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I wish I owned this one...
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171513-my-new-shuker-bass/page__p__1587582__hl__shuker%20sparkle__fromsearch__1#entry1587582
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Love this Shuker J custom.. In fact Jon is gonna be building my new bass for me. I already have a stupidly
Glittery GB... But it's darn sexy, as far as I am aware the paint used on that bass was from America. Jon uses custom car paint for some of finishes. Very classy

Keep them rolling peeps

Purple Envy

BigRedX that is 1 sweet and simple bass..

Thanks just thought it would be a nice change to the normal



Really liking the purple hue applied to this Vigier flamed maple neck

Dingwall pictures are interesting.... Will have do more searching hehe

Cheers

So I am still putting together a spec for a new bass and I am really hankering after a really lovely purple finish to adorn maybe a quilt or curly maple top (or something a bit more exotic)

Not many good images around the web (guess it's a pain to photograph)

There nearest I've found to something I like is a Calvin 'Purple Stain'.. They says it's a popular finish???

[url]http://www.carvinmuseum.com/playersgallery/color-purplestain.html[/url]

So show us your purple beauties?

This is only gonna make my GAS Attack even more fierce

)

[url]http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=anCGvfsBoFY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DanCGvfsBoFY&gl=GB[/url]

That's better

I am numpty

So I was researching tonewoods and such for my new bass that I planned to have built by Jon Shuker.

Fingerboards?

My GB has a Black as can be Ebony fingerboard...Now I've played maple, ovangkol , Pau Ferro and the like and love Ebony.....snap, bright, nice finish etc etc

Came across this on Sadowsky's website, I am sure many of you have seen it but it's a interesting and inspirational vid, make me wanna go with Jon's composite or Phenolic fingerboard as they are designed to mimic Ebony (I am led to believe). Though I have to say I like the variation in colour on the Guitar he is holding...I think its great !! and I doubt the tone is any difference. Aesthetics like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder...

Anyway worth a watch if you care about where your Bass comes from

[url]http://youtu.be/anCGvfsBoFYp[/url]

Thanks for all the advice going to defo just 1/4 of a turn and leave it a few days

Jon has signed off for new year (he deserves a few days break)

And defo a good pointer in making a note on the adjustments

Shall do this tonight when I get back from work and see how it goes.

I recently had my 4 string GB repaired and set up by Jon Shuker who did a sterling job. Bass played like butter

However his workshop isn't the warmest in the world (its amazing how some of the best makers have to make do with a industrial unit with no heating in order to make a living and still turn out top classes instruments.. Hats off to him)

A few days later and my bass now has acclimatised and the action has gone low..resulting in major fret buzz.. Frets 1-10 across all string but interestingly its worst of the E and G

I'll admit to not being a master when it come setting up.. He sorted the saddle height for me and I am reluctant to start raising the saddles

So I am thinking of adjusting the truss rod 1/4 maybe 1/2 turn?

Is this the best course of action?

Any help as always greatly appreciated

Cheers Ben

When I bought it, it did have a set of Nordie's with it, I actually got a offered a really good price for them, so I let them go. I placed them in the bass and tried it and tbh, I prefered the sound of the Bart's it came with. More of a dirty sound when pushed hard which at the time was what I was after.

The Drop-D was fitted when I bought it, can't say that I use it much but the E-String doesn't go out of tune, which is what I have found with other Drop-D Leavers.

What goes around certainly comes around.

Someday I hope my old Shuker comes up for sale again. I regret selling that bass. Infact the proceeds from that sale went into the Roscoe.

5 strings for me was too much..!! lol

I bought my GB from Bernie at Show at the NEC way back in 99''

Still IMO the best bass I have ever played and it make me a more inspirational and better player (though that's probably in my head).

Nothing sounds quite like a GB and I for sure will never be parting with my Sparkly beaut

That's a bit of a twist of faith don't you think

It was defo an Ebay purchase and I remember it being a bit of a bargain... I picked it up from a Wedding Reception you were playing at.

PM me with the details.

It's not that I dislike the Roscoe, actually its been my workhorse for the past 18 months...

But you know how things are when you see shiny and things staring back at you

Its been a while since I've posted online, its good to have rediscovered an old friend. So old in fact that I couldn't remember my password and my previous account was linked to a now defunct email address. Anywho..Its good to be back.

After visiting Jon today at his workshop (He's kindly mending my GB), I am eager to have another one of his splendid basses.....

He built me a 5 String a good few years ago.. Bolt-On Elite..

<--- its on the website :oD

I must say its one of the finest basses I have ever laid my hands (or eyes) on......

Question is affording sucha instrument again, Though this time I am thinking more along the lines of



I have a lovely Roscoe SKB 3004 (yes a rare 4 String version)

I have had it for a number of years and I was just wondering what these basses go for these days. A quick search on the classified here doesn't really get me much further on. There isn't one for sale that I can find....Any ideas peeps


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