Josh Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Recently acquired this beaut from Garbev and I can honestly say that Mark Siggery has made an astonishing bass, for less than half the price of a Sadowsky M24 as well. Gary had originally snapped it up when it was on Ebay, when it use to look like this: But he then took out the Bart pre-amp and had it sent back to Mark who installed a Series/Parallel switch for each pick up, and now it looks like this: It's pretty criminal that many guys on here haven't heard of Mark Siggery, Mark's stuff just looks so professional, check his site [url="http://www.siggeryguitars.co.uk/index.html"]here.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Looks great! What sort of price is 'half the cost of a Sadowsky M24'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='469996' date='Apr 22 2009, 08:34 PM']Looks great! What sort of price is 'half the cost of a Sadowsky M24'?[/quote] Well to get one made to the exact specs would cost around £1200-£1400, whereas you'll be lucky to find a Metro Ultra-Vintage or Modern Vintage for that price second hand, let alone a secondhand NYC M24 which would be about £2000+ secondhand. Having previously owned the blue NYC Sadowsky which is currently up for sale, I can happily say it pretty much beats it for both playability and tone. Edited April 22, 2009 by Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 That looks really nice, Josh - Surprisingly like an M5-24! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Another UK luthier to add to the list There's always a market for quality P's, J's vintage or modern. Another alternative to the big F which is never a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Does he have a web site? URL? The only bass-related links Google throws up is this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 any sound samples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Here you go... from my bookmarks... I belive he has a myspace also. [url="http://www.siggeryguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.siggeryguitars.co.uk/[/url] I remember being tempted by that when it was on ebay... the guy selling it was from Walsall I seem to recall... so not too far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='470377' date='Apr 23 2009, 08:40 AM']any sound samples?[/quote] I'm afraid not Steve, I still haven't worked out how to record properly on my Mac yet. Edited April 23, 2009 by Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Marsh Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 how the hell do you afford all this stuff lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 [quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='541169' date='Jul 15 2009, 12:10 PM']how the hell do you afford all this stuff lol[/quote] I don't know... but he has trouble sitting down and walks like John Wayne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 [quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='541169' date='Jul 15 2009, 12:10 PM']how the hell do you afford all this stuff lol[/quote] Sainsbury's pay good money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Very very nice bass. I'm into these smaller luthiers, that looks like a quality job to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Marsh Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote]Sainsbury's pay good money[/quote] thats pretty obvious for the amount of amazing gear you have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 [quote name='Josh' post='470839' date='Apr 23 2009, 03:28 PM']I'm afraid not Steve, I still haven't worked out how to record properly on my Mac yet.[/quote] Some fantastic gear and an excellent choice in computing. You're obviously a connoisseur. Can't help with the recording problem I'm afraid, haven't used my Mac for that yet. Got a little gadget called an iMic that plugs into to a usb port and has a 3.5mm jack the other end, but as I say haven't done anything with it. You may have already done so but you could always try the support pages on the Apple website if you've got a few years to waste trying to find something relevant to what you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 [quote name='old36' post='546967' date='Jul 21 2009, 08:14 PM']Some fantastic gear and an excellent choice in computing. You're obviously a connoisseur. Can't help with the recording problem I'm afraid, haven't used my Mac for that yet. Got a little gadget called an iMic that plugs into to a usb port and has a 3.5mm jack the other end, but as I say haven't done anything with it. You may have already done so but you could always try the support pages on the Apple website if you've got a few years to waste trying to find something relevant to what you are looking for.[/quote] I posted this a good while ago, but suffice to say I have so sussed out how to record with my Mac and this bass can be heard in action [url="http://www.muziboo.com/Josh535/music/whispers-groove-miami"]here![/url] Thanks for the advice though man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 [quote name='Josh' post='546972' date='Jul 21 2009, 07:18 PM']I posted this a good while ago, but suffice to say I have so sussed out how to record with my Mac and this bass can be heard in action [url="http://www.muziboo.com/Josh535/music/whispers-groove-miami"]here![/url] Thanks for the advice though man. [/quote] haha i couldn't hear the bass on this laptop but i'll give it a listen to it on my PC 2moz. Real nice bass, the tuners look a bit weird on the back imo but i guess it's worth it for the balance and that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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