NBD x 2 (SX Ursa 2)

About a week ago, Kurt reduced the prices on some SX basses. It's no secret that I'm a fan of SXes. I THOUGHT I was ordering an Ursa 2 Alder CAR, but what I had actually ordered was simply a Rosewood Ursa 2 in CAR. I couldn't cancel the order so I proceeded to order the one I had initially wanted, which was also reduced in price. Here they both are:





After they arrived, I ordered my fav strings and tried them both out. They both are typical SX, and a setup made them feel like my other 4 string SXes. They are pretty much identical except for the obvious rosewood vs maple boards, but in addition the neck on the Alder (maple) is a one piece, with the truss adjustment at the heel, and it has the better tuners similar to what's on the Andromeda.

My main reason for wanting an Alder was for the 60s pup spacing, and when I ordered the wrong one, I thought I would also have a rosewood board. I have an Andromeda, which also has 60s spacing, but that's ash with a maple board. I am now considering swapping necks between these 2 to get an Alder/rosewood with 60s spacing.

Anyways, it was a little hard for me to judge the tone because my practice space produces a lot of buzz on unshielded basses. It snowed today, so I stayed in and shielded the Alder. OH YEAH! That's what I'm talking about!

This bass will be my SX "Traditional" bass. I probably won't even put in a series/parallel mod, and I probably will even leave the stock string tree.

At any rate, for $100 I consider this a great budget bass which after shielding and setup (I'm considering the strings as part of the setup) I would have no qualms about playing out.

 

Must be a little lean back on the rosewood bass, they are both 34" scale.