Damn yes! The style from the body and headstock is gorgous! One of the rare basses where it doesn't matter to me, that the headstock isn't matched in color
Unfortunately I’ve tryied a couple and….both were amazing…. When Gregor said” it sounds like it was played for years but it’s out of the box” is what I felt … the feeling to the player makes the real difference
Yes, I just had to put a string retainer bar on a short-scale bass after having odd buzzing at the nut on the open A-string, it wasn’t the nut, it was the string angle being awful. Plus I felt the disc retainer on the D and G was too far away from the nut to be useful. The bar solved all the problems.
I'm friends with Bruno, visited his workshop in Tuscany last October and even got to do a little Luthiery there. He is one of the most passionate and knowledgeable guys you'll ever find about instrument making. I've also played this model of Bass there, and the Amrita Bass. As a Bassist - both are wonderful to play.
I know this is not a true comparison but just over my speakers, that bass sounds really close to my vintage Jazz. Would you say that's a good comparison?
Not anymore. Many boutique brands do this. You don’t really see affordable basses in this configuration because the strength of the b string tends to be a bit of a gamble with 32”
Sounds like every other PJ with Nordstrand pickups. The electronics are the entirety of the sound in an electric instrument. If someone wants to blow a bunch of money of this, cool. I don't see a reason to pay a premium for painted wood with a stick of figured wood stuck on it. The freedom kilos bit is getting tired.
It is ugly and it doesn't sound better than a good PJ precision or some other PJ bass with active electronics. Foderas and most of boutiqe basses are for rich snobs.
