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Headless Club???

#1,901
jbybj said:
You're welcome.
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If my missus was still alive (concert pianist and guitarist), if I'd said that to her, she would have just shrugged and said buy it.

sonojono said:
Depends on what you got
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1986 XL2, Status S2000 (carbon monocoque version), Hohner B2 and B2V, Spirit XT2* and a Spirit GT HSS guitar.
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* proof that ebay and bourbon don't mix.

Edit; Just remembered I've promised to loan the guitar to a friend who travels all the time for business.
 
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vvvmmm said:
FWIW, just rec'd a Steinberg Spirit to go with my 4 Hohners and 1 Cort.

Initial impression is that the bridge is different with stainless steel round saddles vs. the black inverted "V"s on the others. This has the drop D tuner, so mebbe that's why?

Low, low action, too.

I may report back after I've played it a while ...
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I am interested in your impressions and comparisons between these models. I didn't find an update so I am nudging you to give the report. I was eyeing Hohner B2 series but someone claims little differences between Hohner and Cort, Spirit also. What's your thoughts?
 
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I really had no intentions of buying this bass.

I saw it on eBay, and six hours before the auction ended I threw in a "I can't pass it up at this price, but it's never going to sell here" (read that to mean low) bid. I didn't look at the auction again until it ended to prevent myself from upping my bid.

To my surprise, I won the auction $10 below my top bid.

Overall, it's in really good shape for a 32 year old bass. A few small dings, and a little buckle rash on the back, but nothing major.
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ctmullins said:
That looks awesome! Do you (or anybody else) know who manufactures their tuners/headpiece, and if they're available separately?
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According to the website - The proprietary hardware is constructed of aircraft grade aluminum,
  • .strandberg* EGS Rev 2 bass tuners & string locks. Looks like they make all their own hardware.
They seem to be available on the website. Invalid Link Removed
 
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MoBetterBASS said:
I am interested in your impressions and comparisons between these models. I didn't find an update so I am nudging you to give the report. I was eyeing Hohner B2 series but someone claims little differences between Hohner and Cort, Spirit also. What's your thoughts?
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I have 3 passive Hohners (one with flats), of what two are humbuckers and one is jazz and a fourth bass what is a active fretless with nylon-taped strings. I also have a Cort set up as a 3 string tuned 5th and octave. And then I have the Spirit. All are worthy instruments, the flats one is the easiest to play, the Spirit next. Quality-wise the Cort lacks the flip-down rest and is therefore less desirable ergonomically, altho' the body shape makes it fairly usable sitting down, but it is not as hot a sound. All sound pretty good but not as good as my P, Jazz or PJ Fenders, but I love the size (full scale, y'know) and they are fast-playing, solid, light and easily transported. The size is particularly great on the fretless as you can see much better, as necessary. I never felt the need for a strap extender, and I only ever broke one string. I played a P for years as my main, then went to the BA2's, now an Aerodyne.
 
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Dunno if these have been mentioned, but I looked at the Conklin site today for the first time*, and saw the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] and [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. The latter particularly tickles my tastes with the ash body, graphite neck and multiscale. Can't see me ever getting one as the current exchange rate would make it $A6k + shipping + 10% tax, or about 1.55x what an American would pay for it.

There are a couple of others, but they have pickguards, which I loathe.

* Odd since I've had a GT5 for about 12 years; it's my main 5 string.
 
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vvvmmm said:
I have 3 passive Hohners (one with flats), of what two are humbuckers and one is jazz and a fourth bass what is a active fretless with nylon-taped strings. I also have a Cort set up as a 3 string tuned 5th and octave. And then I have the Spirit. All are worthy instruments, the flats one is the easiest to play, the Spirit next. Quality-wise the Cort lacks the flip-down rest and is therefore less desirable ergonomically, altho' the body shape makes it fairly usable sitting down, but it is not as hot a sound. All sound pretty good but not as good as my P, Jazz or PJ Fenders, but I love the size (full scale, y'know) and they are fast-playing, solid, light and easily transported. The size is particularly great on the fretless as you can see much better, as necessary. I never felt the need for a strap extender, and I only ever broke one string. I played a P for years as my main, then went to the BA2's, now an Aerodyne.
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Thanks for taking time to share your thoughts!
 
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