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Birdsong Club Pt 2

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Iofflight said:
Well here is the C bass. I love this bass I really was looking for a proper P bass and almost bit on a used G&L LB100 made of walnut, it really was a gorgeous bass, but I wanted another Birdsong and I wanted the switched pickup configuration. I can see myself with a L2000 at some point, but I'm so glad I bought this it's probably become my favorite bass of the bunch.

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I'm so jealous right now that I would trade all my girlfriends..., I mean basses for that Birdsong Beauty!
 
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It’s definitely my favorite bass right now. I’d love to compare it to a vintage P but none the less the sound is working for me completely. I really like the jazz bass for some tracks when I want more midrange but this sounds good in pretty much everything.
 
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I have the original C5 that Scott made in late 2017, that came out so well he decided to make it the template for the new five strings. It's swamp ash (not alder as Scott listed on the website) with a rosewood stringer and fretboard and it's totally lovely. But sadly an old injury on my fretting hand (bad dog bite, punctured tendon) is making it hard for me to play the slightly wider neck, and I think I need to face reality and put it up for sale. I'll probably post it to Reverb in the next day or so, but if anyone here is interested please feel free to drop me a line. Fortunately my fretless and fretted Shortbasses don't hurt my hand so I hope that means I can stay in the club!

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Just an FYI I used to work in workers comp treating industrial injuries primarily, mostly back and shoulder injuries but occasionally hands. I've also had a dog bite to the hand so know how that can change things. I highly recommend (for anyone here really) the Chinese Baoding balls. I have two sets in XX large and XXX large (which are the sizes I recommend - the small ones with the yin/yang symbol on them aren't very good) I prefer the silver without paint in the larger sets. You can see them here staring at 1:44. I have two sets of each and find using them synchronously better than using them individually and swapping hands as your hands prefer to work together. It's interesting but as a right handed person my left hand had more coordination due to playing guitar when I took these up. They are helpful for arthritis too.

My bass instructor had a hand break about 6 months ago, and he plays upright professionally, these have helped him quite a bit to get some mobility back and prevent the fatigue that sets in after playing for a while. I'm not saying you shouldn't let go of the five string but for rehabilitating hands and wrists in general these are great.

 
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JTaylor said:
Thank you this is really interesting!
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The same guy, Greg Irwin, has a book called "Finger Fitness" that I have found very useful. I was sidelined and nearly had to quit playing permanently in the 90's from LH tendon problems. I have not had any pain or missed any playing time since I started doing the exercises in the book about 12 years ago.
 
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theschnitt said:
The same guy, Greg Irwin, has a book called "Finger Fitness" that I have found very useful. I was sidelined and nearly had to quit playing permanently in the 90's from LH tendon problems. I have not had any pain or missed any playing time since I started doing the exercises in the book about 12 years ago.
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Thank you, that looks great. Also I ordered a set of balls for hand therapy so I'll try those too. I had surgery on the punctured tendon years ago but there is a lot of scar tissue and some weakness that seems to be affecting me on the wider neck of the five string, fortunately much less so on a four string. But regardless it's a good idea to do the hand exercises and PT, thank you for the advice everyone!
 
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Yeah I think the hand exercises are great for anyone to keep us all healthy. I have some pain occasionally on the ulnar side of my hand from doing octaves on a full scale. It's a good idea when you play an instrument that has some type of odd ergonomic interfacing required or weight to it that you do some type of exercise to help combat the issues that can develop. Hours of playing is akin to hours of sitting or playing on the commuter. You can easily have symptoms of overuse.
 
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By the way I've been meaning to ask does anyone have a cbass and original corto bass? If so how would you describe the tonal differences? I thinking of putting an order in with Scott but wanted some feedback first.

Thank you.
 

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