{"id":3596,"date":"2013-03-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2013-03-28T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T18:39:46","slug":"how-much-effort-does-it-take-to-destroy-a-russian-made-bass-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/funny\/how-much-effort-does-it-take-to-destroy-a-russian-made-bass-guitar.html","title":{"rendered":"How much effort does it take to destroy a Russian-made bass guitar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve heard the phrase, “built like a tank,” and understand what that means.<\/p>\n

There was (or possibly still is, not sure,) a bass guitar made in Russia where the brand name was “Ural.” Do they play well? Sort of. Did they ever sound good? Not really (it’s been said that it ‘sounds like a detuned guitar’ more than anything else.) <\/p>\n

But are they built<\/em> well? Oh, yes. The video below is of someone trying<\/em> to destroy one. He eventually succeeds, but take into account how much effort it took to make the instrument actually break apart. A Fender bass slammed with that much force would have completely shattered on the first or second hit on a concrete<\/em> floor. But not the Ural!<\/p>\n

(Note: Ural basses are not what anyone would call valuable, and you can find them on eBay relatively easily by searching for ‘ural bass’ or just ‘ural.’)<\/p>\n