That’s what we need to see more of from the team in Chicago! I love it!
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Thanks.
It will be here next year.
With the pickups in those positions I hope it will be different enough from the Scheff. I miss my '56P so we'll see how this one fills the notches.
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Thanks.
It will be here next year.
You mean it'll ship soon ( you hope!)
We need full specs!
Unique fur sure!
Yup.... Should be very different from the scheff!
I tone-ally hope so. Shipped today, it's used.
Always good to see Uriah Duffy shredding on a 55-94. Sounds good with those Barts!
I think you’ll hear some more bottom from the DS pickups. It looks like both sets of poles (br & n pickups) are closer to the neck than the 22 fret Scheff basses, with the neck pickup being the one that is shifted the most. And DS pickups should sound fatter than lipsticks anyways, by design. So, it will be interesting to hear your observations.Thanks.
It will be here next year.
Uriah's a monster player, he seems pretty nice also he replied to several comments of mine before on Facebook. Frikin wish I could play half that good, some of his solos blow my mind shees
I have no idea what the DS pups sound like.
DS and Guild Bisonics are something to sample, my friend! I’m especially impressed with the Guilds, which I have several sets of, and a used DS stashed away as well. I’ll let you hear the Guild in a P very soon.
I've had them twice in the full scale hollowbody, once in a Dearmond Starfire (before Guild began making the bisonic) and once in a P. Had a pair of Darkstars in a drawer forever and sold them for stupid cash before Novaks came on the scene. Always ended up selling them eventually. The convenient thing is you can turn them around so there's a fair amount of tone leeway. The poles can then be farther from the neck and bridge than in the Scheff. I prefer the Hammon and Novak slightly over the Guild but for the $ the Guild is a hot buy.
We'll see. With my luck it'll weigh as much as JJ's Scheff-a-P.
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I certainly hope your luck is better than that LOL!!With my luck it'll weigh as much as JJ's Scheff-a-P.
I still plan to trim mine down radically, after I finish some builds for friends. It will involve some red tort material and some massive routes on the backside.
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The Scheff-a-P, is massively heavy! I think JJ’s SC is just as heavy if not more. I can’t imagine that hanging on my shoulder any length of time.
Pre-covid there way a guy routing out tops and putting on exotic wood tops. They looked great but I wonder if over time the top would indent over the routs if they were too large. Good luck with it, would be interesting to see pics of the ongoing project.
( From years ago) my Travis Beans (fretted/fretless pair) were heavy at 12 and 13 lbs. The Hondo monster below was slightly over that; was built well, played well and for a few tunes the audience loved it- far more than my back did, LMAO. I kind of wish I still had it in a bass artsy, strange masochistic way.
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Now that I have an accurate scale…
Sexual Chocolate- 10 pounds 15 ounces
El Diablo Rojo- 11 pounds 9 ounces
I’m getting there. Still have the straight edge, pick up height gauge and stubby Allen wrenches coming this week. Then getting after it!
