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Main Forums => The Bass Zone => Topic started by: clankenstein on January 16, 2023, 02:13:01 AM

Title: Serek Midwestern
Post by: clankenstein on January 16, 2023, 02:13:01 AM
I saw King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on the 6th of January in New Plymouth (Great Show) and their Bassist Lucas Skinner was playing a Serek Midwestern . He had a pretty gnarly sound but it sounded great - anyone seen these?
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Chris P. on January 16, 2023, 02:52:12 AM
Holland has a Serek dealer and we got quite some name players here with Sereks. I played some and they are all different and very nice. Most (all?) are shortscale, some with competition stripes, Bisonics, dogear P90s, etc.

Internationally Tim Lefebvre (Bowie, Tedeschi Trucks) is seen with one a lot.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: gearHed289 on January 16, 2023, 12:14:54 PM
Locally made here in Chicago. Some of them are named after streets in the city - Lincoln, Armitage, Sacramento. He offers short, medium, and long scales. I dig the Sacramento model and was thinking about having one built, but decided to stick with Alembic. My friend Chris Clemente with Kick the Cat has a shorty. I only held it briefly, but it was super light with a nice neck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTnc0rfYN7Q
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: patman on January 16, 2023, 12:42:10 PM
Amazing...

Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Chris P. on January 17, 2023, 03:19:52 AM
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/540/3afdb342-b538-422c-9251-3c3933dc585a.jpg)

This belongs to a friend of mine. Amazing looking and sounding bass!
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: morrow on January 17, 2023, 05:32:12 AM
That is a funky looking thing.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Dave W on January 17, 2023, 08:26:19 AM
I sure like the tone of these from what I've heard online. Another plus is that the shape is not just another clone. OTOH the matte unfilled finish over mahogany isn't a good look at that price point.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Chris P. on January 18, 2023, 01:26:48 AM
The customer ordered this finish.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Dave W on January 18, 2023, 07:46:02 AM
The customer ordered this finish.

I was referring to all the mahogany basses I've seen from Serek, not that particular bass. Maybe he does make some that are completely pore-filled with gloss finishes, but I haven't seen any.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Rob on January 18, 2023, 10:44:18 AM
I like the looks of that one except it seems the cord would get in the way of the knobs.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: gearHed289 on January 18, 2023, 10:53:13 AM
OTOH the matte unfilled finish over mahogany isn't a good look at that price point.

My thoughts exactly.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Pilgrim on January 18, 2023, 12:28:53 PM
I like the looks of that one except it seems the cord would get in the way of the knobs.

I like 90-degree plugs anyway.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: Alanko on January 18, 2023, 01:58:34 PM
I want to like Serek basses as they are so close to what I like, aesthetically. Each one seems to have something slightly jarring. The brilliant white pickguard and clumsy knob layout spoil this one for me. The Bisonic/Darkstar fetishisation is big with them as well.

(https://external-preview.redd.it/oSYYCK041Ti1OG-FhcoZ_sCX79QpO9PxQa0jmu6Y_dA.jpg?auto=webp&s=98bbe6ed30b4dc7d4bcf347a865c5de031ffef7e)
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: uwe on January 19, 2023, 09:02:07 AM
Locally made here in Chicago. Some of them are named after streets in the city - Lincoln, Armitage, Sacramento. He offers short, medium, and long scales. I dig the Sacramento model and was thinking about having one built, but decided to stick with Alembic. My friend Chris Clemente with Kick the Cat has a shorty. I only held it briefly, but it was super light with a nice neck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTnc0rfYN7Q

We definitely need more synth solos in this world! Lovely.
Title: Re: Serek Midwestern
Post by: gearHed289 on January 21, 2023, 10:32:57 AM
We definitely need more synth solos in this world! Lovely.

I couldn't agree more! Vijay is an awesome player with great sounds.