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kungfusheriff
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Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 586
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 1:37 pm:   Edit Post

Not cheapbut damned sexy:
Love the top on this Series bass, which appears halfway down the page:
http://www.williesguitars.com/index.cfm?sector=user&page=products&MMID=9

This Spoiler isn't as flash but looks good to me:
http://www.bostonguitar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BGWI&Product_Code=BG-MISC-ALEM&Category_Code=BG-MISC
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4740
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 6:43 pm:   Edit Post

Very very nice Series II!
keavin
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Username: keavin

Post Number: 1026
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 5:04 am:   Edit Post

byoung
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Username: byoung

Post Number: 492
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post

Mmmm...

Sap wood.
dwmark
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Username: dwmark

Post Number: 139
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 10:25 am:   Edit Post

Was wondering why the line wasn't straight but am not good enough with the computer equipment to blow it up. I may be choosing a top wood for a custom bass that has a small amount of sapwood and assumed I'd have it cut out. Any thoughts on leaving it in (to avoid hijacking the thread, I'll rephrase--what does the group think of the look on this bass)?
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2046
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 10:29 am:   Edit Post

I give the sapwood look on this bass a big thumbs up!

Bill, tgo
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 680
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 11:34 am:   Edit Post

I'm not fond of it. To me it looks unbalanced with wavy edges of the sap wood and straight lines of the neck. Too bad as I am looking for a small body Series.

Keith
cozmik_cowboy
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 84
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post

On various FTC & Wood Bank threads, I've seen posts asking if the customer wants to use the sap wood, and wondered why on earth you would. Now I know. It gives a very organic look, like the neck & body grew together (maybe it would look even better without the neck framing, or BTC?) I don't know that I'd have one built like this, but if I weren't completely freakin' broke, I'd think long and hard about this one. Very nice.

Peter
dwmark
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Username: dwmark

Post Number: 140
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 1:49 pm:   Edit Post

I'm BTCing. It does look interesting. Thanks for the input.

dw
phylo
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Username: phylo

Post Number: 57
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 1:28 pm:   Edit Post

I think that is one the best looking tops I have seen.
olieoliver
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Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1066
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 1:37 pm:   Edit Post

I kind of like it too. Very unique.
hifiguy
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Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 69
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:43 pm:   Edit Post

Beautiful bass with an awfully big price. But Willie has never been known to offer bargains on anything.
inthelows
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Username: inthelows

Post Number: 331
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 9:21 am:   Edit Post

I'm just impressed on how they got the top seams to merge and melt in. WOW!! What a masterful example of craftsmanship. Whether the look is or isn't to you're liking, there's no doubt in my mind anyway, it will find a home.
KFS I'd agree with your first statement. OH yeah!
NLP
olieoliver
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Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1079
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 9:30 am:   Edit Post

I just saw the price, WOW.

Looks like the strap button on the back has been moved too.

It's still a very nice axe.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2056
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 9:36 am:   Edit Post

$7049!!!! Hope springs eternal!

Bill, tgo
fmm
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Username: fmm

Post Number: 182
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 3:10 pm:   Edit Post

I looked at the Series II at Willies yesterday. The store was packed, and my time was short. The power supply wasn't available (they were short staffed, and I didn't make them run to the basement to find it).

There were a few issues: I think some of the cover plate screws are not original, and 1 is missing from the battery cover. The non-original screws look larger than stock, and I would be concerned that the threaded inserts had pehaps been stripped forcing the larger screws in. There is either a crack or a deep scratch on the fingerboard pickup. The nut is not adjustable, the fingerboard LEDs are unbound (as you would expect on a 1978).

Other than that, it is a marvelous bass. If someone wants a more detailed report, let me know and I will try to get back to Willies during a lunch break this week.

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