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ilan
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Plays like buttah
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November 20, 2014, 03:51:05 PM »
1959 Höfner 500/5
on eBay
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"The bass plays amazing with good action"
My upright has lower action and it's set up for arco.
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The guy who bought the same bass twice — first in 1977 and again in 2023
clankenstein
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Re: Plays like buttah
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November 20, 2014, 06:17:34 PM »
Shouldn't that be plays good with amazing action?
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Louder bass!.
Dave W
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Got time to breathe, got time for music
Re: Plays like buttah
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November 20, 2014, 06:18:56 PM »
That action is so high you could slide Calista Flockhart between the strings and the fret tops.
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FrankieTbird
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Re: Plays like buttah
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November 20, 2014, 06:52:37 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on November 20, 2014, 06:18:56 PM
That action is so high you could slide Calista Flockhart between the strings and the fret tops.
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Pilgrim
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November 20, 2014, 09:15:02 PM »
The action was carefully set using a frozen Dove bar for a gauge.
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