Ancoats Basses

[Mediocre Polymath]

I just saw that Ancoats Guitars are gearing up to start making basses. Rather nifty looking things. 

 

 

I've been seeing this company's guitar designs popping up on social media here and there, and they look interesting (though I've never played one). They're a small custom builder in Manchester, I think, with a very agressive pricing strategy (basses starting from £1k, which barely gets you new strings these days). 

[HeadlessBassist]

1 minute ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

, with a very agressive pricing strategy (basses starting from £1k, which barely gets you new strings these days). 

 

Especially if you buy those Pino Palladino strings - y'know, the ones sprinkled with Welsh Fairy Dust and Unicorn Tears. 

[Owen]

It is a new name for me. But those knobs look lush!

[80Hz]

This is good news, I've been a fan of their designs since I saw the first "New Islington" guitar a few years ago. Retro flavoured but quite distinctive I think.

 

I see they're making the bass range at 32" inch scale - a smart move perhaps seeing the popularity of short scale instruments these days?

 

Definitely something I'd check out if the opportunity arose.

 

Also, their blog says they're offering an intro discount - no idea if this is still in effect though: https://www.ancoatsguitars.co.uk/blog/introducing-the-new-ancoats-bass-range

[Maude]

These look cool, very retro futuristic if you know what I mean. 

The 25% off is working, I put one in my basket and continued to see. 

Great range of colours as well although I can't see the actual colours, but I do have a confetti pink one with cream scratchplate in my basket 😁. 

[AndyTravis]

I was meant to go and mess about with the prototype but ended up with iris being in hospital the weekend I was due up there.

 

They look ace. Will hopefully see them at the guitar show in Brum next month.

[Killerfridge]

The headstocks look like they've taken "inspiration" from Alpher, no? At least that's my first impression 

 

Edited 9 minutes ago by Killerfridge