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Steinberger Club

#81
number11 said:
It was the 80's man!!

:)

When geldof signed it for me he said " thank God he sold this ugly thing"...my son met Geddy Lee in the street and told him I bought a Steinberger because of him. The tech jumped in with " I hope he sold it and bought a jazz".

Seems that if you don't play Fender these days you're not "in".

I sold a friend of mine a white XM2, which he lieks but gets a lot of **** about playing. The artist he works for started to record an album and his 77 jazz was tried on several tracks til they tried the XM "for a laugh". Guess what made every track on the album?


:)

I hear a lot of people tell me how sterile bergers are. They're anything but sterile, but thats the "common knowledge"
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The jumpsuits just helped the bass look even better. I turned 17 just after Live Aid and watched and taped the whole thing. Even then I didn't like the suits. Bob looked great though.

I think the Steinberger is proof that most people listen with their eyes. Also that a lot of guys are too insecure to be different. Of course it's always been that way.
 
#83
number11 said:
The guitar player was playing a headless thing of some sort - looks like a Westone or something. Anyone know what it was?

YouTube - ‪BOB GELDOF and THE BOOMTOWN RATS-I dont like Mondays‬‏
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I can't view the vid right now because the server here blocks YouTube (don't know why). I do know that Pete Briquette has played a Ric, a Kramer 650B, an Ibanez Musician in the earlier years, and I think he does own a Status headless.

If the bass looks like a Steinberger L2 but off it could be either a Washburn Bantam or a Westone Quantum. If it has a pseudo regular body it could be a Status or maybe a Westone Superbass series. I'll check it out later, but hopefully someone else will get it before I get back to the studio.
 
#86
TRichardsbass said:
I can't view the vid right now because the server here blocks YouTube (don't know why). I do know that Pete Briquette has played a Ric, a Kramer 650B, an Ibanez Musician in the earlier years, and I think he does own a Status headless.

If the bass looks like a Steinberger L2 but off it could be either a Washburn Bantam or a Westone Quantum. If it has a pseudo regular body it could be a Status or maybe a Westone Superbass series. I'll check it out later, but hopefully someone else will get it before I get back to the studio.
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For the past several years Pete's played a custom build P-style fretless bass. He was also given a warwick which he almost never uses.


The P suffered a fall, cracking the control plate, and when it was reassembled, the volume and tone were mixed up and upside down, so he has to think about what way to turn the knobs!!

:)

I think it might have been fixed now.

I'm almost sure he's never had a Status, but I'll find out for definite.
 
#88
Here's my '87 XM2A:

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Picture is 3-4 years old, but it still looks the same. :)

Gruesse, Pablo
 
#94
AphekGreg, They're both pretty much the same feel wise.The white one seems to have more low end to my ear. The weirdest thing is the white one is so freakin white! When you look down at it the contrast between it and everything else is very stark. The electronics may be a little different in them. I've never had the covers off and I probably never will.They do feel different than the early L2's,I know that for a fact.A Steinberger is an aquired taste for sure. In all these years I still know a piece of plastic is in my hand,albeit a really great sounding piece of plastic!
 
#96
DLEE said:
AphekGreg, They're both pretty much the same feel wise.The white one seems to have more low end to my ear. The weirdest thing is the white one is so freakin white! When you look down at it the contrast between it and everything else is very stark. The electronics may be a little different in them. I've never had the covers off and I probably never will.They do feel different than the early L2's,I know that for a fact.A Steinberger is an aquired taste for sure. In all these years I still know a piece of plastic is in my hand,albeit a really great sounding piece of plastic!
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You say plastic like its a BAD thing! :)

If you had a closer shot of the bridges, it might help explain part of the sound difference - it looks like there could be two slightly different versions in that pic.
 
#97
Not a bad thing at all,far from it. I just know it's not wood in my hands. I agree with the bridge assessment. The white bridge doesn't seem to be as solid as the black one,nor the roller saddles. It's almost as if the metal is softer. That was the first thing I noticed when I got an XL. The bridges on the L2's just seemed to be sturdier and I like the sharp edge saddles better. I get offers on the white one all the time.I usually give them a price so outrageous it scares them off. If anyone does meet it,trust me I won't cry when it goes!
 
#99
The "rollers" are just hardened inserts, they don't roll per se. You're right, earlier bridges - even on XLs - sound better IMO. I've had a couple with the inserts and I always prefer the ones without them

@ paco - the most common uncommon colour was white. they're not super rare, but don't come up all that often
 

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