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ilan

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I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« on: February 13, 2014, 10:35:23 AM »
It's just wonderful. I don't know if it's $600+shipping wonderful, but in the pics it looks lovely.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EKO-1100-BASS-GUITAR-60s-SILVER-SPARKLE/231156287500
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Re: I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2014, 10:59:55 AM »
 If I were in the market for one of those that would be the one to buy! If I needed it for my collection I'd pay $605 for it.
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Re: I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2014, 12:05:31 PM »
I like sparkly objects.  The side view is very nice.

But I already have a (far distant) cousin in my stable...the Squier Mikey Way bass, which is a pretty darn good player.

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Re: I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2014, 05:15:16 AM »
I don't recall that model at all ???. When I was a young tadpole, I had a real jones for the Eko violin bass. I later learned it was a real piece of crap, but it sure looked cool and that's what counted more than anything.
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Re: I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2014, 05:23:39 AM »
My only experience with Eko was my first Vox Phantom IV.  Era un pezzo di merda.  Can't imagine this one is any better, though it does look pretty cool!
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Re: I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2014, 05:25:55 AM »
Most of their stuff was pretty cheapo in both price and quality, but a good friend of mine has a mid 60s /maybe early 60s acoustic guitar from them that is pretty nice. It's a thin body single cutaway arch top with a very slim and playable neck. The neck is on par with something like a Gibson 335, which was absolutely unheard of on an acoustic instrument of that era. Being a thin body, it lacks projection, but it sounds good and I would stack that neck against anything being produced today.
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Re: I just love it (Italian sparkle content)
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2014, 08:39:48 PM »
The several EKOs I've played have been dead sounding, both the hollow and solid ones. Not sure why.
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