Kiwi

Modulus Sonic Hammer, a Flea Bass or a Status Empathy...graphite necks with phenolic fingerboards. G&L dont sound aggressive to me at all, they've sounded woolly if anything...but I've only tried them in music shops and haven't actually owned one.

Steinberger XL basses (Ned even admitted he should have gone with a wider body in the first place.) Rickenbacker 4001 and 4003 basses Parker Fly bass Moses jazz necks where access to the truss rod is hidden by the 2 fret fingerboard extension. DOH! Musicman bridge on preEB basses; the saddles move because of the lateral pull of the string tension...not such a good example of Leo's engineering IMO. Almost any unmodified Wishbass

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1316926' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:55 AM']The other thing that many people forget is when specifying species of woods is that every board is going to be different. Wood is from a living thing and is subject to massive variations due to environmental conditions while growing and rate of growth to name just two. Just because your favourite instrument is made from a particular type of wood doesn't mean that you can replicate it's sound with another piece of wood from the same species of tree.[/quote] And the same applies from the same tree, a piece that comes from near the root is going to be denser than a piece that comes from further up the trunk. So it's possible to have a piece of alder that sounds close to a piece of mahogany. Where I've found the luthier earns their money is in being able to tell those differences before the instrument comes together. Less luthiers out there can do that, than one might think.

Or...the combination of woods is such that they cancel each others differences out....or...that the listener didn't notice the differences. There's a simple test for those who say wood doesn't make a difference. Play a Status and testify that graphite doesn't make a difference. IF graphite makes a difference (because its [url="http://www.janartsguitars.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=6"]denser[/url]), then why shouldn't different densities in woods? The difference is there, I'd suggest its not as distinct for some. A bit like giving someone brought up on chinese takeaways a plate of beef carpaccio and asking them whether they thought it tasted better.

Shame the video didn't actually show us what it sounded like. I was disappointed by that.

Don't be a ++++. Chunky means less hand cramp.

Love the drumming, how Chris Coleman manages to keep steady time with so much space, so many polyrhythms AND tying into what Hadrien is playing is utterly breath taking.

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[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='1307403' date='Jul 18 2011, 06:47 AM']Could still almost buy a bass for that.[/quote] Wouldn't be a graphite necked bass though.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1307185' date='Jul 17 2011, 09:41 PM']The Groove was all wood though.[/quote] There was also one that had a factory fitted graphite neck, it came up for sale here 3 years ago. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17634"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17634[/url]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1307068' date='Jul 17 2011, 08:01 PM']To hear the sound of my Status Series II: without the big reverb sound, of course... [/quote] Dude, he played a Jaydee on that album - even though the cover shows a Status. I have an Alembic and one of the original Steinberger XL5A's. They sound very different, I love the feel of the Alembic but the Steinberger sounds warmer. In fact I'd almost go as far to say that Steinberger have come as close to the ideal graphite neck as I've found. All of the advantages and not so much of the brittleness. Ped's vigier is a fantastic sounding bass though and has more in common with Status than Steinberger in terms of neck construction. I had three Modulus basses two of which were disappointing in one way or another and one just didn't fit with what I was looking for despite being a keeper in every other respect.

I'm one too. Only because I was taught this way. Mark King is as well, apparently.

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1304855' date='Jul 15 2011, 04:31 PM']I've a feeling it's the 2nd clip but there's an element of guesswork as neither clip sounds like my 'Ray [/quote] +1

Wait till you see him make the bass spit. Unbelievable.

Oooh! Outrageous! Who does that Jeff Berlin think he is? It's got me dander up now...

Not really. I'm still using the sound of my old Jaydee as the reference for other basses, only its a bit warmer and fuller these days.

Me too. [i]"Garcon! More f***ing balloons, I'm hungry."[/i]

I can't imagine how to get radiussed inside corners with a chisel. I'm planning something similar and will go down the router route.