Falling in love again...

[jd56hawk]

...with this one. 

Italia Imola 

Rehearsal yesterday.
First time I've played this one in six months.
Sounded like heaven.
My buddy said something like "Wow, that thing sounds great!"
(Yeah, the same guy who said "Why didn't you get a Fender?" when I first showed him a pic.) 🤔

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by jd56hawk

[walshy]

That looks lush mate, never seen one before. If off to check them out

[HeadlessBassist]

I've always loved the Italia basses since they came out in about 2009-10(?) Very individual and distinctive. A lot of players seem to really like them too.

[Grahambythesea]

Perhaps an acquired taste?

[jd56hawk]

4 hours ago, walshy said:

That looks lush mate, never seen one before. If off to check them out

Thank you.

Italia makes some very interesting basses.

[Skybone]

There was also the "Rimini", which was kind of a 4005-a-like bass.

 

 

[Steve Browning]

Nicky Wire was a user of them for a while. Plays one in the Your Love Alone video, which is brilliant itself. 

[jd56hawk]

2 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

Nicky Wire was a user of them for a while. Plays one in the Your Love Alone video, which is brilliant itself. 

Ricky Phillips plays an active Imola that Italia designed for him.