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The Fretless Club (Part IV)

#142
My new ESP LTDB205SM FL. Arrived yesterday. Nicer top than I was expecting. Some flaming in with the spalt.

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Selling the 4 string that I got back in November now.
 
#145
cjmodulus said:
Beautiful. How does it feel/sound?
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Thanks! I still need to set it up but I expect it to play and sound as nice as the 4 string I have. AFAIK the pup and pre are EMG clones so if you've ever played a bass with them you'll know what to expect.. I'm probably going to go ahead and replace them with actual EMGs though.

loopee said:
how much does it weigh? I've been eyeing that one
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Not sure exactly but I'd guesstimate somewhere in the neighborhood of 8.5 to 9 pounds.
 
#152
The LB76PF arrived today. Needs some work.. Bass was virtually unplayable when I got it out of the case (I did let it acclimate for about 8 hours). Too much relief and the saddles were set so high there was no discernible "mwaahh" at all! :eyebrow:

First I replaced the strings with a set of Carvin nickels, gave the neck a 1/4 turn and lowered the saddles. That helped but I'm gonna have to crank on the truss rod some more. Still too much relief. Pups need to be lowered too.

Anyway, while I'm waiting for the neck tweak to set, here are a couple of pics.

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#154
mark beem said:
The LB76PF arrived today. Needs some work.. Bass was virtually unplayable when I got it out of the case (I did let it acclimate for about 8 hours). Too much relief and the saddles were set so high there was no discernible "mwaahh" at all! :eyebrow:

First I replaced the strings with a set of Carvin nickels, gave the neck a 1/4 turn and lowered the saddles. That helped but I'm gonna have to crank on the truss rod some more. Still too much relief. Pups need to be lowered too.

Anyway, while I'm waiting for the neck tweak to set, here are a couple of pics.

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Dual HB 6 string fretless with P? GOSH. SWEET! Dude, you HAVE to get a youtube sound sample onto the Carvin forum. Congrats! Great build.
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#155
This bass wins the thread!! :hyper::hyper: Are those Nordstrand Dual Coils?


fabinosto said:
unearthing....

My Roscoe SKB :


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD5Dzod52KE
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#159
Here's a picture of my 2 fretless basses (Ignore the fretted and upright in the center; I don't have a picture of just the fretless basses).
The 5 string on the left is a Gecko that I but together about 8 years ago (polyester coated ebony fingerboard) and the 6 string on the right is a Roscoe 3006 (birds eye maple Diamondwood fingerboard).

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