Author Topic: Danno's 87 SC Deluxe (Read 436 times)

rklisme · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:34:31 PM »

Danno

I have been thinking about picking one up as well. How do you feel about your SC deluxe? Pro's and con's.

Rory

dannobasso · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2004, 05:24:03 PM »

At first I thought it was good but not great because I'm not partial to blend pots. As I've adjusted it a bit and paid more attention to it, it is a fantastic bass. Very easy to play super responsive and dare I say FUN. Got it used at Ash in Joisey a few years back. Thankfully the bass mgr. at the time let me have it fairy cheap due to my Alembic addiction.
Danno

jazzyvee · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2004, 05:31:28 PM »

I have one of those basses too and i thought it was great from the moment I picked it up. The more I play it, the more I realise how good it really is both from the sound it is capable and the playability.

I'd love a 5 string in that sc shape but I fear the balance on it would make it uncomfortable to play and also the b string may be a bit loose.

echo008 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2006, 10:04:48 AM »

Hi, I just took posession of this beauty, and I wanted to add a couple more pics. I polished up all the brass a bit cleaned the frets and fingerboard and put on a new set of strings.

- Tom

eligilam · « **Reply #7 on:** September 11, 2006, 08:24:01 PM »

I'm also a fellow SC Deluxe player...and the one shown in this thread is fantastic.

One big pro for the SC Deluxe is the mass to size ratio...lots of people find that a con and not a pro. But, if you have huge hands and get used to the short scale, you can do extensive intervals with fewer positionings...and all that mass translates into a bigger sound for a short scale instrument.

I can't think of many cons to an SC Deluxe...Only one: there's no big horn to grab onto for leverage when taking it off; so you have to be extra careful if the ceiling fan's on.

Cheers,
WD

jazzyvee · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2006, 10:03:23 PM »

I know what you mean eligilam about the extensive intervals you can reach for on the short scale.

There is a nice chord G If I recall correctly on Stanley's album 1,2 to the bass. It's on the last track, Peace, and thats played root - 5th, root - 5th across 5 frets on all 4 strings.

Achieveable by starting on low G with a stretch on my sc, no way on my 34 Europa 5.

The bass does actually feel heavier than the Europa but I probably should weigh them. I doubt if there is much difference. Like you I agree the heavier mass does seem to work for the sound.

Hope you had a great Christmas.
Jazzyvee

pierreyves · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2006, 02:04:56 AM »

Until I play this short scale, I really easier to play, really soft, really fast...you can tap (frapper?) the strings and do many diff?rents tones (sons?). Is it walnut, the top and back?

echo008 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2006, 07:10:02 AM »

Hi, the top and back are rosewood with a mahogany core and maple accents, I played this bass with Pyramind flats for awile but have gone back to Nickel strings. The action is very low and the bass sounds great. I actually just got a set of wood knobs from THG and Im waiting on a set of Ebony tuners
Happy Holdays.
- Tom