| Author | Message | ||
| benson_murrensun
Advanced Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 302 Registered: 5-2007 |
One-piece instruments apparently made out of Unobtainium. Or maybe Sustainium. http://www.aristidesinstruments.com/home (Message edited by Benson_Murrensun on July 08, 2010) | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1067 Registered: 6-2002 |
Interesting designs and Aruim might sound good. Did you see the video? ...I was waiting for the romantic background music , the guy REALLY loves this guitar: Arium | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1425 Registered: 9-2002 |
Developed a proprietary material to develop perfect acoustic properties . . . . . . OK, perfect for who? Seymour Basslines, Hiphot bridge, rosewood fingerboard (I guess they haven't yet developed an acoustically 'perfect' fingerboard material yet), GraphTech nut. Gee, this sounds like about 20 other 'boutique' basses I can think of, as they all parts-shop at the same place. And a lot of them are around 3500 Euros, too. This 'molded-as-one-piece' thing comes up every so often. I've yet to 'get it' as to why this makes any difference. If you're gonna be really different, do it all. Put on your big boy pants and come up with that 'changes everything' blast, like the Fender Precision, the Alembic Series axes, or Ned Steinberger's Spector or headless basses. I know things like this come along rarely, but all these specialist basses with the same hardware and pickups just run together in my mind, and it's hard to tell them apart. J o e y | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2529 Registered: 6-2002 |
IIRC it's the second "all plastic" instrument to hail from the Netherlands. The previous one didn't really sell like hotcakes ... and this one has these airvents that do not appear to serve any meaningful purpose. | ||
| harald_rost
Intermediate Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 197 Registered: 6-2002 |
Maybe similar to that? http://www.basslab.de/ | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2014 Registered: 6-2002 |
The air vents on the side are reminiscent of the side vents on an aston martin and I know which i would prefer. But the proof is in the pudding. I'd still like to hear one as they are quite good looking although I do take what you say Joey it seems like another parts shop. Jazzyvee | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2530 Registered: 6-2002 |
The previous one I referred to was called Catalyst, and it was actually from the same builder. New investors, new model ... | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1277 Registered: 11-2004 |
It's all bollocks...I think the nearest I can recall to anything new along with the aforementioned makers is Status. Fender P...a classic that is universally renowned..good for all music Alembic...the bass taken into the elite class, cannot be copied(although many have tried and failed!) Steinberger...plastic at it's best, sold zillions in the 80's Call me a traditionalist(or anything you wish) but Arium is another word for plastic. Maybe wood doesn't give constant results but this is why every wood built bass sound different to tuned ears. Someone once quoted 'the wood is the voice, the pick ups are the microphones' If every singer had the same voice how boring would that be! | ||
| benson_murrensun
Advanced Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 303 Registered: 5-2007 |
I would like to hear one and play one, although I am not going to go far out of my way to do so. (On the other hand, a trip to Holland would be fun...) After all, you can't tell what it would be like to ride a Buell just by reading the spec sheet. |
