Atlansia Breeze bass

[Basvarken]

Atlansia Breeze bass.
Not a single standard part on this weird bass.
Looks well built.

Anyone ever seen one? (I haven't)

[rahock]

Never seen anything even close . Nothing attached to it looks even remotely familiar. Is it made on this planet?
Rick

[wellREDman]

Gorgeous , but I think the relationship between string numbers and machine heads would do my nut in !

[Basvarken]

Never seen anything even close . Nothing attached to it looks even remotely familiar. Is it made on this planet?
Rick

Well their website says Made in Japan on Planet Earth 

http://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php?strings=4

[Dave W]

I've seen photos of them before, especially their one- and two-string models. Not in person, though.

[rahock]

Well their website says Made in Japan on Planet Earth 

http://atlansiaguitars.com/Bass-Guitar.php?strings=4

That is too F'n Much . It really does.
Rick

[Pilgrim]

Something about anime' and Japanese design - it LOOKS Japanese, doesn't it?

[nofi]

everything on this bass looks well made to me, but in a bizzaro. unattractive sort of way.anyway, the point is moot because how can you really tell quality construction from photos.

[Granny Gremlin]

That's all top shelf modern hardware.  Seen much of that before but not all (pups and whatever is going on in the knob area).  The pups look interesting in a coil (or 2 could be a humbucker each but probs not) per string way (a la EB4 and WAL).  Not a fan of the countersunk tuning machines but that's a minor.  Like the body shape aesthetically but not a fan of the mult-pc joinery aspect.

[Highlander]

Puts me in mind of a Roland oddity from some years back...?

[Chris P.]

I don't really like the bass, but I do like the idea. You can trace any bass back to Fender's, but this islike they set themselves a challenge: Let's make everything different. I like that!

[Dave W]

I don't really like the bass, but I do like the idea. You can trace any bass back to Fender's, but this islike they set themselves a challenge: Let's make everything different. I like that!

Says the Warwick Buzzard man! 

[hieronymous]

I can't remember when I first became aware of Atlansia - maybe saw them in Japanese bass magazines in the late '80s? Maybe 1990 when I spent a semester in Japan during college - Muzz Skillings of Living Colour was on the cover of the magazine, might still have it somewhere. I frequented music stores in Japan from 2002-2006, and never saw one in person, though their internet presence became pretty strong during that time - I was very tempted to order either the two-string (the Dualist) or three-string (the Trister) but never went that far - the current price for the single-string one is about USD1000 and I think that's about how much it cost back then too. For one of his more "normal" designs I also liked the Victoria.

[Basvarken]

I don't really like the bass, but I do like the idea.

I want one when I grow up.

[chromium]

I've had Atlansia in my Ebay search list for a while... seen a couple go by in recent times. 

This one was somewhat akin to the photo in the OP:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Free-Shipping-ATLANSIA-Pegasus-Custom-Used-w-Gigbag-Worldwide-Shipping-/171851258598?nma=true&si=aJiSmfbmPX8LaMja%252BdPjZbxbC9M%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


...the other was a slightly toned-down Atlansia/Greco model that had been refinished by Rowyco Customs:

https://reverb.com/item/68121-rare-greco-atlansia-bass-made-in-japan


I'm intrigued by them as well, at least enough to have a search going...  Interesting designs for sure.