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04-27-2010, 09:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | New Carved LaScala
I must emerge from bass Nirvana to share these pics of my new New Standard carved LaScala. I am so pleased with how it looks and sounds! Thank you Arnold and Wil!
It has Sloane tuners, a carbon fiber endpin and is currently strung with Spirocore Weichs. I am 5'3" and with the endpin completely retracted, it is the perfect size for me!
The first day I had it, I had dinner with my aunt. When she saw it she exclaimed, "OMG! That is NOT a very LADYLIKE instrument!"
You gotta love aunts!
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04-27-2010, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | more pics
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04-27-2010, 09:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | and more
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04-27-2010, 09:17 PM
| | Rich Miller | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Flower Mound, TX | | | Congratulations! It looks great! |
04-27-2010, 09:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | |
Pure beauty. Great choice.
Congrats!
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04-27-2010, 09:49 PM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Yup, she's a beauty allright. I'm sure the sound doesn't hurt any, either. |
04-27-2010, 09:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Florida | | | If you don't mind disclosing, how much did it cost?? |
04-27-2010, 11:35 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Wow, that's a beautiful bass - you must be really happy!  |
04-27-2010, 11:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Baltimore | | | It's very beautiful. |
04-28-2010, 04:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Baltimore/Washington | | | wow! I know what my first stop will be after winning the lottery. |
04-28-2010, 04:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | | Congratulations! I am about a month or so into my upcoming, carved La Scala's lead time; your pictures and enthusiasm are heartening.
Looks as if you are primarily a jazz player from your profile. How is the E string response with the Weichs? How is it when played arco?
Yours is a lovely bass, nicely photographed. Thank you very much for sharing it.
I am looking forward to having one, myself, in a couple more months...
Yet another carved La Scala in the Boston area!
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04-28-2010, 04:56 AM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | I have to disagree with your aunt . . . it is very ladylike. Absolutely beautiful. |
04-28-2010, 06:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sweden | | Ahhh....  |
04-28-2010, 06:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | Beautiful bass. I can only imagine how good it sounds, and how well it plays!! |
04-28-2010, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | Thanks for everyone's kind words. I really love the pizz and arco sound from this bass, even though the Spiro Weichs are still new. The growl from the E string is a religious experience! |
04-28-2010, 08:06 AM
|  | WJWJr Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Connecticut | | | Hawt!
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04-28-2010, 08:29 AM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Wow! Absolutely gorgeous. Enjoy!
Sound clips?
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04-28-2010, 08:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nashville TN | | | It's a beaut - congrats! Can't go wrong with Arnold's work. He's got the right formula for making a good bass.
Ike |
04-28-2010, 09:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoYo County,PA | | | Congratulations! Now get back to Bass Nirvana before they find out you're not there. |
04-28-2010, 11:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Ridgewood, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake  If you don't mind disclosing, how much did it cost?? | Price is in the AES website. New Standard La Scala page is: http://www.newstandardbass.com/lascala.htm
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