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The official Skjold Club thread!

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vision said:
By the way...this birdseye quilted maple has got to be one of my favorite tops ever! It has a great balance of being extremely rare and stunning while still being classy and not too over the top.
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Thanks, Jason! That was PRECISELY my goal. Funny, I kinda' made it a big deal with Pete I really wanted the burst, but I wanted it to be real subtle for this exact reason. Well, he sent me email all concerned about it being too dark... had me all worried, then I saw the pics and I couldn't figure out what the heck he was worried about. It was exactly as I'd hoped. :)

Truth be told, I got HUGELY lucky on this... not because it requires luck for Pete to turn out magic like this, but more because I just fell into this opportunity... at the right place at the right time. He hooked me up with some "special reserve" topwood that wasn't even on his site, because he wanted to guarantee it'd end up on a Skjold, and I benefited from a little build acceleration to meet a deadline that really had nothing to do with me personally, so it all just was sorta' meant to be. I'm blessed to own it. Ironically, it's also one of the few basses I've played that can sound great even in church, and that takes some doing in ours.
 
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#243
Okay,
I just put down a deposit on a Lion's Pride to start in this next batch! I'm excited but it'll be a loooooong time coming.

*Lion's Pride 5
*Black limba body
*Walnut top
*Skjold full mojo preamp and C1 pickups
*Fingerboard TBD - any input?
*Black hardware - and actually going for the more modern look i.e. Skjold bridge (vs Hipshot B) and lite tuners instead of the cloverleaf tuners.

Thanks Pete! Looking forward to it.
 
#244
Basso Gruvitas said:
Okay,
I just put down a deposit on a Lion's Pride to start in this next batch! I'm excited but it'll be a loooooong time coming.

*Lion's Pride 5
*Black limba body
*Walnut top
*Skjold full mojo preamp and C1 pickups
*Fingerboard TBD - any input?
*Black hardware - and actually going for the more modern look i.e. Skjold bridge (vs Hipshot B) and lite tuners instead of the cloverleaf tuners.

Thanks Pete! Looking forward to it.
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Sounds awesome! Congrats. I'm shoring up next order as well.
 
#245
Basso Gruvitas said:
*Fingerboard TBD - any input?
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My advice is to tell Pete what tone you are after, and let him recommend a fingerboard wood. He is just so dead-on with his recommendations, and he knows that stuff so much better than I do. :)

And of course, grats!!! :hyper:

Edit: I'm going to have two basses in this next batch myself. :D
 
#246
tombowlus said:
My advice is to tell Pete what tone you are after, and let him recommend a fingerboard wood. He is just so dead-on with his recommendations, and he knows that stuff so much better than I do. :)
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Well, I just sent a PM to a couple guys to ask for input, but since you bring it up for discussion, here's what I said:

The bass is replacing a very fine Roscoe 5. What I loved about the Roscoe (with the Demeter preamp) is that it had a very smooth character. It sat in a mix very well and was not honky or snarly. It was perfect for smooth jazz gigs, or recording with vocalists, or gigs where I was playing all sorts of different styles.
Now, I'm interested in doing something similar with the Skjold. I'm torn between the Pau Ferro, which with the limba sounds very sweet and kind of J Bass-ish - and bloodwood, which would sound very smooth with a very open top end. Pete and I talked about the full preamp with the Pau Ferro for ANY type of tone, or getting the simpler 3-band with the EQ pots in the cavity for the bloodwood to "lock in" the tone I like.
Pete has some KILLER looking Pau Ferro in stock but I'm really trying to focus on tone here, and not looks.
 
#247
Basso Gruvitas said:
Well, I just sent a PM to a couple guys to ask for input, but since you bring it up for discussion, here's what I said:

The bass is replacing a very fine Roscoe 5. What I loved about the Roscoe (with the Demeter preamp) is that it had a very smooth character. It sat in a mix very well and was not honky or snarly. It was perfect for smooth jazz gigs, or recording with vocalists, or gigs where I was playing all sorts of different styles.
Now, I'm interested in doing something similar with the Skjold. I'm torn between the Pau Ferro, which with the limba sounds very sweet and kind of J Bass-ish - and bloodwood, which would sound very smooth with a very open top end. Pete and I talked about the full preamp with the Pau Ferro for ANY type of tone, or getting the simpler 3-band with the EQ pots in the cavity for the bloodwood to "lock in" the tone I like.
Pete has some KILLER looking Pau Ferro in stock but I'm really trying to focus on tone here, and not looks.
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Again, Pete is the man, but I would think that pau ferro just may be a killer choice, tonally. You might also want to consider bubinga, which is unusual for a fingerboard, it seems, but I like the smooth, full, but still present highs.
 
