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Omnomnomnomnom [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1204554' date='Apr 19 2011, 11:08 AM']Veering slightly off topic, this is actually very nice: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Keller-handmade-Pre-CBS-64-jazz-boutique-aged-bass_W0QQitemZ150586982204QQcategoryZ4713QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D15%26pmod%3D150587027342%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8562364543666372327"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Keller-handmade-Pre-...364543666372327[/url][/quote]

And so it continues. Pete has carved a neck from pine to get the measurements right. He will do mine asymetrically, cos I like them like that. He has spent a long time working out the machine heads and eventually came to the conclusion that he would fabricate his own. The headstock will have a cocobolo veneer. There will be a cutaway on the lower bout, and the fingerboard is oversized at the moment.

Yes. I could go on and on, but the answer would still be the same.

Someone on TB owns that. I know way too much about this stuff!

[quote name='Mugz.wood' post='1189744' date='Apr 5 2011, 09:37 PM']ok do u think a smaller program would reduce the latency because logic is a pretty big program, reason maybe?, i would be using a 2ghz mac book 2 gbs ram with an m- audio firewire solo external sound card do u think that would be able to cope? if not i could still use the laptop setup for a after rumble effect maybe? thanks[/quote] That should work fine. Try using Mainstage (part of the Logic suite so you already own it) instead of Logic as it is a bit easier to deal with live.

It looks great apart from the knobs. Why bother doing lovely things with wood and then put 20p knobs on it?

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' post='1197122' date='Apr 12 2011, 06:17 PM']For those who have been fortunate enough to order a Sei Bass, the process of material selection is addictive, huh?[/quote] It's not addictive, it is lethal. I had decided what I needed before I went in, and then splurged and took it all. It was lush though.

No bug eye chrome? No good.

I just got this and there seems to very little out there regarding info when I was trying to research it, so I thought I would post my initial thoughts. All Shuker stuff is fully custom so there is not really much point in discussing the finer details of my own bass, but I thought some of the more generic Uberhorn features were worth noting. The body shape is very comfortable indeed. It is like a jazz that has been genetically modified to be slimmer and more graceful. The whole thing balances fantastically well seated and standing. The main issue I would like to highlight is the standard Uberhorn scale length - it is 33". Mine is a 5 string (bought second hand on here). I have been playing 5 strings for almost 21 years. I bought the first on my honeymoon - it was a 3 hour detour. How my wife of 7 days laughed! I have always found anything less than 35" scale to be disappointing in the B dept. Just for reference I must have gone through a good 20 basses in that period so at least have hands on experience. The sub 35" B always let me down because it never sounded as if it was the same instrument. Once I fell off the E onto the B things would get just that bit muddier. My present Uberhorn came up here just after I had sold a bass so I had money sitting waiting for the right moment - lethal. I had also just the day before that commissioned an Uberhorn body to go on a neck I have and I could not stop myself from trying out the real deal. Does the 33" B speak with the same sound as my 35" basses? No. However it does speak with the same voice as the rest of the bass. It has a sonic integrity from the top all the way to the bottom, it is all obviously the same instrument speaking whatever register is being used. Is this due to the 5 piece laminated neck (bolt on)? I don't know, but I can say that I will be happy to use it and not flinch every time I go below low E. Is a 35" B better than a 33" B? Before trying this I would have said yes. Now I would say that it is just a different flavour. The smaller scale makes it really easy to play sitting down. Everything feels very close I am really enjoying it.

[quote name='tonyf' post='1184900' date='Apr 1 2011, 03:39 PM']I'm in a similiar position where I need to downsize my EBS rig over the next couple of months. I'm looking at the Barefaced cabs and the Streamliner/TC Classic 450 or Bass Terror but really need to hear the Super Twelve T in action before I'd be happy pulling the trigger. As I've not been able to get to any bass bashes recently, it'd be brilliant if someone had a Barefaced of some sort (if not a Super Twelve, perhaps a Compact or Big One) in the West Midlands for me to try out in exchange for alcohol/coffee/cream cakes etc T[/quote] Alex does do a sale or return thing with his cabs so that could be pretty painless. If it works for you - cool. If it does not work for you - cool

Like busses they are.

But this one is cheaper still! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300542670000"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300542670000[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Demeter-Tube-Bass-Pre-Amplifier-VTBP-201s-/270727121096?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item3f089808c8"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Demeter-Tube-Bass-Pr...=item3f089808c8[/url] £375 at the moment with no bids. They do not appear often. Nowt to do with me.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='1181786' date='Mar 30 2011, 03:18 AM']I've only seen them in pictures. The look was OK, the 134 pound weight a wee bit off-putting.[/quote] I felt that pain. I sold it sharpish.

I bought a Shuker from Mike. Very smooth. All good