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#481
Howie, I suspect your thuya burl pieces are from the same root ball that mine are (I don't think Martin has had any more cut yet). If so, I got to see all the pieces and believe me they were all absolutely fantastic. :bassist: :bassist:

I personally would be happy with any of those thuya burl pieces, but if you really prefer the buckeye then give Martin a call and see if you can change it. The facings are such a key part to any bass that you've got to be happy with the ones going on your new baby!
 
#483
Thanks for the advice guys.

If my thuya burl facings look anything like those on sei24bass' build then I will be happy.

If the bass isn't together yet I may change the facings otherwise I won't.

Hopefully I will find out on Thursday.

Cheers
 
#485
Howie, I am not sure my previous post was quite clear enough (:hmm:...sorry). Whilst I would be happy with any of the thuya root facings I saw, not all of the pieces had the black spalting like marks that the SEI 8 does. Hope this clarifies any potential confusion.

As I said before, speak to Martin as soon as you can if you are in any doubt about the facings on your new bass (bit difficult to change when they are already stuck on!).
 
#486
Signing back in after the bassworld bash. Going up to the bash really took it out of me and that together with my medication turned me into a bit of a Zombie, so the day was very hard work for me, and I have spent the past week and a bit recovering.

Anyway there was some great gear on show to hear and try and it was fun meeting all the people. Of note was meeting John East and the owner/builder of AC basses. I think 7 knows him?. I have a John East 2 band [and a schack 18v for the pup's] in my fretless to operate the piezo's so it was nice to meet the builder.

Of the basses I tried, a 70's I think Fender P bass made the greatest impact on me. I also tried some Shukers, a status kingbass which was very nice ,and an old KenSmith which brought back good memories.

Regarding my Sei's a number of people tried them and most really liked them with the fretted being the more popular to play with the fretless being the most popular visually. As expected they were not for everyone, normally those with custom basses by other builders, but in contrast a couple of pro's tried them and were very very impressed. The opinion of pro's actually meant a great deal to me and cemented the good comments made by all the other people who liked them.

It was a great day out and would do it again. BTW I met Toasted from these boards which was really nice and we had a good chat.

PS. All these new projects are sounding really nice and MARK yours looks wonderful but I am sorry to hear about the covers. Ben What can I say but WOW.

Regards

Matthew

PS will try to be a little more active here.
 
#487
Hi There,
sei24bass, you're right, I don't remember my bits of wood having the colour variation that yours have. Never mind.

7string, thanks for the offer. I will certainly look at it if I may, in fact I am looking forward to it, but I am not man enough for 7 strings.

Matthew, welcome back. I am really glad to hear of your experience with the 70's Precision. I love old Jazz and Precision basses. I have a '73 Jazz and until recently I had '63 and '78 Precisions. You wouldn't believe the amount of scorn I get from Paddy about Precisions - as you may know, he just doesn't get them. I must admit that I wouldn't buy a new one but there is something about a nicely worn early seventies one.

cheers
 
#490
Matthew - Having to take about 20 pills a day, I can fully understand how medication makes you feel :)

Alan who makes AC Guitars is a great bloke and really enjoys his job. He's getting more orders through and is adapting his designs to customers needs. The John East preamp is a good coup for him. John also designed the XLR out on Jezebel as well. It's a bit of prototype so I get to test it out !!

Big question is how does a Sei compare to a 7 string Shuker ??

Paddy - Yup, I agree with your view on Fenders, apart from the Urge Mk1 of course !! (I also have a strong dislike for Hofners as well).

Howie - 7 strings isn't as huge as you might think. If you can eat a Yorkie bar you can play Jezebel !!
 
#491
7string said:
Alan who makes AC Guitars is a great bloke and really enjoys his job. He's getting more orders through and is adapting his designs to customers needs. The John East preamp is a good coup for him. John also designed the XLR out on Jezebel as well. It's a bit of prototype so I get to test it out !!
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I really like what I've seen of the ACG basses (they sound great too), but they're all really small-bodied and would look wrong an a burly big bastid like me - if he'd do something a bit bigger and more substantial, I'd be well up for one. :)
 
#492
7string said:
Paddy - Yup, I agree with your view on Fenders, apart from the Urge Mk1 of course !! (I also have a strong dislike for Hofners as well).

Howie - 7 strings isn't as huge as you might think. If you can eat a Yorkie bar you can play Jezebel !!
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Unfortunately Howie is a big Fender playing girlie so he'll have no chance with your magnificent 7 string I'm afraid. :eek:

And if it's got a curly type 'F' on the headstock then it's not worthy of my time - irrespective of model, how old it is and how valuable people mistakenly think it's worth :hiding:
 
#497
I'm with 7String on this one. The basic P and J basses are great and a valuable part of the wide variety of basses available. I do think Fender could do with trying some more adventurous designs as well (the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" moto is valuable but should not be at the cost of creativity).

I will not be swapping either my existing or new SEIs for a Fender...now there's a surpirse! :D :hiding:
 
#498
You know what, I asked Martin a while back if he would make me a Fodera-style bass and he said no and that he preferred to stick to the Sei body styles he already does. So it's not just Fender !

Sei's are just boutique basses with custom options.
That's why my next bass will be a Shuker, as Jon is still a wood luthier who is prepared to try different styling options not just wood and pickup configurations.
 
#499
largo said:
Sei's are just boutique basses with custom options.
That's why my next bass will be a Shuker, as Jon is still a wood luthier who is prepared to try different styling options not just wood and pickup configurations.
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i really dont see that at all, as far as i am aware Martin is fine with anyone having a custom shape as long as it looks like a sei, it makes a lot of sense, he wouldnt want someone to look at a bass he had made and think it was a Fodera straight off would he.


Dave
 
#500
We'll agree to differ on that FBob, as I also asked Martin for my existing Jazz order to be a slightly smaller and thinner bodyshape so it was a little lighter and i'm not the biggest. Again Martin said he didn't want to do that.

My point was more along the lines of, why do people knock Fender for making basses that look like Fenders but their happy for their Sei to be a Sei.

Does that make any sense ? Stephen
 
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