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Birdsong Club Pt 2

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offhand35 said:
macmanlou, your fretless Shortbass looks and sounds great! Nothing like having the builder demo YOUR bass! Congratulations!
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Thanks! Scott sure knows how to make the Shortbass sing. I especially like the free tutorial he gives on using the tone control. With my Fenders I usually keep the volume and tone turned up all the way and adjust tone at the amp, but it's great to discover that Scott built real usefulness into his controls.
 
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Cortobass 11C-245R (rebody) complete, shipping on Monday, 12/1 !!! This looks very nice. Should give the just the sound I am looking for with the short scale fit I want!
Scott installed a Hipshot drop-D extender for me (for a small fee), too. I found a photo of the original with the horn cut off that so disgusted Scott. I'll bet it created some mondo neck dive!
 

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Thank you, jmeachern! I am pretty excited about it! Scott offered it at a reburb price using the original hardware,neck and electronics. Since I was able to get in on it before any routing was done, I could ask to locate the pup at the neck rather than the middle (though if I had seen the youtube of you playing yours with the pup in the middle sooner, I may have gone with that). Scott demo'd a custom Cortobass with 2 humbuckers , and the sound from the neck only pup sounded very good. I like the classic blues and country undertone bass sound. It has a very strong presence in our church orchestra and praise band. Some people in the congregation don't realize what the the bass is actually doing until I cut out for a pause, or make a late entrance into a song.

My son has recording stuff, I am hoping to make a cut with it after it arrives.
 
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offhand35 said:
Cortobass 12C-245R (rebody) complete, shipping on Monday, 12/1 !!! This looks very nice. Should give the just the sound I am looking for with the short scale fit I want!
Scott installed a Hipshot drop-D extender for me (for a small fee), too. I found a photo of the original with the horn cut off that so disgusted Scott. I'll bet it created some mondo neck dive!
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Beautiful! I really like how the body center stripe goes with the headstock. Enjoy!
 
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I'm requesting my club number! Just bought the eaglet prototype bass from jmceachern36, and the worst part is that it is sitting in the UPS warehouse until Monday morning, 5 miles from my house...I am picking it up though, no waiting for the truck! I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to getting this bass. I played my Hondo short scale on the gig last night, which is also 6 lbs and very small, having sold my other good basses to get this birdsong. I am assuming that the birdsong is going to be a totally different, wonderful beast. My arthritic hands and hurting shoulders are going to love this and it's time to save for the hy5...


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Don't start ;-) The eaglet will serve my needs well! I do enjoy playing 4 string a lot, and for hand pain I think the skinny neck is going to be fantastic.

I do have a short scale 5 that is really light as well, but I don't think it's going to be getting any use. It may get sold to get smaller gig bag than my incase bag I have for my long scale (which I no longer will own any of as of 8pm...).


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It's been just under a year...and this guy is on the way to me tomorrow. Scott and I got to talking one day towards the end of 2013, and Bernie Rico came up. I said, why not do a "tribute build"? I was just after double P's, he took it to the next level......"let's do diamond inlays and walnut and stringers". I let him roll with it, the headstock inlay was a COMPLETE surprise, I had no idea. Talk to the dude....let him do his thing, and I promise you'll be blown away! I can't say enough about how awesome Scott is, and how much he cares about both his customers and his art. In this age of cookie cutter bulls**t stuff, he's the real deal. Birdsong has cured my GAS, this is number 4...and the only thing I want is another Birdsong!

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And I am in love!! So easy to play. In fact, so easy that it's going to take some adjustment to my playing style, in a good way. No more killing the strings to get a sound.

I'll have some gig pics this weekend, but here it is, strung with flats and now wearing my homemade removable mute, great for my Motown band. Excuse the messy background...

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Excellent! It is great to see your photos with the Eaglet! I know Scott loves to see his basses out there where they belong!
My single pup Cortobass came in on Thursday. It is everything I had been hoping for, but will take some getting used to after my Epiphone EB0's.Eventually I will try to get someone to snap a photo of me with it. I am hoping to play it out tomorrow. One of my 2 EB0's has already sold. I am debating whether to keep the other on hand, "just because".
 

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