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The Nordy and Pedulla are mine. I can't take credit for the rest of those basses. They belong to another TB'r. This bass is a great back up, but I like it so much I've changed my tune. I am going to get some custom pups done at some point. These pups are on the darker side with a warmer closed type sound. The preamp made it clear so I'm good with that.
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
Btw, I was REALLY impressed with the setup that came from Sweetwater. I'm extremely picky, and aside from a few little intonation adjustments, I haven't even touched the trussrods or bridge saddles. The action is STUPID low, with only some buzz here and there...miiiiight raise the E and B a hair.
Impressive, if you ask me!
Impressive, if you ask me!
Very nice 776PB, I like all the cool tops Ibanez puts on their basses.
Has anyone seen those Zebrawood 675s?
Has anyone seen those Zebrawood 675s?
I bought a BTB400QM in 2003...never really bonded with it. It had some neck issues - got a new neck - didn't change much.
Solid it in 2008. I miss the variable mid knob, the 35" scale, the look...I'm glad its gone, but I've always had a soft spot for BTBs.
5 years later...I need a number.
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It's going to get some strap locks soon, but other than that...its great. I love the electronics, it plays great, sounds great, looks great...I'm a happy camper.
And, I'm excited to be a 7 string weirdo. When I bought it, the owner of the local music store came out to meet me. He wanted to see who was buying what, to his mind, was a completely wild instrument. He was old, easily into his 70s. He told me as a sax player, he was never in a band with a bass player who used anything other than a four string.
He gave me the stink eye and said "Can you play it?" Then he grinned and said "Of course you can play it."
Solid it in 2008. I miss the variable mid knob, the 35" scale, the look...I'm glad its gone, but I've always had a soft spot for BTBs.
5 years later...I need a number.
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It's going to get some strap locks soon, but other than that...its great. I love the electronics, it plays great, sounds great, looks great...I'm a happy camper.
And, I'm excited to be a 7 string weirdo. When I bought it, the owner of the local music store came out to meet me. He wanted to see who was buying what, to his mind, was a completely wild instrument. He was old, easily into his 70s. He told me as a sax player, he was never in a band with a bass player who used anything other than a four string.
He gave me the stink eye and said "Can you play it?" Then he grinned and said "Of course you can play it."
A real review on the 7 will be a little slow in coming - it's technically a christmas present, and my wife locked the case and took the key.
But I know where she put it.
Quick comments:
It just isn't that hard to adapt to. I play 4s and 5s, and have a lot of time on a tenor 5 as well. Adding a C and a F up top does create a more confused view of the fretboard, but I'll get used to it quickly enough.
Spacing is tight at the bridge, much tighter than I'd generally prefer, but for a 7 string I'm happy with it - it lets you traverse the strings much more easily than more conventional spacing, and helps chording, which is one of the main reasons I wanted so many strings. At the nut, spacing is moderate - not a P, but not a J, which is right where I like it, and certainly part of what makes playing it feel so natural.
As it stands now, the neck is quite flat and the action is moderate. Buzzes a bit when digging in, low effort playing all around the neck. The kind of action you don't think about till after you set it down...it just works. Frets are consistently leveled, no high spots evident, and adequately finished. They're a little squarer/sharper than I prefer, but clean. Also worth noting is the fret size - much smaller than the typical Ibanez or the more normal medium jumbo. Not vintage small, between vintage and jumbo. Probably a concession to the thin strings...so far I quite like the feel.
Strings are 130-020, the .020 is a plain guage. I'd like to find a wound string to replace it when the time comes, but Circle K doesn't offer anything small enough to get to the medium/low tension I prefer when tuned to F or even E.
Does anyone know of the DM SR2000 7 set includes a wound F string?
Electronics are the same as found in the Grooveline basses - humbucking J blade pickups mated to a 3 band with much more subtle eq contours that found on most preamps, with an active passive switch. Passive, it sounds like a smooth, punchy Jazz family member, with thick lows and useful, even highs. Not too much thunder, not too glassy. Active, the preamp adds a little color, extending the high end response and adding a little sizzle. The controls are really useful. In contrast with an OBP-3, for example, you can actually use the bass knob without strangling your tone or farting out your amp. Treble control is a nice zing tamer/booster, and the mid knob takes you from jazzy/middy/burpy to scooped, clear slappy sounds. I do miss the mid frequency knob my old BTB had.
All in all, a really musical package, and I'm looking forward to expanding my musical horizons with it.
But I know where she put it.
Quick comments:
It just isn't that hard to adapt to. I play 4s and 5s, and have a lot of time on a tenor 5 as well. Adding a C and a F up top does create a more confused view of the fretboard, but I'll get used to it quickly enough.
Spacing is tight at the bridge, much tighter than I'd generally prefer, but for a 7 string I'm happy with it - it lets you traverse the strings much more easily than more conventional spacing, and helps chording, which is one of the main reasons I wanted so many strings. At the nut, spacing is moderate - not a P, but not a J, which is right where I like it, and certainly part of what makes playing it feel so natural.
As it stands now, the neck is quite flat and the action is moderate. Buzzes a bit when digging in, low effort playing all around the neck. The kind of action you don't think about till after you set it down...it just works. Frets are consistently leveled, no high spots evident, and adequately finished. They're a little squarer/sharper than I prefer, but clean. Also worth noting is the fret size - much smaller than the typical Ibanez or the more normal medium jumbo. Not vintage small, between vintage and jumbo. Probably a concession to the thin strings...so far I quite like the feel.
Strings are 130-020, the .020 is a plain guage. I'd like to find a wound string to replace it when the time comes, but Circle K doesn't offer anything small enough to get to the medium/low tension I prefer when tuned to F or even E.
Does anyone know of the DM SR2000 7 set includes a wound F string?
Electronics are the same as found in the Grooveline basses - humbucking J blade pickups mated to a 3 band with much more subtle eq contours that found on most preamps, with an active passive switch. Passive, it sounds like a smooth, punchy Jazz family member, with thick lows and useful, even highs. Not too much thunder, not too glassy. Active, the preamp adds a little color, extending the high end response and adding a little sizzle. The controls are really useful. In contrast with an OBP-3, for example, you can actually use the bass knob without strangling your tone or farting out your amp. Treble control is a nice zing tamer/booster, and the mid knob takes you from jazzy/middy/burpy to scooped, clear slappy sounds. I do miss the mid frequency knob my old BTB had.
All in all, a really musical package, and I'm looking forward to expanding my musical horizons with it.
Very nice 776PB, I like all the cool tops Ibanez puts on their basses.
Has anyone seen those Zebrawood 675s?
Hmm....nope.
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songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
259 songwriter_21 (sorry, missed you out for some reason)
260 CoarseBass
Man, that 7 string is a beast!
260 CoarseBass
Man, that 7 string is a beast!
Anyone know of a good replacement for the cosmo "white" chrome hardware used a while back? It doesn't seem to feature on newer models and i have some corrosion issues as well as needing some new control knobs.
Or is it better to simply upgrade to standard chrome?
Or is it better to simply upgrade to standard chrome?
