Steinberger Club

[SlowCode]

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Wound up ordering the 41.5 rifle case. Figure, what the heck - let the TSA open it.

 

[HomesickBob]

Nice one dude, there's really nothin like a Steinberger, not even close.
Poor F- and Elrick freaks searching for perfection... here it is!

 

[HomesickBob]

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Wound up ordering the 41.5 rifle case. Figure, what the heck - let the TSA open it.

Wow, this is ordonance hardcore stuff... are you planning a low frequency assault?

 

[SlowCode]

Nice one dude, there's really nothin like a Steinberger, not even close.
Poor F- and Elrick freaks searching for perfection... here it is!

I'd have to agree. There's really nothing on this instrument that doesn't need to be there, and it still manages to have style and presence - it's as perfectly a designed item as anything I can think of. The Porsche 911, the Eames Chair, iPhone 3 - the claw hammer. It's perfect.

And it will hold down like mad - it's a versatile, eminently playable musical instrument. Pretty thrilled to have one, that's for sure. That's for sure.

 

[pkstone]

SlowCode,

Welcome from another UL owner - though mine's a Newburgh XL. I haven't been able to play anything else since I got into this one. I really like LaBella black nylon tapewounds on it, by the way, although be warned that people will think you don't have any strings.

 

[rolandm]

SlowCode,

Welcome from another UL owner - though mine's a Newburgh XL. I haven't been able to play anything else since I got into this one. I really like LaBella black nylon tapewounds on it, by the way, although be warned that people will think you don't have any strings.

When I play, a lot of people WISH I didn't have strings.

 

[TColeman]

Welcome to the club!
Some folks here would really appreciate it if you share your experience with the Radius bass in as much detail as possible, as it's a very new model, and apparently no one here has tried it yet.

I purchased the fretted version of the Radius Bass about three weeks ago and LOVE IT so far! In fact, it has been tough to put it down long enough to get some good photos.

Here is a link to a page that includes the photos and some videos demonstrating the tonal qualities of the instrument (all of the various pickup combinations).

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[Rozeg]

I purchased the fretted version of the Radius Bass about three weeks ago and LOVE IT so far! In fact, it has been tough to put it down long enough to get some good photos.

Here is a link to a page that includes the photos and some videos demonstrating the tonal qualities of the instrument (all of the various pickup combinations).

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Wooo, what a nice video review! I wish we had more Steinberger reviews like that. Very well done, thanks for sharing!

 

[SlowCode]

Perhaps of interest:

Steinberger Music promotional lapel pins, given to employees and some clients:

Apologies for the quality, it's been a long day and they are devilishly difficult to photograph clearly.

 

[Be_eM]

FYI: NS Design has now officially announced the four-string CR4 Radius bass. It will be available in March, and I'm pretty sure you'll see it on the NAMM show.

Both the CR4 and CR5 bass have got a new manual, also available for download as PDF.

Bernd

 

[bungalowbill]

Just picked up a CR5 Radius yesterday…

 

[Be_eM]

Just picked up a CR5 Radius yesterday…

Welcome to the club… if I counted correctly, we're four now

 

[SlowCode]

Finally got some flats for my L2 and while the strings were off took some images of the neck. Which someone played the blues on, over and over apparently, with round wound strings on it. I wanted to post this to once and for all maybe end the controversy over whether rounds damage necks. Yes. They do. The gouges are enhanced here via PShop, but are actually fairly pronounced. I will be sending it off to Don to be repaired. The images aren't loading. Stay tuned...

 

[SlowCode]

Finally got some flats for my L2 and while the strings were off took some images of the neck. Which someone played the blues on, over and over apparently, with round wound strings on it. I wanted to post this to once and for all maybe end the controversy over whether rounds damage necks. Yes. They do. The gouges are enhanced here via PShop, but are actually fairly pronounced. I will be sending it off to Don to be repaired. The images aren't loading. Stay tuned...

 

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[pkstone]

As I said on the fretless thread, thanks for posting this. I'm glad to be using LaBella tapes on my XL2-UF.

 

[Sid Fang]

Ah, but do those visible marks actually represent something that's going to affect tone or playability in a negative way? I mean, it *could*, if the grooves were deep enough. But if I look at the neck of my fretless (a Music Man Sabre with an ebony fingerboard), it's clear that strings have rubbed in some places more than others, a lot like those photos, but it's not as if they're deep enough to affect the vibration of a string. There's no audible difference between playing more and less worn areas. To me, that's a cosmetic sign of use, like a yellowed finish, not necessarily damage.

And there are those who would argue that that sort of scarring and scalloping isn't directly due to round-wounds, though they're much worse about it, but due to applying lateral vibrato, as one would do on a fretted bass, on a fretless neck, where the vibrato should be vertical, as one would do on a double bass.

 

[SlowCode]

Ah, but do those visible marks actually represent something that's going to affect tone or playability in a negative way? I mean, it *could*, if the grooves were deep enough. But if I look at the neck of my fretless (a Music Man Sabre with an ebony fingerboard), it's clear that strings have rubbed in some places more than others, a lot like those photos, but it's not as if they're deep enough to affect the vibration of a string. There's no audible difference between playing more and less worn areas. To me, that's a cosmetic sign of use, like a yellowed finish, not necessarily damage.

And there are those who would argue that that sort of scarring and scalloping isn't directly due to round-wounds, though they're much worse about it, but due to applying lateral vibrato, as one would do on a fretted bass, on a fretless neck, where the vibrato should be vertical, as one would do on a double bass.

Thanks for the thoughtful response. I have put the flats on the bass but haven't had a good go round with it yet. Seems okay, but We'll see. I think I'll be resurfacing it.

 

[SlowCode]

Ah, but do those visible marks actually represent something that's going to affect tone or playability in a negative way? I mean, it *could*, if the grooves were deep enough. But if I look at the neck of my fretless (a Music Man Sabre with an ebony fingerboard), it's clear that strings have rubbed in some places more than others, a lot like those photos, but it's not as if they're deep enough to affect the vibration of a string. There's no audible difference between playing more and less worn areas. To me, that's a cosmetic sign of use, like a yellowed finish, not necessarily damage.

And there are those who would argue that that sort of scarring and scalloping isn't directly due to round-wounds, though they're much worse about it, but due to applying lateral vibrato, as one would do on a fretted bass, on a fretless neck, where the vibrato should be vertical, as one would do on a double bass.

I'll add this - there are longitudinal rivers worn into the neck lengthwise, and there are marks worn across the neck side to side, and these second marks all have the hundreds of little ridges of the wire from the strings. I could not get a good pic of them, but it's clearly evident that rounds damaged the neck.