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Birdsong Cortobass?

millard

millard

Jul 27, 2004
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#1
Anyone have one or personal experience of one?

I play guitar as well and like working with a short-scale bass (currently play a Fender Mustang). The Cortobass looks interesting and I'm thinking of getting one. Any ideas/opinions welcome.

Thanks...Millard
 
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Dharmabass said:
Looks great, especially for the price.
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Way overpriced, obviously designed by a g****r player, and nothing special to boot.

You can do much better in a short scale to look to other builders. This guy is talking through his hat about how "different" his bass is. It's all standard - standard construction and standard materials. His hokey woodburning looks like a summer camp project. And look at his options list - he actually claims "gold plating" for an extra $120!!! That's outrageous.
 
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Hambone said:
Way overpriced, obviously designed by a g****r player, and nothing special to boot.
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Can I buy a vowel? I don't get "g****r", at least not this early in the morning.

Also, can you suggest any other builders who do short scale? I haven't found any yet.

Thanks...Millard
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#9
With the absolute industry-wide glut of 31-1/2" scale, triple-laminate necked, 24-fret, zero-fret equipped, single-piece Honduran mahogany body, single coil by the neck, varitone equipped basses out there... yeah, I guess the Cortobass just blends in with the rest of the pack, doesn't it? The Gold hardware is quoted high because I pay dearly for it - it will probably come down as production gets going. As for me, I've been a pro bass player for almost 20 years. And as for the "hokey" woodburning... well, to each his or her own. The E-mails I've gotten have been quite supportive of my art and the fact that I'm doing something (uh-oh, there's that word again...) different. Peace,

ScottB in defense of his average, ordinary, everyday, same-as-all-the rest, hokey basses. :)
 
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Hambone said:
Way overpriced, obviously designed by a g****r player, and nothing special to boot.

You can do much better in a short scale to look to other builders. This guy is talking through his hat about how "different" his bass is. It's all standard - standard construction and standard materials. His hokey woodburning looks like a summer camp project. And look at his options list - he actually claims "gold plating" for an extra $120!!! That's outrageous.
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That's pretty harsh and seemingly inappropriate for a forum moderator. Unless you have real data about Birdsong that you can offer, I think you owe Scott an apology. I'm not sure if electronic forum postings would count as slander or libel, but it is certainly just plain rude.

I'm surprised (and a bit disappointed) that the general membership isn't all over you for that sort of behavior. I'm new here and was just starting to find useful stuff and thinking the place had value. Moderators are supposed to squash this sort of behavior, not start it.

Millard
 
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ScottB said:
I also find it disheartening that a moderator of all people would represent the talkbass community so poorly by being so rude and disrespectful. Perhaps in the future, I'll just slap my name on Chinese P-bass copies and then we can have an intelligent exchange of ideas.
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Where were YOU shown disrespect. Your instrument, however, was shown plenty. Sort of like you do Asian P bass copies? Get over it. If you can't take criticism of your product, you don't belong in the biz.

For you to have respect, you must EARN it.

BTW, I'll express my opinion, any time. You can express yours too, anytime.
 
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millard said:
Hambone said:
Way overpriced, obviously designed by a g****r player, and nothing special to boot.
QUOTE]

Can I buy a vowel? I don't get "g****r", at least not this early in the morning.

Also, can you suggest any other builders who do short scale? I haven't found any yet.

Thanks...Millard
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Millard, I had to check to make sure I put enough *'s in there to make it represent "guitar".

Try Matt Schmill of FBB customs. He's a TB'er and he'll build just about anything. He's working on a short scale 6'er right now. There's someone else building one too but I can't remember who right now.
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#15
Wow. I wasn't aware I was joining the Marines... I just thought this was a nice, friendly forum where ideas were exchanged in an open-minded and curteous manner. I guess I was wrong. And for future reference, calling another builder's work of "summer camp project" quality, opinion or not, is a bit much. Just because you can't see that doesn't make it any less true... or make it any more appropriate as behavior for a moderator of a public forum. Valid criticism is fine; I welcome it. From qualified, open-minded, non-judgemental, mature individuals with tact and knowledge about what they speak. Good luck in your endeavors.
 
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Well, IMO they are different from other things out there. 31 1/2" scale, one piece body and while the single coil/humbucker configuration has gained some popularity in the past few years, I haven't seen one with that particular configuration. Most of them have a MM style bucker. If I were in the market for a medium scale bass, I would try one of those out.
 

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