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#561
acleex38 said:
whereas the hot lace would totally blow the single coil away in terms of dominance in the tone).
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Technically not; the lower impedance of the neck single dominates. Come over and I'll prove it. :bassist: My lace bridge pup is freaking 13.5k!

Just got your email Andrew re: your last gig, by the way. I've been sidelined with a back injury. Did you know they still use morphine in hospitals? I had no idea ... :eek:

Still having trouble playing standing up for more than a song; a stool is good. But your comments above about BALANCE are spot-on. It's a really comfy bass.

I'm having a buzzing problem ... no, not morphine. It's actually the bridge pup - the humbucker. Neck pup's as quiet as singles get - Andrew proved that to me with his. And when both are full up, it's quiet. But as soon as I roll off the neck, I get a buzz. Ideas? Scott says I need to find a GOOD luthier but I'm not sure there are any here ... :bawl: Well, hasn't been a priority with the back pain and all, but I'm thinking about it ...
 
#562
Mitch - you have the Hot Lace (he has both mild and hot lace humbuckers - the mild is equivalent to the EMG one he used, but more "boutique". The "Punchbucker" was one that someone reverse engineered from him from the EMG, then tweaked to his specs.

On the normal Lace/Punchbucker/EMG setup, yeah, the Single Coil is hotter because Scott sets it REALLY high. He says "it likes it that way."

Mitch - drop me an e-mail and I'll try to get some good luthier names for you. I have some VERY well regarded leads. Can't vouch for them myself, but I know two guys who have a decent amount of work done and can't say enough good things about the guys they found.

I hope you're feeling better, dude. Let me know if you need anything.
 
#563
Ok, a few more questions,
This is probably a long shot but can anyone give a comparison between a Cortobass and a Kubicki Ex-Factor ? I know they are totally different instruments but I wanting to know if the Cortobass has the deep lows that the Kubicki does ?

Also has anyone replaced the hardware to go from chrome to black ? The one I'm looking at has chrome but I just love the look with black hardware like Mitch's bass.
By the Mitch your Birdsong is gorgeous and I love the color of the pickguard !

How do you tell which if the Lace pickup is the Hot Lace ?
 
#564
banditcosmo said:
Also has anyone replaced the hardware to go from chrome to black ? The one I'm looking at has chrome but I just love the look with black hardware like Mitch's bass.
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Do you mean replace it yourself after you get the bass? I did sortof swap out black and gold on my sadhana and corto custom basses so that one because "gold on black" (tuners, bridge, pickup screws) and the other "black on gold", similar to what scott has done on some of his "twin pair" basses like the 2nd anniversary cortobasses...
 
#565
banditcosmo said:
How do you tell which if the Lace pickup is the Hot Lace ?
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Chances are good it isn't. It seems like most of the hot lace pickups have been on single pickup basses. Not all of them, but most.

I *believe* that if you find the neck single coil is louder than the lace humbucker at the bridge, the humbucker is mild. If the humbucker is way louder, than it's "hot."
 
#568
My second to last gig was a block party. Absolutely awesome. I'd play block parties all summer long if I could.

Next time, I'll use my extension cab though.

There are only, what, 5 Cortofusions completed and in use. #6, 7, 8, and 9 are still up on the page. I still have #1, Ben still has #2 (last time I asked) and I could have sworn I'd traded PMs or hellos with at least two of the other 3 'Fusion owners.
 
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acleex38 said:
I love it. It's another example of the kind of mindset I love so much about Scott. And to believe Scott ragged on me about wanting skull knobs back in '06.
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Someone bought the Rat Rod Bass!!! :crying:

I was so close to pulling the trigger on that one. There was some sort of affinity I had with it that I cant explain.

I only own one bass and this is the first time that I was seriously considering a second one.
 
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acleex38 said:
My second to last gig was a block party. Absolutely awesome. I'd play block parties all summer long if I could.

Next time, I'll use my extension cab though.

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The block party was fun, but I want a couple more indoor gigs before we do any more outdoor gigs... Outdoor gigs is tough...

