I will check the pickup wire colors when I change the strings. I have a set of TI Flats coming. I like having an old-school tone for sure.
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I will check the pickup wire colors when I change the strings. I have a set of TI Flats coming. I like having an old-school tone for sure.
OK, it is officially here. It looks gorgeous, it feels gorgeous and the sound is out of this planet (IMO of course).
If you hadn't shown me the back of the neck, I would have thought that was a US model! That's a killer top on that bass!
I edited your typo too...
Ohhh, the double Darkstar Decade. I lusted after that every time it was for sale. I can afford it now if you're having second thoughts Lee.What color is it going to be? And didn't you order that P body with Chis in LPBlue?
I didn't order the P+Chis... user bdgotoh custom ordered that baby. And actually, I really like the LPB...I just have something more...sparkly in mind... details below
http://youtu.be/ByP2pQSbSmE <<this fits well right here...
Decade: Surf Green
HoBo 30: Coral Pink (shankworthy!)
BG w/ Chis: Sparkle Gold (ala this: about 3/4ths the way down the page)
DJ: This one's gonna get a custom job that's a riff off of an Alleva Coppolo that I owned for a little while. The body will be trans white, and the stripe around the edge will be charcoal metallic frost. Unless you guys change my mind
Marty hasn't got to my bodies quite yet.So yeah...you get a 70% on this quiz
considering all the possibilities available in the world of refins I'd say you nailed it.
So yeah...you get a 70% on this quiz
Every now and then a blind squirrel finds a nut
Having said that, I'm about 70% sure your middle name is Pastel
I should also mention that I got Doude Waved on Friday! The Doude was in town on business and we ended up meeting for some sushi and drinks. What a great guy...I was pretty bummed that there wasn't any frumpy shorts, though.
I've got some cheap D'Addario flats on my JO. When they wear out I'm swapping them for TI's
I have DR Hi Beams on my 55-01. Sometimes I wish I had flats on it, like on almost all my other basses, but I gotta have at least one bass with rounds on it.
I acquired a set of Sadowsky Steels that are incredible. I wish that I could find a cheaper version. Before that was DR Sunbeams.
Just got a call from the Bass Doctor. After 660 days of waiting, my baby will finally be here! Now the question is: do I head there tomorrow or wait until Saturday when I typically go to see Carl, because things are chill and I don't want to rush the experience? Who am I kidding? I don't have the will power for that sort of thing. Plus, I kinda want the bass before thursday so I can practice with it! Hmmm...
Go get it ASAP...that's what I did with mine! It was only a 6.5 hour drive. Worth it.
I didn't order the P+Chis... user bdgotoh custom ordered that baby. And actually, I really like the LPB...I just have something more...sparkly in mind... details below
http://youtu.be/ByP2pQSbSmE <<this fits well right here...
Decade: Surf Green
HoBo 30: Coral Pink (shankworthy!)
BG w/ Chis: Sparkle Gold (ala this: about 3/4ths the way down the page)
DJ: This one's gonna get a custom job that's a riff off of an Alleva Coppolo that I owned for a little while. The body will be trans white, and the stripe around the edge will be charcoal metallic frost. Unless you guys change my mind
So yeah...you get a 70% on this quiz
Those are all shankworthy! Can't wait to see them. I have a 78 Ovation Magnum 1 that's going to Marty for a full Brilliant Emerald Green Sparkle. Gonna snazzy up the ugly duckling of the bass world.
Ok. So the skinny on this is 2 things. Miscommunication and Wood Supply. Carl is a perfectionist when it comes to wanting to make an instrument perfect for you, which I totally have to commend him for. So he wanted to make sure he could find wood first before we really got into it. I wanted mahogany. He didn't think he could find a piece resulting in less than an 11lb. bass. He said he'll keep his eyes out. The whole project in general was pretty lax, but I was apprently too lax, because after 7 months he took my lack of communication to mean I wasn't interested (while I really didn't want to be "that" guy during a custom build, bothering every 3 days for developments and photos.) Anyways, I reassured him I was in, but mahogany met to his specs was not becoming available. Then after a while we decided to do alder because this was too hard. 4 months later he calls on new years eve and says the body is done, and nonchalantly says that the fantastic flame top will look great on this mahogany body. Threw me for a loop, but I was excited! Funny thing was that he said a few pieces of mahogany had come up just then but for all that time, there was nothing. 6 weeks later it was painted. The neck still had to be finished. And that brings us to today. Lost over a year before the ball really got going. The wait is almost approaching that of what I remember Fodera and MTD being at the time I inquired. I don't care. Call it Chicago pride, LOG obsession, or just that Carl is one of the most interesting people I've ever met, but I just know this bass will be so special!
