Hi Christian
It was great!!!
And yes Bill, we talked for hours about so many things, and even had a great laugh with some Scottish beer.
I'm very touched that the guys liked my bass, but as she is mine, it's very easy to become somewhat complacant. I PERSONALLY loved Graeme's Rogue (fretless), and his MK5. I also loved Mike's Europa-----whilst much too big and heavy for me, it was a true work of art-as were ALL of Graeme's basses.
The Spoiler, as Graeme has described, was great, but the string spacing was way beyond my control as I don't generally play with a plectrum (pick).
There was also the difference of strings------I saw red ones, blue ones, black ones and even a normal silver coloured set that I used!
All in all, I think that the strings can make SUCH a difference to an instrument. My strings were pretty new, and hence sounded quite bright whereas Mike's strings on his Spoiler 6 had been on the guitar for ages. I think he bought them second hand from NOAH.
There is also the question of wood ages. Mike was the first to point out to me that the Maple on my bass was of a much more Yellow colour than the others; which for her age seems quite normal
She has never needed adjustment at all since she was set up by Chris Ward at the Bass Centre in London when I bought her 7 years ago for my 47th birthday as my special treat to me. I assume that this bass was built by Ron and Rick Turner. It is thicker than the newer Alembics, and the circuit board is in the back plate as opposed to being mounted in the hollow cavity.
As for Graeme's comment on tone shaping---He runs his preamp with basically flat settings. Great for what he does live (and I've heard him live) but IMHO crank the pre amp up and you will get so much more from these instruments----after all these are the best that money can buy!!!
All in all, the most beautiful basses were those of Graeme and Mike. I personally think that Graeme's Rogue and MK 5 were stunning. Mike's Europa was overwhelming---I loved it immediately, plus it has the LEDs.
So, it seems that most people want to aspire to a Series bass---I can understand why, but as Graeme and Mike say, EACH bass hass it's own distinctive feel, sound and character. No single one is really better than the others----they may have more Q, but at the end of the day, it's horses for courses
I REALLY want that Zerbrawood bass that was on E Bay UK . That was amazing
No Series no nothing
The BIZZ!!!
G
Eh Medhi
Merci pour tes paroles!
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JOJO (G)
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