starburst dragonwing jsut popped up on revverbb

[adriaan]

Is the cost of flying out to pick it up cheaper than the shipping and taxes? If so you would be bringing your own bass back so you may not have to pay those charges.

Officially, you need to declare goods in your possession above a certain value that you bring (or have someone bring for you) into your country of residence for the first time. If you take such goods through the "nothing to declare" lane at customs, you may get lucky.

[senmen]

…or you may get a huge fine…..


Greetz
Oliver (Spyderman)

[Jonny]

Really is a beautiful piece of Maple on top. Not exactly quilted, not exactly flamed, somewhere in between. Very pretty!

[Mike B.]

I'm old AND old fashioned. I prefer seeing control knobs.

BUT.... it's a beautiful bass.

[BeenDown139]

little slow around here lately.  just found out i gotta learn 2 more songs by tomorrah.  gettin a little bored and unmotivated, surfin the net as a delaying tactic before it's back to the woodshed and then this this popped up.  again.  and again.

...I prefer seeing control knobs.

i'm sure there's probably a dozen players out there right now thinking to theyselves: "if it just had knobs, i'd fork out that kinda $$ in a heartbeat".  myself amongst them.  pretty sure that's what the seller is hoping for.  alas.

i try over and over to try to think of a scheme that either isn't impractical or doesn't cost another small fortune to make this bass playable (at least for me) on stage and i'm at a loss.  i gotta reach the volume and pan when i'm playing.  period.
what are the options?  if i put longer shafts on the pots so i don't need a tool to twiddle them, then they're gonna get "adjusted" every time i swing the bass or my hips.  ok - put some kinda  cover over them so that doesn't happen, but then i gotta get the freaking cover outta the way before i make the tweak.  and it's still on the back of the bass.  i can just see that:  reaching my hand down the back of my bass and fidgeting around between songs.  "hey tim!  got an itch?".  unhhhhh....just a minute....almost got it...oops!  go ahead and startwithoutme!

 don't even wanna think about how much it would cost to send it back to the mothership to put the knobs on the front where they belong (imho, ymmv, etc. & so forth).  wouldn't trust anyone else to do it right.  would you?

so there ya have it.  it's got  the LEDs.  the ebony stringer in the neck (not just for looks, dontcha know). the knockout looks.  bet the sound knocks yer socks off.  prolly gonna be seeing this one around for a while.

[garyhead]

Bluetooth to an iPad on a stand!  Or BT to the FOH. There’s the future!

[jazzyvee]

If i was going to but it, but i am not, i would set the filters fully open volume on max pan more towards the neck and use an SF-2 as the tone controls.

[edwardofhuncote]

Agree.


Volume and Filters wide-open, favor the neck pickup 55/45, and and an SF-2 would do the rest. I could actually do it with less... that bass there, with the aforementioned setting, straight to an F-1X and power-amp would blow most bass players' minds.

[BeenDown139]

Volume and Filters wide-open, favor the neck pickup 55/45, a

pretty much how my controls are usually set - volume set appropriately juggle the pickup balance for more squank or thump as the song requires.  maybe twiddle the volume if im pulling the strings too hard.

but this manipulation is all no-look, let the right hand drop off the strings (sometime i'll just finger a little harder with my left hand so it doesn't sond like i stopped playing), find the knob (I know the locations of all my controls on all my basses by feel - quite the trick on the SII with 8 knobs on it!) do the tweak while not missing too many beats or having anybody notice. i never jack with my amp settings, because then i gotta take my hands off the bass (hope i'm not wearing one of my neck-divers), stop playing, turn my back to the band (and audience) and do whatever.  the rock stars may get away with that, not the strange looking new guy on bass who's the pnly guy that doesn't know all the material yet.

i'm in a very dynamic band, gotta keep pickin' and grinnin and not screwing with my instrument.

that being said - i'd drag this bass with me on stage in a heartbeat given the opportunity and i'd find a way to make it work.  but not at $16k USD.  and id have to get an SF.  and a rack to put it in.  and a pre-amp.  nope.  not happening.

[edwin]

I showed this to Xander (now 11 years old!) and his first response was "Who bit it?"

[pauldo]

Xander is 11,  that means we have also travelled around the sun eleven more times!
His perception is spot on,  it does look like someone with a large mouth took a taste.

[BeenDown139]

another new band, another set to learn, killing time on the interweb before it's back to the grindstone woodshed.  i'm pretty skilled at flagellating expired equines - it's been a month.  not even an offer.  c'mon guys!  somebody buy this thing!