Italia Modulo Bass

[tonello]

I was just surfing the web for a while, and ended up on musicians friend to check out some new Semi hollow guitars. I ended up checking out Italia Guitars (I'm Italian, so I wanted to see what nationality could come up with compared to my favorite Gibson), and then went to the Italia guitars webpage.

After glancing at the different guitars I thought I'd check out the basses, and saw this

http://www.italiaguitars.com/new/base/modu_02.html

I've never seen Lipstick pups used that way.

Has anyone heard this bass and what does it sound like if you have? I assume it could be a cool surf bass, but I don't know anything about it.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

That's pretty far out. I can't say as I recall ever seeing any of those pickups used like that either.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

I have seen a couple of basses where each string has its own pickup.

 

[TheLivingDead]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

Hah! That's pretty sweet right there.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

The advantage of a design like that is you can tune each strings response separately. By changing the height and angle of each.

 

[tonello]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

The advantage of a design like that is you can tune each strings response separately. By changing the height and angle of each.

Ok. I never thought of it like that. How does it sound though?

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

I see they're keeping alive the Italian tradition of having some of the crappiest looking guitars around.

[Vintage EKO]

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Italia Modulo Bass

I used to work in a shop that was an Italia dealer.

They look kind of cool for a gimmick. They feel kind of like your middle-of-the-road Asian-made guitar (though I'm not sure exactly what factory makes them). They sound OK. They're overpriced.

I'll just say that when I worked there, and I could get anything for cost, I almost thought about buying one on a couple of occasions. At full retail, I'd pass unless I was loaded with money and wanted a quick gimmick.

My four cents.