Custom bass club #1

[PasdaBeer]

Im really digging it. Its a little odd to adjust to in the upper registers, but i rarley go up that high anyways. But the volume balance is perfect, intonation is perfect, and the string to string tension feels much more even.

Its tuned E-C, so that 36" E is super tight feeling, which is a big issue to me on traditional basses..

 

[sixway]

Im really digging it. Its a little odd to adjust to in the upper registers, but i rarley go up that high anyways. But the volume balance is perfect, intonation is perfect, and the string to string tension feels much more even.

Its tuned E-C, so that 36" E is super tight feeling, which is a big issue to me on traditional basses..

First of all, what a beautiful and well made bass! I went to Dolan's website, and have entered his info in my PDA, and want to stop be on my next trip to Santa Rosa. I grew up on Shortt Rd, not far from Montgomery Village, although my family lived in Sebastopol, during my high school years at Analy. Go Tigers!

Seriously though, I will contact Mike at some point in the near future about making a bass for me. Nothing like supporting home-town business!

 

[PasdaBeer]

Deffintly worth stopping by, he has some great basses in his shop.

Hes a great builder, and a great guy to deal with. His web site is well....old. I dont think its changed in 4+ years. He does answer Email though, but web just doesnt seem to be his thing.

 

[rfclef]

Well... The bass I love the most:

My Birdsong Cortobass...

Walnut center, ebony stringers, sycamore wings (I had never even seen sycamore... the stuff is walid in person...). Lace pickups... sounds beautiful and looks it!

 

[rfclef]

and... the full Corto

 

[Basdyret]

Hello dines, can you post a picture of your bass?

i'd like to see it..

I can only find one 5 string lefty in the Mørch Gallery:

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Maybe it's that one?

 

[PasdaBeer]

Well... The bass I love the most:

My Birdsong Cortobass...

Walnut center, ebony stringers, sycamore wings (I had never even seen sycamore... the stuff is walid in person...). Lace pickups... sounds beautiful and looks it!

Ive herd nothing but great things about bird songs

 

[john turner]

who would ever need custom basses?

mass produced was good enough for jaco.

 

[Barnabas]

who would ever need custom basses?

mass produced was good enough for jaco.

It's all about what you like. I like my bass to be a work of art as well as an instrument.

 

[PasdaBeer]

barna obviously didnt see the sarcasam in johns post....

 

[Ben Lesser]

who would ever need custom basses?

mass produced was good enough for jaco.

I'll report your trolling to the mods. Don't think I won't.

 

[Barnabas]

Yeah, I read the post on my phone, which hampers irony detection.
Swing and a miss

 

[fenderfunker]

So custom it hurts

still not quite done

Can I suggest something? I think that J pick up would look cool if it was green, like the dots. Cool Bass.

 

[Barnabas]

That was the original plan, to have the brown be the wood and the green dots that were there originally repainted on. But I got lazy, had a gig, mumble mumble, and havent gotten around to it.
I think I'll just paint it white like the others... matching those colors would be hard.

 

[john turner]

It's all about what you like. I like my bass to be a work of art as well as an instrument.

heh. just thought i'd get it out of the way before someone who really meant it said it

 

[Dines]

Well, he builds most everything, including pickups, by hand, I think, so I would say that counts.


Oh, and Jaco sure approved.

Yep, but for some reason I fell in love with seymur duncan soapbars when I bought it so it's not his own. Anyway it's still a great bass

 

[Dines]

Oh...............Can you explain deeper please ? A Jaco's story here?

Pitch in man,

Sly

Ahhh yes that's an excelent story. It was when weather report playen in copenhagen. He build a bass then and went to copenhagen to show it to Jaco and let him play it so he could try it out. He found it really good and thought it was a gift. It wasn't and apparently he wouldn't pay so Mørch took it back. Everybody is equal in his shop. Great guy

 

[bassplayer7770]

I'll wait for a number until I can post pics of my Hanewinckel with Nordstrand Big Singles and 3-band pre installed. My tech made the order; now we wait...

I'm pretty sure my Hane might be the only one with Nordy pups and electronics.

 

[mero]

I´m in ! My Custom Bassculture built to my specs.

 

[PasdaBeer]

wow! love the carve with the accent lines.