My Bass gig history is pretty short:
One church soup social (pre-Corto)
One block party (with Corto)
One concert-in-the-park-amphitheatre (Corto)
This month we have one coffee shop and 2 church youth/young adult things...
 
#573
All right I don't have it yet but I just bought a used Cortobass bass 7C-084 :hyper:

Should have it by Wend or Thur. The wait is gonna kill me:bawl:

Here's a pic:

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#578
I just got off the phone with Scott from Birdsong. He easily is one of the best people to deal with in the luthier community. He was honest in determining if a Birdsong was indeed for me and took the time to talk as much as desired to answer any questions that I had and to point out where he was coming from in terms of his basses. He covered topics such as why he picked short scale, the tones he came up with, etc. He gets alot of joy in talking to his customers/ potential customers and it was wonderful talking to him. He enthusiasm was great.

He doesn't go online and read reviews (as to keep "grounded') but he said to feel free to pass along the message that he really appreciates all of the Birdsong family and potential family members. You could tell from his voice that he counts his blessings that he can do what he loves to do and help out his customers anyway that he can.

As I was getting off the phone with him, I told him that I appreciated that he took the time to talk to me in length and he responded by thanking me for taking time out of my schedule to call him and talk about his basses.

AMAZING.

You might find such stellar customer service HERE and THERE, but you simply won't beat his.

Oh, and he also doesn't own a TV, which rocks. We talked about how we both don't watch TV and we have no clue what's going on in the TV world, yet in the music world we are completely on top of pop culture (and underground!)
 
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savinggrace said:
I just got off the phone with Scott from Birdsong. He easily is one of the best people to deal with in the luthier community. He was honest in determining if a Birdsong was indeed for me and took the time to talk as much as desired to answer any questions that I had and to point out where he was coming from in terms of his basses. He covered topics such as why he picked short scale, the tones he came up with, etc. He gets alot of joy in talking to his customers/ potential customers and it was wonderful talking to him. He enthusiasm was great.

He doesn't go online and read reviews (as to keep "grounded') but he said to feel free to pass along the message that he really appreciates all of the Birdsong family and potential family members. You could tell from his voice that he counts his blessings that he can do what he loves to do and help out his customers anyway that he can.

As I was getting off the phone with him, I told him that I appreciated that he took the time to talk to me in length and he responded by thanking me for taking time out of my schedule to call him and talk about his basses.

AMAZING.

You might find such stellar customer service HERE and THERE, but you simply won't beat his.

Oh, and he also doesn't own a TV, which rocks. We talked about how we both don't watch TV and we have no clue what's going on in the TV world, yet in the music world we are completely on top of pop culture (and underground!)
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I am glad you had a chance to talk to him. His customer service is a part of who he is as a human being and a friend - it's not "something he knows will help him sell basses."

I've been very lucky to have had 3 people in my musical life become role models and influences in other ways as to how they live their lives. I'm fortunate to say that Scott is on that list. Ben Bernales is another.
 
#580
Oh man, I wish I had checked this thread earlier; would have recorded MMJ last night. Cool band. Guess I'll have to wait a few days for NBC to post the show on the web.

Thanks again Andrew for your help and emails. M.Henry is indeed the tech I had been told about. I'll check with Scott to see if there's anything in particular I should communicate.

About the hot lace: on mine the 13.5k rating is printed on the back of the pup; it also says this is lace's neck pup; the bridge version is even hotter!

The interesting thing is the volume is fairly even between the two pickups. They are very sensitive to height adjustments, and after tweaking mine back and forth I found that Scott's recommended settings are just about perfect. I did raise the bridge pup just slightly on the E-string side though.

banditcosmo said:
The one I'm looking at has chrome but I just love the look with black hardware like Mitch's bass.
By the Mitch your Birdsong is gorgeous and I love the color of the pickguard !
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Many thanks, though all its aesthetic goodness comes from Scott's sense of artistry. He made suggestions and I just nodded. :)

Actually my bloodwood control plate was originally spec'd to be walnut, but he sent me an email during the build process in which he excitedly reported that he had found an unusually wide piece of bloodwood that would go perfectly with the stringer and truss cover, and wanted to use it instead. Of course, I couldn't say no.
 
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