Music Man "Big Al"

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:15 am

I'll catch some flak here, but am I the only one that thinks these things are cool? I can see tons of tonal options.

http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/big-al.html

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:03 am

Pretty neat. Kind of a Dano retro look, and lots of sound control without a cluttered-looking guard.

The headstock should be 2/2, though. Just looks strange. Yeah, I know that's a MM thing, but still...

kenf · Post by **kenf** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:03 am

I want to like it, but I just can't get into triple single coils. Put an additional string and a proper EBMM single HB into it and I'd probably want one.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon May 25, 2009 11:13 am

I think it's awesome. Can't wait to try one out.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon May 25, 2009 11:55 am

Not a big fan.....something just looks "off" IMO.

I'm quietly/patiently on the hunt for a reasonably priced Dargie Delight (Stingray/Bongo) 5-er.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:11 pm

I think it looks cool. The body kind of reminds me a little of the Astro Kit guitar that JH designed when he was a teenager. It looks much better to me than a Bongo. Just has too many switches!!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:12 pm

Body is interesting, but I agree that the headstock should be 2-2.... what they have there ruins the overall look

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:13 pm

Ug

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:27 pm

Looks pretty cool to me, probably plays great, being a MM. Obviously the retro look and electronic options aren't for everyone, but Nationals and Steinbergers still win the ugly duckling awards from me.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:39 pm

brammy wrote:Ug

I think it's a cool headstock design but it looks better on the StingRay and Sterling models. I also think this model would look better with a 2+2 headstock deisgn.

eatswodo · Post by **eatswodo** » Mon May 25, 2009 7:12 pm

Finally, one of my favourite guitar designs has a big brother:

http://www.music-man.com/instruments/gu ... t-lee.html

I really like this...

antipodean · Post by **antipodean** » Mon May 25, 2009 8:59 pm

Wow - a bass strat with a whacky body and that classic MM headstock - just what the doctor ordered!

- I'm infatuated yet again.....

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:48 am

Heres a really nice demo of the bass.

http://www.basscentral.com/musicman/big_al.shtml

Me likey.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:20 pm

rickenbrother wrote:
brammy wrote:Ug

I think it's a cool headstock design but it looks better on the StingRay and Sterling models. I also think this model would look better with a 2+2 headstock deisgn.

Should either be a 2X2, or 4 in a line like a P-Bass
JimK

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:34 pm

brammy wrote:Ug
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