SOLD (What Have I Done?)!!! LeCompte ST-5 Serial #6 MUST SEE PICS - Page 2

Quadzilla · #21 05-01-2007, 06:52 AM

I just may do that Bud. LOVE the LeCompte (and I do mean love it). I just bought an F-Bass BN5. It's going to be tuff to try to keep both financially.

Maybe I'll dump a couple of my other basses here or on Evil Bay (typically get top $ on Evil Bay) in an attempt to keep this and the F-Bass. I'll leave this up for now...

psylocubik · #22 05-01-2007, 07:56 AM

Out of curiosity, what is the fingerboard radius? It looks flat in some pictures and slightly radiused in others.

Good lookin' axe, man.

Quadzilla · #23 05-01-2007, 08:22 AM

Hmmm, I don't recall the radius. Maybe Bud can chime in. It's fairly flat...

Quadzilla · #24 05-02-2007, 07:58 PM

Bump or "make me a reasonable offer" plea. All I ask is that you don't totally low ball me. You can also run trades past me...

Quadzilla · #25 05-03-2007, 01:15 PM

Bump before Flea Bay!

NickyBass · #26 05-03-2007, 01:23 PM

Stop the insanity!!!!

If you can drive up to me, I will buy it from you. When you come to your senses

you can buy it back. I can probably hold it for 2 months or so. Interested??

Quadzilla · #27 05-03-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NickyBass

Stop the insanity!!!!

If you can drive up to me, I will buy it from you. When you come to your senses

you can buy it back. I can probably hold it for 2 months or so. Interested??

Where in Jersey? I can get to the line (I-95) in about an hour and a half? There is a rest stop near Wilmington, DE which is right at about the Jersey line. PM me and we may be able to make this happen tomorrow or over the weekend man!

arbitrary · #28 05-03-2007, 01:50 PM

I'm curious what this bass sounds like. Do you have any soundclips of this bass. I'm damned curious and tempted.

Bassic83 · #29 05-03-2007, 02:32 PM

I absolutely LOVED playing that bass! Ask Bud or his wife- I couldn't put the darn thing down! If I had dough, I'd be all over this one like white on rice! Sounded awesome too!

Quadzilla · #30 05-03-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by arbitrary

I'm curious what this bass sounds like. Do you have any soundclips of this bass. I'm damned curious and tempted.

I used to have some MP3s that we did as a band a while back (live). I'll try to dig them up. The fretboard sounds a lot like a ebony board, maybe a hair brighter. the pickups are growly and just a little dark (as most Bart soapbars are).

The Aggie pre is clear and bright and lets the true pickup sound come thru a lot more than the orginal Bart pre did (the Bart pre was too colored IMHO and colored the tone too much). The Aggie pre really opened the bass up!

Bassic83 · #31 05-03-2007, 03:18 PM

I played it with the Bart pre in it. I think I played it a couple days before it shipped. I didn't recall it being that dark sounding...but I'll defer to you on the Aggie pre. It is a super-sweet bass, though.

arbitrary · #32 05-03-2007, 05:10 PM

Hey there I'll get back to you tonight about it.

I'm curious about the neck profile; whats it like?

Also do you still have the bart pre that was orig. in it?

Quadzilla · #33 05-03-2007, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by arbitrary

Hey there I'll get back to you tonight about it.

I'm curious about the neck profile; whats it like?

Also do you still have the bart pre that was orig. in it?

It was not dark with the Bart pre, just darker than it is now. As for neck profile, it's just a hair thicker front to back than my F-Bass BN5. It's a medium sized 5 neck. Not real fat, not super thin. It's good and fast with a satin finish. It was thicker and a bit boxier when I first got it, but I sent it back to Bud and had him knock of the corners to round it more and also had him made it a hair thinner front to back. It's a lot faster an better this way.

Bud was very carefull to check to make sure there was enough material on the neck to do this and there was plenty according to him. He said that he could have even taken more off, but was conservative and played it safe. Feels great now anyway.

As for the Bart pre, I sold it a while back. I don't think I mentioned that I actually sent the bass back to Bud for him to install the Aggie pre in it. I wanted it done right and neat like he did the Bart originally and that's exactly what he did. I also had him make me up an extra wood pickup cover at that time.

NickyBass · #34 05-03-2007, 07:16 PM

This bass will be back in Quad's hands soon. It is in his destiny.

Quadzilla · #35 05-03-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by NickyBass

This bass will be back in Quad's hands soon. It is in his destiny.

I suspect that this is so!