Armada Guitar...

[mmbassplayer]

Am I the only one having visions of a bass version of this?

 

[OldManMusic]

No, not at all. That thing is tasty. I can imaging it on my shoulder in a hefty 4 string version.

 

[lefenton]

That black colour profile is so nice.

 

[aussie]

Would love to see a bass version. Love the shape and think it would have great sound potential.

 

[jlepre]

Never seen one

 

[OldManMusic]

Never seen one

Check out "Pete's NAMM show pics" on the skinny side of the forum.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Check out "Pete's NAMM show pics" on the skinny side of the forum.

I'll make it easy for ya! A bass version would be great.

 

[OldManMusic]

What a sexy beast. Major G.A.S. pains even for the skinny string version. But if they put that out in bass version, man I'd grab one in a heartbeat. Thanks Pete!

 

[mmbassplayer]

I'm seeing a powder blue body with trans white insert.

 

[ivbenaplayin]

powder blue with vintage burst inset would be pretty killer too... If they produced a bass version i'd order one the day they announced it.

 

[jlepre]

Single and Double H? Wonder how it would balance with such a large bottom? Good chance to try out chambering?

 

[tunaman4u2]

I dont know... the Bongo is a bass thing & the Armada should be a guitar thing IMO

 

[OldManMusic]

I don't think the bottom looks out of proportion, it might just be the flame V secion that gives the illusion of the bottom being large. If you want to check out a chambered bass, look no further than the Reflex. Their guitar specs don't say the body is chambered and that it's only avail in an HH. If I were sitting on Santa's lap, I'd ask for an Armada single H 4 banger with that color scheme above... but that's just me.

 

[tbonesullivan]

I don't know how it would work as a bass. Time has shown that "Gibson-style" basses generally are not huge sellers nor are the hugely in use. I don't see mahogany bodied basses with maple caps and mahogany necks very often.

That being said, the guitar looks really nice. Is it MM's first foray into the mahogany body maple caped neck-through 24.75 scale market? Not much competition there except for Gibson's firebirds, and of course, Carvin, though carvin uses a slightly longer neck.

 

[mmbassplayer]

Armada is a neck-through.

 

[tbonesullivan]

Armada is a neck-through.

whooops. missed that part. So it's a neck-through. That's always interesting. I wonder if that could work as a bass. I have a few friends with mahogany neck-through basses, and most of them sound excellent. The sound and note decay are way different than bolt-ons though.

 

[DTG]

Have to be honest, I am not feeling the love for it. The main body shape is cool I just can't get my head around the "v" shape in the middle.
Then again I still think my SR 5 is the best bass in the world but I have never liked the pick guard and I never liked the bongo shape but I will buy another one. So I suppose for me it's more about how it plays and feels than how it looks.

 

[jlepre]

I don't think the bottom looks out of proportion, it might just be the flame V secion that gives the illusion of the bottom being large. If you want to check out a chambered bass, look no further than the Reflex. Their guitar specs don't say the body is chambered and that it's only avail in an HH. If I were sitting on Santa's lap, I'd ask for an Armada single H 4 banger with that color scheme above... but that's just me.

FYI the Reflex bass isn't chambered. I remember seeing early production pics of the Reflex guitar being chambered.

 

[mmbassplayer]

Reflex guitar is chambered. The bass is not.

 

[OldManMusic]

Doh! I stand (or sit this morning) corrected.