Finished the biggest order I'll ever have to handle on my own today, right on the deadline. B. E. A. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuutiful.

I like how cheapest guitar I bought from them was absolutely perfect, yet three times the price super-strat I bought next was fucked up in numerous regards (I bought one, then replaced it for another - faulty as well). Hope they're keeping the good quality now, because artist roster and look of their guitars are great.

So you replaced the really great cheaper one with another more expensive Mayones, yes? What was wrong with the super-strat?
It's funny how stuff works out that way. In a slightly different situation -my fretless bass is a Fender made in Mexico, and it's fantastic, as good as the American-made ones; and a lot of off-shore instruments are sometimes not as reliable. Go figure.

Did you ever get a decent guitar?

I guess it's easier to make a simple guitar. First superstrat of mine (ok, it actually is a RG copy, not sure if "superstrat" is the right term) had something weird with the neck (all buzzing and stuff) + funniest of that, pickup switch mounted in reverse, they've replaced it with another guitar, one with shoddily installed floyd rose AND again with funny neck with buzzing and that dud places all over it (don't know the exact English term for that, luthier said fretwork was all messed up). Finally got whole neck replaced with custom one, painted black, with sharkfin inlays, rosewood, binding and stuff + perfect setup, so finally I've got my nice guitar. I think the problems with neck could be their experimentation with weird wood for fretboards(they liked to use "black oak" back then - didn't look great and apparently was problematic in production). The rest of their problems was probably experimentation with other substances. Once again - it was years ago, hope they're ace now.

I have a question for you - it seems as though it would be easy enough to get an answer, but I'm having a hard time so far how much do Mayones basses -or your guitars- cost, a rough guess? I could send a query, but I'd rather just ask around since I don't have the money for one at all right now. I can convert the price on an internets-converter to USD. Anyways, love the Slogan - what do you think of it?
I just hope the shipping price wouldn't push the cost up another $100-or-more which is a good possibility

Can't find prices in English, here's the pricing in Polish - should be pretty self explanatory. Search for "basowe" for bass guitars. Counting with today's PLN to USD exchange rate: 4 string Slogan is about $2500, 5 stringer is ~$2700, 6 string version is mere $2960. Cheapest of their basses is Forum 4 at about $730, probably still available somewhere, even if it isn't on their site anymore

They had cheaper guitars, but abandoned that segment after the market was saturated with tons of ultracheap Chinese guitars - which is a shame since their cheapocasters probably created whole Polish metal scene.

Wow... the Regius 6. Perfect guitar for what I want, 27" scale even! But it'd cost my entire paycheck when I get it...

I guess it's easier to make a simple guitar. First superstrat of mine (ok, it actually is a RG copy, not sure if "superstrat" is the right term) had something weird with the neck (all buzzing and stuff) + funniest of that, pickup switch mounted in reverse, they've replaced it with another guitar, one with shoddily installed floyd rose AND again with funny neck with buzzing and that dud places all over it (don't know the exact English term for that, luthier said fretwork was all messed up). Finally got whole neck replaced with custom one, painted black, with sharkfin inlays, rosewood, binding and stuff + perfect setup, so finally I've got my nice guitar. I think the problems with neck could be their experimentation with weird wood for fretboards(they liked to use "black oak" back then - didn't look great and apparently was problematic in production). The rest of their problems was probably experimentation with other substances. Once again - it was years ago, hope they're ace now.
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Can't find prices in English, here's the pricing in Polish - should be pretty self explanatory. Search for "basowe" for bass guitars. Counting with today's PLN to USD exchange rate: 4 string Slogan is about $2500, 5 stringer is ~$2700, 6 string version is mere $2960. Cheapest of their basses is Forum 4 at about $730, probably still available somewhere, even if it isn't on their site anymore

They had cheaper guitars, but abandoned that segment after the market was saturated with tons of ultracheap Chinese guitars - which is a shame since their cheapocasters probably created whole Polish metal scene.

Wow, that's awful. That's a shame since I hear such good things. In bass magazines I nerd out with, Mayones always gets good reviews which is pretty cool.
Hopefully it was just a fluke or trial-and-error sort of thing. I see Mariusz has at least 2 Mayones basses, and they sound awesome on CD's. Good versatility, I hear a lot of Justin Chancellor/Geddy Lee-brightness in his sound, as well as a chunky bottom end. They have a great pick-response, and I don't even care for picks all that much.

Ebony fingerboard and Ebony Macassa top for splendid looks. The rest of the specification includes a profiled Ash body attached to 9ply Maple-Mahogany monolith neck

this sounds pretty win. Ebony *salivate* and the neck-thru body is a sign of quality

Thank you for the pdf, I can figure it out well enough
For a custom, hand-built instrument - I don't think $2500 is a bad price. My Bongo was $1650 -aaannnnddd you get what you pay for (except with your first guitar ) It's not like I have $2500, but I'm going to keep the Slogan in mind.
Thanks for the info man. I appreciate it.

By the way - this is awesome:



Daniel Gildenlow's guitar, 27", fretless with piezo and MIDI pickups. Wows, that's a flexible instrument for sure.

37" telly in my livingroom.

So. Hot.

By the way - this is awesome:



Daniel Gildenlow's guitar, 27", fretless with piezo and MIDI pickups. Wows, that's a flexible instrument for sure.

Whoa, the only other fretless guitar I've ever seen is my brother's They're not easy to come by, pretty esoteric. That's wild - he could probably replace a whole band with that thing Oh, and no guide lines either - ballsy! The white is really spiffy, sometimes white looks gross but this works.

Getting paaaaaaaaid. Makes all that bastarding work worth it.

Watching Dev go crazy. xD It has cheered me up on an otherwise bleak morning.

I got into uni

(My top choice. My only choice. I only applied for that one. It was all or nothing)

Ah! Congratuwelldone. And what, may I ask, is the lucky course who'll you'll be spending the next few years with's name?

By the way - this is awesome:



Daniel Gildenlow's guitar, 27", fretless with piezo and MIDI pickups. Wows, that's a flexible instrument for sure.

Ok....time to grab a towel/sock and head to the bathroom......

I am with Phase.....watching Dev be Dev made yesterday AND today so much better. He is even more talented than I ever really thought....or I just forgot or something.

I got into uni

(My top choice. My only choice. I only applied for that one. It was all or nothing)

Well done you.

Now you just need to work out how to cope with the £35k debts you will accrue.

I just found the BEST line up for a festival ever. (Well, for me anyway.)

But I need about £2000. By October.

Anyone want to donate to the "Get Amber to Japan Foundation"?

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