Carlo Robelli 6-string bass

Does anyone have any experience with this bass? Care to share your opinion?

I read a few good reviews about the bass before I decided to try one.

As I have posted in another thread, that six string is so bad looking (good)
that it would pay for itself as being just an interesting wall decoration, should worse come to worse.

I started out looking for a Robelli semi-acoustic copy of the Les Paul. I like small bodied, light guitars. Then the six string bass caught my eye.

I don't know about the basses, but some of the Carlo Robelli guitars (electric and acoustic) are made of pressed cardboard, not wood. There was one in a store near me that had been dropped and a chunk came off - you could pick little pieces of cardboard off it with your finger.
It might still be a good bass, but it's something to be aware of.

Y'know, I really wont to hate the Carlo Robelli stuff - it's super cheap and made by uber-big box retailer Sam Ash. But dammit, I can't. Every one of their basses that I've played has had decent craftsmanship, plays well, and sounds terrific for the price. They have also been doing some innovative stuff in the low end price range - 6, 8 and 12 string basses, three octave fretless, all ash "music man' style basses - all for hundreds of $$ less than the competition. I picked up a Robelli 8 string for$179!! As much as I would like to mock it, I can't. Well, maybe I can mock the ugly sparkle paint job, but that's it.

I guess what I'm saying is go for it. What do you have to lose? It's not like it will be a huge money risk.

In the low-end 6 string range, I'd recommend the Peavey Grind NTB 6. Play it and you'll see why.

_ ' ): Ted Partin / http://members.aol.com/dblbassted

I'll keep an eye open for one, Ted. Thanks.

I sat in with a group (played guitar) a few months ago.
I got there just as they were starting (100 mile trip) and did not look to see what kind of instruments people were playing.
We did a set and it sounded very good.
Durrung the break I asked the bass player what kind of bass he was using and he told me it was a Carlo.
I was really surprised.
From what little knowledge I have of them they sound great.

I played a maple fingerboard, two humbucking Peavey solid body guitar for a few years. It was a good guitar and had a very nice sound. It reminded me of a Telecaster with two humbucking pickups. But it was heavy.

Ed Cregger