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The official Skjold Club thread!

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KJung said:
Wow... that's really light. I like lightweight, but also like a little bit of 'heft' to both the feel and tone of a bass.
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HAH! I knew you'd say that. :D

To be honest tho, I agree, as you well know :). Thing is, Pete seems to break the rules somehow on this. In other words, on my current Pro, which is definitely under 8 pounds (7.5-7.9 depending on the scale), I don't ever feel like the tone is lightweight, but on other basses I've played, I do. I just have to believe it's all about Pete's wood selection. He REALLY works hard at that.

I've also played one of his older ones, lacking many improvements he currently has, and it was ridiculous... like 6.5-7 pounds... and it sounded amazing. It was that older blue-jean 4 string with the white wenge fingerboard that Josh had for a short time. I could not believe the sound that came out of that helium-filled wonder! :D

In reality, I'm just givin' you crap, and I'm almost as anxious to try yours as you are (please note this!!!! :D), but seriously, I'm not the least bit concerned about the weight/tone thing on a Skjold at all.
 
#904
I apologize for all of the hyperbole, but these two basses are just on another level...this may very well be my favorite maple top and my favorite bubinga top, regardless of luthier.

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#906
Juneau said:
Nah, you just havent seen this mornings pics yet :)

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Bubinga is hard to capture in photos, but trust me, its prettier in person hehe.
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THANKS! That's beautiful. Bubinga really does change a lot, doesn't it.. .from more orange to darker red, etc.

That's beautiful! Since I'm getting a birdseye Maple board, I wanted a darker and relatively 'simple' looking topwood. Very nice.

Thanks again for posting this.

K
 
#908
KJung said:
THANKS! That's beautiful. Bubinga really does change a lot, doesn't it.. .from more orange to darker red, etc.

That's beautiful! Since I'm getting a birdseye Maple board, I wanted a darker and relatively 'simple' looking topwood. Very nice.

Thanks again for posting this.

K
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Yeah Ken, with a Birdseye board, it will look very similar to Nate's Bubinga Monster hehe. You've seen pics of that one right?
 
#909
Juneau said:
Bubinga is hard to capture in photos, but trust me, its prettier in person hehe.
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A BIG BIG +1!

Great pieces of Bubinga like this one, especially once they have a real finish on them, have a "sheen" to them that is jaw-dropping. The Zon fretless I had was like this, and this piece will definitely be no exception!
 
#911
Juneau said:
Yeah Ken, with a Birdseye board, it will look very similar to Nate's Bubinga Monster hehe. You've seen pics of that one right?
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Actually, Nate and I hung out a bit a few months ago, and I was able to play that beauty. I liked the look so much (and everything else!), I based mine on his!

Mine is basically the look of Nate's bass with the electronics, body design, etc. that are in Vic's original birdseye maple bass.

Thanks again!

K
 
#913
Vic said:
HAH! I knew you'd say that. :D

To be honest tho, I agree, as you well know :). Thing is, Pete seems to break the rules somehow on this. In other words, on my current Pro, which is definitely under 8 pounds (7.5-7.9 depending on the scale), I don't ever feel like the tone is lightweight, but on other basses I've played, I do. I just have to believe it's all about Pete's wood selection. He REALLY works hard at that.

I've also played one of his older ones, lacking many improvements he currently has, and it was ridiculous... like 6.5-7 pounds... and it sounded amazing. It was that older blue-jean 4 string with the white wenge fingerboard that Josh had for a short time. I could not believe the sound that came out of that helium-filled wonder! :D

In reality, I'm just givin' you crap, and I'm almost as anxious to try yours as you are (please note this!!!! :D), but seriously, I'm not the least bit concerned about the weight/tone thing on a Skjold at all.
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+1 :D

Your birsdeye skjold is just so light, but yet so massively punchy and big sounding. As you know, I basically called Pete and said.... make a bass as close to Vic's maple one as you can... all I did was change the topwood and the fretboard. Whoohoo!!!!
 
#914
KJung said:
...I basically called Pete and said.... make a bass as close to Vic's maple one as you can... all I did was change the topwood and the fretboard. Whoohoo!!!!
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So really, Nate and I would have to stand at opposite ends of a really long hallway, run like heck, and have a molecular collision, and we'd have the KJung bass (and likely some evil counterpart... maybe a Wishbass?)! :D :D :D :D
 
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Well, gotta post my porn:
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Vic,
That figured top is awesome!!! Actually, as I go through the production body's, they all look awesome! I vowed that this would be my last bass, but clearly that will not be the case. If Pete's basses play anything like they will look, another Skjold will definitely be in the works.
 
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