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Post by dave19er on Jun 3, 2007 21:08:28 GMT -7
I know that the vast majority of the folks that post here are guitar players, but I also know that there's a number of Grosh owners, so I thought I'd ask here. Does anyone here have any experience with Grosh basses? I've loved the Grosh guitars I've played, but have never played one of the basses, and people who've owned/played them seem to be few and far between. I've been looking at Sadowsky basses, but am really curious about the Grosh - I suspect they're great.
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Post by propellr on Jun 4, 2007 15:05:00 GMT -7
It's wierd-- bass players are even more fickle about gear than guitarists, but they travel the used market quite a bit. The Grosh bass market has got to me small-- probably spilling over from the guitar players who have 6-strings. With Grosh's prices and build quality to match, maybe it's your session players who go in for them. Just speculation. Yeah, dave, I suspect they're fantastic.
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Post by dave19er on Jun 4, 2007 16:47:01 GMT -7
You're right - bass players really are nuts about their gear - I wonder if it's because they tend to have less gear, so they're more particular? I'm coming back to bass after not really playing it for the last 10 years or so, so it's really been a learning curve. But most of the bass players I know, including myself, have one main bass, and maybe a backup - totally unlike the guitar players I know, once again including myself, where we have a couple of acoustics (I've got a nice OOO and dreadnought, as well as a beater) and an array of electrics (who can be without a strat and/or tele, as well as a Les Paul or something that'll do the humbucker thing). For basses, I've got a 70's Jazz, for the Fender sound, and a 90's Modulus, for the modern sound. And, soundwise, i'm really happy with that. However, what got me looking for a new bass was that I realized that, in this day and age, it seems to be a requirement for a bass player to have a 5-string. And I want a fiver that nails the classic Jazz tone (and looks like it too - I've been really unimpressed with Fender's 5-string jazzes). Considering how well the Groshs nail that Strat and Tele tone, I highly suspect that the basses totally nail that Jazz tone.
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Post by janinedoubly on Jun 22, 2007 15:29:57 GMT -7
I have experienced three Grosh basses in my lifetime. I used to work at a dealer that sold them. I played two straight J4's and a custom J4. The two J4's were basically Jazz Basses with Fralin J Bass pickups and the onboard Aguilar OBP1. We also spec'd Leo Quan Bad arse Bridges as well. The custom job J4 had a quilt top on alder back and we had Don do Fralin J Bass pickups but we doubled up the bridge pickup to be a Double J and an Aguilar OBP3. Thereby you could have traditional J Bass sounds or the double bridge set up for a more modern Stingray kind of tone with humbucking. All three basses were like Don's Retro Classics. Very resonant, very playable and a wonderful mix of classic old school J Bass tones and modern playability. I HIGHLY recommend Don's basses. For old school Pre-CBS J Bass mojo, Don's J4's are fantastic. I hear his 5 strings are killer too, but I have never seen nor played one. Its too bad Don's basses are not very well known, they are among the best I have tried or played. I prefer Don's work over Mike Lull, Lakland and, dare I say it, Sadowsky.
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Post by dave19er on Jul 2, 2007 20:21:42 GMT -7
I have experienced three Grosh basses in my lifetime. I used to work at a dealer that sold them. I played two straight J4's and a custom J4. The two J4's were basically Jazz Basses with Fralin J Bass pickups and the onboard Aguilar OBP1. We also spec'd Leo Quan Bad arse Bridges as well. The custom job J4 had a quilt top on alder back and we had Don do Fralin J Bass pickups but we doubled up the bridge pickup to be a Double J and an Aguilar OBP3. Thereby you could have traditional J Bass sounds or the double bridge set up for a more modern Stingray kind of tone with humbucking. All three basses were like Don's Retro Classics. Very resonant, very playable and a wonderful mix of classic old school J Bass tones and modern playability. I HIGHLY recommend Don's basses. For old school Pre-CBS J Bass mojo, Don's J4's are fantastic. I hear his 5 strings are killer too, but I have never seen nor played one. Its too bad Don's basses are not very well known, they are among the best I have tried or played. I prefer Don's work over Mike Lull, Lakland and, dare I say it, Sadowsky. Thanks for the info! That's exactly the kind of feedback that I'm looking for. The basses look phenomenal, and I've loved the Grosh guitars I've played, so I suspected that they'd be pretty sweet. So it's really cool that you've actually gotten to play them (and found them nicer than the others I was looking at). Would you recommend purchasing through the shop you used to work for? If so, could you pass that on? Thanks!
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Post by janinedoubly on Jul 13, 2007 15:19:25 GMT -7
I used to work at Mass Street Music in Lawrence, Ks. Great folks! Ask for John or Grant.
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