Recent content by nikolai poopius

Hammond and Ashley outside of Seattle have a Shen Roggeri and a Wan Bernadel next to each other in the showroom (as of 6/1/11). I thought that the Wan had a little rounder tone and projection and was easier to get around on. Of course every bass is different; maybe it's just those two...

I'm curious to find out more about the cost of shipping; how would you consider shipping the bass?

Realist advertises a good response for both pizz and arco. Have any arco players tried both pickups?

Thanks for the heads up, folks. I ended up, (after a few months of working on it), finding someone in town with a reamer who helped me replace it. The replacement end pin was just a little bit wider than the previous one, which made the procedure pretty painless and inexpensive. Without the...

I live in Fairbanks, AK where access to luthiers tends to be intermittent, expensive, and time-consuming. Some bassists here will even send their basses to Seattle to have repairs made there. I am a student with a student bass (half carved Chinese model), so I'm not overly concerned with...