The fretted ones

[BassBus]

Never shown my fretted ones before so here they are.



Columbus Series 3, Yamaha TRB6 II, Yamaha BB1100s, Washburn Status 1000, Hohner B2A (front)

And the fretless ones for good measure.



Back - Stentor Arcadia DB, NS CR4M
Front - Spectorcore, Status S2, Tokai Jazzsound

[hubrad]

Mmmhmmm! A nice list there!

[sturm]

very nice, porn indeed that spectorcore looks the dogs

[BassBus]

I've never felt a dogs whatsits but if they feel as good as the Spectorcore does then I've been missing out.

[silverfoxnik]

[quote name='sturm' post='508477' date='Jun 8 2009, 07:41 PM']very nice, porn indeed that spectorcore looks the dogs[/quote]
+1

As does the Tokai....

[BassBus]

Thanks guys. The Tokai started out as a fretted but I had the frets taken out in the late 80s. Never really used it after that until I started playing in jazz in 2001. Set of halfwounds onit and a setup and it is just great now.

[gerryk]

Hi BassBus,
That's a great collection of basses - I thought I had a lot of basses! How do you find the NS EUB? I nearly went for one, but ended up getting Messenger EUB (http://www.messengerbass.com/) from a luthier in the US. Beautiful instrument, but no real substitute for an acoustic upright.
Thanks for the bump by the way.
Gerryk.

[dannyhill]

[quote name='BassBus' post='508448' date='Jun 8 2009, 07:56 PM']Never shown my fretted ones before so here they are.



Columbus Series 3, Yamaha TRB6 II, Yamaha BB1100s, Washburn Status 1000, Hohner B2A (front)

And the fretless ones for good measure.



Back - Stentor Arcadia DB, NS CR4M
Front - Spectorcore, Status S2, Tokai Jazzsound[/quote]


Hi,

What is your opinion of the Columbus Series 3, say compared to your other basses and they seem pretty rare, at least on Google anyway :-) , how much do they go for?
Cheers,

D

[Linus27]

[quote name='BassBus' post='508448' date='Jun 8 2009, 06:56 PM'][/quote]

The one in the middle is broken. It's heads snapped off

[BassBus]

[quote name='dannyhill' post='900593' date='Jul 20 2010, 11:01 PM']Hi,

What is your opinion of the Columbus Series 3, say compared to your other basses and they seem pretty rare, at least on Google anyway :-) , how much do they go for?
Cheers,

D[/quote]
It is a cheap bass, cost me £125 late 80s/early 90s and has a plywood body. Having said that it has a cracking sound and a lovely neck on it. Through a SansAmp BDDI I can get a very passable Geddy Lee sound. I'm sure you could pick one up on Ebay for next to nothing if you ever see one.

[quote name='Linus27' post='900596' date='Jul 20 2010, 11:06 PM']The one in the middle is broken. It's heads snapped off [/quote]
I know. I had a terrible accident with it shortly after it arrived.

Edited July 21, 2010 by BassBus

[Linus27]

[quote name='BassBus' post='901111' date='Jul 21 2010, 05:57 PM']I know. I had a terrible accident with it shortly after it arrived. [/quote]

[dannyhill]

[quote name='BassBus' date='Jul 21 2010, 06:57 PM' post='901111']
It is a cheap bass, cost me £125 late 80s/early 90s and has a plywood body. Having said that it has a cracking sound and a lovely neck on it. Through a SansAmp BDDI I can get a very passable Geddy Lee sound. I'm sure you could pick one up on Ebay for next to nothing if you ever see one.

I know, I have exactly the same one as yours, made in Korea, picked mine up in 1987/88? Hasn't been played alot since 1990. My bandmates always said it had the sound of a rubber band and the pickup selector seems bizarely to have been mounted backwards. Just recently purchased an Ibanez SR300, much lighter, wider range of sounds, easier/faster to play and more resonant sound. Now playing back through a 35W Electric Bass Amp by Gear4music.

How does yours compare to your other basses, the Yamahas, Washburn and Hohner?
Cheers,

Dan

[BassBus]

Much as I enjoy playing it I do feel the quality of the Yamaha when I go to that. The Washburn has now moved on and I never compared the two of them. Nowadays I prefer the sound from a humbucker so it doesn't get played that much, specially as I have a Status Series 2000. Now nothing compares to that.