Nice Embassy bass at Bass NW

uwe · September 26, 2013, 04:17:23 PM

I didn't think you were implying anything as regards me. If I bought a second Embassy that would be final proof that I don't learn from mistakes!

Brrrrrr .... Embassy owners, I appreciate the cult aspect of your loved ones.

gweimer · September 26, 2013, 04:42:38 PM

Quote from: uwe on September 26, 2013, 04:17:23 PM
I didn't think you were implying anything as regards me. If I bought a second Embassy that would be final proof that I don't learn from mistakes!

Brrrrrr .... Embassy owners, I appreciate the cult aspect of your loved ones.

Buuuuuurrrrrnnnnn him....he's a witch!

fur85 · September 26, 2013, 09:02:03 PM

Quote from: Dave W on September 26, 2013, 02:20:31 PM
I wasn't implying that you bought it, don't you already have one? Just wondering aloud since there are other members here who might have been interested.

I thought about it and was interested but it wasn't me.

uwe · September 27, 2013, 08:54:36 AM

Is there wimminfolk among you?!!!

gearHed289 · September 27, 2013, 09:02:21 AM

Super cool retro piece, but I'm happy with my $500 Les Paul as my "Thunderbird that's not a Thunderbird".

Granny Gremlin · September 27, 2013, 09:21:26 AM

Hey Uwe, what is it exactly about the Embassy that you don't like - just the chronic neck dive or...?

uwe · September 27, 2013, 10:54:13 AM

I think the bass is endearingly ugly at best and the neck dive is just hilarious, a bass made for gravity-free zones only, maybe NASA commissioned it. In your hands, it doesn't have the feeling of substantial-ness a Rev or Non Rev has, it feels nerdy. But I'm not really knocking it, it's cult. And there is nothing wrong with the sound.

Stjofön Big · September 27, 2013, 01:51:19 PM

I don't think the Embassy's got any neck dive worse that the T-bird. So I use them, quite regularly. The tone has an attack that could be desribed as cannon ball in barb wire.
In my eyes the Embassy is a beatiful bass. First time I saw one was on a record by Greg Kihn. Fell in love immediately! Hadn't any idea concerning manufacturer, but draw circles around it. After a few years, must have been in mid 90's, I learnt more about the Embassy. And the pickups, which I knew enough about since many years.
Then entered Ebay, and I found one for $ 1 000, 1999-2000 something. Realised there was only about 500 made of them. What would happen if something happened to her? So I saved my money, and bought another one, just like any responsible person would do.
If I had $ 2 000 laying around for unknown use, I would have bought the one that started this tread. Would feel nice to have one to give away to my son, and still feel that my players were intact.
Stupidity? Maybe. But remember: I enjoy every minute of it!

Granny Gremlin · September 27, 2013, 02:18:07 PM

Yeah, I quite like the look of them myself. I can see neck dive being a huge issue (I've only played one sitting down in a music shop) - those 60s slab mahogany bodies were so very lightweight and with those large cloverleaf tuners on that longscale neck with extended batwing headstock...

Thanks for elaborating Uwe.

FrankieTbird · September 27, 2013, 04:00:50 PM

I also like the Embassy a lot. They look great to me, great necks, and the neck dive issue hardly bothers me since I have to hold on to the neck to play the damn thing anyway, what's the big deal? The only two drawbacks to me are, one, that it doesn't sound as full as a T-bird, probably due to the thin body, and two, they have that damned extra pickup on there!

gweimer · September 27, 2013, 04:22:27 PM

Quote from: FrankieTbird on September 27, 2013, 04:00:50 PM
I also like the Embassy a lot. They look great to me, great necks, and the neck dive issue hardly bothers me since I have to hold on to the neck to play the damn thing anyway, what's the big deal? The only two drawbacks to me are, one, that it doesn't sound as full as a T-bird, probably due to the thin body, and two, they have that damned extra pickup on there!

Meh....get a Newport.

FrankieTbird · September 28, 2013, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: gweimer on September 27, 2013, 04:22:27 PM
Meh....get a Newport.

I have one. $:-\$

the mojo hobo · September 28, 2013, 02:07:32 PM

I was really tempted when I first aw this thread, but I'm on vacation and the last bass I bought was that Embassy project.

Bionic-Joe · September 30, 2013, 08:44:26 PM

I did see Sheryl Crow's Embassy up close yesterday.....Nothing special...ooh...1965!!! Nice case!!! VERY NICE case...almost a blue grey snakeskin type pattern from the 60's..... but NOT worth $6,000!!!!! UNLESS....you get a free date with Her.....

Dave W · September 30, 2013, 11:02:35 PM

Quote from: Baz Cooper on September 30, 2013, 08:44:26 PM
I did see Sheryl Crow's Embassy up close yesterday.....Nothing special...ooh...1965!!! Nice case!!! VERY NICE case...almost a blue grey snakeskin type pattern from the 60's..... but NOT worth $6,000!!!!! UNLESS....you get a free date with Her.....

Just be sure to bring extra toilet paper.