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Bassaholics Anonymous => Basses => Topic started by: monthlymixcd on April 12, 2010, 07:05:02 PM
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First off, excuse the fact that I'm giddy that I got such a stellar deal on this bass (posted by Ikdog on HCv1 Classifieds before it died and he actually turned out to be in my town so I got the cash-in-hand discount price... thanks Tony!) ... but anyone that is looking for a well-built P-bass clone should check out the Excel basses. You can get 'em for well under $200 online and although the tuners are spaced a little farther apart and the headstock is a little longer and really lacking enough meat in the right places to allow it to be reshaped into a Fender-esque profile (save maybe a Tele bass shape)... for build quality and playability it beats most of the Stagg, SX, and Squier fare hands down and could even make the MIM Fenders nervous.
I was just looking for a platform to start from for adding the Rio Grande P pickup and BadassII bridge I had lying around and after playing it with the stock bridge and pickup for 3 days I have to say that I'm not sure it'd be worth the swap. It sounds good and sustains really well and about the only mods I'm considering ATM are a BWB pickguard to match my '75 RI J bass and maybe a set of flatwounds. Even the sunburst is nice and is only diminished by a few odd grain swirls in the wood underneath. A nice bass all-around. Recommended!
(http://www.basspodpro.com/images/store/small/HH_EXBSB.gif)
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I'm glad (or comforted) to see the first post in the instrument section... is in the BASS section!
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I'm glad (or comforted) to see the first post in the instrument section... is in the BASS section!
Well, everybody knows it is the "One True Instrument (tm)" :thu: Back when the "Dudepit" was active they had a forum just for inexpensive basses that was pretty good. That Excel bass looks like it might not be much work to "stealth" - that logo looks kinda big in the photo? And yah, think more about it before changing anything - those guys over on TB would be much better players if they practiced instead of spending their time modifying perfectly good axes and jabber jawing about it on TB ;).
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Agreed... on all counts.
The logo IS that big BTW. The headstock is 9" from the fretboad to the end... .5" more than my J bass. I have a Tele bass headstock profile done up as an overlay and think I could pull that off although the round bit at the end would be slightly smaller than it should be since the cutaway on the Excel is so severe. If I did that and shot the neck with some nitro this bass would stealth pretty well, yeah.
I'm with you that I'd rather spend more time playing it than modding it.
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I'm glad (or comforted) to see the first post in the instrument section... is in the BASS section!
Well, everybody knows it is the "One True Instrument (tm)" :thu: Back when the "Dudepit" was active they had a forum just for inexpensive basses that was pretty good. That Excel bass looks like it might not be much work to "stealth" - that logo looks kinda big in the photo? And yah, think more about it before changing anything - those guys over on TB would be much better players if they practiced instead of spending their time modifying perfectly good axes and jabber jawing about it on TB ;).
You must be talking about 'Tim's HoBags' forum from the Pit. Gawd, I miss that place. :thu:
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You must be talking about 'Tim's HoBags' forum from the Pit. Gawd, I miss that place. :thu:
Congratulations! For getting the right answer you get promoted to "Charter Member" status ;). Yah, I went away for a couple years and I guess the 'pit must have too?
They are back but not much goin' on last I checked:
http://thedudepit.ning.com/
Useta be much more fun than TB :(.
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Aww, garsh, 't'weren't nuttin...
Yah, I guess Dave is either getting a bit long-in-the-tooth or got fed up with trying to admin the site. I know they went thru a big change a few years ago and, since then, things just haven't been the same.
Life is change, I guess. Seems like change is all I get, at any rate. Others seem to get the foldin' money.
Anyway, thanx for the status. I like the digs here - guess I'll hang around! :thu:
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... I know they went thru a big change a few years ago and, since then, things just haven't been the same.
Man, that sounds really familiar... don't it?!?
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... I know they went thru a big change a few years ago and, since then, things just haven't been the same.
Man, that sounds really familiar... don't it?!?
8)
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Man, that sounds really familiar... don't it?!?
"It's deja-vu all over again" :facepalm:
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They [the DudePit] are back but not much goin' on last I checked:
http://thedudepit.ning.com/
Useta be much more fun than TB :(.
Don't bother - I just checked it out. You can't even read the forum without registering and there are like 1 post every few months :facepalm:. The forum software over there makes HC 2.0 look good :o.