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The official Skjold Club thread!

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#384
Well, I pulled a 'Vic' last night. Almost feel asleep playing my Skjold. I told myself that I couldn't play until all the paperwork was done, so i didn't get to the bass until maybe 9:30/10. Just started playing along with some records and the next thing you know I'm nodding off. I played until almost one before I finally gave in and went to bed.

On another note, this bass is so ridiculously amazing. Through headphones, the tone is so rich and complex and interesting...
 
#387
I can be an official member of the club now.

This one is mine! Hopefully I can pick it up tomorrow since its local!
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#391
Thanks for the well wishes guys. Now I am going to have to figure my way around all those freaking knobs...Going to get this one up to Pete soon and have him give it the once over. I am temporarily in possesion of 2 too many basses, got to start looking at my options. Maybe Pete can build me a money tree? :D
 
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Smallequestrian said:
Thanks for the well wishes guys. Now I am going to have to figure my way around all those freaking knobs...Going to get this one up to Pete soon and have him give it the once over. I am temporarily in possesion of 2 too many basses, got to start looking at my options. Maybe Pete can build me a money tree? :D
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If you already know this, please pardon this post, but if you did mean to say you weren't familiar with what each knob did...

The controls are, starting with the top row, neck end first:
  • Master Volume.
  • 4 position rotary pickup selector switch: neck, blend series, blend parallel, and bridge.
  • Passive tone control, which is also a push/pull passive switch (true hardware preamp bypass).
  • STACK: Bass (ring)... boost only. Treble (cap)... boost/cut, which is also a push/pull bright switch. Yep, you heard me, a concentric knob that's also a push/pull. Wow.
  • STACK: mid (cap)... boost/cut, mid frequency sweep (ring).
Anyway, those are the controls, but to really experience the scope of what they can do, you'll just have to play one someday. While it's quick and easy to dial in great tones, it's dizzying to try and imagine all the possibilities.

P.S. The C4 is basically 2 SC-1's under one cover, so there's still a forward ("neck") pickup and one further back ("bridge").

I saw that one on ebay and drooled all over it. Looks like a black limba body to me.
 
#393
Vic said:
If you already know this, please pardon this post, but if you did mean to say you weren't familiar with what each knob did...

The controls are, starting with the top row, neck end first:
  • Master Volume.
  • 4 position rotary pickup selector switch: neck, blend series, blend parallel, and bridge.
  • Passive tone control, which is also a push/pull passive switch (true hardware preamp bypass).
  • STACK: Bass (ring)... boost only. Treble (cap)... boost/cut, which is also a push/pull bright switch. Yep, you heard me, a concentric knob that's also a push/pull. Wow.
  • STACK: mid (cap)... boost/cut, mid frequency sweep (ring).
Anyway, those are the controls, but to really experience the scope of what they can do, you'll just have to play one someday. While it's quick and easy to dial in great tones, it's dizzying to try and imagine all the possibilities.

P.S. The C4 is basically 2 SC-1's under one cover, so there's still a forward ("neck") pickup and one further back ("bridge").

I saw that one on ebay and drooled all over it. Looks like a black limba body to me.
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Thanks Vic, I did know about the pickup differences. My order was actually for the C4, but now I think I will change it to two SC1's. I actually played a Custom Series bass last weekend at a guitar center and I mostly figured out the controls, but based on what you typed out, I had missed a couple of things before. This should be fun! :hyper:
 
#395
Just got back from picking it up. Got a chance to play it a little bit before the Cowboy game started and I am impressed. Not only does it sound great and feel super comfortable to my hands, it must weigh like 7 pounds. A lot of fun to be had with this one.
 
#396
More thoughts...
This bass is fantastic. It has this sweet midrange that makes me want to play melodic things. Last night I played along with a couple of songs that previously I never had much luck figuring out. The notes just kind of flowed right out of the bass. I had never played a 35" 4 string before, but it really works well for me. I love the the bridge coil soloed, but what really amazed me was the "neck" coil by itself. I didn't think I would care for that setting all that much, but its really a sweet and melodic tone.

