Post by grayn on Aug 19, 2017 17:18:41 GMT
I'd been hankering for another 5-string.
Even put an ad in Basschat for a decent fiver.
Last saturday I went over to Promemnade Music, in Morecambe.
Spent a couple of hours, trying a bunch of quality basses, including Pedulla, Shuker, Cort, Fender and Warwick.
But I couldn't make my mind up and went home, empty handed.
But whilst there, I'd had a very quick go on a Cort A6, 6-string.
It didn't feel as hard to play, as I'd feared.
So a seed had been planted and I returned to Prom again, today.
There were 4, very promising sixers to consider.
The Cort A6, a Yamaha TRB1006J (both new), a custom, US Carvin & an Ibanez SR1206 (both used).
After a lot of time playing all 4, acoustically and amped up, I narrowed it down to the 2 used models.
Both were really nice to play and had great tone.
The USA Carvin was twice the price and was a real class act, with great woods, finishing and hardware.
It even had locking tuners.
The Ibanez is a discontinued model and was in, as new, condition.
Although very differently styled, the wood combinations of wenge, bubinga, mahogany and ovangkol, reminded me a little, of Warwick.
That, with the top class Nordstrand Big Single pickups, created a gorgeous sounding bass, with a very comfy neck.
I don't really like switches on a bass but the active/passive and mid-boost switches are useful.
So the Ibanez came home with me.
Housed in a rather nice, hard foam, Ibanez case.
You also get a rather nifty, swiss army style, multi-tool.
My apologies for the pics., I found the satin finish hard to photograph, without getting annoying reflection.
Even put an ad in Basschat for a decent fiver.
Last saturday I went over to Promemnade Music, in Morecambe.
Spent a couple of hours, trying a bunch of quality basses, including Pedulla, Shuker, Cort, Fender and Warwick.
But I couldn't make my mind up and went home, empty handed.
But whilst there, I'd had a very quick go on a Cort A6, 6-string.
It didn't feel as hard to play, as I'd feared.
So a seed had been planted and I returned to Prom again, today.
There were 4, very promising sixers to consider.
The Cort A6, a Yamaha TRB1006J (both new), a custom, US Carvin & an Ibanez SR1206 (both used).
After a lot of time playing all 4, acoustically and amped up, I narrowed it down to the 2 used models.
Both were really nice to play and had great tone.
The USA Carvin was twice the price and was a real class act, with great woods, finishing and hardware.
It even had locking tuners.
The Ibanez is a discontinued model and was in, as new, condition.
Although very differently styled, the wood combinations of wenge, bubinga, mahogany and ovangkol, reminded me a little, of Warwick.
That, with the top class Nordstrand Big Single pickups, created a gorgeous sounding bass, with a very comfy neck.
I don't really like switches on a bass but the active/passive and mid-boost switches are useful.
So the Ibanez came home with me.
Housed in a rather nice, hard foam, Ibanez case.
You also get a rather nifty, swiss army style, multi-tool.
My apologies for the pics., I found the satin finish hard to photograph, without getting annoying reflection.
Jo whoever he is.
