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    Vintage 1004 - Should I have GAS?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='Clockworkwar' post='429589' date='Mar 9 2009, 06:54 PM']anybody bought one?[/quote]

    I've just bought the V1004SP with the spalted maple top from redey's Music for £289 and it looks great. The only issue for me is that I want to adjust the height of the pick ups and they've been screwed down so hard that it was difficult to loosen them off. Even when I managed to loosten them the pick ups don'd want to come any higher. I'm taking it back to the shop tomorrow to see if they can do anything with it as I don't want to be too heavy handed. I based my decision on the review and the fact that I alrady have a second hand Vintage V940 that i bought of another chatter and thak on is a great bass.

    I hope the shop can sort the pick ups as I really love it.

    New Ibanez SR300

    in Bass Guitars

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    I ordered one of these recently based on the review in BGM. It was a great looking bass and sounded good but I had to send it back as I could not cope with the curved pick ups.

    I asked a friend who's been playing a lot longer than me to try it and he also found them difficult to use. It's OK for slapping but for finger style it was really difficult to play the e string. There was a large gap between the string and the pick that made playing very awkward and no where to rest your thumb confortably.

    I actually prefered my old second hand vintage 940,

    Lesson learned:
    1. read reviews on Bass chat, I saw this issue commented on after I ordered it.
    2. Don't order mail order, go and try it in a shop to be shure you're happy with it.
    3. Don't always trust reviews in BGM. I can't believe they didn't pick up on this fundamental design problem.

    Everson Guitars

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    [quote name='Eight' post='445528' date='Mar 25 2009, 10:30 PM']Describe the sound. Come on... you can't tease us like this![/quote]

    I'm not really sure how to describe the sound. I've hear the five string played a number of different ways for different types of music and depending how Paul played it ict can sound like its heavily distorted for rock pieces and yet makes a really great slap sound.

    I've also heard him play the fretless bass he made when he was showing me a Jacko Pastorius piece and this sounds different agin.

    What I can say is he chooses nice wood and puts them together really well. Promenade music in Morcame is currently sellng one of Pauls basses for about £1400 and I get the impression they wouldn't even stock it if it was poor quality.
    They had one on their stand at the last Bass Day in Manchester.

    Not sure if that helps but it is worth waiting for the propper photos.

    Everson Guitars

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    [quote name='josh3184' post='445452' date='Mar 25 2009, 09:32 PM']well its quite a [b]contrast[/b] to other guitars



    wow I'm funny[/quote]
    It's the only photo on the site at the minute but it gives the impression of his basses. The other photos will look better

    Everson Guitars

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted · Edited by Peter Train

    Hi

    My bass teacher makes his own guitars and will soon have his web site up and running. This is a screen shot of the front page where you can just make out the bas he play in his band. The site is weel worth looking at and I'll add some shots of his other basses. And in case anyone wonders, I'm not being asked to do this. His basses look and sound great.

    The site is www.eversonguitars.com it's not live yet but will be in a few weeks

    Enjoy

    Vintage V1004DX

    in Basses

    Posted

    [quote name='karlbbb' post='425659' date='Mar 5 2009, 12:12 AM']Glad you're enjoying the bass mate! Just had another look at the V1004DX and I'm sorely tempted. Expect to see a Spector Legend 5 up for sale tomorrow morning![/quote]

    Cheers

    i am enjoying it. I also had a look at yur band's music on the web. They sound good.

    Vintage V1004DX

    in Basses

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    Great Review and great photos. I've got a vintage V940 I bought of another bass chatter and I love it. It's infinitly better than the cheap fender copy I first bought. The guy that teaches me bass makes bass guitars and has played it. He can get much better sounds out of it than me and he thinks I've got a bargain. I'm now thinking about another bass and this looks more of a bargain than somehting like a rockbass corvette which is the other I quite like.

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