KEN LAWRENCE 6 String

Jumamoro · #1 07-15-2010, 03:44 PM

I got this great bass from picard in this forum about a month ago. This was my first 6 string ever and things aren't going well, I am not getting comfortable with this baby so maybe 6 string basses are not for me. I am not 100% about doing this but lets see what happen.

I am willing to trade it for any high end 5 string bass or fender vintage P or Jazz or I will sell it for $2,900 Shipped in US

More pics.

http://s681.photobucket.com/albums/vv178/sast/

For more info this is the original thread from picard.

FS: Ken Lawrence 6 String

schnatzbass · #2 07-16-2010, 05:40 AM

PM sent.

Low Main · #3 07-16-2010, 06:02 AM

First things first - that's a tidy shop behind the bass. Credit where credit is due. I don't think my shop will ever get looking that clean. (Well, maybe this is the day I start on it).

Your bass looks pretty close (I think) to the bass that Rich Brown plays (which he totally raves about). If I thought that playing a Lawrence 6 would get me even an inch closer to being half the player that he is, this would be a worthwhile investment. But I struggle with a 6. (I would probably figure that if I couldn't get it going with a 6 this nice, then the 6 is not for me.)

If it's a tone thing and not a 6 string thing that's the hangup, check out some of Rich's clips on YT. Maybe some inspiration there.

Niels Brown · #4 07-16-2010, 10:13 AM

hahaha that's exactly what I was thinking, I want Rich's bass!!!!

JOEP054 · #5 07-16-2010, 11:08 AM

PM Sent.

Hollow Man · #6 07-16-2010, 11:36 AM

Gorgeous bass!

flipper_gv · #7 07-16-2010, 01:08 PM

sselterf · #8 07-19-2010, 02:22 PM

portraitoftracy · #9 07-19-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Low Main

First things first - that's a tidy shop behind the bass. Credit where credit is due. I don't think my shop will ever get looking that clean. (Well, maybe this is the day I start on it).

I might be wrong, but that looks like Ken Lawrence's shop in the picture. Having been there myself a few times, he has to keep in clean considering it is the size of a large closet, literally. There is not a better luthier out there.

Jumamoro · #10 07-19-2010, 04:21 PM

Waiting for payment to clear

Dan Knowlton · #11 07-19-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jumamoro

Waiting for payment to clear

Thank goodness!!!!! I was swamping my keyboard with drool!

I love Ken's basses but just can't deal with more than a 5 string.

Dan K.

emjazz · #12 07-19-2010, 07:42 PM

I REALLY wish that I had known you were in Boston with this bass. I would have loved to have taken it for a spin. Ken's basses seem rare out this way, and they are among the very best that I've played.