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Steinberger Spirits
- Thread starter Michael Vee
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If you click on the magical link I included, you'll see the size… and how to order
Steinberger Spirits
This. I bought a shotgun case for my "hardshell" case, a good shotgun bag should work fine.
My XL2, B2 4 and 5 are all in shotgun bags as they were 1/3 the price of specialised bass ones and seem better built. I'm also looking at a dual to carry the Spirit guitar and a bass.
After 35y the original XL2 one finally fell apart.
Hardshell shotgun cases for them are a great idea too.
There's a lefty for sale locally. Only the one pic and no info. If I were to make a right handed body is there any reason the hardware couldn't be reversed?
I don't think that would be a problem. You'll have to measure the headpiece to see if the gaps for the strings are the same, which I think they are (not an expensive part to replace)… and the saddles seem to be the same so wouldn't have to reverse them.
Won't work. The head piece is fabricated with the string grooves built in, no easy way to reverse this like just reversing a nut on a normal bass.
See how the gap size changes for each sting?
See how the gap size changes for each sting?
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Um, not a big deal to replaceWon't work. The head piece is fabricated with the string grooves built in, no easy way to reverse this like just reversing a nut on a normal bass.
See how the gap size changes for each sting?
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Recently I picked up a BOSS semi-soft guitar case for my guitar that would probably also work - I wish they would make a bass-sized version, it's very nice!
Anyone looking for a nice, Music-Yo era (MiK) XZ-25 in a beautiful fire burst? I know a guy...
Will do - it's actually the red one I got last year, but I think I need to update my membership before I do all that (trying to avoid any 'imperial' entanglements).
It's the [This invalid link has been removed], they go on sale all the time for between $49 and $79 for either the guitar or the bass versions. I have both sizes and I use the guitar version for my headless bases.
Search the hot deals thread in this and sub it, for the sales as they pop-up frequently.
The bass is my own design/build, that I build for myself… if you search for me in the Luthier's corner, you'll see the complete thread on this build and a couple of others that are very similar.
I had not seen the Hot Deals forum previously, so I'm watching both it and then the Roadrunner bag thread. Thanks for the info! I wish I'd had one of these instead, years ago, when my XZ-25 fell out of the Spirit factory bag due to a broken zipper!
Okay, see attached. I installed a Guitar Fuel "Tone Monster" preamp in it to get the output up to where my other basses are at, so it's much hotter now, and replaced the jack with a brand new Switchcraft (in black). I also put on a new set of Status stainless strings on it, but if you like dead-sounding strings I'll be happy to put the old ones back on it and keep these for my next Steinberger. It will come in a vintage Steinberger gig bag.
I hope to have an ad posted later this week along with some updated photos as these don't show the preamp (it has stacked bass/treble knobs). It plays and sounds great.
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I found a PJB 6T to match my pair of 9b cabs. And a opportunity to buy a Dingwall. Two additional basses are going up on the block. My money tree is not in season so something has to give, otherwise I'd keep them all.
