Wood is a forgiving medium. That one is relatively easy to fix if desired, just as easily ignored. No real playability issue.

They do make a nice set. 

Quote from: JimmyJ on Yesterday at 02:33:36 PMGonna guess that scallop was done to make extra room for snapping (popping?) the G-string. To each his own.

Nice basses!

Jimmy J

That makes sense. But then (if it was mine) I would have it cut out on the whole length if possible with the end pin. Cause I also pop the A and D strings and sometimes even the E string. But as Adriaan says you don't notice it from a distance.

I thought you guys might enjoy this terrible hack I once did for a melody that had a high-A in it.  No G# so this is a "26th fret" for the G-string only.  HAHA.  But one could certainly imagine some extra frets built into a truss rod cover.  Just sayin'.  (Sorry for the hijack.)

Jimmy J

Quote from: JimmyJ on Yesterday at 07:53:28 PMI thought you guys might enjoy this terrible hack I once did for a melody that had a high-A in it.  No G# so this is a "26th fret" for the G-string only.  HAHA.  But one could certainly imagine some extra frets built into a truss rod cover.  Just sayin'.  (Sorry for the hijack.)

Jimmy J

That's what a 6th string is for. 

Back in 2015 you were touring with the Steve Gadd band, and you played in Zoetermeer, where we had a nice chat after the show, and you even remembered the 6 string being built. So what do you know, last July I bought the 75 off a guy in Zoetermeer - funny how that works out.

Quote from: JimmyJ on Yesterday at 07:53:28 PMI thought you guys might enjoy this terrible hack I once did for a melody that had a high-A in it.  No G# so this is a "26th fret" for the G-string only.  HAHA.  But one could certainly imagine some extra frets built into a truss rod cover.  Just sayin'.  (Sorry for the hijack.)

Jimmy J

That's a cool MacGyver solution! Do still have that mod on it?

Quote from: adriaan on Today at 12:16:53 AMBack in 2015 you were touring with the Steve Gadd band, and you played in Zoetermeer, where we had a nice chat after the show, and you even remembered the 6 string being built. So what do you know, last July I bought the 75 off a guy in Zoetermeer - funny how that works out.

Wow, that's wild.  And it's a great looking 6.  My operator's license only covers 5 though.    If I need higher I will sometimes do the false harmonic thing.  But this melody I was asked to play started over and over again on the high-A so...

Quote from: Barend on Today at 02:12:55 AMDo still have that mod on it?

No but I keep the little aluminum piece in my toolkit just in case. 

Jimmy J