I've never understood people and their NBDs

[Deedee]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1408826782' post='2533911']
...but today I do...
...for the very first time.
[tries to grasp some air]

Oh My Effin' Dzjeee..
This neck is mine!

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That is jaw droppingly gorgeous 😵

Edited August 24, 2014 by Deedee

[thebassman]

Wow, just wow!!

[rubis]

Now why isn't someone offering aftermarket necks like that ?

[BassTractor]

Dunno, Rubis.
Should be a breeze, I reckon.

BTW, here's the back of the neck.
It's gonna break, isn't it? It's gonna break!

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Edited August 24, 2014 by BassTractor

[antnee]

Beautiful.

Edit: Actually, stunning is maybe more appropriate. Congratulations!

Edited August 24, 2014 by antnee

[TomDuff]

One of the best looking basses I have seen, without doubt.

[Sean]

Nicest neck I've seen. That is all.

[3below]

Too good to play, should be displayed as work of (industrial? production?) art. My DB neck has similar flame but nowhere near as deep and contrasting. What a great looking bass.

[gafbass02]

Mother, I am soiled...

[Greggo]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1408903564' post='2534490']
Dunno, Rubis.
Should be a breeze, I reckon.

BTW, here's the back of the neck.
It's gonna break, isn't it? It's gonna break!

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Looks like tiger bread! Is it a satin finish? It's lovely

[2elliot]

that neck!!

[Urban Bassman]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1408830653' post='2533974']
Aye, the Bongos look stellar IMHO.
It was a Bongo I wanted, but I felt chanceless as the second window (that I was unaware of) closed last week.

What do you mean with "glitzy" in this case (I've already looked it up), and which bass would that be? Your blue one, or maybe the tobacco?
For me there's a huge difference between a joyful over-the-topness or some bright colours that don't take themselves too seriously, and pure bling. Hard to explain in a foreign language, but I do like the pink Daisy Rock bass in my avatar - though not because I deem it the summum of good taste in avant garde design.
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Oh yes, I was seriously lusting after a Bongo...sadly lacking in funds though before the window closed....hey ho. Perhaps I'll find a previously loved one at some point. Anyway, your 'ray looks fab. Enjoy it!

Edited August 25, 2014 by Urban Bassman

[Zenitram]

For balance, that isn't my cup of tea at all. But I can understand why someone else (or even everyone else) would like it.

[M@23]

Wow. That neck is flamey!

[BassTractor]

[quote name='antnee' timestamp='1408908470' post='2534539']
Beautiful.

Edit: Actually, stunning is maybe more appropriate.
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You know, I think that that is the very best description of the thing. Stunning more than beautiful.


[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1408968168' post='2534975']
that isn't my cup of tea at all.
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Says the guy with the flamed roasted maple avatar with neptune blue background! Bah!

Edited August 25, 2014 by BassTractor

[Zenitram]

Heh, well, yeah.

[Bassman Sam]

Beautiful. I've never seen a neck like that. [size=4] [/size]

[BassTractor]

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1408962301' post='2534882']
Is it a satin finish?
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Sorry, I don't know what a satin finish is. But IMS these necks are treated with a mixture of oil and wax. I don't know how finely the necks are sanded, nor how they are roasted.
I just stumbled upon it, was stunned, and quickly bought it before anyone else did, and must now find out these things afterwards.

[stingrayPete1977]

Satin is sort of not glossy, or shiny but not dull or matte either, in the middle, im not sure if that helps or makes it worse.

[BassTractor]

Thanks, Pete! It helps. I now understand that "satin" just means "satin", and is not one specific guitar neck treatment.
We have the word in Dutch in the same meaning as your explanation.

[bumnote]

very nice indeed

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1409092964' post='2536352']
Thanks, Pete! It helps. I now understand that "satin" just means "satin", and is not one specific guitar neck treatment.
We have the word in Dutch in the same meaning as your explanation.
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I'm learning Spanish,I wish my Spanish was as good as your English!

[stingrayPete1977]

In fact I wish my English was as good as your English

[rk7]

Lovely bass!

I'm definitely a 'neck man'

thank you please

RK

[BassTractor]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1409122836' post='2536424']
In fact I wish my English was as good as your English
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Demn you! I was gonna write that!


Thanks though!

Allow me to abuse the situation and add a word of seriousness: I keep repeating that my English is not as good as it may seem. In one way, I have better control over writing (using expressions I'm fairly confident can be used) than over reading (people tend to not use exactly my subset of the English language - - bastards, all of them!), but still have no clue about how some stuff I write comes across, and am often not able to edit so as to sand off the edges, so to speak.

I think this is a shared capacity of many who Englisch not as their first language have ( ), and feel we can sometimes come across as overtly modest, overtly insensitive or sensitive, overtly harsh, overtly melodramatic, overtly kind etc., once our English gets somewhat better than the typical learner's level.
Rant over.

Edited August 27, 2014 by BassTractor