| Author | Message | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 725 Registered: 1-2008 |
I'm once again offering-up my LS Series I for another Series I. Unfortunately, I just don't have the reach for LS Standard Point body style. I'd like to trade it for anything in a different body style (preferably Short scale but a Medium or Long scale with a longer upper horn would probably work as well). As you can see, it's a beautiful bass (recently refinished) and it has the best/fastest neck of any instrument I've ever played. If I were only 6'2"...  77-920 LSB top: Maple body: Mahogany back: Maple through body neck: Maple and Purpleheart, 34" long scale fingerboard: Ebony with mother of pearl inlays peghead veneers: Walnut and Avodire birthday December 13, 1977 originally made for: Rothschild Anvil flight case I'll keep my PS/cable and you keep yours | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 726 Registered: 1-2008 |
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| uberbass
Junior Username: uberbass Post Number: 15 Registered: 9-2010 |
How much cash tonight? | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 727 Registered: 1-2008 |
I currently have a possible deal in the works. If that falls through and I decide to sell it, I would want $4,000 for the bass plus whatever it cost to ship it (the Anvil case makes it a safe but expensive shipping proposition - it cost me about $300 in shipping when I bought it). I have real mixed emotions about parting with this bass. But I've finally come to the conclusion that it's just impossible for me to comfortably play it unless I'm sitting down. | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 863 Registered: 11-2005 |
Hell Mike, I'm 6'2" and first position playing is a pain in the A$$ for me. It's a big reason why I sold my S2 (which I was going to sell anyway to help fund a custom-but that's in the $-hitte-r). I don't know if you'll like a medium or short scale as (IMHO) there is a lack of punch on the E string. The fundamental is there but it is a matter of physics and a 34" scale bass IS punchier on the E string. 'nuff said back to drinking!!! | ||
| llobsterbass
Member Username: llobsterbass Post Number: 85 Registered: 5-2004 |
I love my long-scale Series I to death, but just can't play it out much because of the length and a bit of neck-diving. My "new" 77 short scale is much lighter and shorter ... even more neck-divey, but I'll work around it for her looks and tone. The E string punches like George Foreman, but a lot of that is the graphite neck. | ||
| rklisme
Advanced Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 356 Registered: 5-2004 |
Hi Mike, Boy does that bass bring back memories. Rory | ||
| rklisme
Advanced Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 357 Registered: 5-2004 |
Hi Mike, Boy does that bass bring back memories. Rory | ||
| rklisme
Advanced Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 358 Registered: 5-2004 |
Hi Mike, Boy does that bass bring back memories. Rory | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 728 Registered: 1-2008 |
Hey Rory!!! Where ya been??? I bought this bass from Rory a couple of years ago. Like I said: I'm torn about letting the bass go, but I've tried every trick I know to make it more "playable" for me. It's not a design "flaw"... it just "is what it is" and I don't have the reach to play it. I'm really not interested in an outright sale, because I really want to keep a Series instrument in the stable (I can use it in the studio if nothing else). My other deal fell through, so if anyone is interested in a trade...let me know. For the RIGHT deal (ie SII short scale), I MIGHT be willing to part with both the SI and an Orion 4 string. My main fretted bass these days is my SC, so I'm aware of the neck-dive issues with that body style. It's short and light enough that I AM able to make the necessary adjustments to play it for prolonged periods. I understand what Adam is saying about "punch", but because of my playing style (and EQ)I get more "punch" than you would expect in a neck-through instrument. | ||
| rklisme
Advanced Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 359 Registered: 5-2004 |
Mike, I am still slinking around. Did not like the direction the club was taking at the time so I watched from a distance. I still appreciate and think highly of most of the members though. Anyway, good luck with whatever you do with the Alembic. Rory | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 734 Registered: 1-2008 |
With a heavy heart (seriously) I'll be sending this one this one back to California. I hope Joe enjoys her. |