The bass is still in nice shape. The fretboard could use some oil and there appears to be some minor fretsprout on the treble side, but other than that I have no complaints.

One of the coolest things is that before Pete realized it was me who won the auction, he sent a message through ebay offering his assistance if there was any issues with the bass. When he realized it was me, he asked me to go ahead and bring it down to the shop so he could give it a checkup.

I think I might need to get some knobs made up before too long as well.
 
#398
I finally took mine out last weekend. It was a benefit for the Monarch Mountain Race team in Salida, Colorado - nice, because we had a built-in draw. Sort of a long drive in the best of circumstances, and in my case it was really snowy. Anyway:

  • The bass is significantly lighter than the Yamaha TRB I had been primarily playing. I felt much less shoulder fatigure as the night drew on. Yay.
  • It sounded great. I was running through an Ashdown MK500 and an Avatar 210/112 setup. I ran close to flat on the MK500, defeated one of the horns on the cabinets, and rolled off the tone control about 25%. Blend parallel the whole night, which to my ears sounds more like a J. This bass is significantly brighter than my TRB, which has a rosewood board and mid-bright Bartolinis.
  • The guys in the band loved the way it looked - one of them went straight to the Norse influence without being led there.
  • Everyone agreed it sounded better. The guitarist, who is the bandleader, acknowledged a few things I was doing as "cool", despite the fact that I have been doing them for months. I think he could hear them, and could never before. So this bass sits very nicely in a mix. It is assertive without overextending its contextual bounds.
  • I am lucky enough to have a few opportunities to solo in our musical genre. This sixer really sings in the high register. I felt like John Patitucci (though I did not sound like him, surely).
  • The slap tone was much more advanced than my TRB, even after I had hotrodded it a lot. The Skjold has one of those really snappy slap tones that, at stage volume, goes right through your body. I love it, although my slap dexterity will be affected by the extra string for a while.

All in all, a very successful first outing. I look forward to many more. We tend to record a show to multi-track every now and then. We have one almost ready to publish on the website, although it will have the other bass, it's pretty decent. As soon as I am able, I will get some stuff done with the Skjold and let everyone know.
 
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WJGreer said:
I finally took mine out last weekend. It was a benefit for the Monarch Mountain Race team in Salida, Colorado - nice, because we had a built-in draw. Sort of a long drive in the best of circumstances, and in my case it was really snowy. Anyway:
  • The bass is significantly lighter than the Yamaha TRB I had been primarily playing. I felt much less shoulder fatigure as the night drew on. Yay.
  • It sounded great. I was running through an Ashdown MK500 and an Avatar 210/112 setup. I ran close to flat on the MK500, defeated one of the horns on the cabinets, and rolled off the tone control about 25%. Blend parallel the whole night, which to my ears sounds more like a J. This bass is significantly brighter than my TRB, which has a rosewood board and mid-bright Bartolinis.
  • The guys in the band loved the way it looked - one of them went straight to the Norse influence without being led there.
  • Everyone agreed it sounded better. The guitarist, who is the bandleader, acknowledged a few things I was doing as "cool", despite the fact that I have been doing them for months. I think he could hear them, and could never before. So this bass sits very nicely in a mix. It is assertive without overextending its contextual bounds.
  • I am lucky enough to have a few opportunities to solo in our musical genre. This sixer really sings in the high register. I felt like John Patitucci (though I did not sound like him, surely).
  • The slap tone was much more advanced than my TRB, even after I had hotrodded it a lot. The Skjold has one of those really snappy slap tones that, at stage volume, goes right through your body. I love it, although my slap dexterity will be affected by the extra string for a while.
All in all, a very successful first outing. I look forward to many more. We tend to record a show to multi-track every now and then. We have one almost ready to publish on the website, although it will have the other bass, it's pretty decent. As soon as I am able, I will get some stuff done with the Skjold and let everyone know.
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Glad to hear that your new Skjold is treating you well! :cool:
 
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