Another Pointless Question....

[Pissman]

Was wondering what companies build bass guitars in England....everywhere I see is either imported japcrap or US....or am I missing something?

Or do any of you make basses at all?

Or do I...

[Josh]

Jaydee
Status
Shuker
Sei
GB
ACG
RIM


They are the main ones in England that I know of.

[Pissman]

[quote name='Josh' post='319763' date='Nov 1 2008, 06:54 PM']Jaydee
Status
Shuker
Sei
GB
ACG
RIM


They are the main ones in England that I know of.[/quote]

Status! I can't believe I forgot about Status lol

and thanks:)

[Josh]

And I think Burns basses are made here, but other than those listed I'm pretty sure thats it, besides maybe a few lesser known builders.

[Lfalex v1.1]

Fret King
Iceni
Enfield Guitars

[Pissman]

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='319784' date='Nov 1 2008, 07:45 PM']Enfield Guitars[/quote]

Don't they make rifles?

[bassmansky]

[quote name='Josh' post='319772' date='Nov 1 2008, 07:08 PM']And I think Burns basses are made here, but other than those listed I'm pretty sure thats it, besides maybe a few lesser known builders.[/quote]
i think burns are made in korea,are the rest actually made in uk ?

[budget bassist]

wal and burns are/were made here

Edited November 1, 2008 by budget bassist

[clauster]

Overwater

[Russ]

A bit like the car industry, there's no British mass-market guitar manufacturers any more, but there are a lot of custom shops. Plenty of TVRs and Nobles, but no British Leyland, if you get my drift.

I think all the main culprits have been mentioned - GB, Sei, Shuker, GB, Status, Overwater, ACG, Iceni, Gus, Enfield, Jaydee, RIM, Wal, etc. You'll find plenty of examples of all of these in the Bass Pr0n forum.

[ARGH]

The 'Best' basses are made by Jim Fleeting in Ripon,thats not subjective opinion,its pure fact..the others are just amateurs trying.

[OldGit]

[quote name='ARGH' post='319962' date='Nov 2 2008, 09:02 AM']The 'Best' basses are made by Jim Fleeting in Ripon,thats not subjective opinion,its pure fact..the others are just amateurs trying.[/quote]

[mouthman]

I considered making a bass a few weeks ago, but it turned out to be alot more time consuming than I thought it'd be [;
Don't know what that has got to do with this, but meh. XD

[fleabag]

Little mentioned on bass forums, but Chris Larkin is a Bass genius

Larkin basses [url="http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/"]http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/[/url]

Mansons [url="http://www.mansonguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.mansonguitars.co.uk/[/url]

Legra [url="http://www.legraguitars.co.uk/basses.htm"]http://www.legraguitars.co.uk/basses.htm[/url]

Edited November 28, 2008 by fleabag

[ped]

[quote name='ARGH' post='319962' date='Nov 2 2008, 09:02 AM']The 'Best' basses are made by Jim Fleeting in Ripon,thats not subjective opinion,its pure fact..the others are just amateurs trying.[/quote]

+1, obviously.

[fleabag]

Fleeting basses are sumptuous - shame about the annoying website

[OldGit]

[quote name='fleabag' post='339536' date='Nov 28 2008, 12:54 PM']Fleeting basses are sumptuous - shame about the annoying website[/quote]


Ha ha yeah well ...
I'm available to help there ..
Will work for basses .. etc ..

[Jarhead]

Crimson Guitars are made by hand in England. He can even do you a perspex bodied one if that's what you like.
Zach

[small_lump_of_green_putty]

[quote name='ARGH' post='319962' date='Nov 2 2008, 09:02 AM']The 'Best' basses are made by Jim Fleeting in Ripon,thats not subjective opinion,its pure fact..the others are just amateurs trying.[/quote]
No way, Yamaha's are much better. That's a fact.

[fleabag]

[quote name='dlloyd' post='339593' date='Nov 28 2008, 01:52 PM']The first seven string bass I saw was a Larkin, nearly 20 years ago.

County Kerry isn't quite 'English' though.[/quote]

Well then neither is ACG guitars, if we're nit picking


But i dont exactly rate Eire as a bunch of foreigners, any more than i do ACG