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Renaissance/Turner Basses Club

#644
Well, if you guys have been watching reverb, you would have noticed that I've posted, removed, and reposted my Renaissance a few times over the past month, going back and forth as I've been playing it and getting the feel for it and it's sound. Well, I just plugged it into my SF-2...Holy Cow what a sound...It's a Keeper! :)
 
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#646
RVBASS said:
Well, if you guys have been watching reverb, you would have noticed that I've posted, removed, and reposted my Renaissance a few times over the past month, going back and forth as I've been playing it and getting the feel for it and it's sound. Well, I just plugged it into my SF-2...Holy Cow what a sound...It's a Keeper! :)
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I know eventually that SF-2 bug will bite... but the Renaissance through a filter is a sweet solution. I had Josh Broughton build me a resonant low-pass filter with a sweepable Q into a pedal a while back, and yessir, that's the ticket. ;)
 
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#647
Speaking of being on the fence, I've gone back and forth on selling my two Electroline five strings lately. After this recent fusion surgery on my neck, I started thinking having kinda' heavy long-scale basses just didn't make a lot of sense. On the other hand, I have a harness that takes all the weight off of my neck and upper back. And it's looking more and more like eventually I'm going to be playing from a chair anyway.

Maybe one day I'll convert them into a Model One or a Deuce, or another Renaissance, but every now and then, I get them out and plug them up and play them, and man... it's like I forgot how great these things sound! The fretted one especially has just got 'the juice'. That thing is just alive with sound! Not that the fretless is far behind.

So for now I've decided to just hang that idea up... after all, they play just fine sitting on a chair too if that's the way it goes. :bassist:
 
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Jeff Scott said:
Assuming they are the same as that on the old Highlander preamps in Rens, one would be gain, the other a mild bass boost. But, I could be totally wrong about this, too. ;)
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Thanks @Jeff Scott Curiosity got the best of me although I was a bit afraid of screwing something up, but I just tried to adjust/turn them while plugged in. They are separate gains (or trim?) for the piezo and for the mag pickups. Balances the volume between piezo and mag which I think can be a challenge running both on a bass, even though one of the controls on the front is a balance between both. Seems the piezo has massive output vs the mag pickups when the blue preamp pots are in the same position so it works best when the blue piezo gain is turned all the way down and the blue mag gain is all the way up.

Okay, so I'm home sick and bored today. :wacky: Now, what do I do next? Maybe practice? :unsure: :)
 
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Here's my Electroline. Amazing tone, action like glass. Sold it once and bought it back.
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gkooris said:
Here's my Electroline. Amazing tone, action like glass. Sold it once and bought it back.
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Looks like a slab of mahogany on your Electroline. Very nice. :thumbsup:

I need to get my Turners out and play on them some this afternoon. Just finished piecing together a modular rig from Mesa and Bag End components that'll be lighter weight. Need to try the Renaissance basses through it. Two more weeks of physical therapy, and it's back to work. (and playing bass!)

:hyper::bassist:
 
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EdwardofHuncote said:
Looks like a slab of mahogany on your Electroline. Very nice. :thumbsup:

I need to get my Turners out and play on them some this afternoon. Just finished piecing together a modular rig from Mesa and Bag End components that'll be lighter weight. Need to try the Renaissance basses through it. Two more weeks of physical therapy, and it's back to work. (and playing bass!)

:hyper::bassist:
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as much as I liked my electroline, I simply cant do the weight or scale anymore due to ...um...things that show up when you OLD. However, i still play my Ren deuce very day.
 
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#659
Hey Rick Turner fans! I thought I'd offer up this gorgeous Turner Renaissance fretless 4FL to this group first. I recently purchased it here from Ben. It is everything a Turner Ren should be, sounds and plays great, and is a gorgeous Sycamore as you can see in the photos below. Bad case of timing...I bought a Turner Electroline fretless 4 right before purchasing this Ren and intended to sell the Electroline once I received the Ren, but after playing both a couple of weeks, I've decided to keep the Electroline as it fits better with the music types I'm playing currently. I can really only justify keeping one fretless right now although I'd like to keep both. Please send me a PM if you're interested, otherwise I'll just post it for sale with a listing. Ben generously gave me an excellent price on this so I'm doing the same for TBers.

It's in excellent condition. One very slight (less than 1/16") dimple on the front and several slight dings on the butt/side below the strap button that don't show up much because of the wood grain pattern. The logo is scratched a bit on the headstock and there's a slight wood indentation there that doesn't show in the photos.

I was going to add a bunch of photos here but not sure if I should since this is the regular Turner thread. Let me know if you're interested and I can send them to you in a PM or perhaps I should do a separate listing in the bass guitars for sale area. Let me know.

Bass Specifications:
Model: Rick Turner Renaissance fretless 4FL
Year of Manufacture: 2004
Body Wood: Sycamore
Finish: Gloss front, satin back and sides
Neck: Maple with rosewood fretboard
Nut Width: 1 1/2"
Pickups: Turner Piezo
Preamp: D-Tar Timber-Line 18V
Tuners: Hipshot
Strings: Currently has TI Acousticores (I've also used black nylon and TI Jazz flats on my Rens)
Weight: 5.2 lbs on my digital kitchen scale
Scale Length: 34"
Case: Warwick Rockcase (foam rectangle case that fits it great)
Comes with Schaller strap locks and a 4" Italia Leather strap that works great to reduce neck dive
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