Recent content by JakoCLE

Buy a Carvin (now Kiesel) custom shop instead. This guy promised me a bass in 4 weeks and it was 14 before I got it. 25 weeks later I got a refund for the case because he kept delaying that. Poor to zero communication, ignoring me half the time. He only responded because a good friend of ours...

Please don't post any demos of how it sounds. I have too many basses right now as it is...

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Link Removed This seems to correlate with previous post but it's in PDF format. I thought my SB-602 (BE100152) Pickguard pilot (orig P pup config, fretless, maple FB, Nat ash finish) was an 83 until I checked this again. Turns out it's an 84! (That's ok, it and the OHSC were mint and it doesn't...

Krysh, I agree that their price is too steep. Mine at about 650 was worth it to me b/c it was NOS. Thanks for chiming in. The FB looked so dark I had thought it might be ebony, figured rosewood.

Update: loving my 83 Pilot. It is slowly inching toward my #1 spot because of the non existent weight and smooth playability. If it only were 35" scale, passive, and had a low B! I actually used it for my entire last gig until the last song called for a B and my POG was making weird noises. This...

Hello, (now) Fellow Pilots! I'd like to join. I'll take any #. 1983 Guild SB-602 Pilot Bass Fretless Lined - SN BE100152 Monday I'll receive in the mail (eBay ad): "BRAND NEW, coming from unsold dealer stock. It has remained in the collection of a former Guild sales rep for the past 30 years...

I overhauled my Squier fretless (paid $200 w/bag used, and it didn't seem used at all) by changing the tuning machines, pickups, jackplate/jack, pots with all Carvin parts new off their site. Looks a little unconventional w/black hardware and creme pups, but to me it sounds better and stays in...

Just got a great deal on a used Epi Les Paul Standard bass cherry sunburst. Looks like no one ever played it. According to serial # it's a 2004. High output pickups that provide nice tonal variation. Can't wait to use it next week at some gigs. Looks beautiful, too. Bought it because I loved the...

I think it has a strikingly good look. Then again, someone else should dress me beyond a black T and jeans. Then again, I've built a bass and a guitar before and it's something that makes the instrument very special. I had taken a swamp ash body, super fine sanded it and used 0000 steel wool...

I've been frustrated with the sound and projection of my Carvin BR15 120w/15", even at rehearsal volumes, so I bought and just received today my Avatar B410 Neo cab. I'm running a new Genz Benz Shuttle 6 through it and WOW. This thing pumps. I have the GB set completely flat and have no need or...