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Sei Owner's Club (Part 3)
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: : : : : The Gallery - Bass Merchant London U.K. Bass Guitars, Bass Amplification and Bass Repairs, Camden London : : : : :
the sei yin yang is back at the shop
sweeeeet bass
the sei yin yang is back at the shop
sweeeeet bass 
RREEEAAAALLLLYYY TEMPTED. To trade my James Tyler bass for that.
I've played (and worked on) that bass and it is unbelievable.
I've played (and worked on) that bass and it is unbelievable.
Yep, it was built for Alex. Alex loves basses with skinny necks, as that bass will testify to. It's got one of the skinniest necks I've ever played, apparently it's based on the neck of one of Mark King's Kingbasses, which Alex tried and loved.
Yep, my old bass too, hence my username. It's a tremendous bass, insanely comfortable and great to play (and yes, the neck is very, very slim). I miss it a lot, but sadly having recently moved house I won't be buying it back anytime soon. It's definitely one of the sweetest basses I've ever owned though.
FWIW Alex had a few Kingbasses himself IIRC.
FWIW Alex had a few Kingbasses himself IIRC.
Just had a chat with Martin to confirm the electronics layout. He's just waiting on the pickups to come in from Nordstrand and then the final bits can be put together.
Hopefully I should have it in my greasy hands by Christmas.
Hopefully I should have it in my greasy hands by Christmas.
hi from hamburg,
this sei jazz 5 now resides in germany and I love it, so I guess I'm in.
anybody knows some history?
this sei jazz 5 now resides in germany and I love it, so I guess I'm in.
anybody knows some history?
@krysh - I love the simplicity of your bass. It's gorgeous 
Quick update on mine ... looks like it's going to arrive just in time for my band to fall to bits, with not much prospect of a new gig at the minute.
Quick update on mine ... looks like it's going to arrive just in time for my band to fall to bits, with not much prospect of a new gig at the minute.
@krysh - I love the simplicity of your bass. It's gorgeous
Quick update on mine ... looks like it's going to arrive just in time for my band to fall to bits, with not much prospect of a new gig at the minute.
oh, sorry 'bout the bad news on the band, but then you got more time for your new seibass.
and thanks, thats exactly what caught my eyes first when I saw it. but it sounds and plays even better.
I just bought it through basschat. talkbassmember catwig1 seemed to own it for a while, but unfortunately didn't reply my message.
does anbody else know some history about my sei?
oh, sorry 'bout the bad news on the band, but then you got more time for your new seibass.
and thanks, thats exactly what caught my eyes first when I saw it. but it sounds and plays even better.
I just bought it through basschat. talkbassmember catwig1 seemed to own it for a while, but unfortunately didn't reply my message.
does anbody else know some history about my sei?
Well things might be taking a little turn for the better on the gig front for me. All very embryonic at the minute but better than nothing.
It's exactly 1 year and 2 days since I put my order in and I was just thinking "man it's been a long wait". Then I stumbled across the Darrin Huff support group thread and well ... some of his customers have been waiting over 9 years!!! Having read all 40+ pages of that thread a little over a year doesn't seem so bad. Given the 12-14 months I was quoted on ordering I think mine is probably slightly ahead of schedule.
@krysh - I love the simplicity of your bass. It's gorgeous
Quick update on mine ... looks like it's going to arrive just in time for my band to fall to bits, with not much prospect of a new gig at the minute.
You're not alone... I've yet to play my new fretless with a band. I've only actually had a chance to plug it into my big Markbass rig once. I think I'm going to bide my time and wait until we go back to the UK to join a band again. There's absolutely nothing worth doing musically in my neck of the woods. I suppose it at least gives me time to get my fretless chops up to scratch.
well any of ya should pull the trigger on that one
Did you trade it Pierre, or are you actually selling it through the shop?
Firstly, hope all of you had a great Christmas and Santa brought you lots of nice bass-related things.
Anyway - Sei watch alert. Did anyone see the Christmas edition of Top Of The Pops today? There was a lady playing a rather pretty 4-string Sei Flamboyant with The Wanted.
Anyway - Sei watch alert. Did anyone see the Christmas edition of Top Of The Pops today? There was a lady playing a rather pretty 4-string Sei Flamboyant with The Wanted.
No, I've never seen a Sei on TV either...
BTW, Got my Sei fixed now, it needed a new "Seymour" Pre-Amp installing. A very nice chap at work who know's how to drive an oscilliscope, proved it down to a fauly 8-pin op-amp on the cct. board.
So she's up and running now and sounding good too, needs a fair bit of eq'ing, but still sounding nice for a 19 year old.
BTW, Got my Sei fixed now, it needed a new "Seymour" Pre-Amp installing. A very nice chap at work who know's how to drive an oscilliscope, proved it down to a fauly 8-pin op-amp on the cct. board.
So she's up and running now and sounding good too, needs a fair bit of eq'ing, but still sounding nice for a 19 year old.
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No, I've never seen a Sei on TV either...
I've seen several actually; John Thompson's Original has made appearances on Jools Holland (live with Soul 2 Soul; it sounded unreal, one of the best clean bass sounds I've ever heard), TFI Friday (Jamelia) and TOTPs (Eternal). Oroh Angiama's Sei Jazz has been on a few things (including Live Earth IIRC with Corinne Bailey Ray), saw Midge Ure's band on something once and his bassist had a Sei. Whatever the band was that did "I'm Not An Addict" (blonde girl singer), their bassist (I think Martin told me who he was once - he had dreads) had a lovely Sei Flamboyant six, looked like possibly spanish olive facings with a maple board - think that was on MTV. There may have been more I can't remember.
