sprocketflup Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Just picked one of the sixers up off Ebay out of curiosity more than anything, mine has a darkwood fingerboard tho? i.e. not maple, im rubbish at identifying slices of dead tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 7 hours ago, sprocketflup said: Just picked one of the sixers up off Ebay out of curiosity more than anything, mine has a darkwood fingerboard tho? i.e. not maple, im rubbish at identifying slices of dead tree Pics please 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Machines Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 14 hours ago, sprocketflup said: Just picked one of the sixers up off Ebay out of curiosity more than anything, mine has a darkwood fingerboard tho? i.e. not maple, im rubbish at identifying slices of dead tree They have a few on ebay as damaged. Looking closely it seems like they've had to scrap a whole batch of them due to poor QC. Hard to tell from your pics what the neck is, I think it'll be maple and should be roasted, but may have been stained instead to cut costs. I'd have the neck off to have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 The ebay descriptions all start with "roasted maple neck not genuine", and then different guitars have different faults. Would be tempted, but I have a friend's 5-er on loan so don't need to spend money 😉 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RedSub-Coliseum-Fanned-Fret-5-String-Bass-DAMAGED-RRP-319/303665014478?hash=item46b3d866ce:g:TdgAAOSw8vtfRUMI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeE Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Bought 5 string version about a month ago. Can’t fault it. Plays well, intonation spot on all the way up. Lovely warm sound. Machines are the first thing I will upgrade as a little notchy, but hold tune ok. Plays, feels sounds and looks like a much more expensive instrument. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 11 hours ago, MikeE said: Machines are the first thing I will upgrade as a little notchy, but hold tune ok. Plays, feels sounds and looks like a much more expensive instrument. I am not, notchy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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