Sei Basses

[Rusty Chainsaw]

And mine was the first singlecut he ever did.

Six string headed Thuya facing, Ash body, Maple/Ash neck and Barts.

It was yours that inspired me to go for the singlecut... And for that I thank you...!

Russ

 

[Nick Bassman]

It was yours that inspired me to go for the singlecut... And for that I thank you...!

Russ

Hi Russ

I'm glad it worked out for you.
That five string of yours is a peach.

Nick

 

[g4ui83tp2]

Just to add some (not brilliant) pictures of a pair of brilliant basses.

The first one Martin built for me:

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The second I bought from The Gallery second user, but it makes a lovely sound:



Both flamboyant and five string. The fretted has a 35" scale length while the fretless has a 'standard' 34" scale length.

I went a bit overboard with the fretted so it has blue LEDs on the side and piezo pickups in the bridge!

Sei basses are lovely basses!

G4

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

Ah, the ebony-topped Flam fretless with the Wal electronics... that's a lovely bass, I played that one many times while it was still at The Gallery... congrats!

Did you ever see the HUGE 42" scale 5-string he made for some guy in the US? Wow...

Russ

 

[matthewfoote]

[Comes running in making out of breath sounds]

Sorry I'm late guys, did someone say pictures of Sei Basses

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[rusty]

Love the inlay!! The bass isn't that bad as well

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

Just had a look at the Sei website... it seems they've put their prices up now, a basic 4-string Flamboyant is more like £1600 now. Still bloody great basses though...

Russ

 

[g4ui83tp2]

Hi Russ, I heard about it but unfortunately never saw it. Getting close to a full double bass ~ that bottom B must move mountains! Yes it's sad about the price hike, but Martin has kept it down for longer than I expected. Nice pics of your gear elsewhere on TB. Did you sell all the amps and cabs you had? What are you using now? G4

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

Hi Russ, I heard about it but unfortunately never saw it. Getting close to a full double bass ~ that bottom B must move mountains! Yes it's sad about the price hike, but Martin has kept it down for longer than I expected. Nice pics of your gear elsewhere on TB. Did you sell all the amps and cabs you had? What are you using now? G4

Nope, still using the Ashdown gear... I kinda have a love/hate relationship with it! I think I want to go back to Boogie gear... I don't think I appreciated the Bass 400+ rig I used to have enough!

Russ

 

[matthewfoote]

Nick, Russ

Do either of you have any more photo's of your singlecuts that we could look at. They are both so nice and I for one would like to see some more of them.

Thanks

Matthew

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

Matthew,
I'll take some more of it in the next day or so... There's a pic of me playing it live in the Bassists forum in the "New & Improved Action Shots" thread here.

Russ

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

This is the super-long-scale Flamboyant... I tried it out a couple of years back, monstrous and almost unplayable, but apparently Martin's customer in the US loves it...

Russ

 

[By-Tor]

Those basses are NICE.

 

[Ari]

I tried two Sei basses at the bass gallery, they are very well built and beautiful basses, they both had that refined, hi-fi modern sound.

 

[matthewfoote]

Russ

Excellent action shot you posted! and a nice veiw of your Sei.

Regards

Matthew

 

[matthewfoote]

g4

Love your pictures you posted, especially the fretted one that is a very beautiful piece of wood. Is it Walnut?. Also Piezo's are so much fun arn't they

Regards

Matthew

 

[wulf]

41.5" scale? Wowsers! I've played a Sei that was a 36" scale wide-spaced flamboyant (with an incredibly thin neck) and that was eminently playable but I can see 41.5" being a bit more of a stretch. I wonder if the owner tends to play it more upright? Certainly not a bass to sling round your knees!

FWIW, here's my Sei:

A six string, headless flamboyant... very tasty.

Wulf

 

[g4ui83tp2]

Thanks for all the +ve feedback. Here are some more recent pics of the fretless and an 'archive' band shot!









Does anyone know how to add pictures with those neat little thumbnails?

G4

 

[g4ui83tp2]

Hi Matthew, yes it's made of American Burl Walnut. The body wings and all the facings come from the same block of wood which Martin dug out from a dusty corner of The Gallery. It was quite difficult to get a smooth finish because the grain is so complex and deep. Chris (McIntyre) had quite a struggle with it but produced a really good result. The piezos produce a really convincing 'acoustic' tone which mixes in well with the 'electro-magnetic' to give a very usable 'hyrid' sound. G4

 

[Zoot H Rollo]

Sei is one of my favorite body/headstock styles!!!

i'd love to add one to the stable one day.

beautiful pics everyone!!!

JEALOUS!

i think i sprung a leak on this one...



man! those curves are just plain SEXY! attention to detail!!!

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