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Post by grayn on Jan 18, 2014 17:35:59 GMT
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Post by sigmadel on Jan 27, 2014 0:16:59 GMT
Thats a gorgeous bass , loving the badass bridge and mahoosive frets ill bet its real easy to whizz about on . You must have quite a collection of guitars now grayn , where on earth do you keep them all ?
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 27, 2014 0:41:39 GMT
Another fine looking bass you've got there Graham. What's the control layout on this one?
Keith
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Post by grayn on Feb 1, 2014 7:01:15 GMT
Thats a gorgeous bass , loving the badass bridge and mahoosive frets ill bet its real easy to whizz about on . You must have quite a collection of guitars now grayn , where on earth do you keep them all ? Thanks Siggy. And yes, the bass is very easy to play. Tha Badass bridge isn't original, these came with Gotoh bridges. But it's a quality bridge, so I guess a previous owner wasn't as keen on the original. My instrument collection kind of changes rather than expands. It wasn't long ago, I only had one bass, with a load of electric and acoustic guitars. Then, after nearly 40 years of being a bassist, I finally got the bass GAS. Now i have a load of basses, with just 2 electrics, 1 acoustic and my beloved Octave Mandola. I have a small music/computer room, where I keep my gear, doing my best to stop them clonking into each other.  |
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Post by grayn on Feb 1, 2014 7:12:13 GMT
Another fine looking bass you've got there Graham. What's the control layout on this one? Keith Thanks Keith. The layout is Volume, Pan, Treble Boost, Bass Boost. Unlike many active basses, these EQ controls only boost, no cut. So completely anti-clockwise = flat eq. Oh yeah, the small switch is an active/passive switch. You may have noticed that I have acquired/traded a lot of basses recently. This is mainly because I am a dimwit. In that, after a couple of years, with my previous band, playing very contentedly, an Overwater Jazz bass, the band split and I sold the bass. Then i quickly got the urge to play again and started buying numerous excellent basses. But it wasn't until very recently that I got another Jazz and realised that was the neck type that I really, much preferred. As I said, what a dimwit. So now I'm slowly trading, to mainly own basses, with Jazz bass type necks. OK, I'm slow but I get there, in the end.  |
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Post by earwighoney on Feb 1, 2014 11:05:52 GMT
You may have noticed that I have acquired/traded a lot of basses recently. This is mainly because I am a dimwit. In that, after a couple of years, with my previous band, playing very contentedly, an Overwater Jazz bass, the band split and I sold the bass. Then i quickly got the urge to play again and started buying numerous excellent basses. But it wasn't until very recently that I got another Jazz and realised that was the neck type that I really, much preferred. As I said, what a dimwit. So now I'm slowly trading, to mainly own basses, with Jazz bass type necks. OK, I'm slow but I get there, in the end. I get what you mean about the Jazz Bass neck profile, personally I find it the best for playing fingerstyle and playing pieces to move up and down the neck quickly, while I found the fatter P bass profile better for playing meaty basslines with a pick. I'm sure you know of them, but the one instrument I really regret not buying was a Squier JV Precision Bass, which even though was a P Bass had one of the finest neck profiles/actions for any instrument I've ever played. I'd love to try one of the JV J basses. What is the current stock of basses you have right now? |
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Post by grayn on Feb 1, 2014 20:09:05 GMT
What is the current stock of basses you have right now?  Only the Gordon-Smith Gryphon survives, as a bass with a non-Jazz Bass type neck. Basically because I love the bass too much to trade it and it's very nice to play. The Japanese Fender Jazz is a phenomenal bass and the added Nordstrand Pickups and pre-amp, are truly superb. The Levinson Blade 2, designed in Switzerland and made in Japan, in the 90s, is another testament to how good basses from the Land of the Rising Sun are. And it's so cool. The Cort GB4 is as good as most basses, twice and thrice it's cost. No joke. No skimping on the wood and hardware either. Sounds great at home and even better, with the band. The Cort GB75, unlike the GB4, is not even top of the Cort range. But it really plays so nicely, with that gorgeous neck and fretboard. Fivers IMO, are not just 4-stringers with another string. They have a sound and feel of their own. If I ever get around to recording another prog/space rock CD, I'll probably use this on more than 1 track. The Sanberg Panther, I just got today. It's made in Germany, with a mahogany body, a walnut top, matching headstock, ebony fretboard and Delano pickups. This is some bass. Need more time. |
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