Author Topic: NS Design Bolin Bass Guitars (Read 171 times)

flaxattack · « **on:** February 23, 2006, 02:40:25 PM »

i saw these on ebay,,, here is link to neds site
they do look sweet. i emailed both the seller and bolin for the neck specs and havent heard back yet.Apparently bolin makes the instruments for many rockers inc zz top
price is around 2k with free hard case- shipping and set up supposedly by bolin to our string preferences
http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/bassguitar/nsbass.html

bigredbass · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2006, 01:31:46 PM »

While I'm no bolt-neck fan, I have watched these ever since I heard about them, as I'm a big Ned Steinberger fan.

This thing is just dripping with solutions to a lot of my bolt-on discomfort, and for a handbuilt bass (and believe me, Bolin does mighty nice work) it's a decent price. But then I get to the part with his hanger-extension for the strap, and so I guess not all form follows function. I wonder if it's neck heavy from that massive headstock or just because of the Les-Paulish upper bout.

J o e y

bigredbass · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2006, 05:20:33 PM »

Actually, as I think this one over . . . if I just had to have a bolt-neck bass (not likely in this lifetime), I'd get an MPG instead of the Bolin.

www.mpguitars.com. I really like Matt's design, and I don't underestimate the value of a gigging musician knowing what works and doesn't work on basses he builds out of that experience.

J o e y

flaxattack · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2006, 06:31:12 AM »

billy lpesq put is nicely for me as i decide
do i want to spend 2k on a bass that might become a collector item/or a side bass or get something cheaper that i can play during the direwolf outage...
i chose option 2
thanks for the input red....