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Chris P.:
Did we already discuss this one?



http://www.fret-king.com/europa4_g.htm

or a cheaper copy:



http://www.fret-king.com/esprit4_b.html

Basvarken:
Funny: the upper one is using a tailstop piece as a bridge!
So much for intonation...  :o

shadowcastaz:
That was a good catch. i hope that was just put together quick for the pic.  good lookin tho.

Basvarken:

--- Quote from: shadowcastaz on September 05, 2008, 08:33:38 AM --- i hope that was just put together quick for the pic. 

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Guess not... from their site:


--- Quote ---Using a super resonant tonewood such as korina demands a solid bridge to transmit all of the string energy, fundamentals and harmonics through to the body, so the Europa IV bass features a no-nonsense, functional wrapover stop-bar tailpiece as a bridge, but with the strings anchored through the body to ensure massive sustain.
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Dave W:

--- Quote ---Using a super resonant tonewood such as korina demands a solid bridge to transmit all of the string energy, fundamentals and harmonics through to the body, so the Europa IV bass features a no-nonsense, functional wrapover stop-bar tailpiece as a bridge, but with the strings anchored through the body to ensure massive sustain.
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Oh brother, what a load of crap. These are marketing guys, not guitar people. If you could transmit "all of the string energy, fundamentals and harmonics through to the body" then you would have zero sustain.

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