Triumph bass in the house !

[Highlander]

Well there's a project for a rebuild and sale...!

  I took it to rehearsal on Mon. I gave it a quick set up but I need to tweak it more. My first reaction is man is this thing heavy ! No neck dive................ more like body dive

Uwe's obviously busy, so I'll deputise here... "Nein, Herr Thunder, it is a manly instrument, to sort die Männer von den Jungs..." 

[hieronymous]

 I took it to rehearsal on Mon. I gave it a quick set up but I need to tweak it more. My first reaction is man is this thing heavy ! No neck dive................ more like body dive, the thing wants to slide right off my lap and head for the floor  ! I like the neck a lot, nice round profile and lots of frets ! I can get nice and high up the neck. I played it for a few songs and Like the sound, I am still playing with all the knobs and switches. I still like my NRs way better, nothing will ever replace those for me. I do hope to keep the Triumph.

I find that my Triumph actually feels really comfortable on a strap and very heavy and unbalanced sitting down...

[chromium]

Nice catch!  Its pretty seldom that I make it into a GC, and when I do I never seem to find anything drool-worthy like that.

[Basvarken]

Hey Scott do you really rehearse sitting down?
Like Hieronymous said it really feels comfortable on a strap.

About the tweaking. Be careful not to mess up the factory height setting of the pickups. If the height is not correct there is a chance they might cancel each other out.

[godofthunder]

No I rehearse standing up, it just struck me as I tried it at the store and at home on the couch how body heavy the thing is, hey I'm not used to that ! I expect the neck to dive ! The strap I took to rehearsal was to short The bass felt weird so high.

[uwe]

Hobbits are not toys, their weight ensures that. They hang well and stable. And they are indeed so bodyheavy, they are no good played sitting down, they slip off my lap too. Which is ironic given that they were made for studio work which is often performed sitting down.

[Freuds_Cat]

Congrats Scott, After becoming enamored with the sound of these basses (Rob is totally to blame) I've had a bad case of GAS myself. Very envious. Good luck to you.

[ilan]

Exactly how heavy are those things?

[Basvarken]

4.8 kilograms.
The Les Paul Bass (aka Recording weighs in at 5.1 kg)


Now how slippery exactly are your loins gentlemen?
My Hobbits stay put when planted there.

But I plant them on my left leg. Like you do with a classical (or spanish) guitar.
I believe that's what old Lester did too.

[Barklessdog]

4.8 kilograms.
The Les Paul Bass (aka Recording weighs in at 5.1 kg)


Now how slippery exactly are your loins gentlemen?
My Hobbits stay put when planted there.

But I plant them on my left leg. Like you do with a classical (or spanish) guitar.
I believe that's what old Lester did too.

Thats about 10.5 - 11 pounds for the non metric inclined

[Highlander]

Is that all...

[Pilgrim]

But I plant them on my left leg. Like you do with a classical (or spanish) guitar.
I believe that's what old Lester did too.

I think you're right, and that was exactly what I was thinking of as a way to prevent it from sliding off.

[godofthunder]

 I have not had much time to check this bass out What I can say is Gibson put a lot of love into it. Very finely crafted instrument, excellent finish, frets are dress to the 9s. Lots of detail................... b/w binding on the neck, b/w/b/w on the body, mop block inlay on the neck, beautiful headstock inlay and what a chunk of mahogany ! A beautiful bass for sure ! I remember the first time I saw a Triumph Bass('72-'73). A local band Old Salt was performing after the Hike for Hope ( you remember those ?!) So after a 25 mile walk we were treated to a concert by Old Salt...................and there it was  !  They were plugging their new single and I have to say I was very impressed, being very impressionable .Such a beautiful bass I never got it out of my head !  A friend of mine now owns that exact bass ! Man does sounds great ! So when I saw this bass at GC I HAD to have it

[Grog]

I never checked the weight of my Les Paul Basses before so I figured it was about time I did.

1970 Les Paul Bass     = 12.5 LBS
1972 Les Paul Triumph = 10.0 LBS
1973 Les Paul Triumph = 11.0 LBS

The '72 is my player, it had a BADASS bridge installed before I bought it & yet it is the lightest.
It was done with a digital bathroom scale that only measures in half pounds.  

[Dave W]

These weights are about what I expected, based on my memories of having played them in stores.