italia bass

[jumbodbassman]

this company makes some interesting looking no quite knockoffs of ampegs, and 4005 ric etc.  anybody from the other side of the pond get to play one of these?

i always looked the 4005 look....and an ampeg that is not so valuable and more functional  than my AEB and AUB and Johnson would be cool too

http://cgi.ebay.com/Italia-Rimini-4-String-Semi-Acousic-Bass-Cherry-RedBrst-/370429493813?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item563f518235

[PhilT]

The engineer at our last recording session had an Italia endorsement and he had a bass amongst several guitars. It might have been the Maranello model. I only played it unplugged for a short time, but let's just say I didn't immediately fall in love with it. Seems to be plenty of US sellers on ebay.com, so would be worth looking for a shop where you can try one.