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Singlecut semi-hollow body
- Thread starter Jisch
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Awesome looking bass! Really like the redwood! Newbie question; the upper horn being attached to the neck; is that aesthetic or structural? Or both?
Congrats on the Bass of the Week! I love how that bass looks. Sounds great as well. The sound hole is a perfect size and shape which complements the flow of the design.
It's mostly aesthetic, I guess when I see a single cut I think it's going to sound mellow. I don't think there's any real basis for that idea though.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
I was just looking through old (?) pics of this bass and realized how much darker the finish has gotten over time, even though it's only been 6 months. I wonder how much darker it will get. It's never in direct light.
While this bass sounds like it looks: acoustic and deep, it is a one trick pony. I was initially ok with that, as it was what I was aiming for. After playing the bass in my profile picture (which has an EMG preamp in it) for a bit I decided that I wanted more sonic options.
I found a Nordstrand preamp cheap here in the classifieds so I put it in. It gives me a lot more options, with real bass and treble adjustments. I need to make another knob and figure out how to hold the batteries, but I like the possibilities much better in a few minutes of playing it with the preamp installed.
Unlike just about every other bass I've made the control cavity is huge in this one, so I was able to get everything in there without any surgery beyond drilling a hole for one extra pot.
I'll try to get some new audio files up.
I found a Nordstrand preamp cheap here in the classifieds so I put it in. It gives me a lot more options, with real bass and treble adjustments. I need to make another knob and figure out how to hold the batteries, but I like the possibilities much better in a few minutes of playing it with the preamp installed.
Unlike just about every other bass I've made the control cavity is huge in this one, so I was able to get everything in there without any surgery beyond drilling a hole for one extra pot.
I'll try to get some new audio files up.
