The last two weeks I ordered and received two new basses.
This one arrived two weeks ago:
G&L L-2000 Tribute
And last Friday this one:
Warwick ProSerie Corvette Std 6 FL
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| Author: | blablas [ September 22nd, 2014, 1:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | A couple of new basses for blablas |
The last two weeks I ordered and received two new basses. This one arrived two weeks ago: G&L L-2000 Tribute And last Friday this one: Warwick ProSerie Corvette Std 6 FL |
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| Author: | AzWhoFan [ September 22nd, 2014, 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
wow! Love the wood on the G&L!!! The Warwick's not bad either, by any means. |
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| Author: | blablas [ October 24th, 2014, 5:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
And now the G&L has a full maple neck. 
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| Author: | bhunt1 [ October 24th, 2014, 5:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
cool - did you get a Tribute neck from the G&L online store? |
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| Author: | blablas [ October 25th, 2014, 1:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
Yes, they sell them at such a nice price, I could not resist it. |
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ October 25th, 2014, 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
Same bass different neck it is a good opportunity to compare maple neck vs rosewood. So how different is it? |
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| Author: | blablas [ October 25th, 2014, 9:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
That was one of the reasons to buy this neck, just to answer this question for once and for all (at least for myself).  The differences are really minimal, the maple fingerboard sounds a bit more focused and aggressive, the rosewood one has more body and is little bit smoother and richer in tone. I haven't done a one on one comparison, this first impression was just based on memory, maybe I'll do a more thorough test a later time. Given the fact the differences are this small in a real world situation it wouldn't matter which one you go for, the looks will have a lot more impact than the sound. 
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ October 25th, 2014, 10:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
That sounds about right |
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| Author: | J-meister [ October 27th, 2014, 1:19 am ] |
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Cool man, experiencing it yourself is always the best! Hop you can get to a DI comparison to share with the world!
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| Author: | blablas [ November 29th, 2014, 7:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
Another new toy, a BaCH BPB-60 butterscotch.  Custom-order, started out as a bit of a 'lack of lefty offers' jest on a Dutch bass guitar forum, the Dutch importer took up on it and did some asking around with BaCH, this bass is the end result. A big thanks to Rob at NumberOneGuitars. |
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| Author: | belinmad [ November 29th, 2014, 9:25 am ] |
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blablas wrote: Another new toy, a BaCH BPB-60 butterscotch. Custom-order, started out as a bit of a 'lack of lefty offers' jest on a Dutch bass guitar forum, the Dutch importer took up on it and did some asking around with BaCH, this bass is the end result. A big thanks to Rob at [url="http://www.numberoneguitars.com"]NumberOneGuitars[/url]. wowza! real nice, congrats! |
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| Author: | J-meister [ November 29th, 2014, 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
Cool stuff! Looks very nice! Was just listening to Jimmy Smith's Root Down (Wilton Felder plays the same kind of bass). |
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| Author: | Basshappi [ November 29th, 2014, 5:31 pm ] |
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Ver cool, I like them all. Each is very different from the other. I really like the Bach. Congrats! I almost got in on a group purchse of the Bach non-reverse T-bird but the design changed and the whole shipping arrangements were problematic at the time. |
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| Author: | superheavydeathmetal [ December 14th, 2014, 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
The grains on that G&L are gorgeous! And it looks even beter with the maple fretboard! |
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| Author: | pjmuck [ December 15th, 2014, 11:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
belinmad wrote: blablas wrote: Another new toy, a BaCH BPB-60 butterscotch. Custom-order, started out as a bit of a 'lack of lefty offers' jest on a Dutch bass guitar forum, the Dutch importer took up on it and did some asking around with BaCH, this bass is the end result. A big thanks to Rob at [url="http://www.numberoneguitars.com"]NumberOneGuitars[/url]. wowza! real nice, congrats! Awesome! What's the neck profile on this? Looks chunky in the photo, i.e. a C neck. |
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| Author: | blablas [ December 15th, 2014, 12:37 pm ] |
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It is chunky, not extremely thick but very wide. Let's just say it's a lot bigger than a average Jazz Bass.  It feels very comfortable, but I am used to wide necks. |
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| Author: | blablas [ December 16th, 2014, 7:15 am ] |
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And the most recent new toy, hopefully I'm done buying for a longer period of time now!  Harley Benton PB-Shorty. Fun little bass, unbelievably well built for its price (70 euro's at Thomann, this one was even cheaper, 60 euro's B-stock). Mechanically everything is okay, reasonably well finished, no sharp fret ends, only the tuners sometimes feel a bit vague. The thing that really needed to be done was a proper shielding job, this is absolutely necessary. Also sanded the back of the neck lightly with 1200 grain sandpaper, and of course put on a set new strings and done some fine tuning. For its 30" scale it almost sounds as a full sized P-bass, at least to my ears. |
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| Author: | blablas [ December 26th, 2014, 6:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
Not a new bass, just some new parts on a older one.  Replaced the three knob control plate on my Chi-Sonic Squier with a two knob stacked one today. More tonal control and it just looks so nice. |
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| Author: | bhunt1 [ December 27th, 2014, 7:00 am ] |
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You are amazing blablas what you can do with a cheap bass to make it better is incredible, not to mention your custom builds, which are off the hook. |
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| Author: | blablas [ December 27th, 2014, 8:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A couple of new basses for blablas |
Thanks. Besides playing them, all this customizing and tinkering is a big part of the fun with basses for me. Been doing this ever since I bought my first bass, always looking for ways to improve them. A nice side-effect out of all of this modifying is that I never had the urge to buy expensive basses, everything I don't like on a cheap one I can fix myself. At a certain moment in time I decided that if wanted a real custom build bass I might as well go over the top and just make it myself, after that I never looked back. |
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