Here is my collection at the moment. I have a Sterling Ray34 Silverburst incoming.
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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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That PRS is sssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
You musta just got it...it doesn't have tapes!
Beautiful! I have you're basses twin brother from '75 which I bought brand new by the way.
Wow! You aren't joking =). Great condition too! I'm the second owner; it was first owned by a local(Seattle) jazz guitarist. I bought it from his estate. It plays and sounds phenominally.
thanks!
i originally planned on a black pickguard, and then thought "what the he[[!" and went with the purple. but i'm with you: changing the pickguard color does a lot to alter the 'show'! both my J and my P came to me with white pickguards --- 'classic'?, yes, but no cigar!
good luck with yours!
In recent months I have been playing my NS/Stick almost exclusively on live shows. I was only planning on playing it on songs where I needed the low B but I fell in love with the tone. Plus this beast was made for tapping, specifically for Emmett Chapman's two handed method. I own a 10 string Chapman Stick so I have been familiar with the technique and even applied it to my other basses, but the NS/Stick's ultra low action and tension make for an incredible vehicle when applying this method of playing. and I can slap, rake, and finger pick as well. It's a stereo/mono instrument. At 1st I thought that the two pairs of EMG tele-type pickups (one pair for each group of 4 strings. a bass side and melody side) would sound to thin for a bass. Boy was I wrong! These little pieces of heaven are loud, beefy, and deliver amazing tone.
Always been a fan of NS! Just curious, what does the back of the headstock look like?
Unless you buy a store full of them, there is a good chance that feeling will never leave you! It's amazing how many different styles and sounds are out there...
I know, I was actually split between two J Bass at the store because the tones were both so unique. This is before even plugging them in...MIM Ash body and MIA alder body. I went with the cheaper of the two, as they both looked stunning in their own right, and had excellent tone, besides, my want for a deeper tone can be justified by a fretless option now xD.
Mahogany body. 34" scale. 1 5/8" width at nut. 11" radius. Balance is perfect, neck is AMAZING. Only mod done was to replace tuners with Hipshot. I have never weighed it, but roughly 9 lbs. Very solid construction. Purchased used from GC.
My new used Tune TWB63OB.
The knobs will be replaced.
The knobs will be replaced.
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Here ya go...
The 1st pic shows the felt string damper (which can be disengaged to allow the strings to ring out or engaged for tapping) and the end plate with adjustable nut screws and string alignment pegs.
The strings go up and over the end plate and then into the string holes. At this point they are held in place with threaded Allen screws.
The two black Allen screws affix the end plate. You can also see the top of the exposed truss rod.
Mine is tuned (from lowest string) BEADGCEA. Some folks tune them BEADGCFBb.
The 1st pic shows the felt string damper (which can be disengaged to allow the strings to ring out or engaged for tapping) and the end plate with adjustable nut screws and string alignment pegs.
The strings go up and over the end plate and then into the string holes. At this point they are held in place with threaded Allen screws.
The two black Allen screws affix the end plate. You can also see the top of the exposed truss rod.
Mine is tuned (from lowest string) BEADGCEA. Some folks tune them BEADGCFBb.
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I think I'm in love... I'd wanted to try a chapman forever, this makes it even sexier to me... being headless on an 8 string has to help with the balance I would think.
It is very comfortable to play. The way Emmett Chapman and Ned Stienberger designed the NS really accommodates both traditional positioning of the instrument and also the almost vertical position like that of the Stick. It allows for the fingers of both hands to lay parallel to the frets thereby gaining the most mileage out of the NS's intentions. Check out videos of people playing the Stick and NS Stick. The tapping method that Emmett pioneered back in the early 70's is very different than say Eddie Van Halen or Michael Manring. Their more "traditional" tapping techniques has the fretting hand in the normal position while the other hand's fingers lay perpendicular to the frets. In this fashion one is limited to using 1 or 2 fingers comfortably to tap out notes. With both hands laying parallel to the frets on the neck, you can orient a finger per fret approach and maximize your note real estate. Each hand can be relegated to it's own group of strings: bass and melody. It's very liberating! In fact Emmett wrote a book called "Free Hands" which teaches this method and in the early years of the Stick it was often included with a purchase of the Stick.
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