bassmayhem Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) A couple of weeks ago the little wife and I were in Copenhagen for vacation. All of a sudden I saw THE music store: Marno Sörensen, established 1925. A place filled with acoustic instruments and a lot of sheet music. (They also had some EUB:s..) They had kwo windows with acoustic upright basses; I couldn't resist. We went into the shop, I tried some different basses, among them a Wilfer bass just like the one I had back in the 80's. It had the same issues as my old one: a fingerboard that was uneven and buzzing... But - there it was! A peculiar bass with some odd dimensions. I took it in my hands and we - to quote the movie Avatar - bonded. Just like that. My wife said: It sounds like you. The next day we went back and had a second glance. From that moment I couldnt let the bass go. It was in my head the whole time. A master built instrument, made for a Danish bassist who all of a sudden had given it up. It felt like it was made for me. Peculiar dimensions... Well, a 3/4 body and a 4/4 scale solid tone wood instrument, and a tone to die/kill for. This bass can do acoustic gigs with a drummer with no problem. And the TONE... Well, to make a long story short: yesterday I went back to Copenhagen and took it home. An 1100 km road trip just over the day. Now it is mine. I kinda like it... Two weeks ago in Copenhagen... Today at home... Edited August 5, 2014 by bassmayhem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 That looks great and and the story behind it makes it even better. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer.b Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Great story mate and a lovely looking bass, what's the string length? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmayhem Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 [quote name='spencer.b' timestamp='1407318831' post='2519366'] Great story mate and a lovely looking bass, what's the string length? [/quote] The string length is 110 cm (=43 1/3"). A little bit more stretching, but I have big hands. The setup is very nice, not too low action, but enough to dig in and get the growl. Not for NHÖP type of playing, though. Eb neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Diaz Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 great story! congrats on your new bass; it looks very nice. Isn't it a great feeling when you get to play an intrument that feels and sounds great from the very first note you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmayhem Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 [quote name='Fran Diaz' timestamp='1407394858' post='2520010'] great story! congrats on your new bass; it looks very nice. Isn't it a great feeling when you get to play an intrument that feels and sounds great from the very first note you play? [/quote] Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer.b Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 wow that is a long string length, I've played a few longer scale basses recentley and it does seem to help the tone. I did a gig in denmark last month and the bass was owned by the wilson pickup guy and he apologised that it was 7/8 not 3/4 but it sounded great and I barely noticed on the left hand, a friend has a 7/8 ply with guts an that sounds great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmayhem Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 [quote name='spencer.b' timestamp='1407588044' post='2522069'] wow that is a long string length, I've played a few longer scale basses recentley and it does seem to help the tone. I did a gig in denmark last month and the bass was owned by the wilson pickup guy and he apologised that it was 7/8 not 3/4 but it sounded great and I barely noticed on the left hand, a friend has a 7/8 ply with guts an that sounds great too. [/quote] It has a really strong and powerful, yet nice tone. Like my li'l missus said: "It sounds like you..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmayhem Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 After having gathered the courage for two weeks I have mounted a Realist on my bass. It went geschwint, a walk in the park, etc ... Anyway, it sounds really good. I plugged it into my Bose system, into the ToneMatch mixer, put it without "pre-shape Realist tone match", just straight. I cut the bass 6 dB and boosted midrange and treble an ounce. Then I played, and varied volume over time. It sounds almost the same acoustic as amplified, but with a touch more sub lows. An ounce of reverb makes more room in the tone too. I'm pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Great when man and bass meet like that. You also have a very sympathetic wife, which is great too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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