If you're referring to the 4004, it is light years beyond a 4001 or 4003 regarding comfort. It wraps itself around my body and is glorious to play. It's my best sounding bass. If only it were a five string.
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Is elegance a thing when it comes to basses?
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If you're referring to the 4004, it is light years beyond a 4001 or 4003 regarding comfort. It wraps itself around my body and is glorious to play. It's my best sounding bass. If only it were a five string.
Software developers would see the opposite...
The simplest, well executed solution is most elegant.
Coarse elegance has its place its hand-in-hand with art…. just because the rat rod /road worn guys seem to be more abundant won’t make the nicer stuff obsolete…. and who knows in 10 years the players might look back and laugh at the people that actually purchased brand new relict instruments for more price than a new pristine one.
Yeah, but then some people just have really bad tasteIt's almost as though beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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I think you have a good point.
I wonder if brass or fine wood controls would move things in the right direction.
James Krenov, long time instructor in the College of the Redwoods furniture making program, stated something along the lines of details should be removed until the piece is no longer functional.
I'm all about that with instruments, tools, and functional items, including furniture, that I make myself, for my own use or on commission.
My only disagreement with the post above, is the plastic plate has a genuine function and is not superfluous on many instruments.
The plastic plate’s function is one that isn’t necessary if you plan ahead and make different choices. There are plenty of instruments that don’t need a “pickguard”, because the design is a bit different. A pickguard is a sign that economy took priority over elegance. You may like that look, and there’s nothing wrong with it, but it isn’t elegant.
That little Spector precision bass drives me crazy !
Can’t imagine anything better than that in terms of punch, rumbling and playability.
Would you say the playability is better than a regular p bass ? And is it also lighter ?
I prefer skinny necks so I will have to try it thoroughly before buying.
This is a summary of 90% of the threads on TB.
Last fall I got to play out my least, then most elegant axes back to back.
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I had one, it looked stunning, but the neck was gigantic. Rics are definitely "try before you buy".
Five strings is the elegant solution to a perennial question.Last fall I got to play out my least, then most elegant axes back to back.
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The walnut one is not lighter than your average P-Bass, but it is more balanced so it leads to less fatigue from playing. It's like 9lbs. The playability is monumentally better... you could play a barre chord on the 22nd fret if you wanted. It weighs the same as my 70 RI P-Bass but without the neck dive, so I don't ache after playing it.
The orange one is super light, like just over 7 lbs.
If you want a single P spector neck-thru and you want one that's light, order an NS-1 in a solid color but with empresswood wings. light as a feather. The tone is in the maple thru neck anyway, imo.
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