kidney less right now...I love my L-2500 and would LOVE an ASAT 5'er.

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I'd buy that and drop all black glossy hardware on ;o) YUMMY!

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That black one is lovely, innit. You'd be lucky to find a black bridge for it though - though the early (i.e. 83 ish) were black.

For those who don't realise, the ASAT has exactly the same electronics and pickups as the L2000, so it's just the body shape that is different.

More ASAT porn



Rare 5 stringer:


I'm sure I saw the bass player with Cat Stevens playing a sparkly ASAT 5er when he did that BBC session a little while ago.

Sparkly



Speechless

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[quote name='RichardH' post='216621' date='Jun 11 2008, 09:09 AM']That black one is lovely, innit. You'd be lucky to find a black bridge for it though - though the early (i.e. 83 ish) were black.

For those who don't realise, the ASAT has exactly the same electronics and pickups as the L2000, so it's just the body shape that is different.

More ASAT porn



Rare 5 stringer:


I'm sure I saw the bass player with Cat Stevens playing a sparkly ASAT 5er when he did that BBC session a little while ago.

Sparkly



Speechless

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Is the neck more of a Jazz than the L-2000's? Oh, stop it, stop it, stop it! Wish I'd never asked now :) Thing is, I've never even thought the Tele body looked any good 'till I saw these.

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