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    My Levy is a guitar case , my Longhorn fits perfectly , and my Gibson DC Jr will just make it , but my others will not . The Maruszczyk is said to be a long scale case , so I’m expecting most others will too. I mostly use short scales these days but still have the assortment of classics one accumulates over the years. The Longhorn and Jr are my two favourite things at this point. So I’m optimistic , my fingers are crossed. I suppose I should have gone around with a tape measure first , but we’ll find out when it arrives!
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    I have a Levy guitar case my Longhorn fits into , and I love it. I picked it up for about 1/3 of retail on the local online buy&sell. It’s a heavy case , but I love it , and I’ve somehow managed to regularly gig despite being older than dirt. Most of my other basses will not fit into the Levy however , so I decided to splurge. Here’s the Levy case. I’ve been using for about two years now. And it’s made me a believer. It looks like it will be about ten days for the delivery of the Maruszczyk. It will be interesting to compare them.
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    I’m expecting vintage prices to drop about the time it comes for me to start selling stuff. There’s quite a few young ones coming up though , that have totally bought into the vintage thing.
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    Hi everyone!

    msb replied to Gospel77's topic in Introductions

    Battery research seems to to be the thing , heck if they can run a vehicle they should juice up an SVT. I suppose it’s just a matter of time.
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    I suppose any solid body with a bolt on neck is inspired by Fender. There’s no need to buy the Fender decal , but they do retain most of their value. Some have actually appreciated.
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    The basses from San Luis Obispo might well be the finest production instruments made in the US today. They’ve been doing more and more quick limited runs at premium prices. As have Rickenbacker. Nice to see Ernie Ball recognize the growing short scale market. These will sell out quickly.
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    I find the overall sound thinner than a standard four string bass , and it certainly suits some playing styles , but it will not replace a bass for me. People were complaining that the Bass VI strings were too light and floppy , and as it turned out … Fender listened . They now make a set that goes from .024 to .100 . I immediately threw a set on mine and found a huge improvement. I believe Campbell used a Dano VI that belonged to Carol Kaye for that solo , although I’ve seen clips of him doing the song and playing a FenderVI. But who knows , that’s just stuff I’ve read online.
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    Go for it , but remember it’s the rhythm that drives the song , the widdly stuff is just icing .
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    I just ordered one from BC , the other end of the country. Black leather bass gig bag , I’ve heard good things about them. Time for a splurge.
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    After going through three hard shell cases for my Pbass I switched to well padded heavy duty gig bags . That old Pbass looks like it went through the Boer War.
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    The pickup and preamp in the Stingray are quite unique.
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    Whenever I see a bass player , just standing up and playing , I usually accuse them of stealing my stage moves.
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    I ran one of those for about twenty years , never let me down , it was bulletproof! Those rigs are legend for good reason.
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    Guilty pleasures

    msb replied to msb's topic in Bass Guitars

    And another one , a friend asked me to look at a set neck 4000 Ric , and also had an Epi Flying V . I played the V for five minutes and got the Ric. I spent much of the following weeks thinking about that V , and finally called him up. It was still there , and this time snagged it. Some may find the sight of some old geezer in jeans and sneakers with a Flying V pathetic , I’m fine with that. I love the thing (although I rarely take it out , maybe I should change that) It’s well balanced on a strap , it’s not heavy at all. And I love it.
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    Guilty pleasures

