Brice Les Paul Bass

[pjmuck]

I know we talked about this one before, but I'm wondering if anyone's taken the plunge on a purchase yet or tried one out. I'd love to hear a review. The 11lb weight is a bit of a put off, but i suppose it's no different than any other Les Paul.

http://www.rondomusic.com/albassolyleft.html

[andrew]

Those look really cool, too bad they aren't 34" scale.

[pjmuck]

Are the real Les Paul basses 34"? I'm thinking if it were the neck would take a quick dive to the floor.

[andrew]

I believe the 70's Les Paul styled basses were 30" scale (the Studio bass I think they were called),
but the Les Paul bass Gibson made all through the 90's and most of 2000's was a 34" scale bass. I think they compensated for neck dive by making most of them disgustingly heavy bodied.

[Lefty007]

I gave up on Rondo Music. I have tried to buy basses from them over the years, but at the end of the day they are all crap.

By the time you set them up and upgrade, you are better off buying a Mexican Fender, or an Ibanez or Yamaha, for example.

I'm still baffled by the good reviews these instruments receive.

[pjmuck]

There's a whole slew of people over at Talkbass who've devoted a few threads to their love of SX basses, and I'd always heard they were great bang for the buck. I bought an SX Les Paul guitar a few years ago, however, and I agree it's crap. But it was only $99, LOL.

[AustinLeftyBass]

In the 80s I had a Les Paul Triumph Bass, lots of knobs and switches, and short-scale.
I wanted one of those white LP basses from Rondo but I got a cheapo Davison LP-shaped hollowbody that i'm diggin' so I'll probably pass one the Brice.

I've bought 5 cheapo basses from Rondo with zero problems, just takes a little time/effort to set 'em up to my liking. Kinda like when I buy a new Rickenbacker,Fender,Ibanez,etc.