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#150,084
Larry V said:
It's just the basses I actually take off the wall and play. The other's just turned into wall art.

So the two I'm still looking to unload would be the Studio V and the Short Scale. No hurry... if the right buyer presents himself, they'll get sold. If not... I keep 'em.
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If I were gigging a lot, more basses would be likelier. But mainly at church for now, though the possibility of some gigs after the Time of Covid are looking up.
 
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GBassNorth said:
I use DR strings on a lot of my basses. The one thing DR strings demand that many others don't is that you must put a 90 degree kink in the string before you cut it to length. If you don't do that, and just clip the string without a kink, the outer windings will sometimes loosen and the result will be a dead string. I've had that issue with Black Beauties before.
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Well, they do print directions about doing that, on the inside of the cardboard pack for the strings. HOWEVER, they changed their roundcore strings a few years ago, so that they turn into a triangle shape, after the nut. Effectively mitigating the old unwinding issues.

Low Riders shouldn't matter, as they are hex core.

Every brand has a dud string every now and then. But, I haven't ever gotten a dud from DR. Whereas some other brands, I have had repeated issues. Super Brights had problems in basically every pack I bought. And I bought several.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Dang, he's ruining the value of my 2015 bird!
Somebody hurry up and buy the darn thing before he lowers the price even more. This is beyond a steal!
Would make a nice Father's Day present, or slap a biohazard sticker on it and call it your COVID bass.:D
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Well, yours is in way better shape.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Was 1000 + free shipping. Now 850 + 100 shipping. Still down, just not as much. Still tempting. But I’ve been wanting a White Bird for so long!!!

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Saw them in KC/MO at the Cowtown Ballroom (cool place actually - saw many bands there) a year or two later. They all had clear Plexiglas instruments (guitar/bass and violin) The SF sound for sure.
 
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Larry V said:
If everything goes as planned, “Dorothy” will be off to her new owner later this afternoon.

This will put me at 5 TBirds... probably 2 away from having my “right” number of 3 basses; 2013 Gibsons R and NR and the Classic Pro.

I was hoping that “Dorothy” would eventually go to @Nocturnal but the timing/price didn’t work out.

Anyway, I took some pics for the new owner of the packing process and I thought to share them.

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The price to ship with the bass torn down was almost half the price of intact and that appealed to the purchaser. A bit of work to wrap it all up and cut down a box but in the end, the almost 2 hours it took paid off.
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loving that red colour, what’s the name ?
 
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