Show us your Martin Keith Basses

[chinjazz]

My good friend Jonathon Maron blissing out playing my MK during a Groove Collective rehearsal. He fell in love with it. Said it was the best B string he's ever heard (we both prefer a big, warm sound bass wise).
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That’s awesome!! I have a good friend in that band - the drummer Genji.

 

[emjazz]

That’s awesome!! I have a good friend in that band - the drummer Genji.

Of course!! So great to see those guys and hang!!!

 

[gscroggin]

In case anyone is interested, one of Martin's basses is for sale on Reverb. I'd post a link but I'm not sure if it's against the rules. I don't have any affiliation, I just have a search with notifications for anything with his name on Reverb and eBay. It's an Elfin 5 string that I swear I've seen for sale in the past.

 

[Jeff Scott]

You can post the link.

 

[gscroggin]

Martin Keith Elfin 5 String 33" scale | Nate's Bass Barn | Reverb

 

[gscroggin]

Turns out it's here on TB as well: For Sale/Trade - Martin Keith Elfin 5 | TalkBass.com

I can also say that @naetog is a great seller, I bought a bass from him in the past.

 

[naetog]

Turns out it's here on TB as well: For Sale/Trade - Martin Keith Elfin 5 | TalkBass.com

I can also say that @naetog is a great seller, I bought a bass from him in the past.

Thanks man! I appreciate it.

Definitely preferred to make a deal here at a better price though.

I'd rather sell one of my other basses first and keep this one, but GAS gotta do what GAS gotta do...

 

[emjazz]

Almost there!

 

[gscroggin]

Almost there!

Awesome man! Besides the pickup, are there any other differences from your other one? And will you keep both or is this a replacement?

Edit after the fact...do I see lined fretless maybe?

 

[emjazz]

Awesome man! Besides the pickup, are there any other differences from your other one? And will you keep both or is this a replacement?

Edit after the fact...do I see lined fretless maybe?

Yeah, this is a fretless mate to my fretted. I'm still completely in love with my fretted. It continues to be magical to me. If you go to my Instagram in my signature I just posted a couple of new videos from a live gig last week. I was playing my fretted Martin Keith. Hoping to get enough time with the fretless when it's finished to sneak it on a recording date at the end of September.

This fretless has two Nordstrand BigRig pickups. One standard closer to the neck, and one custom narrow aperture version. Volume/volume/tone. I wanted to be able to get a tighter fretless sound by blending the two for some things, but still in the P bass area.

 

[emjazz]

Here are the tunes from last week where I used my Martin Keith 6 string semi hollow bass guitar.

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[emjazz]

...inching closer! Martin designed a new two piece bridge for the fretless version of these basses!

 

[Jeff Scott]

I don't remember, what kind of spruce is the top?

 

[emjazz]

I don't remember, what kind of spruce is the top?

I don't actually know. These days I just leave those things up to Martin. Same as I have on my fretted, so I know it sounds great!

 

[Jeff Scott]

I don't know what kind of spruce Marin used for my fretless Elfin 5; I've always assumed Sitka, but?

 

[emjazz]

I don't know what kind of spruce Marin used for my fretless Elfin 5; I've always assumed Sitka, but?

I belive that's what these have, but you'd have to check with Martin for sure.

 

[Aram]

What strings you got going on there, Andy? I don’t recognize the blue silk wrap…

 

[emjazz]

What strings you got going on there, Andy? I don’t recognize the blue silk wrap…

Martin still has the bass, but they should be LaBella black nylon strings.

 

[emjazz]

What strings you got going on there, Andy? I don’t recognize the blue silk wrap…

Hey Aram! I was wrong...Martin said the LaBella tapes were back ordered so he got D'Addario tapes. He said they sound very similar to the LaBellas. I'll give em a go and see how they are.

Martin said that the low B on the fretless may be even better than my fretted...which is really hard to believe since the fretted is so great. People can't believe that my fretted is a 33" scale. The low B is amazing. Really excited to get the fretless in my hands this week!

 

[Aram]

Hey Aram! I was wrong...Martin said the LaBella tapes were back ordered so he got D'Addario tapes. He said they sound very similar to the LaBellas. I'll give em a go and see how they are.

Martin said that the low B on the fretless may be even better than my fretted...which is really hard to believe since the fretted is so great. People can't believe that my fretted is a 33" scale. The low B is amazing. Really excited to get the fretless in my hands this week!

Oh, I should’ve recognized the wrap, I have those same tapes on my fretless Hannie (the one you played)! They are fantastic, I really love em. Nice organic tone, and not too “plastic” sounding…