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My first bass was a J bass, learned on it, played for years, then got my Grabber (in 98) and never gigged with it again. Last year sold it to fund a new upright. Was hard to sell my first bass but I realized it had more sentimental value than playing value to me.
Same here as well.
My VP fretboard has very little grain and is mostly dark. I don't think it's Ebony, if it's rosewood it's been stained relatively dark. Looks nice as is. I wouldn't personally make a purchase decision on this considering the pups and everything else are so perfect.
Chicken noodle soup, Saltine crackers and constant sips of room temperature sprite. She'll be better in no time. Wishing you and your family (and pets) a wonderful, healthy and happy Christmas. It's no fun being sick this time of year.
Personally, I think fretboard material is more of a visual preference. Sound-wise, I think fret material is a bigger factor because that's what the strings actually touch, and even your fingers shouldn't touch the board at all either. So to me it's purely aesthetics, but not a deal breaker, but definitely a deal enhancer
Just in case there's any question... this is not a political thing for me. I'm not a member of any clubs, or part of any "movement". I own neither soap box nor pulpet. I speak solely from my personal experiences, observations, and feelings on the matter. I have to assume that, what's actually involved with the process of declawing a pet, is not necessarily common knowledge... because it's hard to imagine a right-minded, stable, rational person that would think it's acceptable to do that to another living creature at ALL, but especially for nothing more than convenience! Just as sure as they have soft fur and cute little noses... cats have claws, and will instinctively use them. If you can't handle that... then you don't want a cat. It's just that simple.
I think the only way you could make that happen, is if you have a connection at your local store (or maybe Sweetwater), where they would be willing to take the time to look through their stock & select the darkest fretboard for you.
Damn right! Just whonahell do you people think you are???
I don't think it's really much of a mystery. For one thing... Epiphone has been really dodgy about the subject of fretboard woods on the VP. The only way we've established that rosewood is currently being used, is by hearing it from the people who've actually received theirs. It's possible that they're using other woods as well... perhaps in different markets or something (purely speculation on my part). Also, "rosewood" is still a pretty vague term. I'm sure you're aware there are different kinds of rosewood...but in addition to that... if you plant 2 of the same kind of trees, in different atmospheric conditions, they will grow to look quite different (tighter/looser grains, lighter/darker colors, etc). I wouldn't be surprised if Epi is getting rosewood from all around the world. I agree it would be nice to have some consistency and predictability... but I don't think you'll find that in a mass-produced, $600.00 bass.
Those look like the same photo, with the second one being exposure and sharpness "adjusted" in Photoshop.
Ya got yer dollars backwards, $1000 USD is about $1300 CAD. So $1000 CAD is around $750 USD which is a really good deal if there’s nothing wrong with it.
