The Cheetah is Acinonyx jubatus - yes my sister is a biologist. But that’s why it’s a cat bass.
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Old guy, new bass.
Birdsong Cortobass 17th Anniversary
7 piece body of spalted Texas pecan center and wings of Texas mesquite on walnut, with a thin layer of ebony sandwiched in between. 3 piece neck of maple, rosewood fretboard and mesquite headstock overlay. Lace Sensor gold pickups and gold hardware, with ebony nut, knobs and backplate. 31" scale.
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Beautiful! Congrats on your gorgeous Texan handmade.
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That’s a handsome looking bass there, is that a neck through?
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Beautiful looking bass. Will we get to hear how it sounds?
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@Al1885 No, it’s bolted. Here’s the back.
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@JerryP Heh, probably not. 
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That looks awesome @AZBob
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In the ferry heading back from the show this morning, heading to pick up my new bass
And here she is
Neck is roasted maple/walnut, board is roasted birdseye maple
Got it home and tuned it up. Sounds pretty good
I don’t get direct light in my windows in the afternoon, but lovely neck.
She is smol
I got the bass at Chicago Music exchange and it was well packed. They advertised it as used, but it came with all the new bass things and has the plastic still on the pickups.
The bass has some nice features
- Stainless Steel fret wires
- Schaller strap locks from the factory
- It is chambered to reduce weight - the tele weighs more
- The rear is angled to make playing more comfortable . It is comfortable, I don’t know that I notice the back of it
- It comes with a finger ramp. On the fence about putting it on (mostly because of the double sided tape)
The inlays are abalone, and people have complained in reviews that they are hard to see. Meh. I really don’t look at the inlays while playing.
It has one annoying feature, the input jack locks in and you have to press a lever so you can pull it out. Not a big deal but not something I need.
The strings it comes with are XL, I don’t know what the g is but the B is 130, and feels okay. No complaints on tension.
Playing. it sounds pretty good, will have to play more and get back on it. Honestly, I am in a low energy state this afternoon and wouldn’t give it a fair shake. Yesterday was very long. The drawbridge to the mainland was open, which caused a delay, which then caused a backup of hours for the ferry, so I took an alternate route and overall a three hour trip took 8. Then went to the concert.
Drive back was perfect today, but still tired.
But the Ergonomic Headless Bass looks promising
The tuners are super easy to get in tune and accurately and quick.
One edit, it comes with a gig bag which will keep it dry in the rain., about it
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Congrats @Wombat-metal
I’m definitely interested to hear how you like the playing of this. You don’t miss much with the Nordstrand premium upgrade in fact, unless you play it back to back side by side, it’s difficult to tell which is which.
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Thanks. Will let you know when I get some quality time with it.
I have listened to countless videos comparing Bartolinis and replacing them with Nordys, mostly on the 34" scale version of this bass, and they don’t sound that different to my ear. Nothing that would be noticed in a mix. Tell me if I am wrong.
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Looks really nice @Wombat-metal .
I thought about the 4 string version a while back and eventually gave up on the idea.
But now……….
Bring on the GAS
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this is huge
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Yeah Bartolini tone is in the nutshell Ibanez signature tone and Nordstrand is not too far off that camp.
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Very nice. Congrats.
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Given that I have only been learning the base for 6 weeks, the instruments have already multiplied…
On the left is my starter bass, a second hand, but near perfect Epiphone Tobias Toby, and on the right, a Spector Legend Standard, also second hand and near perfect.
The Spector is a real step up from the Epiphone, both in terms of feel and sound. And wow, the sound that you get out of the Spector is lovely and rich, making the Epiphone just sound a bit weedy.
I’ll probably sell the Epiphone as I’m hankering after a headless / bodiless bass - think a Hohner or Steinburger … but that’s just me wanting to go back the 80s and a misspent youth!!
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nice
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That’s a sweet looking bass, congrats mate. Hope it plays as good as it looks!
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Ditto!
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So, finally appearing in the correct thread (after some teasers here and there) - my newly acquired Bacchus Woodline Handmade DX5 Sakura 2017 (I think that’s the official model name):
This particular model was only made in 2017 and there are apparently only 4 or 5 copies of it (but they also made 4 or 5 each of the 4-string and the active variants… but, still…)
The cherry wood top and the cherry blossom inlays are just amazing:
It is in essence a passive jazz bass, but I find the potentiometers much more “usable” than the ones on the Fender jazz basses I have owned or tested so far - here, you get a response early on and not only when you are almost all the way maxed out. So, this gives a lot of different tone options. Plus, there is a pull pot that puts the two pups in series (sorry I couldn’t put more p words in that sentence
). In that setting, it sounds a bit like a cross between a P-bass and a MusicMan (to me, anyway).
So, yeah, a total looker, impeccable Japanese craftsmanship, almost pristine condition (a bit of buckle rash on the back), and plays and sounds great.
I hadn’t really planned to get another bass this year, but this showed up, and I am glad I pulled the trigger 
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