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| dannobasso
Intermediate Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 113 Registered: 3-2004 |
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| dannobasso
Intermediate Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 114 Registered: 3-2004 |
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| dannobasso
Intermediate Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 115 Registered: 3-2004 |
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| rklisme
Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 82 Registered: 5-2004 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
