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With a little polish, it's hard to believe it's from 1975, eh?

 

I'll post a full review later, but suffice to say, it's incredible.

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My impressions:

 

Yes, it is heavy, and yes, it neckdives. I'm going to have to get used to that-the neckdive can be fixed pretty easily, though.

 

The neck is big-wide and chunky, but very comfortable.

 

The craftsmanship is of course excellent, and it's held up well over the years-there's some finish checking on the back, and a few small dings around the edges, but nothing too serious. No structural issues at all.

 

The tone is really where it's at, though-this thing goes from grand piano clarity to a great smooth dub sound and everything in between. Plus, the q-switches offer a whole new layer of textures that I haven't heard from any other bass-you can add some Mu-Tron-like effects with extreme settings, or just put a little something extra on the attack of each note. It's quite cool, and I'm going to have to post some clips showing what it can do.

 

The case is impractical for everything but flight-it weighs about 50 pounds. :smack:

 

Other than that, it was entirely worth it. I'm in love. :love:

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Nice! Glad to hear it lives up to your expectations too, nothing better than a killer new bass that is better than you thought it would be. I call first dibs on that Daion if you should ever decide to part with it.:thu:

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Thanks for the kind words, guys.

 

After playing around with it some more, the tones on tap are incredible-this blows away just about every bass I've played.

 

I'm going to have to get the case refoamed, though-the padding just disintegrates when touched.

 

I'll be loving this for a long time. :love:

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