Gene Simmons Axe Bass

[elduave]

$529 + ship. Just like this one except no signature and it's a Cort. Who wants one?

[marcnorth]

That's a good deal, they were trying to sell these for $5000 on the internet a few months ago. How heavy are they?

[elduave]

That's a good deal, they were trying to sell these for $5000 on the internet a few months ago. How heavy are they?

Cort makes 'em. Gene's $5K models come sans Cort logo and with signature, #, and meet n' greet. Not sure of the weight, pre-orders are being taken for March delivery. Come's with Gene image gig bag.

Cort makes good stuff. Really!

[cmatthes]

Set neck?

[elduave]

Set neck?

IIRC. Spec sheet is @ work. It's this:

http://genesimmonsaxebass.com/

[Brooks]

Cort makes good stuff. Really!

they really do. i had a solid spruce top acoustic that sounded great. i currently have a beat to shit cort steinberger type for travel. cort & samick make 75% of the imports out there, regardless of what name is on the headstock.

[elduave]

Hold the phone! Bolt-on. That's too bad.

[Armitage]

Is it? The Gene one isn't...

[elduave]

Is it? The Gene one isn't...

Yes. The Cort is a bolt-on. The Gene one is not.

[LostArt]

cort makes great guitars they have for years

if my memory serves me well Kramer made the first simmon's ax they were all signed and numbered and used the metal tuning fork headstock neck

ed roman bought the remaining bodies from the factory and in the 90's was buying up tuning fork kramer guitars and necks to make his bogus gene simmons' models.

I remember talking to him about it when he bought a tuning fork guitar I had. I said they were all signed and numbered his reply was "only you and I know and remember that" so........ what can I say????

[cmatthes]

Is it? The Gene one isn't...

Yes. The Cort is a bolt-on. The Gene one is not.

Guess that explains the $4,500 difference...

[Armitage]

I imagine Gene will bring these to a halt real fast... they'll probably become more collectible then the real ones!

[tommy p]

I passed a link to this thread along to my bass player (major Kiss-head) but he wasn't bold enough to be the God of Thunder. I'm sure they'll get plenty of these sold at that price.

[elduave]

I imagine Gene will bring these to a halt real fast... they'll probably become more collectible then the real ones!

Cort has Gene's OK.

He'll be at their NAMM booth.

[Armitage]

Probably the same logic as Stanley going to Silvertone for a while. Once you sell all you can to the people who will pay the big bux, move down the ladder to the guys who can't.

[lockjawnight]

Probably the same logic as Stanley going to Silvertone for a while. Once you sell all you can to the people who will pay the big bux, move down the ladder to the guys who can't.

Yep, Jackson Guitars has been doing that for years. Helped of course by our friends at FMIC.

[elduave]

Thanks for your patience, folks! 2 shipping out this week.

[cmatthes]

Thanks for your patience, folks! 2 shipping out this week.

It's a shame those didn't come in last week - Rog Hillis just played in Baltimore on Sunday! We've gotta go see him next time he crosses the line into MD. I'll drive!

I've gotta ask - purely out of curiousity, but what do you think about those?

[elduave]

I've gotta ask - purely out of curiousity, but what do you think about those?

Way lighter than I thought they'd be, impossible to play sitting down.

[cmatthes]

Way lighter than I thought they'd be, impossible to play sitting down.

:(

(Careful with that Axe, Eugene!)

[serial]

Call me when Roger is back around! He needs one of these.

[cmatthes]

Call me when Roger is back around! He needs one of these.

I believe he ordered one from Elduave/Rocketeria as soon as I told him about 'em!

[Submariner85]

cort makes great guitars they have for years

if my memory serves me well Kramer made the first simmon's ax they were all signed and numbered and used the metal tuning fork headstock neck

ed roman bought the remaining bodies from the factory and in the 90's was buying up tuning fork kramer guitars and necks to make his bogus gene simmons' models.

I remember talking to him about it when he bought a tuning fork guitar I had. I said they were all signed and numbered his reply was "only you and I know and remember that" so........ what can I say????

Not to hijack the thread but if this guy is as much a sleaze as he seems to be, how does he get away with it?

[Armitage]

Those look really cool elduave! I had one of the original Kramer Axes and it was terrible neck heavy. I had a local luthier copy it with a wood neck... it gets noticed.