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Wonderful basses. I've had two Korean and one German one and regret selling them. I wish you were in the UK (to avoid customs duties etc)
GLWTS
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Oh, I'd love a 5 string bass like that
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I've got two 5 string Jakes and am desperate to buy back one I stupidly sold (the person who has it now knows this - hint hint) - I think that says it all.
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I used to have a Lamborghini green one of these. Wonderful basses. GLWTS.
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What’s it like tuned to a low B instead? Is the B string playable?
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Whats the scale length of this please? More electric bass or actual double bass?
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On 08/09/2021 at 13:35, UglyDog said:
Oh my god, that is fabulous!
Totally agree. I think you should buy it
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58 minutes ago, CameronJ said:
Good thing you mentioned the playing comfort as a very tall guy - I’m 6’8” so would likely have the same issue! Though I only play with fingers…are you a pick player @6feet7?
I play with both (well, a thumb pick or fingers or both). If I had my forearm where everyone else does then I was playing over the 19th fret. A friend of mine (only 6 feet tall) has played it and his hand and forearm are exactly where you'd want to be. I had a Jackson David Ellefson and that was the same. I'm guessing all T'bird style basses will have this issue (or should I say, all very tall bass players will have this issue with T'bird style basses).
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Bought last month. Absolutely gorgeous (totally changed my mind about relic'd instruments), but, as much as I love it, it's wrong for me. I'm 6 feet 7 tall and where my right arm hangs/plays is behind where the wear is (ie. on normal sized people) and right on the sharp corner
4.29 Kg = 9.46 lbs
Back at the Bass Gallery
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I used to have the 5 string version of this. Absolutely wonderful bass. Wish I'd never sold it (along with the two Korean 5 stringers I also sold). You've got me thinking I should buy another 5 string one they are so good.
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Sold at Bass DIrect
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OK, the second expensive bass (that I can't afford) in as many weeks, but sometimes a man's got to do etc. etc. etc
Anyway, looking on the Bass Gallery's website and this little beauty popped up. I've been after a 5 string T'bird style bass for ages, but the Gibson version was 'just' the studio version and weighed too much. Even though everyone says that the Epiphone pro V is wonderful, I know I'd always be lusting after the 'real thing'. I bought the Jackson Dave Ellefson T'bird but it was like the Epi, I knew I wanted something 'more', so sold that. I don't think I could ask for more with the Sandberg. Beautifully balanced, not overweight, and even though I'm not a fan of reliced instruments, it just looks 'right'. I'm yet to play it through an amp at volume but I can't wait.- 3
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- Bough in October 2020 as everyone says they are the best strings you can get. I can't stand them (probably why I have a Rick and an Alusonic bass. I prefer that modern, sharp sound, not that old fashioned thud). There's also an extra D string - I fitted the strings to one bass - a 3 + 2 configuration, then took them off to put on a 4 + 1 configuration and realised I'd cut the string too short, so bought an extra single D string for that bass.
- Size - .043 .056 .070 .100 .136
- Free postage.
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17 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:
Do tell me more about the gauge of that B string! That looks HUGE.
I think it's only a 130 - Thats what the advert said and I havent changed the strings as they are good. I'll probably put Hi Beams on it eventually (130 or 135). I saw how Alusonics were described online a while back which really attracted me to the sound. It was said that listening to a wooden bass after an Alusonic was like listening to the Alusonic bass with cotton wool in your ears, and I totally agree with that. It's so clear and precise, but reacts well to overdrive too
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I saw this on BC last Wednesday, paid Giovanni in Italy on Thursday and it arrived this afternoon (many thanks UPS)
All I can say is 'WOW'. When I used to play guitar (many, many years ago), I always lusted after a stainless steel Stratocaster, but that being the early days of the internet, I couldn't find one, so I wasn't going to lose the opportunity to get this bass the second I saw it.
It was built in late 2018, with an aircraft grade Aluminium alloy body, rear of body and scratchplate in carbon fibre, bolt on hard maple neck with graphite reinforcing rods and graphitex fretboard with 24 frets and luminlay side dots, Hipshot Ultralight tuners, Alusonic Hybrid Alnico5/Neodymium MM + J pickup with a 3-way selector for the bridge pickup, and preamp with volume, blend, bass, mid and treble, and weighs only 3.9 kg.
The changes to the basic version are:
- flatter radius.
- block inlays instead of simple dots.
- 3-way preamp instead of 2.
- 3-way selector instead of 5, which acts only on the bridge pickup in series / parallel / single coil mode.
- blend on the preamp instead of the 5 pre-selected combinations.
It feels absolutely wonderful and sounds better than pretty much any other bass I've ever played. I think I'm going to have to keep my eye out for another one
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Oh, that is beautiful, and it's now mine :)))
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It had to go back to Bass Direct. Tooooo heavy for my knackered old shoulders
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24 minutes ago, TheGreek said:
Isn't there a pedal which will do what you need?
I've got a darkglass vintage mictrotubes pedal which I like a lot, but really I can't stand the look of the big poles on the Delano's, so if I'm going to change them I want something a bit dirtier or grittier which also doesn't have blood great pole pieces
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25 minutes ago, NickD said:
Wierd!
My passive Jake 5 has the Delanos (P & MM), and with the amp cranked I find them as rude as hell. My Elwood 5L has the Haussels (J & mini MM), and while they're warmer and more vintagey, they lack the brashness of the Delanos.
I haven’t played in anger with it yet, so you might have just saved me a load of money. I’ll find out next time I manage to actually play loud. 👍
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Maruszczyk Jake L5 P/MM - *SOLD*
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Posted · Edited by 6feet7
Maruszczyk Jake L5p P/MM
Handmade in 2019
Weight: 7lb 5oz/3.3kg
Body: Chambered alder
Top/Back: Flame Maple
Neck: hard rock flame maple
Scale length: 34.25”
Fingerboard: Ebony with pearl dots
Nut width: 45mm
Construction: bolt on
Pickups: Delano MM P
Electronics: vol/vol/tone
Hardware: Chrome, 18mm string spacing, Hipshot USA Ultralight tuners