it has unique sound from rare demeter pre-amp and bartolini pick-up.(I think it was soapbar w/J style pickup..not sure)
has various kinds of finish, sig. model has super narrow neck..almost size of four-string.
gives you various tones for rock to pop, not sure w/ Jaco-like tone but very wide tonal range and high notes sounds especially good.
(has 6 knobs and 3 switches..take some time to know all about it..
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if you personally make a contact w/ people in tyler, you might be able to get more 'unusual' type of bass. Last time I was there, there were at least 3-4 unfinished bass that were neck-through or piezo..etc.(usually bolt-on)
has nice natural tone..take a listen to some of tunes from Abraham laboriel and neil stubenhaus. These two use tyler exclusively.
however, there are soome downfall.
demeter pre-amp in tyler doesn't work well w/ other pick-up besides Bartolini. If you want to make upgrade, that's fine w/ own risk. Last tyler I used to have had a EMG, made buzz everytime. I had to send it to tyler office which is is sepulveda ave, CA. and it took 8 month to replace pick-up, bridge, and tuner. and cost big amount of money too.
your local guitar technition won't be pleased w/ this bass 'cause it's electronic has tons of wire. Even for the technition w/ experience and skill, it takes extra time.
They stopped making a bass for about 2-3 years while they were replacing the machine in the store. They began making little more than ten 35'' and 34'' 5-string bass from last year.
It's pretty descent bass, I have always wanted to have abe.sig. 5-string. Regular one has bit wide neck for me. However, if you research, you'll be able to have descent quality custom bass w/ lower price like roscoe, warrior, sadowsky, and celinder etc...
I'll try to buy one of the abe model maybe 4-5 year later
Try to check out the tone. If you are in the Hollywood area in CA, just keep stoping by their store. they'll give you some special price and you'll be able to try bunch of instrument.
and check out the schedule on 'Baked potato' in studiocity in CA.
Abe. always bring at least one tyler for his show and we all know how his group sounds
good luck with your searching, God bless
