jeepers, creepers, man...new curbow 6'er!

well, i just got a new (to me anyway... ) curbow rockwood 6 string, and man is this thing sweet! i got it used (built in '95) from one of our fellow talkbassers here on the board, mikezimmerman. and i haven't even finished paying for it yet...is that awesome or what? mike's a great guy, and i've been emailing him back and forth for a couple months about this, and he's been extremely helpful and informative. well, let's see, it just came by ups about an hour ago, and this is what i have so far...it has the all rockwood body and rockwood neck (of course). the craftsmanship is just flawless...the sound is extremely bright and articulate, but can be colored by the barts...really growly...it compliments my eden metro well. and this thing really thuds, too, when you crank the bass up. i'm glad the wifey flew to south carolina...i'm here all alone so i can just really wail away. it has really wide string spacing (20mm at the bridge), which is perfect for me. and what a meaty bridge it is. i'm sure bassmonkeee or some of the other curbow owners can attest to that. very substantial. i'm still getting familiar with the knobs. it seems to have a sort of odd arrangement. action is set really low, and the neck is really flat and thin, but it's wide enough you could drive a car on it. nothing like my warwick thumb at all. my impression is that it is very unforgiving, though; if you screw up, like mr. big said, "the whole world is gonna know." awesome B string...and it's great all the way through the C. i'm sitting here wandering all over the place. the excitement stage still ain't over, ya know... and as far as pictures go, the wifey took all of the photo equipment to south carolina. more to follow, as well as some piccys...i'm gonna go play this thing some more...this bass is impressive as hell

 

this bass really rocks...

 

thanks, man...the wifey took the digi-cam with her back home...i'm prolly gonna have a friend of mine bring his over tomorrow so i can post a pic. i tried taking a pic with the web cam, but that just doesn't work...at all. at least not to my satisfaction. so, hopefully i'll be able to post a good pic on the morrow.

 

hey, thanks for the assist, mike... i'm still really diggin' this bass, man...it totally rawks!

oh yeah...for jt...i keep a low f# coiled up in my pocket... just for you...heheh

 

well, a low f# is better than a high e or f...at least, that's what she said...and people say size doesn't matter...