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Steinberger Club

#462
Tjluke said:
To anyone interested for the XQ5 sound with EMGs and triangle config, here is an another Vasco Rossi's song with bassist Claudio Golinelli:

Note the killer sound and the extraordinary bass lines. The album was released in 1999-2000 and since then fans all over the world have been begging the band to make more albums just like we're begging Ned Steinberger to make more XL5Ws :D

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#465
Rozeg said:
Listen, mates. There are a few Steinberger fan web sites out there with lotsa valuable impossible to find information. Their creators spent a fortune of time and work to gather all that data and present it to us in a structured comprehensive way.
It would be cool (and just as time consuming) to add something to that. A collection of famous music albums where Steinie basses were used for recording.
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Now who could that be… :D


Rozeg said:
Something similar would be a collection of VIDS and a separate collection of quality PICS of prominent bassists with their Steinies.

It's tons of work but someone who starts it can rely on networking to collect the data. Like just by asking folks in this thread to throw in what they know.
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Actually, my friend Tom has already started such a list on his own Link Removed website. And while Steinieland might be a good place for it, it doesn't make sense to create redundancies. Bob, I think you know Tom already. So if you want to see that list extended and updated with your own information, it might be a good idea to get in touch with Tom directly. His website is already linked on Steinieland.

Bernd
 
#466
Be_eM said:
Actually, my friend Tom has already started such a list on his own Link Removed website. And while Steinieland might be a good place for it, it doesn't make sense to create redundancies. Bob, I think you know Tom already. So if you want to see that list extended and updated with your own information, it might be a good idea to get in touch with Tom directly. His website is already linked on Steinieland.

Bernd
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Cool, thanks for the link!
 
#467
HomesickBob said:
Oops, a whole lotta fret buzzing... Claudio loves low action! :D

Nice catalog pics, got some more?
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Maybe, never had the chance to talk to him.

Yes, I've founded in my old magazines two more Steinberger ad:

I know it's not a bass but this guitar is simply a masterpiece: it was built by Steinberger Sound in 1997 in occasion of the 50th anniversary of the italian distribuitor (at that time) Meazzi:

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This is a US ad dated 1998 about XQ5 model with Seymour Duncan pickups, perhaps one of the last ad :bawl::

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Never tried this configuration, I wonder how it sounds...
 
#469
Tjluke said:
This is a US ad dated 1998 about XQ5 model with Seymour Duncan pickups, perhaps one of the last ad :bawl::
Never tried this configuration, I wonder how it sounds...
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That's the one I have. An XQ5 v.2, swamp ash, Seymour Duncan Basslines.
It sounds a bit more "wooden" yet no dead spots. It gives a more classic punchy sound when used for slap style. The pickup position is different (closer to the center) from XL and XQ series, which induces the sound difference.
Here is Tony Smith playing that bass (he put some other preamp on it, but the sound is still very close to the original)
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I bought that bass and had it re-fretted with stainless steel frets. I admit the sound depends greatly on strings, action and your playing style.
When my fellow bassists who know nothing about Steinberger play my XQ5 v.1 and v.2, they tend to like v.2 better because it's voice is closer to that classic "wooden" sound they want to hear, while XQ5 v.1 sounds "plastic".
As for me, I prefer v.1 for finger style precisely because it's so plastic :D
 
#470
Rozeg said:
That's the one I have. An XQ5 v.2, swamp ash, Seymour Duncan Basslines.
It sounds a bit more "wooden" yet no dead spots. It gives a more classic punchy sound when used for slap style. The pickup position is different (closer to the center) from XL and XQ series, which induces the sound difference.
...When my fellow bassists who know nothing about Steinberger play my XQ5 v.1 and v.2, they tend to like v.2 better because it's voice is closer to that classic "wooden" sound they want to hear, while XQ5 v.1 sounds "plastic".
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Interesting, your impressions remember me my first Steinberger: a XQ5 with swamp ash body, Bartolini pickups and HAZ Labs electronics.
I kept that bass for some years and I received many compliments about its tone, but honestly I didn't fall in love entirely with it.
I remember it sounded very very different from the XL with EMG, massive tone but quite dark, so when I bought my XL2 I sold it.

Rozeg said:
As for me, I prefer v.1 for finger style precisely because it's so plastic :D
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I know exactly what you mean! :)
 
#471
Tjluke said:
Interesting, your impressions remember me my first Steinberger: a XQ5 with swamp ash body, Bartolini pickups and HAZ Labs electronics.
I kept that bass for some years and I received many compliments about its tone, but honestly I didn't fall in love entirely with it.
I remember it sounded very very different from the XL with EMG, massive tone but quite dark, so when I bought my XL2 I sold it.
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Sometimes my friends like my v.2 so much that they ask I could sell it to them (especially that they're so rare here in Russia). Yet I'm keeping it for now, cos it's so versatile, and the more I experiment with it (different action, strings, playing techniques) the more hidden possibilities I find - it's a slow process for me, a non-pro bassist. It's so much more versatile than the classic XL/XQ with EMGs. And it sounds great :) I can't let it go even though I hate cherry burst colours :D
 
#472
Rozeg said:
Sometimes my friends like my v.2 so much that they ask I could sell it to them (especially that they're so rare here in Russia). Yet I'm keeping it for now, cos it's so versatile, and the more I experiment with it (different action, strings, playing techniques) the more hidden possibilities I find - it's a slow process for me, a non-pro bassist. It's so much more versatile than the classic XL/XQ with EMGs. And it sounds great :) I can't let it go even though I hate cherry burst colours :D
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You are doing the right thing: don't let it go.
Thinking now I did a big mistake.
 
#474
Rozeg, not the first time you mention to hate the cherry sunburst... i'm no friend of natural and specially waxed gear, non the less i like the Warwick just as same i do the Steinberger just because it is a extraordinary instrument* too... and i would never give it away by knowing it irreplaceable, how much more must that count for your rather seldom XQ5, but i'm sure you know the tragedy and regrets you would cause toward yourself!

*i had the chance to play a couple, none came close to the one i got!

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#476
HomesickBob said:
Rozeg, not the first time you mention to hate the cherry sunburst... i'm no friend of natural and specially waxed gear, non the less i like the Warwick just as same i do the Steinberger just because it is a extraordinary instrument* too... and i would never give it away by knowing it irreplaceable, how much more must that count for your rather seldom XQ5, but i'm sure you know the tragedy and regrets you would cause toward yourself!

*i had the chance to play a couple, none came close to the one i got!

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Simply beautiful Warwick. Nothing sounds like them. I had a 6 string Corvette about ten years ago, it sounded wonderful but it did not fit me that well, the Corvettes are not contoured on the back and it sortof pressed against my chest in all the wrong ways.

I sure do like your Streamer, those things sound so good.
 

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