Recent content by mjcostel

Got mine through Ebay (Seller ID stevel34747w96) and terms indicated the DB would be setup by their luthier and included a new set of helicore hybrid strings. I'm a beginner on DB but the sound seems quite good to me. String spacing and height are good and I get no buzzing.

Picked it up at FedEx longhaul this morning. Got it from Steve at Ideal. It was shipped in huge box with packing peanuts. Not a scratch or dent on it anywhere. I am ecstatic because for a while I was despairing of getting a quality bass setup and shipped for $1100. Picture attached.

Nice looking case at the following link. http://www.gotofmi.com/34upbalihaca.html On sale for $295. Shipping is a killer as you might expect ~ $160.

I ordered an Ebarle Laminate from Steve yesterday and cannot wait to get it. He will be doing a Bluegrass setup for me. Everything (with NO exceptions) I have read from a variety of sources has been very positive about the instrument. That along with Steve's perfect Ebay feedback made it an...

Very nice job. The sound is quite good. Recently talked myself out of a DIY EUB just because I had no idea how the sound would come out. Didn't want to gamble that I would have a playable instrument at the end of 3-4 hundred spent. I am trying to figure out now whether to get a NS WAV4 or...

Yeah, I realize that I am being a bit optomistic about the wav4 as I have not seen it new for less than $895. There was a used one that sold on this forum for 750 last month. Was hoping that something like that would fall into my lap. I will keep biding my time and hope to get a deal. If...

Hello, I am looking for advice on a decent EUB option for Bluegrass. Budget is ~$750. I was considering a Palatino VE-500 but was leaning towards the NS WAV 4. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Michael

Nice looking bass. Any chance of getting a sound clip? mjcostel

It is a beautiful instrument. Congrats. I recently started looking into an EUB project myself, and think I can handle most of it with the exception of the fingerboard. I want to make my own as I am on a painfully short budget*. Where did you get the Padauk and what was the cost? How...