#248
Vic said:
Ok, yeah, you play it better, and yeah, I also hold Cirrus' in very high regard... especially with someone like you behind the wheel, but dude... you gotta' get a Skjold! Seriously! :)
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You're far too modest! And yeah, Skjolds are in STRONG consideration. I'm working everything out in my mind right now. ;)
 
#249
Vic said:
Thanks, Jason! That was PRECISELY my goal. Funny, I kinda' made it a big deal with Pete I really wanted the burst, but I wanted it to be real subtle for this exact reason. Well, he sent me email all concerned about it being too dark... had me all worried, then I saw the pics and I couldn't figure out what the heck he was worried about. It was exactly as I'd hoped. :)
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That burst is PERFECT! Just enough to add some depth to the look of the bass, but not cover up that beautiful top. That bass just looks right!
 
#251
Smallequestrian said:
Not much input on the fretboard, but you are right about his Pau Ferro stock, its so nice it saved me from spending money to "upgrade" to a Ebony or Bacote.
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Hey Paul.
What was really eye-opening (or ear-opening) was when Pete and I would take planks of all this wood and either tap it or lightly bounce it off the concrete floors. It gave us such a clear idea of what the fingerboards would sound like. And believe me, the pau ferro would sound SO different than the bocote, or even the ebony.
 
#252
tombowlus said:
My advice is to tell Pete what tone you are after, and let him recommend a fingerboard wood. He is just so dead-on with his recommendations, and he knows that stuff so much better than I do. :)

And of course, grats!!! :hyper:
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Couldn't have said it better, except to add one thing...

I know some folks really dig the bloodwood, but that deep red color just doesn't do it for me at all unless there's something else in the other woods or in a finish color to bring that into the theme. Just in case you're considering that for your FB. ;)

Edit: I'm going to have two basses in this next batch myself. :D
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It's like a drug, isn't it? Scary... :eek:
 
#253
tombowlus said:
Again, Pete is the man, but I would think that pau ferro just may be a killer choice, tonally. You might also want to consider bubinga, which is unusual for a fingerboard, it seems, but I like the smooth, full, but still present highs.
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Wenge is another possibility, since you're looking for a smoother tone... wenge tends to have some compression in the upper mids which is why it works well for slap, but it might be nice for your goals, as well.

However, all that said, IMHO, just ask Pete. :)
 
#254
Vic said:
Wenge is another possibility, since you're looking for a smoother tone... wenge tends to have some compression in the upper mids which is why it works well for slap, but it might be nice for your goals, as well.

However, all that said, IMHO, just ask Pete. :)
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But wenge also has a fairly unique attack to the note (which I would say is not smooth). Bubinga offers the slight upper mid compression, but seems more open, balanced, and smooth, relative to wenge (which packs a bit more of a punch, IME).

Tom.
 
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BTW, whats this I hear about Matt Morgan dropping off some envelope for me at the shop? Pete called to tell me about it Monday I think, but I have been pondering it since then cause I cant make it out until tomorrow lol.

Yall better not have done anything crazy :D
 
#257
tombowlus said:
But wenge also has a fairly unique attack to the note (which I would say is not smooth). Bubinga offers the slight upper mid compression, but seems more open, balanced, and smooth, relative to wenge (which packs a bit more of a punch, IME).

Tom.
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Well, I'm just not a wenge fan. Vic ain't cool with bloodwood - and I ain't cool with wenge. I don't like the way it feels or looks.
I would love to hear Matt's bloodwood fingerboard. I played the first bloodwood fretless that Pete made (with Lane Poor pickups), and I remember liking it but no details. Darn my memory!:bawl:

I've thought about bubinga, but it's not on Pete's "thumbs up" list for my needs. BTW, Pete just acquired a Skjold old new stock fretless 5 with a beautiful bubinga fingerboard!
 
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tombowlus said:
But wenge also has a fairly unique attack to the note (which I would say is not smooth). Bubinga offers the slight upper mid compression, but seems more open, balanced, and smooth, relative to wenge (which packs a bit more of a punch, IME).
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+1, except I've played some wenge basses (one I currently have in my posession, btw, :)), and it's impressed me with it's ability to get a nice smooth fingerstyle tone. Admittedly, I am using the preamp a little, but nothing really much.

Anyhoo, just trying to throw all my thoughts out.
 
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