New Arrival 9/3/10 - Suhr Classic J (3TSB)

Cool vintage vibe.

 

Oh yeah! That looks familiar for sure. VINTAGE

WHEN I build a Roscoe jazz it will have to an alder body! That stuff just has the traditional vibe.

Post some sound clips when you get a chance. Just don't do a "bass orchestra" version of "One Way Out"! It's next on my radar.
....of course I'd love to hear how you approached it. Nothing like healthy competition!

 

Cool Greg!

That's very creative dude! It's like being in the studio with you as you record. And all on the fly!
That Suhr has some very nice sounding tones too.

 

That was pretty crazy!

 

Just outstanding. The bass as well as the clip. Awesome, Greg. Thank you!

So, I'm on an absolute totally ridiculous retro vibe these days, chasing everything 60's Jazz. This offers nothing in the way of temptation resistance. What a bass. I will say just one thing, though...

Cough. Needs a Tort guard. /Cough.

 

That right there is as funky as some dirty underoos.

Great job man.



God Bless, Ray

 

Couldn't agree more...

 

Eventually he'll be swimming in pickguards!

 

Pick guards. Don't get me started. I'm hopeless. For my Lull J-basses I've got all varieties. I am totally worse than a woman in a shoe store. That said, I do have a few "musts"... 3TB + rosewood board = tort guard. Same for oly white/rosewood. Finally, the other side of that coin: maple board = anything but a tort guard. See...toldya I was hopeless.

FWIW, all four Lull J basses are currently wearing pearl guards. Even the 3TB one, which is likely considered blasphemous in traditional circles.



Sorry for the hijack. This bass. Wow. The funny thing is I was at my local store just yesterday talking about a 60's J, alder/rosewood, 3TB/tort. I'm so Jonesin' for something like this. Hopefully it sells soon. Really soon.

 

Honestly? I would put a black guard on every one of them.....



Well, maybe mirror on the blue one...


All are lovely, though!

 

Another FWIW, the closest I can currently get to this Suhr bass is with my sherwood green Lull four-stringer. (It does look blue in that pic above...sorry about that.)

Lull M4V sample clip

I offer it here to demonstrate, by comparison, just how awesome this Suhr sounds. And also, by comparison, just how much better Greg's clips are produced than my weaksauce "hit record and hope" efforts.

 

Greg so nice, sounds great, no 2300+ or it would be mine. Love the loop action, very cool!

 

You know, Greg, I think some of the differences are on the other side of the bass. I was running into a GB Shuttle 6.0-12T (not even using a Lava cable ) captured by a cheapo tee-mic on a portable recorder. Basically, you passed my Yugo, smiling from the driver's seat of your Cadillac. That said, that Suhr...to my ears...captures a lot of "the" 60's J essence, particularly in the grind of the upper mids. It'd be a blast to A/B the instruments at the same time.

Ok, just checking here...it is Saturday in Blacksburg, right? Regardless, what are two freakishly hip cats like us doing playing on laptops at home, instead of gigging?

 

^ Reason #1,416 TB needs a "ROTFL" emoticon. Just awesome, Greg. Two cats with wives out of town, and no gigs on the books. Too bad 3,000 miles are separating us from an evening of laughter and bass talk. We could pick up Gard on the way to the pub and have Bill and Ray on-call with the bail money.