Just to follow up on the new Casady bass:
I had a band practice last night and I learned both that it sounds wonderful AND I have a lot to learn about this particular bass.
- The signal sent by the Varitone really interacts with pedals, and once I figure it out there will be a lot more sound options.
- This bass has very soft attack when played fingerstyle - even less initial attack to the notes than my old Univox hollowbody. But............
- Play it with a pick and it's a
completely different bass. There's much more treble and greatly increased attack to the notes - more difference in sound than any other bass I've played. I know there's always a difference between finger and pick, but this is more than I've heard before.
It's gonna be a fun time learning this bass. I don't think any of my other basses have shown the potential for such versatility.
And Dave asked:
Just curious, is your Lyle a 335/EB-2 style but with a slanted neck pickup?
It's a 335-style hollowbody with a single pickup located about 2" or 3" below the neck. Here's a shot of the body:
Here's a shot of the whole bass. It's a 30" short-scale:
It has almost a Fender-style headstock. I've had it and the pickup sitting around for more than a year - just haven't gotten around to it. I'm due to stop buying basses and do some work on the projects I have laying about. I have these three projects:
- Lyle SG-type that has a hump in the neck - the fretboard needs to come off, electronics need to be cleaned up and re-wired.
- Aria Diamond, predecessor of the Hi-Flyer model, needs a complete refin and probably needs the fretboard taken off, old glue job cleaned up and re-attached.
- Lyle hollowbody shown above, needs pickup surround, control knobs and nut. I have in hand both the Gretsch pickup and a correct tailpiece with rosewood insert. There are also some finish scratches that I intend to fix using Dr. Bassman's "U-betchum Red Ryder super-glue-scratch-filling" trick.
