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I have no idea what they started with.
I have RS 66s on mine.
Bright, aggressive, in your face.
How are the tapes working for you?
I have RS 66s on mine.
Bright, aggressive, in your face.
How are the tapes working for you?
The tapes a nice and mellow. I play through a JHS Lime Aid compressor, with an Ampeg BA115. The band I play in is Little Feet/The Band/Dead/Stones /Kinks so the sound suits that material. I have another bass – it's a Squire Jaguar SS (cheap but fun) and it has round wounds – I play it a lot watching the TV and it got me thinking maybe swapped out the tapes; I do enjoy the lively round wounds.
That's one of the old Curlee's. Scott from birdsong guitars bought out SD Curlee and is making them again. I've always wanted to play one.
I am pretty sure Bill W. is right.
I believe mine came with Rotosound 66s when I bought it new in the seventies.
I believe mine came with Rotosound 66s when I bought it new in the seventies.
My thumb rest looks original, but having at quick look at google images it looks like most don't have them. Where did you buy it new?
I bought it new at The Sound Post in Mt. Prospect, IL (Chicago suburb) during the first year or two of production. I eventually removed the frets and made it a lined fret less and worked pretty good. It's currently somewhat of a basket case (all original parts) as (if I correctly recall) the DiMarzio p/up has issues.
I love the 32" scale is nice – not too short. The action is a bit high, I had some one adjust it but it popped back up again so I took it in again.
I agree with Bill here.
I bought mine brand new in'77. Still have it.
Mine's the version with the brass DiMarzio.
Can't remember what came on it out of the music store, but it's had Rotos on it for decades.
It truly defines the "piano like" sound.
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Yep. Got the brass DiMarzio in mine too.
Regarding the piano like sound, your right Tangent, and now you reminded me that I must have purchased mine in '77 also since that tone was the closest to a Alembic Series I could afford, (after seeing RTF and all in concert and playing the Maple Series I they had at Bag End when they were in Palatine IL!)
Regarding the piano like sound, your right Tangent, and now you reminded me that I must have purchased mine in '77 also since that tone was the closest to a Alembic Series I could afford, (after seeing RTF and all in concert and playing the Maple Series I they had at Bag End when they were in Palatine IL!)
