HNBGD! Aria 1420B violin bass

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HNBGD! Aria 1420B violin bass

Post by Ibanez666 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:12 am

Made by Matsumoku.. I would like some more info on this one. It has the scrolled headstock
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Re: HNBGD! Aria 1420B violin bass

Post by DaveC » Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:41 pm

Cool, I think I prefer that to the hofner ones, the mute is a feature I've never seen before on a bass of this sort, or any sort for that matter.
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Post by Ibanez666 » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:42 am

DaveC wrote:Cool, I think I prefer that to the hofner ones, the mute is a feature I've never seen before on a bass of this sort, or any sort for that matter.
Mute? Please explain :)

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Post by PaulDesmondTutu » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:46 pm

The piece of metal (or is it just foam?) between the bridge and the bridge pickup does look like a mute.
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Post by Ibanez666 » Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:56 am

PaulDesmondTutu wrote:The piece of metal (or is it just foam?) between the bridge and the bridge pickup does look like a mute.
I'm not in possession of it yet. It's in Florida with a friend.. he will send it to later. I think it might be foam

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Re: HNBGD! Aria 1420B violin bass

Post by Ceylon » Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:29 am

Ibanez666 wrote:
PaulDesmondTutu wrote:The piece of metal (or is it just foam?) between the bridge and the bridge pickup does look like a mute.
I'm not in possession of it yet. It's in Florida with a friend.. he will send it to later. I think it might be foam
Yeah, it's a piece of foam on a metal plate that can be flipped up to mute the strings, in case you don't want to palm mute them. Vintage Jaguars had them, too.
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Post by Ibanez666 » Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:57 am

Ceylon wrote:
Ibanez666 wrote:
PaulDesmondTutu wrote:The piece of metal (or is it just foam?) between the bridge and the bridge pickup does look like a mute.
I'm not in possession of it yet. It's in Florida with a friend.. he will send it to later. I think it might be foam
Yeah, it's a piece of foam on a metal plate that can be flipped up to mute the strings, in case you don't want to palm mute them. Vintage Jaguars had them, too.
cool...never heard of that :)

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Post by PaulDesmondTutu » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:01 am

Oh, and beware of heavy taxes you might have to pay when you get it delivered at your door. It's a shame they don't warn you per e-mail since I had to pay in cash.
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Post by Ibanez666 » Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:42 pm

PaulDesmondTutu wrote:Oh, and beware of heavy taxes you might have to pay when you get it delivered at your door. It's a shame they don't warn you per e-mail since I had to pay in cash.

I know, this is not the first for me :) thnx

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Re: HNBGD! Aria 1420B violin bass

Post by GeoLee » Sun May 24, 2015 1:40 am

Hi, is this Aria 1420b bass still for sale?

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Re: HNBGD! Aria 1420B violin bass

Post by Fiddy » Sun May 24, 2015 5:36 am

GeoLee wrote:Hi, is this Aria 1420b bass still for sale?
This is not the For Sale section brah! :fp:

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