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Ah, my first proper bass, back '81 or '82 was a Shergold Marathon (in trans burgundy). I loved the neck on that. Stupidly, I sold it, t buy a mediocre Jazz. But I now have, in my work room, a couple of Marathon necks - one NOS, unfinished with an undrilled headstock, and one that's seen action. Someday, I will make good use of them!

Okay, I've put my Cardinal under the vernier gauge, and the results are in: [indent=1]Width at nut: 43mm. But it's only about 20mm thick. It's a shallow C-shape, obviously[/indent] [indent=1]Width at 12th: 52mm, and about 25mm thick.[/indent] That compares with 38mm, at the nut on my Epi EB-3, and 40mm on my Aria RSB. I'm somewhat surprised by them. My slight preference is for a slim jazz-type neck. I've never felt the Cardinal to be as wide as my P-bass (but maybe because that's fretless?). I can only assume that the small thickness of the neck (the EB-3 is thicker than the Cardinal), the close string spacing at the nut, and the lack of string spread, is misleading me; it certainly[i] feels[/i] slimmer than it apparently is! As for weight, unfortunately my luggage scales have a dead battery! It feels about the same weight as my RSB, if that's any guide. Not a lightweight, but not a shoulder-breaker either. I'll try and get a real figure! Okay, on the missus's people-scales it comes in at about 3.9kg/8.5lbs. That's probably a wee bit more than stock, as I've got an EMG soapbar in there at the moment, rather than the original (which I keep meaning to get off to Aaron Armstrong for a rewind).

The Aria Pro II CSB-380 Cardinal fits the bill, as a "lightweight, slim-necked double cutaway bass" - only thing is it's a medium scale. I keep my blue one for "stunt bass". They come up on Ebay all the time, at wildy differing prices.

Bit cheeky of me to answer this, but, anyway... I got my Dominator many years ago (about 1980). I also had a bass one (same amp, 15" driver). I used both as a guitar back line (guitar "wet", bass "dry"), before I saw the light and became a bassist. I lost the bass one when it was dropped (or thrown, I never really knew which) out of the back of a Luton van, and smashed. As a bass amp, the guitar version is OK, at low volumes, and if you don't dig in too much. Fine as a practice/bedroom amp. It sounds lovely with my fretless Corvette. But it does start to fart (but not bottom) well before any valve grit starts (which is about 6-7 on the dial; mind you, so did the bass version). And it certainly doesn't cope well with the low B on my T-bird, at any volume! I've also used on occasions as a reinforcement for my double bass, and it coped moderately well, as long bass was rolled off a bit. The only problem is the speaker - a Celestion G12-50 (an early replacement, I forget why, not the original). I reckon that with a more modern 12" bass driver it would be a good bass amp. But the problem there might be finding a 16Ohm driver. Oh, and it sounds [i]fabulous[/i] with my telecaster.

Too much fun to resist... (It's mine now!)

Bought a Jazz body from Mark; helpful, reliable, and reponsive! Good work!

Just bought a nice Squier Jaguar neck from Nigel: what a helpful fellow he is! As Paul_5 sayd above: really quick, painless experience. No knobbing!

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1380458829' post='2225512'] the most interesting feature most people overlooks, and one that set these apart is the way the neck joins the body almost all the way to the centre of the body, the rep who was there told me it offers the best compromise in tonal rendition between a bolt on and a fixed neck. [/quote] Interestingly, that technique was used in the (very) late Shergolds. Very few of them were made, however.

[quote name='OBT1000_S12' timestamp='1378655533' post='2202830'] Surely it would be a bass with one string, one fret and then you wouldn't even need to bother with an amp either. [/quote] Something like this, you mean?

The one nearest the door...

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='959098' date='Sep 17 2010, 08:25 AM']I'm going to buy a gold banjo.[/quote] You're going to hell!

The extended neck heel, joint, pickups, and hardware, are all very like those on my Jackson Concert 5. Pretty generic, but oddly similar. Although the Jacskson pups have Duncan branding on them.

[quote name='Linus27' post='955573' date='Sep 13 2010, 11:39 PM'][/quote] Lovely. That's [i]exactly[/i] the bass I want next (except with black hardware and active pups) as sister to my fretless bubinga corvette.

[quote name='Johnston' post='952311' date='Sep 10 2010, 10:56 PM']Well it would look good on the wall next to my Jackson RR!![/quote] Seek serious help, soon!

Nah, you wanna to drive a behemoth like that with a fag-packet-sized class D head. Anyway, I got bad GAS.

[quote name='Johnston' post='952246' date='Sep 10 2010, 08:55 PM']that was on before not so long ago.[/quote] Yeah, I posted it, and I think I described is as having been "hit with the [i]sparkly[/i] ugly stick". [quote name='Johnston' post='952246' date='Sep 10 2010, 08:55 PM']I actually kind of like it. :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush:[/quote] Sicko!

[quote name='skej21' post='952125' date='Sep 10 2010, 06:32 PM']Yeah, but most of the time (as a bassist) when I see the treble clef, I'm instantly filled with DREAD! Usually means whoever notated the music is an idiot or a guitardist (or worse, SINGER ) will appear within a matter seconds. Booooo.[/quote] It's not as bad as seeing the TENOR clef, cos then you know the arranger is a smart-arse who is going to ask you to do three impossible things before breakfast.