Russian Svet Guitars RD bass

Barklessdog · January 19, 2011, 04:48:30 AM

Svet Guitars RD called the Blackline

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.svetguitars.com/&ei=Lc02TefYK8LbgQfYs_i5Aw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsvet%2Bguitars%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26prmd%3Divnsfd

They even put the flying shrimp on the headstock.

Barklessdog · January 19, 2011, 04:53:53 AM

Basvarken · January 19, 2011, 05:00:36 AM

That looks pretty good. Wonder how it sounds with those J-pickups.

Nocturnal · January 19, 2011, 06:44:17 AM

Wasn't it Uwe that said the Standard RD sounds like an angry Jazz bass? Maybe this one sounds angrier?

uwe · January 19, 2011, 11:14:10 AM

That is a ripoff if I ever saw one! Gibson legal department please retaliate and "commence" - to quote a late US President in a joky mood - "bombing Russia now".

Amazing how bad a sound you can get even out of a Hiwatt if you mess up the settings hard enough.

Basvarken · January 19, 2011, 12:47:09 PM

The guy can't play.

Highlander · January 19, 2011, 03:01:21 PM

Ooh... hand bags at dawn... claws away ladies...

I've heard worse...

Pilgrim · January 19, 2011, 03:48:40 PM

Looks like it could DEFINE neck-dive!

Psycho Bass Guy · January 19, 2011, 04:06:17 PM

Quote from: uwe on January 19, 2011, 11:14:10 AMAmazing how bad a sound you can get even out of a Hiwatt if you mess up the settings hard enough.

His playing is nothing special, but I don't think the intent was to showcase that. I'm betting he's a guitar players who was handed that thing to demo. It's just a Hiwatt badged cab anyway. That looks like a GK amp on top of it. If you could beef up the bottom of that tone, it would sound like a Wal.

Highlander · January 19, 2011, 04:36:54 PM

Quote from: Pilgrim on January 19, 2011, 03:48:40 PM
Looks like it could DEFINE neck-dive!

You've played an "original" then...

Pilgrim · January 20, 2011, 01:58:53 PM

Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on January 19, 2011, 04:36:54 PM
You've played an "original" then...

Nossir, but it only takes one look at the length of the neck and size of the body to make a good guess.

TBird1958 · January 20, 2011, 02:10:42 PM

Quote from: uwe on January 19, 2011, 11:14:10 AM
That is a ripoff if I ever saw one! Gibson legal department please retaliate and "commence" - to quote a late US President in a joky mood - "bombing Russia now".

Amazing how bad a sound you can get even out of a Hiwatt if you mess up the settings hard enough.

You'll note the faithful Soviet copy of my beloved U.S.A. three point!

Bastards!

Highlander · January 21, 2011, 03:10:21 PM

I've never really considered them to be "divers" even with my lighter-than-usual model...

Barklessdog · January 22, 2011, 04:39:44 AM

I thought he meant "neck divers" as how the weight pulls your neck down into that Quasimodo rock look?

Highlander · January 22, 2011, 09:09:29 AM

RDmodo...?