Single-cuts, What are they all about?

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='fender73' post='1370260' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:48 AM']Loving some on the ACG site[/quote]

+1. Finding them easier on the eye than the Sei

[chris_b]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1370402' date='Sep 12 2011, 01:26 PM']....Single cut shapes are just like double cut shapes. Some are elegant some aren't. And in the end it's entirely subjective....[/quote]
.... a logic that sadly evades too many people!

[Chris2112]

[quote name='4000' post='1370458' date='Sep 12 2011, 02:11 PM']Always loved the top wood (amboina IIRC) on your bass.[/quote]

Yes, aboyna burl. Very nice! I like the flamed sycamore back too. The wood choices are great. Every bit of the bass feels magnificent. When I order my next ACG I plan to drive to Moffat to select the woods with the help of Alan.

[krazy_olie]

Can't stand the look of most of them. Just looks not quite right

[4000]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1371379' date='Sep 13 2011, 07:40 AM']Yes, aboyna burl. Very nice! I like the flamed sycamore back too. The wood choices are great. Every bit of the bass feels magnificent. When I order my next ACG I plan to drive to Moffat to select the woods with the help of Alan.[/quote]

Alan's a great bloke so you you should have fun; just ask my mates Stu and Dave! I was hoping to get one at some stage but a new house purchase has put paid to that for the forseeable....

[fatgoogle]

When i have the money in the far future a single-cut is the only bass id want. Ive never played one but they look so damn good, Its what sells them for me. I dont see how you couldnt like them.

[BottomEndian]

[quote name='4000' post='1371668' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:35 PM']Alan's a great bloke so you you should have fun...[/quote]
Yep, a good hour in Alan's wood-store with the white-spirit fumes filling the air... you'll have a whale of a time.

[Gust0o]

I think they're an aid to beard growth, or something.

[eude]

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1371854' date='Sep 13 2011, 02:31 PM']Yep, a good hour in Alan's wood-store with the white-spirit fumes filling the air... you'll have a whale of a time. [/quote]

Yup, a lovely way to spend an afternoon, just let the effect of the white spirits fade before you drive home...

[fender73]

This one looks tasty

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4fRXKYTfg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4fRXKYTfg[/url]

[charic]

Shuker singlecuts kinda do it for me..

I'm unsure whether I want a singlecut or doublecut though!!!

[Doddy]

[quote name='charic' post='1373713' date='Sep 14 2011, 08:52 PM']Shuker singlecuts kinda do it for me..

I'm unsure whether I want a singlecut or doublecut though!!![/quote]

I love my Shuker Singlecut.

[Bassman Sam]

Shuker, now your talking. Dood's single cuts are stunning.

[charic]

[quote name='Bassman Sam' post='1373907' date='Sep 14 2011, 11:19 PM']Shuker, now your talking. Dood's single cuts are stunning. [/quote]

Yep playing that bass is what started the conversion process

[MoJoKe]

I like that most are beautiful woods, but most look unbalanced and clunky, (though I accept the word of owners they are mostly not!), but I cannot help thinking that they are another fad. Nothing wrong with different, but I find other different things more aesthetically pleasing!

[Chris2112]

[quote name='fender73' timestamp='1316028642' post='1373676']
This one looks tasty

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4fRXKYTfg[/media]
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Thats not doing it for me. Maybe it's the chrome hardware? Surely the biggest gaffe on any bass with a natural finish!

But it sounds just like a typical 'jazz on steroids' affair, and I expect something more exquisite from a boutique bass like that.

[fender73]

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1316562497' post='1379851']

Thats not doing it for me. Maybe it's the chrome hardware? Surely the biggest gaffe on any bass with a natural finish!

But it sounds just like a typical 'jazz on steroids' affair, and I expect something more exquisite from a boutique bass like that.
[/quote]

Sorry it's not doing it for you - i like it.

[lowdown]

I have had my RIM Basses Single cut about 5/6 years now.
Plays and feels great - huge meaty output with tons of sustain.
There has been no need to adjust the truss rod since i first got it. Rock solid.
Only Bass i use other than my Lakland Fretless.
Its really not worth knocking them until you have tried a few, all different of course.
Looks have never bothered me, just playability and sound.

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Garry

Edited September 23, 2011 by lowdown

[fender73]

Loving the 5 string singlecut elite currently for sale on the Shuker site - beautiful bass.