New Toy!

leftybassman392 · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 7:19 am

Hey guys. Just thought I'd show you my newest toy (sorry, professional tool :mrgreen:

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Specs:

Maple/Wenge Neck-thru.
Ziricote fretboard. Similar density to maple.
White Ash body.
Flamed Myrtlewood facing.
34" scale, 24 fret.
Blue side leds with external brightness control.
SD Bassline pickups (MM/jazz) with coil switch for MM.
Shuker 3 band circuit plus active/passive switch.

pjmuck · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 8:07 am

Wow! That is beautiful. I'm not familiar with Shuker bass, but I personally like headless basses and have been gassing for a Status for a while.

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

Normally, I'm not a fan of Myrtlewood, but that's the best looking Myrtlewood top I've seen! Did you pick the top out yourself?

leftybassman392 · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 9:41 am

AzWhoFan wrote:

Normally, I'm not a fan of Myrtlewood, but that's the best looking Myrtlewood top I've seen! Did you pick the top out yourself?

I wish! Bought it off a guy on Basschat - same bloke I got the SEI from as it happens. Plays like a dream. didn't think I'd ever get my hands on an instrument I like more than the SEI, but here it is!

Electrics are brilliant - everything's there for a purpose - including a 3-way coil tap on the MM pickup. Basic sound is fairly bright (which I like anyway) thanks to the Ash I suspect, but the tonal variety is truly astonishing. Think of your favourite sound - trust me, it's in there somewhere! :geek:

Jeroen · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 12:32 pm

I knew right away when this popped up on basschat.co.uk that you'd buy this :lol:

Very pretty bass, congrats!

markcv · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 3:17 pm

That's beautiful!

Dibs on your Sei!

gravesbass · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 3:51 pm

Good catch and beautiful bass.. I love the headless basses. Small, light and no neck heavy issues. great catch. Shuker are supposed to be good basses but we don't have them in USA.

leftybassman392 · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 4:02 pm

Jeroen wrote:

I knew right away when this popped up on basschat.co.uk that you'd buy this :lol:

Very pretty bass, congrats!

HeHe!

That transparent, eh!

leftybassman392 · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 4:10 pm

gravesbass wrote:

Good catch and beautiful bass.. I love the headless basses. Small, light and no neck heavy issues. great catch. Shuker are supposed to be good basses but we don't have them in USA.

Surprisingly different from the SEI (despite appearances), and every bit as good for less money - the 'MM' pickup in this one is a monster! As an ex guitarist I really like the balance - just feels so comfortable. Will likely be coming over to the US again sometime late spring next year - if folks ask me reeeeaaaalllly nicely I could be persuaded to bring it with me... Just need somewhere to stay.

leftybassman392 · **Posted:** July 27th, 2009, 4:18 pm

markcv wrote:

That's beautiful!

Dibs on your Sei!

Don't suppose you'd settle for a Jaydee instead?

(Note to Andrew: any chance of an 'eyebrow' smilie? Could have done with one here..... and here 8-)

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Rebel · **Joined:** April 14th, 2009, 6:19 am **Posts:** 157

Thats a really cool looking bass, reminds me of my Uncle's Steinbergers. He's got the normal black 4 string one and a 5 string in yellow that looks like your Shuker.

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