keeptrying Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 hello all, anyone out there played a rees f-light bass, or know much about them? im currently playing an olp mm copy, and have decided that when im worthy of getting something better id really like to support our flagging economy and buy a home made bass thats not as heavy, the olp weighs in at around 5.5 kg does a bass need to be so heavy?? ace site btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Welcome Haven't heard of the rees before, but if you're interested in buying British there's also Everson guitars, which have earned some good reports. Certainly worth a look cheers T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeptrying Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 [quote name='essexbasscat' post='887811' date='Jul 6 2010, 09:31 PM']Welcome Haven't heard of the rees before, but if you're interested in buying British there's also Everson guitars, which have earned some good reports. Certainly worth a look cheers T[/quote] thanks, ill check them out, im just wanting a good bass that doesnt make my left shoulder feel like its been carrying bags of cement all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Welcome to BassChat! Unfortunately, UK-produced basses aren't necessarily cheap. Fortunately, there ARE some excellent Luthiers and Manufacturers out there. Shuker Iceni/Zoot ACG RIM GB Status Wal Enfield Fret-King Gus Sei Overwater and so on. Light? British? Status Streamline all the way, provided you can live with lots of carbon graphite and headlessness! If you do approach a Luthier, expalin that you'll be wanting a lighter weight bass. Might limit your timber choices a little - Maple bodies might be out, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Another is Ruach at [url="http://www.ruachbassguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.ruachbassguitars.co.uk/[/url] They have a huge table of different woods and combinations along with various shapes etc. I'm sure they'll make whatever you want, reasonable too. A friend has one, its an absolute work of art in the flesh, beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Welcome. Lots of good british makers, although the problem with ordering a 'special' you cannot try before you buy and what looks great on paper may not necessarily be great when completed - how many threads have there been on good and bad Fenders - the same model from the same year! I custom ordered twice - one a success and one a total failure and I doubt if I would do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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