To breathe some live back into this site.
I’d like to thank everyone who’s stopped by and commented, and all those that have sent emails with your questions, comments and pics of your awesome basses. I’ve let this site languish for a while and I need to pick it back up again. Your emails will be responded to soon.
So here’s to a good 2008!
Yes. More new hollowbodybass.com! Must post a pic of my Waterstone Indra I, I’ve got a blue one.
http://www.waterstoneguitars.com/bass_indra_I.shtml
Hi Brandon,
really happy to see you and H.B.A back again for this new year.
I wish you the best for this new year… Just the best… only the best… sincerely.
By the end of June, I bought, for my 35′th birthday an Epiphone Jack Casady in black .
I’ve posted some questions on Talkbass… and after some tests in a shop in paris wich has several Hollowbody basses (Dean / Yahama/Ibanez & Epiphone)… I fell in love with the Epiphone.
She’s got great tone, and a very nice stylish look…
I play it most of the time with a pick… and whaoh !!! it gives you back all you give her first. Punchy woody groovy tone.
The only thing i regret, is that when you play it a little bit fast, your arm is hurt by the angle of the bass. I need some protection to play it for a long time. There’s also a problem of head diving, wich can be boring… i’ve got to find a solution for it.
But it’s nothing compared to the pleasure you take when you play it.
If you want i can send you some pics… just email me.
I Hope to read you soon, and once again be ensured of my sincere sympathy.
Vincent Soleil From Paris (FR)
…wow: I changed the pickups on my Stylist B1 and now it’s phenomenal!!! I installed two (custom made for me) Magnetics single coil sealed by epoxy resin into a Les Paul traditional enclosure; they are super quiet and “even” in amp/freq response. Piero Terracina (Mr. Magnetics) built those according to his 30 yrs experience on the subject: he finds the humbuckers not suited for hollowbodies, since they are too midrangey and make the guitar keen to the feedback (and the bass even more). I don’t really know, but I would reccomend those for everybody that wants a clean quiet and even tone from the hollowbody bass. Price is decisely fair: 80 euro each plus shipping.
Nice website, Brandon! Keep up the good work! I’d love to see a section where others can upload pictures of their own hollowbody basses.
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Virgilio Venditti said,
January 15, 2008 @ 8:06 am
Hi Brandon! First of all: may the 2008 be a better year for you on a personal level, and I mean it. Now, I am absolutely happy about my new Dean Stylist B1bass!!! It went out of production on 2007 and I was lucky enough to put my hands on one, before they vanish, here in Italy for 350 euro, that is not that much, all things considered. It is just a gorgeous baby, in its “natural” color and old traditional style. After ordered the bass (I had to do it, you know it!) I was afraid a lot to see poppin’ out of the box the one with the horrible straight sound holes, but I was lucky: beautiful “f” holes instead!!! It plays extremely good, even with stock pickups; frankly before its delivery I thought worse things and I even asked on your site (in the green Stylist dedicated chapter) for indications about possible pu replacements, but in the end I think I am not going to do any mod to this little puppy. More: with its black pickups it resembles the Tuck Andress natural L5 CES with Barts!!! The 32″ scale is not much different from the standard scale under the fingers: even here I thought it could be a problem, instead it is not! The sound is fully satisfactory. I play this bass with the Polytone Minibrute I and it’s an extremely good match. The painting and the binding are flawless and it is just a pleasure to handle this instrument. Everybody that looks at it, can’t help but drop their jaws!!! Here it is the link at some pics: you can use them as you want
http://xoomer.alice.it/charlie_min2003/Stylist_B1.htm
Again: all the best
Virgilio Venditti from Italy