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My bass collection

#27
You indeed have some fine mix of basses there. Very nice collection.

I used to have allot too. But somewhere along the line I decided I wanted to play them, rather then collect them so I thinned out the herd to just my main players.

If I had the room and a nice big studio to show them off, well then maybe I'd have a bunch to look at!

Actually I was thinking about picking up a bunch of cheapo SX basses just to have as deco around the house!

Well enough of my rant...as I said, some fine looking instruments you have!
 
#31
slyjoe said:
Nice - couple of questions:

1. What does the FT1 on the Warmoth mean?
2. Strap nob on the SG - where? On neck plate? How well does it balance?
3. What neck on the SG?

OK, more than a couple :)
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Hi Slyjoe,

FT1 is a private joke. The Warmoth is the heaviest bass you ever tried to pick up: One of my pals claimed, while lifting it off a stand, that it was bolted to the floor. FT1 = Hefty One. And I also own a 12 string which is no lightweight; the Warmoth is about the same weight. The Warmoth is a HEAVY bass. I guess about 13 to 15 lbs.

The Strap button is roughly where the neck plate would be on Fender type basses. You would think that this restricts access to the upper frets but it 's actually no problem at all.

Your question on the neck woods all go back to my answer to the first question. The bass weighs a ton but its construction is all heavy solid woods. The body is solid walnut; the neck is brazilian rosewood, scarf jointed for the headstock; and the fretboard is ziricote, a highly figured rosewood genus.

To be honest (and I'm aged 48 so no spring chicken) the weight isn't a problem if you use a sensibly wide well padded strap. You can certainly gig it all night without suffering, so long as you aren't using a 2.5inch webbed unpadded strap.
 
#32
Swerve said:
Very nice collection! How do you play them all equally without the others getting jealous?
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That's quite easy, to be honest. I've never cared what other band members say about my tone. If I'm happy, they should be too. So I take whatever bass I fancy gigging on any particular night to a gig - most tone is in your fingers anyway, and I usually sound like me no matter which bass I use; although there will always be subtle variations. Tbh, if you know your instruments well, you can (by adjusting your playing position between neck and bridge or adjusting your eq very slightly) make most basses sound like most other basses quite easily.

Where an individual bass comes into its own is when you play and EQ so that this bass plays to its individual strength and you get its 'signature' tone specifically for a song which benefits that tone. In any other event, you can usually manage to get most basses to sound like most other basses with practice.

So they all get used on a pretty much equal basis.
 
#34
CTbassist said:
Hey man nice collection! how does that schecter sound? been looking for a fretless and i love my stiletto
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I'm not the world's greatest fretless player (hell, I'm not even a half decent fretless player) but with my limited experience of the genre I'd say that the Stilleto was as good as it gets at this price bracket.

Schecter know how to make a good instrument. The thru neck is beautiful, silky smooth front and back, and very tactile - its satin finish is a joy under your hands. The EMG-hz pups have some limitations, as does the EMG pre-amp - you're not going to get Nordstrand - Aguilla versatilty - but, understanding its limitations, it does its job very very well.

It's a delightful bass to play but I'm such a poor fretless player I really don't think I've ever really found its limits or even pushed it close.
 

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