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10-23-2006, 07:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | | FS: Antoniotsai 7-string "Art Rose" ($600 Shipped!!!)
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I just got this bass back from Mike Lull on Saturday. He did a thourough fretjob; glueing down all the loose frets, filling the gaps in the fretslots, a level & crown, and a full setup. He says the fretboard really ate up a lot of glue, but everything came out especially well. It plays like butter now! No issues there anymore 
As far as other 'issues'; There is a grounding problem, which Mike said has to do with the anodizing on the bridge pieces, and all you have to do is scrape a little of that off by where in the ball end of the strings make contact. Or, if you decide to restring it going through the body (which is how it originally came), then all the grounding is fine. The pots themselves are a little loose, so if you keep turning past where it stops the pot will rotate inside the bass a little. The woodworking a little rough in spots, but nothing you would notice from more than 5 feet away or feel while you were playing.
These are minor issues (imo), and the only other issue you might have a problem with is that it is neck-heavy. With a little forearm pressure, it didn't bother me much though.
Of course, it looks fabulous too!  Here are some pictures:  
(The inlays look nicer in person: They're a little washed out in this pic)  
^^^ You can see the action in this pic. I play with a very light touch, and like my action/tension really low. Most people who play my basses end up buzzing like crazy. You can raise the action to suit your preferences. The neck has dual truss rods that work perfectly fine. Neck is nice and straight, no problems.
More pictures here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...%20Art%20Rose/
I paid $450 for it originally (not including the $130 shipping from Taiwan). The work from Mike Lull was $280 (+tax).
So I'm now asking $600 including shipping. With the gigbag that it came with, and I'll include the reciept from Mike Lull for the work he did.
Not looking for any trades right now.
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10-26-2006, 11:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | Well, this thread got buried pretty quick. Back to the top it goes! 
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10-26-2006, 11:37 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | what did you get to replace it? one of those "ritter-tsai"'s?
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10-26-2006, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN | | | A little off topic, sorry. I've been looking at some of his stuff on ebay. How does it sound?
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10-26-2006, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by john turner what did you get to replace it? one of those "ritter-tsai"'s? | Yep, one of the "Ritter-Tsai's". Which looks and sounds awesome. Just doesn't play as well as this one does now (with the fretwork). I'll probably end up selling it to. One of those impulse buys that I kinda regret now. I don't think 7-strings are for me, and even if they were, I would want a wider string spacing.
olaff421: It sounds great to my ears! Though some people have said that's just my fingers
Here are the soundclips I've recorded so far:
(Erykah Badu's "Boogie Nights") http://www.artistcollaboration.com/u...-%20Boogie.mp3
(Solo) http://www.artistcollaboration.com/u...-%20Doodle.mp3
(in the mix of an original jazz song "Because I Love You") http://www.artistcollaboration.com/u...%20You%207.mp3
Those were all recorded before the fretwork though. So now it plays super smooth, with real low action and no buzzes. 
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10-29-2006, 12:20 PM
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10-29-2006, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by XansNiceSweater Okay, so we've concluded that Antoniotsais are good basses, especially for the money, right? | Yep. They just need some fretwork to be awesome. Which the "Art Rose" here has already gotten. Plays like butter now 
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10-29-2006, 11:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | The Ritteresque one is essentially sold (pending payment)
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10-30-2006, 08:18 AM
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11-05-2006, 08:16 PM
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11-05-2006, 08:22 PM
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11-05-2006, 10:39 PM
| | | | I may have missed it, but did you also put a price for the Ritterish??
I kind of wish I could get one without inlays and electronics... but that is just me.
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11-05-2006, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BR Audio I may have missed it, but did you also put a price for the Ritterish??
I kind of wish I could get one without inlays and electronics... but that is just me.
they look great.!!! | It was for $500, but it has already been sold
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11-06-2006, 07:34 PM
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11-07-2006, 06:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | Have a new picture 
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11-07-2006, 09:33 PM
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11-11-2006, 12:48 AM
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11-20-2006, 10:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Harlem, New York | | | Bump for a good buy. Lemme see if I can scrounge up the cash... |
11-22-2006, 01:46 PM
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11-24-2006, 12:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Harlem, New York | | | Not even kidding, but last night I had a dream that you got so fed up with not being able to get rid of it that you dropped the price down to two hundred bucks.
*poor college student voice on*
Make my dream come true?
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