My new Shen Geremunder 7/8 Size Fiver

Skabasskid · #1 03-13-2011, 09:08 PM

Just thought that i would post a picture of the new baby, (lovingly named Esperanza), and answer any questions that anybody has about Shen's new stock fiver,

I'll post some pictures of angles on the bass sometime tomorrow, but it's 10 o clock, I'm tired, and i have classes tomorrow, so I'm putting it off. xD

Jsn · #2 03-13-2011, 09:21 PM

It's beautiful! Many happy hours ahead of you. Like the name, too.

You keep the dampits in for playing Handel's Water Music, right?

What I really want to know is: where did you get that t-shirt?

chris1125 · #3 03-13-2011, 09:27 PM

I have the same bass... Got it in 2007 and never regreted it. Truley a fantastic instrument for the price range. I would love to see how the five strings compare, I'm sure their great.

Skabasskid · #4 03-14-2011, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jsn

It's beautiful! Many happy hours ahead of you. Like the name, too.

You keep the dampits in for playing Handel's Water Music, right?

What I really want to know is: where did you get that t-shirt?

Haha thanks. I felt she deserved it after the Grammy recognition.

Ha. Actually, i use the dampits because my school's band room has a door which opens directly outside, so humidity control is horrible. I take them out when playing, but it keeps the bass controlled even in the insanity that is an orchestra-unfriendly band room.

T-shirt is from www.cafepress.com

I'll attach a link momentarily.

http://www.cafepress.com/+bass_evolu...hirt,284499572

ElMon · #5 03-14-2011, 03:18 PM

Wonderful instrument there sir. I have a deep love for the B string on ANY upright and/or EUB. So much so that I"m having Upton Basses build me a 5 string as we speak and am currently rocking a BSX 5 string EUB. What strings are you using on that sucker if you don't mind me asking? I"ve found that Velvet Animas have the best tension/tone for B string clarity/playability.

Skabasskid · #6 03-14-2011, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ElMon

Wonderful instrument there sir. I have a deep love for the B string on ANY upright and/or EUB. So much so that I"m having Upton Basses build me a 5 string as we speak and am currently rocking a BSX 5 string EUB. What strings are you using on that sucker if you don't mind me asking? I"ve found that Velvet Animas have the best tension/tone for B string clarity/playability.

Right now Pirastro Permanents in the EADG and a spiracore on the low C

drurb · #7 03-15-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Skabasskid

Haha thanks. I felt she deserved it after the Grammy recognition.

Ha. Actually, i use the dampits because my school's band room has a door which opens directly outside, so humidity control is horrible. I take them out when playing, but it keeps the bass controlled even in the insanity that is an orchestra-unfriendly band room.

Congrats on the bass. Looks beautiful! Please, please be careful with those damp-its. You may wish to do a search here and read about them. I've found the danger of dripping to be so great that I stopped using them. I prefer to put the bass in it's bag with a wet sponge in an open zip-lock baggie placed inside.

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Originally Posted by Skabasskid

T-shirt is from Custom T-Shirts, Unique Gifts, Posters, & Personalized Mugs | CafePress

I have the license plate version of that same graphic.

longfinger · #8 03-15-2011, 11:20 AM

Congratulations!

How does it look from the sides and back?

Jake deVilliers · #9 03-15-2011, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by drurb

I have the license plate version of that same graphic.

I have a slightly different version of the t-shirt!

PRUNEFACE · #10 03-15-2011, 11:53 AM

i have one of these on order. my understanding is I get the "next" one in mid-April.

Meddle771 · #11 03-15-2011, 02:32 PM

I've been looking at Shen's large 3/4, 7/8 basses. Do you they project/sound like a bass should for that size?

PRUNEFACE · #12 03-15-2011, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Meddle771

I've been looking at Shen's large 3/4, 7/8 basses. Do you they project/sound like a bass should for that size?

I haven't played the 7/8, but the Rogeri Willow (i believe that is the model) sounded fantastic. Doctor Masciadri appeared to be quite impressed with one of them as well.

Skabasskid · #13 03-15-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Meddle771

I've been looking at Shen's large 3/4, 7/8 basses. Do you they project/sound like a bass should for that size?

Oh god yes! Especially for the price range, they project beautifully!

Skabasskid · #14 03-15-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by drurb

Congrats on the bass. Looks beautiful! Please, please be careful with those damp-its. You may wish to do a search here and read about them. I've found the danger of dripping to be so great that I stopped using them. I prefer to put the bass in it's bag with a wet sponge in an open zip-lock baggie placed inside.

I have the license plate version of that same graphic.

They do scare me....the dampits I mean. But I've been very very careful with them.

Skabasskid · #15 03-15-2011, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by longfinger

Congratulations!

How does it look from the sides and back?

Will post more pictures asap.

Eric Swanson · #16 03-15-2011, 06:33 PM

Really nice! Congratulations.

5 strings looks as if it would be really nice...

Bravo, on making a smart, bold move!

wdave · #17 03-15-2011, 08:31 PM

Nice bass!
Speaking of avitars

DaZombieWoof · #18 03-15-2011, 08:36 PM

What's funny here is from reading the Simandahl bass method he goes on (100 years ago plus!) that to be a hip upright player you really need a fiver or at least a C extension. Get with it people!

drurb · #19 03-15-2011, 09:41 PM

Simandl

Skabasskid · #20 03-16-2011, 01:02 PM

two days into owning my bass, I found out that the c string i recieved was defective. while I was tuning yesterday, the winding exploded, and I'm now left with four strings.

Well, my band leaves tomorrow for the National Concert Band Festival, so I needed to order a low C string that would be here by today, so i could install the string before 7:00 tomorrow morning.

So, at 12:30 yesterday afternoon, I call some places, and NOBODY seems to have the string I need, until some guy in god-knows-where-ville, Washington, refers me to Seman Violins in Skokie, IL. (For anyone who knows Michelle Fiore of Classic Contrabass in Wheeling, she used to work at Seman)

Skokie isn't far from where I live, (Plainfield), but Seman's supplier is out of New York. Well, I happened to catch him while he was on the phone with his supplier, and Seman put the $250 dollar price tag on his personal credit card until we could meet him up at his shop to purchase the string. The string arrived AT MY DOORSTEP by 3:00 today!

This guy is a champ. Seriously, one of the nicest people I've had the pleasure of doing business with. If you're ever in a jam, I highly recommend giving him a call.