Birdsong Club

[acleex38]

RLS - #47

I got that right, didn't I? I can't find my master list.

 

[etoncrow]

That's a coincidence: Member No. 47 awarded at the top of page 47 of this thread.

 

[RLS]

Thanks for the number - #47 on page 47.

Looks like this thread is nearing 1000 posts.

 

[DeanT]

Looks like this thread is nearing 1000 posts.

This is just my way of pushing it along toward 1,000 posts.

 

[slejhamer]

Thinking about Chromes for my Cortobass again ...

But, last time I had them on, my wife said she couldn't hear the bass as well. (She's got better ears than any of our sound people ... )

Personally I liked the big fundamental tone, but do flats not cut through a mix as well?

 

[acleex38]

Flats can cut through great - just different. It takes a different EQing to get the to work. It also may be about how everyone else is EQd.

Strangely, I find just the reverse on my Fusion - with rounds, I tend to blend into all the guitars more, unless we're working at much higher-than-normal volumes (most indoor bar gigs, I prefer the Chromes - outdoor show (with the same rig) and the rounds are fine.

 

[rfclef]

I have reached a decision.

I have decided that I want 1 more bass in my life. I want a 2nd Birdsong. I have 5 basses now, but I am selling 2 of them (my ZZ Ryder, my Applause AE-40 acoustic, and possibly another, my Epiphone Viola, if someone made a good offer). I just do not want to play anything but my Cortobass. I know it is a good idea to have a backup when you gig. But switching to another bass with different string spacing, etc. hoses me up. I am keeping my modded EB-0 (because I use it with my students' pep band at school, and because of all my basses, it feels closest to the Corto string spacing wise, etc). But I want another bass that feels like my Corto, even if it has different pups, or something.

So I have decided that I am gonna sell these 2 (or 3) basses and look for a used (hard to find, I know) Corto or Rat rod... I would love to order another from scratch (maybe that'll happen in the distant future)... but for the sake of $$, I will probably start looking for a used one, if I can find it.

Just had to share that revelation... I now return you to your regularly scheduled Talkbass.

 

[etoncrow]

Bobby, I know exactly how you feel. I bought my Birdsong fretless Mequito a little less than two years ago. Then I traded a Lakland JO5 for a maple Cortobass six months ago. I found I wasn't playing anything but Birdsongs. Any voicing I wanted I could find in these instruments. My wife even yelled down to the basement where I practice and commented on how great the Cortobass sounded after I got it. So I sold my Epiphone Jack Casady and my Lakland Glaub and I bought the new bridge proto-type Hy5 Scott had in inventory to replace the fretted 5 I lost in the JO5. As far as I am concerned Birdsongs and my Azola EUB are the only instruments I will ever need. My Birdsongs are not special fancy wood; not my style. But the sound and the feel are so very special to me.

 

[acleex38]

So what we're saying here is that "Birdsongs have the potential to kill non-Birdsong bass GAS."

Can't afford a new Birdsong, so I tend to read the effects and amp forums more these days.

 

[etoncrow]

So what we're saying here is that "Birdsongs have the potential to kill non-Birdsong bass GAS."

Yep. That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

 

[slejhamer]

A single pickup Sadhana is high on my "if I win the lottery" list. That's where I've decided the flatwound strings will go.

I was playing soundman last night at practice, and had one of the guitarists play my Cortobass while I tweaked levels. I realized that when I'm playing in front of my amp in a tight corner of the church, I don't get the full impact of how good she sounds. But out in the house, dang she sounded good!

 

[RLS]

You guys are making my wait more difficult

I haven't had a chance to hear a Corto but may take a trip down to Wimberly. I had planned to go down there before I put my DP on one but got a little anxious.

From what I've read, I won't be dissapointed.

 

[DeanT]

You guys are making my wait more difficult

I haven't had a chance to hear a Corto but may take a trip down to Wimberly. I had planned to go down there before I put my DP on one but got a little anxious.

From what I've read, I won't be dissapointed.

You definitely will not be disappointed. Take my word for it.

By the way, there are sound clips on the Birdsong web site. Or you can order a CD with sound samples of all the basses.

 

[rfclef]

So what we're saying here is that "Birdsongs have the potential to kill non-Birdsong bass GAS."

Can't afford a new Birdsong, so I tend to read the effects and amp forums more these days.

Exactly... I walk into GC, stroll through the bass room, and rarely even pick anything up to play it. I still like my Epi Viola, I just don't want to play anything but the Birdsong...

The feel of the Corto is so perfect.. the sound is so many miles beyond anything else... I want that 2nd Birdsong as backup, or maybe "co-main axe"... Keeping the EB-0 as a beater, to play at HS ball games n stuff...

 

[rfclef]

Curious:

Anyone with both a Corto and a Sadhana... I have not played the Sadhana. How does it feel compared to the Corto? I know the neck and pups are the same, and I play standing up most of the time, so my playing while sitting won't be an issue... How do they compare?

 

[RLS]

You definitely will not be disappointed. Take my word for it.

By the way, there are sound clips on the Birdsong web site. Or you can order a CD with sound samples of all the basses.

Yeah...I listened to some of the clips on the site but there is nothing like hearing it in person. The clips sounded good to me. I felt pretty comfortable commiting as I gravitate towards passive tones.

 

[etoncrow]

Curious: Anyone with both a Corto and a Sadhana... I have not played the Sadhana. How does it feel compared to the Corto? I know the neck and pups are the same, and I play standing up most of the time, so my playing while sitting won't be an issue... How do they compare?

Ben does/did but I have not seen him around lately.

 

[rfclef]

Ben does/did but I have not seen him around lately.

Yeah, have not seen Birdsong Ben around much lately... I'll PM him...

 

[acleex38]

Ben has been on Facebook far more than Talkbass. It has become his primary internet time-sink these days.

 

[slejhamer]

I have not played the Sadhana. How does it feel compared to the Corto? I know the neck and pups are the same, and I play standing up most of the time, so my playing while sitting won't be an issue... How do they compare?

Doesn't quite address the question of feel, but I love Scott's comparison on the web site:

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SADHANA & CORTOBASS - COSMETIC?

Yes. Same neck, pickups, wiring and hardware. Think of it like this - the Cortobass is a sweet running small block Challenger that handles like a Ferrari. The Sadhana is one that looks like the Ferrari too - it gets the more exotic materials & curves. But it's still a Birdsong, strong and simple. (And you'll never have to worry about synchronizing six dual-throat Webers.)