matryx81
Wholenote
I think I know the reason but I can't spell it.
Posts: 771
|
Post by matryx81 on Oct 3, 2020 12:25:49 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by morrow on Oct 3, 2020 12:55:28 GMT -5
A fine looking thing ! Pure classic .
I like it , congratulations .
|
|
twangmeister
Wholenote
Posts: 349
Formerly Known As: Twangmeister
Age: 72 and fading fast.....
|
Post by twangmeister on Oct 9, 2020 16:37:57 GMT -5
Nice looking bass! I love stack knobs.
|
|
|
|
Post by LTB on Oct 12, 2020 0:39:21 GMT -5
have a bathroom remodel to finish, but hopefully in about 10 days I am placing an order for a firemist silver. Well, are you hitting the "Going to do it" button?  |
|
matryx81
Wholenote
I think I know the reason but I can't spell it.
Posts: 771
|
Post by matryx81 on Oct 12, 2020 19:04:25 GMT -5
have a bathroom remodel to finish, but hopefully in about 10 days I am placing an order for a firemist silver. Well, are you hitting the "Going to do it" button? It may be tonight. I was supposed to put down new floor (the last thing left) tonight but was roped into a 12.5 hour day. Perhaps a NBD is needed here? |
|
|
|
Post by Laker on Oct 13, 2020 9:20:18 GMT -5
I’ve never understood the “factory aged/distressed” thing. Why would I purchase an instrument with an imperfect finish? I don’t think I’d buy a car and tell the dealership to make it look like I’ve been driving it for ten years, running it on a race track, or dirt digging in the Mojave.
My bass guitars that have a worn finish got that way because I have played them, in a position that is comfortable to me, for many many gigs. My 55-94 Lakland I’ve owned (and played as the main bass) for twenty years and there is not a mark or flaw in its finish, and that bass was played 4-5 nights per week for many years.
|
|
matryx81
Wholenote
I think I know the reason but I can't spell it.
Posts: 771
|
Post by matryx81 on Oct 13, 2020 13:40:58 GMT -5
I’ve never understood the “factory aged/distressed” thing. Why would I purchase an instrument with an imperfect finish? The road worn thing is probably the least appealing part of it to me. Firemist silver and stack knobs are what have me interested. |
|
matryx81
Wholenote
I think I know the reason but I can't spell it.
Posts: 771
|
Post by matryx81 on Oct 16, 2020 20:25:44 GMT -5
Well, it landed today. I probably spent about 45 minutes on set up (changed the strings and adjusted the truss rod, which was...fun. Using 35-90 strings is nice, but requires a set-up for most basses I pick up) and then plugged it in. The sound was typical jazz bass, but I found I could dial in new sound combinations with the stacked knobs.
Unless you are going to build one, want a vintage, or plan to try stacked knobs some other way (this bass does not kill my GAS for a Lakland 44-60) this is a good place to start. The pau ferro fingerboard does not turn me off.
|
|
|
|
Post by LTB on Oct 17, 2020 3:12:03 GMT -5
I’ve never understood the “factory aged/distressed” thing. Why would I purchase an instrument with an imperfect finish? I don’t think I’d buy a car and tell the dealership to make it look like I’ve been driving it for ten years, running it on a race track, or dirt digging in the Mojave. Same here. Never gotten this either but then again I didn't get my daughter paying more money for torn beat up jeans either. Maybe we are just getting old...uh come to think of it , didn't care for that 30 years ago. |
|
|
|
Post by morrow on Oct 17, 2020 8:22:02 GMT -5
I've got an old Pbass that looks like it went through the Boer War , and was pristine when I first bought it . But I really try not to ding them up . I've picked up most instruments used , there's been the odd signs of use , but they're all in pretty good shape , aside from my original Pbass . I have around five I've bought new .
Never picked up a relic , but I've seen some that looked pretty good .
|
|
woody
Wholenote
Posts: 245
|
Post by woody on Oct 17, 2020 9:00:09 GMT -5
Congrats on the new bass matryx81! That one caught my eye too. If it had a maple board, well forget about it!
|
|
matryx81
Wholenote
I think I know the reason but I can't spell it.
Posts: 771
|
Post by matryx81 on Oct 17, 2020 15:12:52 GMT -5
Woody, the firemist silver was the only finish that I found appealing. Had it been just 3-color sunburst and white or both of those plus black, I probably would have passed on it.
In fact, had it not been firemist silver I may have skipped this completely (I have a highway one body I was planning on painting firemist silver and I had plans to build a stack knob J, but this bass takes care of both of those. Now I will have a SCPB done up in fiesta red and probably have my highway one body done up in a dragon burst metallic finish like what Warmoth offers).
|
|
