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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Highlander on December 29, 2015, 08:25:56 AM

Title: NBD
Post by: Highlander on December 29, 2015, 08:25:56 AM: Well, I finally pulled the trigger on an EAB... 8)

Dragonfly 5ver (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Michael-Kelly-5-string-Dragonfly-fretless-acoustic-bass-plus-hard-case-/181969768355?hash=item2a5e3e4fa3:g:jpkAAOSw~otWeWXB&autorefresh=true)
Title: Re: NBD
Post by: patman on December 29, 2015, 08:40:07 AM: I like those...long scale so you get some thud...round sound hole so you can stuff a feedback buster in it if you need...
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Post by: Pilgrim on December 29, 2015, 08:53:31 AM: Lovely instrument!
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Post by: Highlander on December 29, 2015, 09:27:06 AM: Not too flamboyant, compared to some of the herd...

Scheduled for delivery just into 2016... pics to follow asap, as per the Covenant... :mrgreen:
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Post by: nofi on December 29, 2015, 01:40:38 PM: finally... why a five string may i ask.
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Post by: Highlander on December 29, 2015, 04:13:59 PM: Just availability, I guess ... first fiver in the herd ... better quality (with a hard case thrown in) than what I was going for (probably a Dean) at less than 1/2 the (UK) RRP and 50% more than I would have paid, without a case, and she sure looked purdie...
Seen a lot of good reviews on them so simple as that...
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Post by: Pilgrim on December 29, 2015, 06:33:49 PM: I've heard good things about that model, too.
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Post by: Dave W on December 29, 2015, 09:14:08 PM: Looks nice but someone forgot to install the frets.
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Post by: Highlander on December 31, 2015, 02:39:59 AM: I'm not going to fret about that... :mrgreen:

UPS picking up on Monday and delivery here scheduled for 7th...
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Post by: godofthunder on December 31, 2015, 07:25:46 AM: Nice addition Kenny! a fiver? Who says you can't teach a old dog new tricks?
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Post by: dadagoboi on December 31, 2015, 08:20:42 AM: Congrats, Ken!
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Post by: Rob on December 31, 2015, 09:12:06 AM: I had one of those a few years ago Kenny. Mine sounded like a piano. Fit and fin were excellent but the neck needed tweaking monthly or so.
Not sure what the wood was but it sure responded to Florida humidity.
Title: Re: NBD
Post by: Highlander on December 31, 2015, 07:09:16 PM: Not going to be any Fl heat or humidity where I am... (presently snowing) :mrgreen:
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Post by: Rob on January 01, 2016, 07:02:34 PM: Quote from: Highlander on December 31, 2015, 07:09:16 PM
Not going to be any Fl heat or humidity where I am... (presently snowing) :mrgreen:
:) :) :)
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Post by: Pilgrim on January 02, 2016, 10:38:45 AM: We're short on the FL heat and humidity at 5000 feet here in Colorado as well. Currently rather humid for winter at 22% humidity in the house and 12 degrees outside.
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Post by: Basshappi on January 04, 2016, 04:06:44 PM: Very nice, congrats!
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Post by: Highlander on January 04, 2016, 04:10:03 PM: UPS screwed up the collection, apparently... :rolleyes: Now delayed until Friday, I know presume...
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Post by: Highlander on January 07, 2016, 01:31:32 PM: Big brown box (with Fender written on it?) sitting in the hall and now being unwrapped...
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Post by: Highlander on January 07, 2016, 03:52:23 PM: Nice...

Some quirks I'll have to think through... no thumb rest... comes with no neck strap point... where should one go...? end strap point is also the jack-socket so a strap-lock is going to be tricky...
Any ideas...?

Delivered with rounds and not flats, so some fretboard marking... ordering some flats as a priority...
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Post by: Dave W on January 07, 2016, 05:48:41 PM: Can't tell from the pics, is there any gap between the fretboard and the top? If so, you may be able to wrap a Höfner strap there. If not, you can wrap it at the headstock just past the nut.

There are alternatives to straplocks, e.g. you can use a rubber Grolsch washer or a Dunlop Lok-strap.
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Post by: Pilgrim on January 07, 2016, 07:27:47 PM: The spot just above the nut is classic folk-guitar, and has worked for me on a couple of basses. just need a good rawhide or nylon tie to thread under the strings.

I use the Ish brand rubber washers, essentially same as Grolsch but without the bonus of beer. I have the Dunlop locks around too, but the rubber washers seem to work as well on most basses.
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Post by: Highlander on January 08, 2016, 01:10:29 AM: Grolsch is veggie... :D

No gap at the body, Dave...
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Post by: patman on January 08, 2016, 06:13:30 AM: Learn to rest your thumb on the B string instead of a thumb rest. Very easy to learn, as you will play the B less than the others, most likely, unless you are in a gospel band. There are two advantages:

You can play anywhere from bridge to neck with all the different sounds in between.

Once you learn, all fivers and sixers pretty much play the same...you don't have to choose a bass because you like the pickup configuration as a thumb rest.

I second the rubber beer stopper as a straplock...I use washers myself. Cheap and non-invasive.
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Post by: nofi on January 08, 2016, 06:34:10 AM: what patman said.
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Post by: Rob on January 08, 2016, 11:52:45 AM: Mine (6 years ago) came with a pin on the back of the neck heel. I didn't worry about a strap lock at the jack and it balanced fairly well for its' size.

PS Use string 5 for a rest it will be easy to come off when you want to hit it.
My fave neck is a Fender C so it was basically the same thing with an extra string.
Title: Re: NBD
Post by: Highlander on January 08, 2016, 01:48:26 PM: Cheers Gents... all promising info... going to wait for the strings to arrive (flats are not popular up here, so it seems) so will order a set this evening...