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Alphonso Iturra single cut

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sagryf1

Oct 23, 2004
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I've been looking at a sc Alphonso Iturra bass and am impressed by the workmanship. My question to you TBers is does anyone own one and what are your impressions of it?

Thanks in advance!
 
#2
Alfonso Iturra builds excellent instruments with great playability, light weight, very nicely balanced. I own 2 of them and both have Benavente pickups and Benavente preamps; my fretless:

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my fretted:

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Brian Barrett (www.thelowend.net) has a couple more Iturras; check the pics on his site. :)
 
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Probably too classy for me. They have an "organic" vibe that's really cool and original, but I'm more of a dyed and painted finishes and hi-fi type. The basses are great I didn't mean my comment to sound like I have reservations about them, I just think on such high end and unique instruments it's about your personal reaction to the instrument. Also 90% of the basses I have played that I didn't own were soloed. I think that doesn't give you the whole picture like using them in a band situation will.
 
#9
j-raj said:
sweet basses jorg!

were my eyes messing with me or did the back of the neck have a rather unusual taper as the positioning got higher than the 12th fret?
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Wow, didn't notice that before. In both the back of neck shot of the fretted, and the looking down at the bass horn shot, you can see that the edge has been left pretty square, with most of the material intact, as if it were going to connect to a SC non-horn. I've thought of doing that before, I guess I won't be the first now.
 
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j-raj said:
I know it's amazing, well done.


As for the heel on that 6'er.... wonder if that was Jorg's request, if so, why?
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I don't know why Iturra did it, but I might do it because: that far up on the neck, the neck is too wide for you to ever possibly want to wrap your thumb around the bass side (even if you are a thumb-wrapper). So, why should we round over the bass side of the back of the neck and remove that wood? Leave it there, to increase the stiffness of the neck! It pretty much looks the same as a neck for a singlecut, before the bass body wing is attached.
 
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I love my Iturra DCX-5! The neck is squared off around the 12th fret and I like it because it is different - it does not interfere with my playing up high. There are some pics of my Iturra from a recent show on his facebook page. I got the first DCX-5 made which is pretty cool I think. It has been the perfect 'live' bass for me as the fit and sound works great. Before I got the bass I was not a fan of EMG Hz pickups as I had them in a Shecter Stargazer and did not like the tone. In this bass matched with a 3-band Agliuar pre-amp, they sound great. I want another Iturra bass although I have to watch the expense right now.
 

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