Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 After a long break of not being in the game, GAS got the better of me again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 (What I'm really hoping to do, besides enjoying the heck out of these, is examine these closely, and use them to spec out the large long scale archtop fretless acoustic I hope to build some day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 Let's see if I can make the pics bigger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 I went with the modded Ernie because: I got it several hundred dollars cheaper than an unmodded oneI'll feel less guilty if I hack a pickup into it, since the damage is already doneThe "cutesy" roller-skating bears patch has got to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 And speaking of GAS and archtop basses, it's nearly killing not grabbing this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RON-SMITH-RSB04-1-ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC-ARCHTOP-CUSTOM-BASS-GUITAR-/121262464003?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c3bce5c03 Wow. But I want a 5er, and bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 Close up of the horrid cutesy roller-skating bears patch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 7, 2014 Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 Looks interesting. Congratulations and Happy (Pending) New Bass Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 I've wanted an Ernie since they first came out. Finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 9, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2014 Sigh. Guess nobody (other than DeepEnd) likes my new friends. Yeah, they're both beat up a bit, especially the Regal, but give the ol' girl a break - she's 77 years old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted December 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yup, that's pretty horrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 10, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2014 And I object to the implication that bass players deliver slowly and can't rollerskate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 11, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2014 Both are here, not opening the boxes for several hours to give them time to adjust. The Earthwood sat out in the snowstorm overnight because whoever delivered it couldn't bother to ring a doorbell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 12, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 12, 2014 Opened the boxes today, oh man... both gorgeous. Can't wait to get fresh Corellis on the Regal. The Ernie is, of course, huge. The Regal is hugerer. Dwarfs the Ernie. 41" scale, lined fretless, probably similar (interior, cubic) volume as an average 3/4 upright. I love them both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted December 13, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 13, 2014 Much views, no likes. Wait - I DON'T CARE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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