I want one of these.....
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rabies
Proud IMG Guitarist!
Cool! Complete with mirror pickgauard! ..although it does not really look like a mirror in the picture...
How much? Has fender released the Iron Maiden Strats yet?
How much? Has fender released the Iron Maiden Strats yet?
rabies
Proud IMG Guitarist!
$799 ..is that all? You have to admit thats pretty cheap for a bass... Hell..I don't play bass and _I_ am thinking about getting one. 
I'm seriously thinking about getting the strat... Know any good places to buy it from? I can barely afford that..but..hey..you live once. It will last me a lifetime.
I'm seriously thinking about getting the strat... Know any good places to buy it from? I can barely afford that..but..hey..you live once. It will last me a lifetime.
Rabs, you can find a link to info about it on the Maiden official page. Both bass and guitar are Japan made. It seems like the picture shows 3 hot rail pups on the guitar wich for me is a bit disapointing. If I would be intrested it had to be like the strat Dave used in the older days(the black/white one on,Live after death), with humbuckers as well as single coils, that would be killer I think I prefer my Big apple strat right now If you are intrested in Fenders Rabs, check out the Texas special and the doubble specials(thats the old Lone star and Big apple I think)
I think I prefer my Big apple strat right now If you are intrested in Fenders Rabs, check out the Texas special and the doubble specials(thats the old Lone star and Big apple I think) 
Tormentor
'Bugrit!'
Ya Steve-wannabe!!
..no...waitaminit...that doesn't work...umm
Ya SteveHARRIS-wannabe!!
The bass looks nice and all, I'm sure it's good.
But personally I never found the idea of having someone elses specifications on my bass that interesting. I mean, how original is that? In any case, you won't sound the same as Harris, anyway. He doesn't use those perticular kind pickups, as I understood. And he use flatwounds. Who use that today? Or more rightfully, who can AFFORD to use that, today? (the strings grow 'tired' pretty quick)
Nevermind my whining.
I don't really care what people do to their basses. I just think that a bassplayer should modify his/her bass in his/her own way, and not copying.
So shoot me.
..no...waitaminit...that doesn't work...umm
Ya SteveHARRIS-wannabe!!
The bass looks nice and all, I'm sure it's good.
But personally I never found the idea of having someone elses specifications on my bass that interesting. I mean, how original is that? In any case, you won't sound the same as Harris, anyway. He doesn't use those perticular kind pickups, as I understood. And he use flatwounds. Who use that today? Or more rightfully, who can AFFORD to use that, today? (the strings grow 'tired' pretty quick)
Nevermind my whining.
I don't really care what people do to their basses. I just think that a bassplayer should modify his/her bass in his/her own way, and not copying.
So shoot me.
Eddy
Old fart on this board
That bass is really beautiful... *sigh*
Too bad I can never afford it.
Oh well, I like my Washburn.
Too bad I can never afford it.
Oh well, I like my Washburn.
Hey Eddie.
Check out
www.musiciansfriend.com
they have the bass for $559.99
I really have my eye on a Rickenbacker 4003
What are your thoughts?
take care
Constantine
Check out
www.musiciansfriend.com
they have the bass for $559.99
I really have my eye on a Rickenbacker 4003
What are your thoughts?
take care
Constantine
Originally posted by Tormentor
Ya Steve-wannabe!!
..no...waitaminit...that doesn't work...umm
Ya SteveHARRIS-wannabe!!
The bass looks nice and all, I'm sure it's good.
But personally I never found the idea of having someone elses specifications on my bass that interesting. I mean, how original is that? In any case, you won't sound the same as Harris, anyway. He doesn't use those perticular kind pickups, as I understood. And he use flatwounds. Who use that today? Or more rightfully, who can AFFORD to use that, today? (the strings grow 'tired' pretty quick)
Nevermind my whining.
I don't really care what people do to their basses. I just think that a bassplayer should modify his/her bass in his/her own way, and not copying.
So shoot me.
Actually, the bass has a reputation already for being a little too cheap. It was made that way so players could afford it. Like all "artist" models, it's not really a duplicate and was never really intended to be.
As for specifications, it's true that I personally wouldn't want someone else's preferences, or even to sound just like them, but in reality I think I'm like most average players and end up adjusting my playing to the instrument instead of the instrument to my playing. I think this happens because first of all, very few of us have the money to either buy bass after bass, or secondly to hire the Fender custom shop to build prototype after prototype for us. Even if we did have the money, we still wouldn't have the stature to get Fender's best luthiers undivided attention. Beyond that, most of us do not need instruments that are built with very specific applications in mind. By that I mean that while Harris's bass may be awesome for Iron Maiden's particular brand of Heavy Metal, it would fail miserably in the hands of Geddy Lee playing Rush music. (And of course Maiden would sound pretty weird if Harris were forced to play a Steinberger, Rick, or Wal). Harris's basses are great, but limited in range.
Which leads me to my point (yea, I actually have one
), which is that I think most "average" players end up using basses that are fairly "generic" because they play such a wide range of styles that they don't have the luxury of building a bass specifically for a particular sound/style. I'd want the Harris precision because first, I'm a big Harris fan, and secondly, it's pretty much the opposite of the bass I play now(Ibanez Soundgear). Between the two I'd have a lot of different styles and sounds covered, I think. My fingers would just have to learn to switch between the slim, fast neck on the Ibanez to the rounder, fatter Fender neck. Until the Fender Custom shop offers me an endorsement deal, my clumsy little digits will just have to learn to live with it.
.....besides, it has the WAY cool litle Eddie face on the headstock!
P.S. I despise flatwounds. As far as I'm concerned, they're dead right out of the package. Only benefit I see is less fret wear and tear.
Tormentor
'Bugrit!'
Whoa! Alright, EC, ya have some valid points. "Heh, I can't argue with you, there" as Zeb McCayhan would say (from "How the West was won).
It's sorta cheap, yeah, that S.H. model. Japanese made.
(that doesn't have to be bad, tho!)
American Standard Precision is pricey as hell, new.
I ought to fewkin know. Me the fool bought one.
But, slap a Seymore Duncan (spelling?) mike on and switch to flatwound, and ya pretty much have Steve's sound, assuming you have his amp gear too. Ah, anyway. This doesn't really matter anyhow.
Flatwound do have a metallic "twang" to 'em when new, besides the fact that it feels like yer strings had soap on them, IMO.
For the record, I love the feel of a Rickenbacker, too.
They're soooo easy to play. They're nice.
Over and out.
It's sorta cheap, yeah, that S.H. model. Japanese made.
(that doesn't have to be bad, tho!)
American Standard Precision is pricey as hell, new.
I ought to fewkin know. Me the fool bought one.
But, slap a Seymore Duncan (spelling?) mike on and switch to flatwound, and ya pretty much have Steve's sound, assuming you have his amp gear too.
Ah, anyway. This doesn't really matter anyhow. Flatwound do have a metallic "twang" to 'em when new, besides the fact that it feels like yer strings had soap on them, IMO.
For the record, I love the feel of a Rickenbacker, too.
They're soooo easy to play. They're nice.
Over and out.
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