    msb replied to msb's topic in Bass Guitars

    That looks Ampeg inspired!
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    I still manage to gig regularly and Herself has never given me grief about gear purchases. She actually looks on many instruments as works of art. She misses the beauty of cabinets though , and refers to my Bergantino cabs as Lamborghinis .
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    I first noticed the Yamaha Samurai shape while watching the Guess Who on tv in the mid 60’s. And it stuck. And every once in a while I’d go looking around the internet for one , but I really didn’t want to bother with global shipping. So I guess it was inevitable , when one popped up in Toronto for a reasonable price I jumped. A friend in the US had owned one and described it as a Jazz on steroids , and regretted letting it go . It’s the ultimate Japanese surf bass. It’s a bit like an upside down Ric , I’m ok with that , I love Rics. I got it! The Unicorn was on our local online buy&sell . I dawdled and a friend snagged it , and then he picked up another headless bass and offered it to me. This time I didn’t hesitate. It’s quite surprising. A lovely bass , and I’m ready if I get a call for some 80’s new wave stuff. I normally play old school blues and roots music , these are guilty pleasures , and I really love them both.
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    I got the Bass VI bug , and then picked up a Gretsch baritone because I was having too much fun. Just the regular CV Squier , at first I found the strings too floppy but put on the heavier Fender VI set and have no complaints , pleasantly surprised by the build quality at the price.
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    Our most popular local buy&sell is kijiji , and after missing out on a Squier Bass VI I started coming down with the gas , and shortly after found a slightly used one at L&M (the major music retailer here in Canada) . It’s the current Classic Vibe version , my only complaint was the lower strings being a bit too floppy , I heard Fender had put out a stiffer Bass VI set. Made a world of difference , had to slightly file the nut at the E string and re-intonate. Huge improvement. I love it. I mostly do blues and roots gigs so this was not likely to become a gigging instrument , just a guilty pleasure. Next thing I knew I was loading up a pedalboard for it. My wife noted I was spending a lot of time goofing around on the VI. And thought it was money well spent. And then a Gretsch Baritone popped up on kijiji and this time I managed to snag it . The slightly older 5265T model with the Bigsby. Black sparkle finish! Again Herself approved. I see both as very unique instruments , chords on the lower position on the VI will often get too muddy , they positively ring out on the baritone. I can manage to play the VI fingerstyle , but the Gretsch is just a little tighter , it’s going to take some time. Gotta say the VI and the bari have been an interesting rabbit hole to go down. Simple fun .
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    After buying a Bass VI as a guilty pleasure I thought it might be nice to have a little reverb and tremolo , so I picked up a Fender TreVerb. Then a friend suggested a little gain might be nice , and things began to snowball. My gigs are mostly old school blues and roots music , but this has become an enjoyable goof around.
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    Many people slope their pickups like that for a more even response . Rather than following the fretboard radius , the G string in considerably thinner , so the signal is weaker , and the E is much thicker , so some drop pickup under the E and raise the G . That’s a lot of extra winding !
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    I play every weekend so I keep my gig stuff completely separate . I have a modular rig , so most mid sized rooms I just need one 8 ohm cab , if I’m outdoors or in a larger venue I bring two. Bergantino amp & cabs. Easily the best stage sound I’ve ever had. Never been happier. I had been a longtime GK user , and also love Mesa and Aguilar gear , but I became a Berg guy.
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    I like their short scales. Danos , due to the Masonite construction , are seriously lightweight. They sound great , and they’re really fun to play. They do have that single coil hum. And some have a little neck dive. While they’re not expensive prices have risen , and used prices around here reflect that. There were not many original Danos that made it to Nova Scotia other than the ones branded Silvertone. But there are tons of reissues around here. And a ton of Longhorn players around.
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    The Longhorn sounds a little deeper, the DC sounds slightly thinner, something that can easily be touched up at the amp. The shortscale DC has a two octave neck , the earlier long scale DCs did not. Between the bridge placement and number of frets is easy to tell them apart. I also have a short scale single cutaway U2 “Dolphin Nose”. It isn’t as deep as the Longhorn either. My Longhorn is one of the early reissues from the Shinko factory in Korea. They began making them in 98 . My Dolphin is a later Chinese model , and the DC is recent Korean. They say the first reissues were the best made , but my Chinese bass seems fine. Both the Dolphin and the DC have the bridge placement about 1/3 of the way in , so they’re considerably longer than the Longhorn
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    A Dano Longhorn was my first shortscale , and at first I did not care for the short scale . It eventually became my preference. Danos are weird little things , they were by design about as cheap as could possibly be made at the time. But they were playable , and many of the cheaper instruments of the time were not. They have the wooden popsicle stick bridge. And most people that are accustomed to Fender style instruments simply don’t get it. Truth is the wooden bridge sounds better , it gives things a nice woody thump , and there is a sweet spot for it where the intonation and action is fine. The body is made from Masonite , a space age tone wood. The pickups were simply a bar magnet wrapped in wire and shoved into a lipstick tube. Genius! My first Dano was a Longhorn , and now , almost twenty four years later I still can’t decide if it’s cool as heck , or butt ugly. I’m ok with that. For the first time the DC bass was finally available as a short scale and I immediately ordered one. Took forever to arrive. I wish it had the traditional wooden bridge , but I like it!
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