Three of a Perfect Pair

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Author Message s_wood Advanced Member Username: s_wood Post Number: 382 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014 - 4:36 pm:    With apologies to King Crimson... Three Series II/Europas out for a stroll on lovely spring day! Killer quilt and killer tone. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3323 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014 - 4:49 pm:    Such a beautiful daydream ___ in reality ! Your instruments are just beyond words ___ jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3955 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014 - 5:04 pm:    Wow that is an incredible set of basses, if this was your hand in a game of bass poker, I couldn't show a winning hand of basses. Rusty is going to start dreaming about his own bass when he sees that blue one. :-) Jazzyvee rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1194 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014 - 5:17 pm:    WOW Steve!! What an incredible display of Europa beauty!! The blue looks even more stunning in the daylight! I must say though that I had finally reached a point in my build where I was comfortable waiting it out & lowered my anticipation for weekly updates, but after seeing this, you just reopened the wound! LOL! I want mine NOW!! My Europa envy just pegged out! Rusty tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1623 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014 - 7:21 pm:    Such a gorgeous trio of Europas. The natural finish has one less 'CVQ' style knob. What is the difference in control layout on that one? Is it Master V, Pan, Filter, Filter with 2 CVQ's, rather than a pickup selector? poor_nigel Advanced Member Username: poor_nigel Post Number: 279 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014 - 10:18 pm:    You're killing me . . . And which bass in your closets is for Casual Tuesdays? s_wood Advanced Member Username: s_wood Post Number: 383 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 7:13 am:    Thanks to all for the kind comments. I know that I am blessed to own and play these basses. They motivate me every day to improve as a musician so that I might some day be partially worthy of owning such wonderful instruments. As you all can imagine, they sound much better than they look. That's the point of these basses, isn't it? Rusty: it will be worth the wait. Promise! Toby: good eyes! The extra knobs on the red and blue basses control the LED brightness. I eventually realized that I never change it once I set it to my preferences, so I decided to simplify the layout on the blond bass by eliminating the knob. jcdlc72 Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 322 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 8:15 am:    I=B4m in a severe need of a bucket right now... drool just can=B4t stop = falling!.=20 So, how do you "preset" the LED brightness on the blond one? Change the = knob potentiometer for an internal screw-type...? jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3959 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 8:30 am:    I have one of those knobs on my bass for my LED's and i use it rarely. More often than not when i feel the heat from the LED on my thumb as I grip the neck. Hey Steve, I think we are all worthy of alembics regardless of musical ability the only qualification is the desire to be different. I'm sure you enjoy them immensely. Jazzyvee tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1624 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 10:43 am:    Steve, OK- so LED brightness.... but you've got SII electronics, but no pickup selector knob. So am I correct in assuming you have master volume, pan, filter, filter (w a CVQ for each filter)? If so, that would be my order for a SII if I had the money to order one. s_wood Advanced Member Username: s_wood Post Number: 384 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 10:48 am:    You are correct, sir. All of my Series basses were built with a pan filter in place of a pickup selector. I find that setup to be easier to handle in a live environment because I only need to use one knob to change my volume, and only one knob to vary the balance between the pickups. YMMV, of course. tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1625 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 2:27 pm:    That would be perfect for the way my brain works. I've never been a Jazz bass guy because the two volume setup isn't my favorite- I prefer a pan and master volume. Your setup is exactly what I'd get if I could build one. Now- three identical Europas, but with different colors- do they all sound identical or do they each have unique characteristics and do you tend to use certain basses for certain styles? mtjam Intermediate Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 155 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 3:07 pm:    Fantastic! If I ever do a custom build, it will most likely have the Europa body shape.