Nick Brown Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Hi everyone, I seem to remember a thread in the "old forum" (oooeeeerrrr very Frankie Howerd ) concerning 6 string Jazz style basses. So for those that are interested here is the latest addition to my stable. This is an STR LS648, made in Japan by Satoru Yatsuzuka and his team It is a 34" scale instrument with a maple neck and fingerboard. The body is light ash, I can vouch for it being light as the whole instrument just tips 9.5lbs on the scales, and the top and matchng peghead facings are wenge, It has an STR designed bridge which is very substantial, string spacing is a medium 18mm. The pickups are proprietary STR and they feed into an Aguilar OBP3 pre-amp. The fit and finish is just exceptional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwbassman Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Looks great - the next bass I get is going to have a maple fingerboard - they're stunning... May I enquire as to how much you had to part with to get that? I'm looking at getting a fretted 5 at the moment so considering all the options... Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brown Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Hi John List on this bass is about £2000 at the moment. Cheers Nick [quote name='jwbassman' post='5244' date='May 23 2007, 06:16 PM']Looks great - the next bass I get is going to have a maple fingerboard - they're stunning... May I enquire as to how much you had to part with to get that? I'm looking at getting a fretted 5 at the moment so considering all the options... Cheers John[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='jwbassman' post='5244' date='May 23 2007, 05:16 PM']Looks great - the next bass I get is going to have a maple fingerboard - they're stunning... May I enquire as to how much you had to part with to get that? I'm looking at getting a fretted 5 at the moment so considering all the options... Cheers John[/quote] John That man Jon Shuker does a fine custom ... Rich on this board has a very nice 5 string Shuker jazz style with a gorgeous maple board ... and you aren't that far from Sheffield (foot note required by forum bylaw 662.57 : Other bass luthiers are available) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Nick Brown' post='5303' date='May 23 2007, 06:58 PM']Hi John List on this bass is about £2000 at the moment. Cheers Nick[/quote] Hi Nick Looks yummie What did it cost to ship and are those front LED's OG Edited June 29, 2007 by OldGit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='OldGit' post='24777' date='Jun 29 2007, 11:12 AM']Rich on this board has a very nice 5 string Shuker jazz style with a gorgeous maple board ... and you aren't that far from Sheffield [/quote]Awww shucks Doodle's is even nicer. Nick, that's beautiful... how much did you have to cough up in terms of duty/customs/VATheft..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='Rich' post='24822' date='Jun 29 2007, 12:05 PM']Doodle's is even nicer.[/quote] Yeah, true, but there's acres of fingerboard to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='OldGit' post='24777' date='Jun 29 2007, 11:12 AM'](foot note required by forum bylaw 662.57 : Other bass luthiers are available)[/quote] Ahhh there's ma li'l Doodle! Aint she perty! Maybe later she will have a little sister too! Quite looking forward to that! The STR is a very nice bass. A good example of bird's eye maple too. Good to see maple board 6ers! If you have such a nice lump o' wood, it seems a shame not to use as much of it as possible!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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