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Okoume body (chambered), quartersawn maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
Your wood choices sound amazing, as well!
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Okoume body (chambered), quartersawn maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
Your wood choices sound amazing, as well!
AWESOME!!!Super excited to get this Super P/J in my hands next week!
Definitely agree.
That piece of ebony looks flawless! Rare for ebony to be that black. The ebony board on my build isn’t even that dark. Mine is ebony and okoume as well! Roasted neck though. I can’t wait for it to be finished. I put the deposit on it one year ago yesterday. Hopefully it’s close!!Okoume body (chambered), quartersawn maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
Your wood choices sound amazing, as well!
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Definitely debated a roasted maple neck, but I have had such good luck with mahogany/maple/ebony (and okoume is slightly warmer than traditional mahogany), that I thought I would stick with what has been a winning combination for me. That being said, I have definitely loved all the basses I own with roasted maple necks, so hard to go wrong, there.
I hope you can post a sound preview when you get it. I want to hear what those big puppies can do.
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Wow! Now you, me and Vic have these!!Super excited to get this Super P/J in my hands next week!
Yes ma'am!... In the order of acquisition...
@BluesyCat
@Vic
@tombowlus
That's a badass trio right there!!!
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I would love to hear a high quality recording with those pickups. Typically I find the "do-it-all" solutions lacking, where they sound similar to the goal but not quite there to the point that I'd rather have multiple basses than an all in one.
Okoume body (chambered), quartersawn maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
Your wood choices sound amazing, as well!
Mahogany can be on the heavier side, so chambered okoume should have a similar vibe but keep the weight down?
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That's the idea. I believe it may also be slightly warmer, but supposedly, it is quite similar, tonally to mahogany.
Yeah, for someone such as yourself, who's clearly focused more on purity of replication, something like this would always be "lacking". And to be fair, it was never the goal of this instrument anyway to try and replace straight J's, P's, and PJ's for people who have very discerning requirements for those exact sounds. For you, I'd say stay the course, own the originals.
Rather, these were designed to offer a vast array of close approximations to popular and familiar tones. The primary goal being versatility within a popular/familiar tone base, not purity of replicating specific originals. And for that, Roger hit the double-bull right in the center hole of the dartboard.
At least IMHO.
So is this now considered the BGM model? And is Sean getting one too?
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So is this now considered the BGM model? And is Sean getting one too?
LOL! Good point! Yes, let's call it that, and yes, Sean should get one, as should Phil (Uncle Toad).
LOL! Good point! Yes, let's call it that, and yes, Sean should get one, as should Phil (Uncle Toad).
I should get one (or two) too, but I should win the lottery first (to keep my wife happy)!
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