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ikay

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Built in Chicago. A range of several basses but I'm particularly drawn to the short scale Midwestern and Midwestern 2 with choice of Darkstar, Bisonic or B90 pickups. Quality gear by all accounts but I've not heard of them before. Has anyone this side of the pond got one of these, or even heard of Serek? I'd be interested to hear any views.

https://www.serekbasses.com/midwestern

 

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I cam across these a while ago, Tim Lefebvre has been using them for a while and they are all over his Instagram account. They seem to be fairly new and starting to pick up pace as a brand. Hand made and pretty pricey I think, but no doubt high quality especially if you have someone like Tim Lefebvre using them. 

Have you looked at talkbass yet? Bound to be a Serek club on there, they love their clubs over there.

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The pickup is a 'B90' - made by Serek with a special wind for bass. Sounds pretty much like a Darkstar/Bisonic. If I can't afford a bass maybe I'll just buy a pickup! Haven't looked on TB but will do that.

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They look very tactile - will be interesting to try them. Any idea how much £££?

There’s a couple of Midwesterns on their Reverb store for $1750-$1850.

Si

Edit: TOO SLOOOWW lol

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I had a play of a couple at NAMM last week, I have to say that the black 32" Sacramento I tried, with two BiSonics, was absolutely brilliant.
Easy to play and sounded really really good!

I want one! :P

Si

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So it looks like the three basses from LBGS show wound up at Bass Direct and Pauls Bass Mattes (Netherlands, brilliant shop and Paul Sipps is a lovely man):

Sacramento & Midwestern: http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Serek.html

Midwestern 2: https://www.bassmatters.nl/en/1696/Serek-Midwestern-2

Si

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My Serek Midwestern is here and just really bloody brilliant. I already have a Fender Mustang, so I’m not exactly new to the shortscale thing, but this Midwestern is a whole new ball game. 

It arrived at 11am and I was able to take it to a gig that same day, and it nailed it, so much fun to play. It also sounds fantastic, I specifically wanted the B90 pickup, I figure that it’s part of the Serek sound and brand, the various other pickup options are great, but this B90 is the one! Mine has the dummy coil, which is great for recording, but actually live, the standard wiring is perfectly fine.

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Build quality is excellent, as you’d expect, and even though the build is largely Walnut, it’s still very comfortably lightweight.

All in all, i’m Very happy and couldn’t recommend Jake (Serek) enough as a luthier! 

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Cheers

Si

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