Abasi Concepts/Larada Megathread

[bassisace]

Continuing to track with stories, after Falbo was out of the picture, the quality stabilized. All anecdotal saying they are bad tends towards preferential or subjective views (which are valid!).

For instance, I also own a Les Paul and love it. Plenty of hate for Gibson, but mine stays in tune from stock, sounds good, was worth the money to me.

This has been helpful...waiting for the next J Laradas line to drop!!!!

I have no idea how you reached that conclusion.

Here’s what I saw post Falbo.

The Legions had cases of horrible nuts, bleeding paint on the headstock, bad fret jobs, tool marks on body and pickups. Js had cases of warped necks, … Spartans had cases of tool marks on body and pickups.

Scroll back in this thread and you’ll see pics. That doesn’t inspire me to buy one blind.

 

[HungryGuitarStudent]

Saw the following in Abasi's warranty statement: "This warranty does NOT cover the following: (...) Shipping damages of any kind."

If UPS damages the guitar when Abasi originally ships it to you, they don't cover it?

Am I missing something (English isn't my 1st language)?

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Saw the following in Abasi's warranty statement: "This warranty does NOT cover the following: (...) Shipping damages of any kind."

If UPS damages the guitar when Abasi originally ships it to you, they don't cover it?

Am I missing something (English isn't my 1st language)?

That's pretty much the norm, at least here in the US.

If the shipper damages it, the shipper should pay for it.

The problem is usually how well it's packed in the first place and how helpful Abasi plans on being when something gets damaged as it's up to them to hound the carrier to get financial relief.

Given what we've seen, I don't think I'm very confident in Abasi being very helpful.

 

[baptizedinblood]

Anyone have a Space T and like it?

 

[Hollowway]

That's pretty much the norm, at least here in the US.

If the shipper damages it, the shipper should pay for it.

The problem is usually how well it's packed in the first place and how helpful Abasi plans on being when something gets damaged as it's up to them to hound the carrier to get financial relief.

Given what we've seen, I don't think I'm very confident in Abasi being very helpful.

Yeah, and what I learned from my recent battle with UPS is that the shipping company will ONLY deal with the shipper. If you, the receiver, has a damaged instrument, you have to ask the shipper to jump through all the hoops, get the money, and then give it to you. Which really sucks.

 

[HungryGuitarStudent]

That's pretty much the norm, at least here in the US.

If the shipper damages it, the shipper should pay for it.

The problem is usually how well it's packed in the first place and how helpful Abasi plans on being when something gets damaged as it's up to them to hound the carrier to get financial relief.

Given what we've seen, I don't think I'm very confident in Abasi being very helpful.

Thanks for the info. I guess it also depends on the value the shipper chooses to insure.

Another can of worms: proving defects do or don’t come from shipping.

Personally, Ivan at Abasi gave me stellar customer support.

 

[Otter359]

TONS of info on this thread. Any insight on the Spartan 6's? Good? Mediocre? Why are all these so ridiculously expensive? I used to think $3k would get you a custom shop anything. Now it hardly gets you in the door.

 

[jephjacques]

Inflation is a bitch, so is brand hype. Verdict on the Spartans seems to be mixed to negative, but I don't have personal experience.

 

[Otter359]

Inflation is a bitch, so is brand hype. Verdict on the Spartans seems to be mixed to negative, but I don't have personal experience.

There's an Abasi with a huge face gouge at Guitar Center for $2200. I'm just not sure if they're worth it long-term. Signature models seem to lose popularity with time. That's the same price range as many, many other stellar guitar makers.

 

[dreamspace]

What's the deal with half of Abasi Concept players playing the same (heavily compressed) clean stuff over hip-hop rhythms, dressing and stylizing in the same all-monochrome colors. I mean a lot of great players out there, but holy shit this stuff is starting to sound/look derivative and pretentious.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

What's the deal with half of Abasi Concept players playing the same (heavily compressed) clean stuff over hip-hop rhythms, dressing and stylizing in the same all-monochrome colors. I mean a lot of great players out there, but holy shit this stuff is starting to sound/look derivative and pretentious.

Just the natural progression of saturation that takes place in music. That style is pretty hot right now, but in a few years the less popular bands will fade away as the more successful bands just sort of hold the space until the next big thing.

 

[TheCanadianNews]

I am sitting over here waiting for the 2023 drops!

What colors does everyone hope Abasi puts out in their lines this year? Anyone hear rumblings of the new concepts? NAMM is around the corner!

 

[HungryGuitarStudent]

I am sitting over here waiting for the 2023 drops!

What colors does everyone hope Abasi puts out in their lines this year? Anyone hear rumblings of the new concepts? NAMM is around the corner!

Didn't they share their plans for 2023 drops on the FAQ section of their website?

 

[TheCanadianNews]

Didn't they share their plans for 2023 drops on the FAQ section of their website?

Last I checked it was time-frames, but I'd assume it won't be a copy and paste of models specs we had seen previously.

Release to release try different things.