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dannobasso
Intermediate Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 113
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 2:41 pm:   Edit Post

dannobasso
Intermediate Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 114
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 2:43 pm:   Edit Post

dannobasso
Intermediate Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 115
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 2:45 pm:   Edit Post

rklisme
Member
Username: rklisme

Post Number: 82
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 4:34 pm:   Edit Post

Danno

I have been thinking about picking one up as well. How do you feel about your SC deluxe? Pro's and con's.

Rory
dannobasso
Intermediate Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 124
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 5:24 pm:   Edit Post

At first I thought it was good but not great because I'm not partial to blend pots. As I've adjusted it a bit and paid more attention to it, it is a fantastic bass. Very easy to play super responsive and dare I say FUN. Got it used at Ash in Joisey a few years back. Thankfully the bass mgr. at the time let me have it fairy cheap due to my Alembic addiction.
Danno
jazzyvee
Intermediate Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 177
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 5:31 pm:   Edit Post

I have one of those basses too and i thought it was great from the moment I picked it up. The more I play it, the more I realise how good it really is both from the sound it is capable and the playability.

I'd love a 5 string in that sc shape but I fear the balance on it would make it uncomfortable to play and also the b string may be a bit loose.
echo008
Advanced Member
Username: echo008

Post Number: 259
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 10:04 am:   Edit Post

Hi, I just took posession of this beauty, and I wanted to add a couple more pics. I polished up all the brass a bit cleaned the frets and fingerboard and put on a new set of strings.




- Tom
eligilam
Junior
Username: eligilam

Post Number: 22
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 8:24 pm:   Edit Post

I'm also a fellow SC Deluxe player...and the one shown in this thread is fantastic.

One big pro for the SC Deluxe is the mass to size ratio...lots of people find that a "con" and not a "pro". But, if you have huge hands and get used to the short scale, you can do extensive intervals with fewer positionings...and all that mass translates into a bigger sound for a short scale instrument.

I can't think of many cons to an SC Deluxe...Only one: there's no big horn to grab onto for leverage when taking it off; so you have to be extra careful if the ceiling fan's on.

Cheers,
WD
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 690
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 10:03 pm:   Edit Post

I know what you mean eligilam about the extensive intervals you can reach for on the short scale.

There is a nice chord "G" If I recall correctly on Stanley's album 1,2 to the bass. It's on the last track, Peace, and thats played root - 5th, root - 5th across 5 frets on all 4 strings.

Achieveable by starting on low G with a stretch on my sc, no way on my 34" Europa 5.

The bass does actually feel heavier than the Europa but I probably should weigh them. I doubt if there is much difference. Like you I agree the heavier mass does seem to work for the sound.

Hope you had a great Christmas.
Jazzyvee
pierreyves
Member
Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 56
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 2:04 am:   Edit Post

Until I play this short scale, I really easier to play, really soft, really fast...you can tap (frapper?) the strings and do many différents tones (sons?). Is it walnut, the top and back?
echo008
Advanced Member
Username: echo008

Post Number: 347
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 7:10 am:   Edit Post

Hi, the top and back are rosewood with a mahogany core and maple accents, I played this bass with Pyramind flats for awile but have gone back to Nickel strings. The action is very low and the bass sounds great. I actually just got a set of wood knobs from THG and Im waiting on a set of Ebony tuners
Happy Holdays.
- Tom

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