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10-07-2009, 10:12 AM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | FS: Stunning Stambaugh Six-String (Single Cut)
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I took this in trade this summer when there were a glut of Sadowsky Metro 5s on the market and I couldn't get a good price for mine. Intended to sell it right away, but I couldn't resist playing it for awhile! Specs:
Black Limba Body (weighs around 10-11 lbs)
5A spalted top
33" Scale (don't worry, the low end is there and the B is tight)
Wenge/bubinga neck
Rosewood fret board, pickup covers, and ramp.
Inset straplocks (Dunlop)
Handcarved bone nut
Ebony knobs
Bart pickups and pre (3-band with 3-position mids)
All black hipshot hardware
I'm not positive on the spacing but it feels standard to me.
TKL hard case included (ramp is in the case with installation instructions) $1950 shipped in the CONUS     
It's basically in as-new condition, and I can't emphasize enough that this is nicest 6-string I've ever played (and I've owned a few), and in fact it's the first sixer that felt "right" to me and didn't seem goofy and didn't make me think the high C string was a poorly-considered afterthought. It really is a very very special bass, and the price reflects the fact that it's hard to come by the "just right" six-string.
Trades?  It's inevitable that they'll come up. OK, I like Sadowskys, I'd love a 24-fret five string or even a nice four string (Metro HPJ or whatever), so who knows. I'm looking for cash, of course, but if someone comes along with a NYC Sadowsky worth more than this I'd consider trading up with cash on my end. I'm not really interested in other sixers or boutique basses right now.
Thanks for looking!
Last edited by Jeremy Allen : 10-12-2009 at 08:27 AM.
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10-07-2009, 10:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: san antonio/austin | | WOW!!....where was this a day ago |
10-07-2009, 10:59 AM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | Sorry 'bout that...I actually wanted to get this up on Monday but just couldn't make it happen. Looks like you had a nice Sadowsky there, and I'm sure you've got something cool on the way! |
10-07-2009, 12:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: san antonio/austin | | Yup!!! Sure Do 
Thats a very nice Stammie!!! Im just curious but how would you describe the sound on that stammie?.......thanks |
10-07-2009, 03:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | wow. that is awesome!
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10-07-2009, 10:02 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by line6bassist  Yup!!! Sure Do
Thats a very nice Stammie!!! Im just curious but how would you describe the sound on that stammie?.......thanks | Hmmm. I'll try to record some clips later tomorrow. With both pickups on and in humbucking mode, it sounds...round but focused? Focused but round? Woody but tight? With the neck pickup soloed, it sounds like a relaxed P-bass (less mid-range blare, more nuance), and in the upper register it sounds like, I don't know, Grant Green or Kenny Burrell's fat Gibson hollowbody. (This blows me away. I love it.) With both pickups, the upper register sounds more like John Patitucci's Yamaha but with much more character to the notes (I think his six string sound is on the bland side, which of course suits him because then he be very expressive with his hands, sort of on a blank canvas of sound). I'll be honest, with the bridge pickup soloed it's a bit too tight for my taste; fortunately, playing over the bridge with both pickups on gives you a best-of-both-worlds thing (the clarity and tightness of the Jaco sound but with more body to the notes).
I don't know if it's because of the shorter scale or what, but small differences in placement of the right hand yield large differences in tone. Which is something I find to be pretty cool. I'll get some clips up as soon as I can. |
10-09-2009, 08:15 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | TTT |
10-10-2009, 12:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, TX | | Where was this bass two weeks ago??? I wish I would have seen this before I put a non-refundable deposit down on the Q6 I just bought  Bump for a nice bass. |
10-10-2009, 01:04 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | You guys are making me feel bad about procrastinating (b/c I should have posted it long ago, knowing I couldn't keep it). Dang it!
Price is negotiable; plenty of wiggle-room for someone who will love and play it. |
10-10-2009, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dallas, TX | | | spacing.........
looks like 18mm to me. Can you plz check it?
Thanx |
10-11-2009, 12:00 AM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | I can check it tomorrow when I can see straight again. Is spacing measured from the middle of the string to the middle of the string, or edge to edge? (I assume the former. I've never measured it on any bass, believe it or not.) |
10-11-2009, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dallas, TX | | | spacing.............
center to center. also nut dimension would be helpful (actual width of the nut itself). Thanx |
10-11-2009, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | | this is a very very nice bass... wish i had the cash! |
10-11-2009, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central New Jersey | | | This is just so nice. Good luck with the sale. |
10-11-2009, 11:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | that thing is so badass.
the r-bass in my sig plus a bunch of cash from me? or if anyone out there wants to do a 3 way deal involving my bass+cash -this stambaugh, and a sadowsky...
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You know the motto.
I stay fluid, even in staccato.
Butterflies, Bergs and Benz's= my sound.
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10-11-2009, 09:18 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by richst center to center. also nut dimension would be helpful (actual width of the nut itself). Thanx | OK, string spacing seems to be 18mm. Nut width seems to be 56mm total (somehow the neck seems comfortably narrow but the strings under the right hand seem comfortably wide--this contributes to the "rightness" of the bass). |
10-11-2009, 10:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | | man, this thing just keeps staring at me... gotta sell my fodera quick! |
10-12-2009, 05:37 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Omaha, NE, USA | | | Dang. The neck looks like a multi-layered chocolate dessert. Wow!
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10-12-2009, 08:33 AM
| | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | Price drop to $1950 shipped in the CONUS (and I'll split shipping to Australia  ).
I've received some very nice trade offers, but I'm leaning away from that right now because of a complicated situation. (Just sold my beautiful Henry fretless, which was not for sale, to a student who needed it more than I did, so I've got the cash to have Andrew Henry build me this bass around a 27-fret Moses neck I've been sitting on for awhile, and he can use the cash to build three basses which Vic has agreed to review for BassGear magazine. It's about the community!) |
10-13-2009, 03:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago, USA | | | Someone should give jzucker a holler about this. He was looking for a shorter scale 6-string... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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