Spalt Maple 6 String. Glorious!

[Shockwave]

Hey guys,

Just got this bueat through, Its a Hudson PS6. Spalt Maple cap (Not veneer) On Mahagony and maple sandwich neckthru, Ebony fingerboard. I need to get it set up with my fave strings, Sounds great, A mix between a MM and a Active P.

Not bad for £200!

Anyway. i'll let the pics do the talking

[7string]

What a great looking bass and even better when it's a bargain !!

Is this your first 6 string??

[Shockwave]

[quote name='7string' post='152799' date='Mar 6 2008, 11:58 PM']What a great looking bass and even better when it's a bargain !!

Is this your first 6 string??[/quote]

My 5th

I have had a John Myung MK1, A Spector Legend 6, A Shine POS, I have had an unpaired 8 string Galveston.

[d-basser]

I played on of these in guitar guitar, really nice looker but i didnt get on with the dimensions and i didnt like the amp i was playing it through. but as i say very sexy bass esp for the money

[7string]

Was Guitar Guitar more expensive than eBay ??

Sounds like it's going to fit in well with the rest of your basses !!

[Tait]

nice.

[steve]

that is one gorgeous bass, nice score

[silverfoxnik]

Nice looking bass! Is it me or does it look like a Curbow?

[Alun]

It's nice to see someone making an affordable 6 string Curbow now that Cort stop at 5 and I'm not sure if the Tanglewood ones are still about ( or even got into production, I tried a prototype a while back).

I tried a fretless one a few weeks back and couldn't believe how light it was compared to my Cort. Very powerful EQ too.

Cheers
Alun

[Alun]

In fact I really fancy a passive six so may have to think about getting one of these and sticking a Q Tuner in it if you can get them that reasonably ( nothing wrong with the onboard EQ in all honesty, I just want to live a battery free life )

[kingforaday]

yeah yeah yeah, its beautiful, congratulations... so whats the catch?

does it look like it was made by a blind guy with no hands when you inspect it closely?

there's gotta be a catch.

read on another thread someone saying it has that 'cheapo' feeling and the pickup sounds awful...

[d-basser]

i wouldnt say it felt cheap (one i played) plus they are actually £500 in GuitarGuitar so aint he cheap either. cant say i was blown away by pup and eq though

[kingforaday]

so shockwave, now that you've had it a while whats the overall verdict? (what i'm basicaly asking here is should i stop drooling over the pictures of yours and just buy one myself?!?)

[Shockwave]

Well I am getting some light strings for it and giving it a proper setup within the week, i'll tell you then

[Machines]

How thick is the top ?

[Shockwave]

[quote name='Machines' post='155879' date='Mar 12 2008, 11:42 AM']How thick is the top ?[/quote]


At its thickest, about 2 CM.

[Machines]

Not too shabby.. I expected about 0.2mm at that price !

[Shockwave]

Ok i just put some light gauge strings on it, I love it! Its a keeper for now! The best 6 string i have owned though

Cheers guys!

Rob.

[Shockwave]

Heres a vid of me playing it



[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LpXLRhhrAM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LpXLRhhrAM[/url]

What do you reckon? I was going for a MM/P sound.

[OutToPlayJazz]

Sounds suitably "burpy"!!!

[Alun]

Sounds nice.

[lukeward2004]

Nice - Burptastic!

[Kev]

this now belongs to me

[kingforaday]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='172080' date='Apr 8 2008, 10:37 AM']this now belongs to me [/quote]

sweet! i really like the looks of these... whats you're opinion on them? playability/build quality/pickups etc

i'm still toying with the idea of getting the 4 string fretless version...

[Kev]

looks, feels and plays like a boutique bass

pickup seems great, the preamp is one of the best iv tried, certainly the most responisve, such a vast array of sounds

its lighter than my fender 4 string!

the finish is just gorgoeus, pics don't do it justice. at the moment, this is my favourite bass to play, i havnt been able to put it down since getting it!

for £200, or even the £599 new, its an amazing bass