The Last Bass Outpost

Saw Scott's FB post and came here to pay my respects. Loved Bill, traded some Gibson parts with him on occasion, he built a beautiful bass with some chrome pickups I sold him once.

Finally, someone has actually tried one of these!

I love my TA501, very interested in this new amp.

Thanks Mark!

I'll be interested to see how this one stacks up against Uwe's BFG Bass that I auditioned a year or so ago. I loved that one and this one is even better looking....

Looking great Denis!

Quote from: Pilgrim on September 06, 2011, 09:20:52 PM

I'm not real worried about the 150 W spec, as I have never had to turn my Shuttle 6.0 volume up more than one-third.

You need to worry about too little power, not too much (in moderation).

Quote from: Spiritbass on August 22, 2011, 09:20:42 PM
I am getting SO stoked to lay eyes & fingers on this 'bird!!!

They are definitely magical, nice bird!

I seem to remember pot value being 500k since it doesn't act like a single coil normally does. Cap value, though, escapes me at the moment.

What is the nut width on the Curlee's?

That's just torture. How does she sound?

Quote from: sniper on August 14, 2011, 11:25:21 PM
i used to live in Grinnell and had to go to Des Moines once a month for a blood check at the V.A.. i simply stopped in his shop one day to get an estimate. i didn't know he lived anywhere else.

I guess I say that because I had never heard of him before he opened The Luthiere Shop, and he had already seemed to have quite the reputation. I've never used him though, I went to a great guy across the street at Last Chance Guitars/Crazy Horse Guitars named Greg.

Are you from Iowa? </offtopic>

The bass is looking great!

Quote from: sniper on August 14, 2011, 02:08:59 PM
the last time i was in Tim Thelen's shop getting an estimate, he asked me what kind of finish i wanted. i told him he could do it in amalgamated cow plop if he wanted as long as it looked fair and didn't smell too bad.

i find all this a bit funny. a Gibson finish will be fine.

Before or after he moved to Iowa?

Quote from: Dave W on August 11, 2011, 10:09:29 PM
That action's so high you could slide Calista Flockhart between the neck and strings.

When you put it that way, the action doesn't seem all that high...

Perfect, I was waiting on PBG to chime in on this. Now I'm VERY tempted...

Finally got to play mine out today in an audition, was impressed with new strings on it. A review will be coming soon...

Love it!