NBD - Sei everythingless

[tauzero]

I have been on the quest for the ultimate 5-string fretless for ages. The Mazeti I got from Wooks is good, but I always knew there would be better.

Anybody who's been monitoring Bass Direct's 5-strings of late would have seen a Sei headless fretless appear a few days back. I went down to Bass Direct to have a look. Action was high enough to need a ladder, so Mark did some judicious tweaking and got the relief and bridge height about right. A complete lack of output which initially seemed to be due to a dodgy battery connector turned out to be a jack socket which had been unused for years (apparently the previous owner hadn't used it for ages, which is a shame for an instrument like this). It proved very comfortable to play, with a shallow asymmetrical neck and 16.5mm (I think) string spacing. The sound is rich and complex - not sure what the pickups are but the preamp is Bartolini. So I bought it, and Mark kindly threw in a Gramma pad.

Both the garden guardians approve of it too.

[sprocket123]

Such a nice Sei Bass you got in there Tauzero .

[Hobbayne]

Ooh! Pointy!!

[fretmeister]

That is lovely!

[pierreganseman]

martin is a genius

[Grand Wazoo]

Very nice, I love Martin's work

[ezbass]

Mmmmm 5 string fretless loveliness.

[Lorne]

Very nice congratulations, now show us the back!

[sprocket123]

[quote name='Lorne' timestamp='1333227092' post='1599060']
Very nice congratulations, now show us the back!
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+1

[wrinkleygit]

welcome to the world of sei, I haven't played anything else since I bought "no. 11" , best investment I have ever made, mike b.

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Edited April 1, 2012 by wrinkleygit

[sprocket123]

[quote name='wrinkleygit' timestamp='1333301024' post='1599745']
welcome to the world of sei, I haven't played anything else since I bought "no. 11" , best investment I have ever made, mike b.

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It s a nice bass you have too there wrinkleygit

[leftybassman392]

On the subject of Sei headless 5's...

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Edited April 2, 2012 by leftybassman392

[mr zed]

Looks like your cat is eyeing up their new scratching post :-)

[krysh]

congrats, its a beauty.

and the others too.

[charic]

Beautiful instrument, the one I tried in the gallery just didn't do anything for me though. Far too polite sounding for my tastes, however they are usually custom instruments so I guess you can cater the sound to your own tastes.

The build quality was great

[kjb]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1333369199' post='1600603']
Beautiful instrument, the one I tried in the gallery just didn't do anything for me though. Far too polite sounding for my tastes, however they are usually custom instruments so I guess you can cater the sound to your own tastes.

The build quality was great
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I guess a lot depends on the pickups and preamp that are installed. I've got Kent Armstrong pickups and (at the moment) a John East u retro preamp in my Sei jazz, it really is a tone monster !

[sprocket123]

This Martin Peterson makes some nice basses , remember in a bass magazine years ago their were 2 Sei Basses in there & they looked awsome

[ziggydolphinboy]

well done you beat me to it
lovely thing