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It was ok in my bass, but if you like Spirocore, stick with it. If you want to go for something different, Evah Pirazzi mittel E or Passione stark E work well for me.

I have used them, the strings that are most similar are the Belcantos, the light ones have a little less tension than Belcantos, pizz is also quite similar, short sustain, dark tone. I think they hold up better than Belcantos which sound great for a few weeks and then they are done. I agree that the Spiro E ist mighty, but it dies not always mix Well with other strings.

FYI, this has a maple body, maple neck and an Amaranth (Purpleheart) top.

This wood was purple when the bass was new and has now naturally faded because of exposure to UV light.

https://www.wood-database.com/purpleheart/

This is what a Purpleheart Jonas looks like new:

Classy Bass for a very good price.

Wonderful Bass, used to be mine, I only sold it because I switched to six stringed basses. Very clear and articulate tone.

This is very reasonably priced.

Adamovic Jupiter Custom Bass 6-string withdrawn for now

Nikola Adamovic is IMO one of the very best luthiers anywhere. I have owned everything from Alembic to Zon and this is the best fretted 6-string bass I have every played.

However, I am going to switch to playing fretless bass exclusively and I am having built a wonderful Adamovic 6 fretless, so this one is for sale:

Specs:

- White limba body
- Olive wood top
- ash/maple/guariuba neck with a 34" scale, 24 frets
- Jazz bass neck design, super comfortable, very low action
- Greenheart fingerboard
- Passive toneblend
- Häussel single coil pickups
- Weight: 3,8kg

Very good condition, built in 2017.

https://www.facebook.com/adamovicbassguitars

Trimmo is right, there might be some opportunities in the second market.

If you want to go for a new one, I find these to be allright considering the price.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F171112144951

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F172611649133

Just buy a chinese carbon bow, that is probably the best you can do for very little money.

If you are playing mostly in a Jazz context like myself, you would have to play some solos, this is when this stuff matters.

All the jumps are easy because of repetition, the left hand remembers what to do, also in this case the heel of the neck helps to find the right spot. Although, what would be an "e" on the G-string with a D-neck would be a "f" on an Eb-neck.

You could compare it to playing electric basses with different scale lenghts. I am used to 34" and can play pretty flawlessly even when sightreading. I could do well with different scale lenghts, but I would lose a bit of my routine and precision.

As I said, good for you, but playing the double bass means relying on a system of motions and thousands of hours of practice, so I would never sacrifice all that or even a small bit of that for an instrument which is so unfamiliar. Over the years, I had some basses converted and also the string lenght shortened, they sounded even better after restauration and were much easier to play.

You need a high pass filter anyway, so it is not that much of a problem. The Realist soundclip does not have the boomy low end as the classic Realist pickup by the way.

If you like playing a bass with an Eb-neck, good for you. I personally would not play an Eb-neck or switch between D- and Eb-neck, it is better to have a certain system and stick with it. Basses with Eb-necks are a hard sell because most modern basses have D-necks, so most players start out with D-necks and want to keep it that way.

This is the standard Jazz Pickup, Ron Carter, Christian McBride, everyone used this or has used it at some point. It is pretty feedback resistant and has a full tone.

Should be at least 6kg, will put it on a scale later today. It is well balanced, though. Also, the tone contributes to the amazing tone, of course.

Yes. Also the bass has an acoustic component to the tone, but due to the massive tone block, it is feedback resistant and strong, but articulate deep register, unlike most acoustic Basses.

Just now, fiatcoupe432 said:

Wow what a beast!

Would love to have a go on this even if in my hands would be a waste

Such a beautiful instrument

Glwys there

I'm intrigued on what fretless you are having build.....

 

Adamovic Jupiter 6 Hollow Body...

These are very rare and you have to spend £7234/8500€ new. This one ist in great condition, 1.5 years old.

Comes with custom made ramp and the fabulous Labella Black Nylon strings.

Very clear sound, chords work like a charm, nice response, deep and beautiful bass register. This instrument is in a class of ist own. Everyone who heard and played it was absolutely in love with it.

Selling to finance a new custom fretless bass.

However, I would entertain trades with interesting basses. Fender, Fodera, F-Bass, Ken Smith etc.

https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/tcb1006_01.html

Specs:

• neck type: TCB5pc Maple/Purpleheart set-in neck
• top/back/body: Quilted Maple top, Curly Maple back, Curly Maple body
• fretboard: Bound RosewoodAcrylic block inlay
• frets: Jumbo frets, Prestige fret edge treatment
• number of frets: 24
• bridge: Hipshot A-style bridge w/Graph Tech Ghost® Saddle pickup
• string spacing: 19mm
• neck pickup: EMG® 45HZ neck pickup, Passive
• bridge pickup: EMG® 45HZ bridge pickup, Passive
• equaliser: Graph Tech Ghost® modular pickup system

Features

TCB 5pc Maple/Purpleheart set-in neck

The TCB 5pc Maple/Purpleheart neck provides tonal clarity and superior attack.

Hipshot Ultralite™ tuner

To avoid neck-dive, the TCB1006 features lightweight machine-heads, Hipshot Ultralite™ Tuners. These tuners reduce the weight and provide the model with the same balance of a hollow body and neck.

Hipshot A-style bridge w/Graph Tech Ghost® Saddle pickup

The Graph Tech Ghost® Saddle pickup offers wide range of tonal variation along with the magnetic pickups.

Graph Tech Ghost® modular pickup system

The Graph Tech Ghost® modular pickup system offers Piezo and MIDI output options to the player in addition to the magnetic sound. Players can quickly and smoothly control various tones by two knobs and three toggle switches; MIDI/Mix/Magnetic&Piezo, MIDI program up/down, and Mid/Dark (natural Ghost® acoustic sound/mid-boost) switches.

EMG® 45HZ pickups

For the magnetic pickup, the TCB1006 features EMG 45HZ, a passive humbucking pickup which features low noise, plenty of output and warm tone.

 

These are very nice, I had one a couple of years ago.

These are very nice instruments. Modern J-sound at its best.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/x6jbQiAGjmznVGn6A

Very lightly used, I was comparing Pizzicato to Obligato, Evah Pirazzi and Oliv, I am sticking with Evah Pirazzi. 

I can provider better pics If necessary.

The standard string for Jazz Pizz, Avishai Cohen and many others rely on them.

Polychromes 90€, used for 2 hours, Jazzicatos: 90€, unused

It appears to be a quality Instrument, probably 100 years old, could be worth a restauration, the existing repairs seem rather crude though.