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Yancey Custom Semi-Hollow 4
Posted: August 23rd, 2013, 5:52 pm
by McFarlin
Semi-hollow mahogany body
Amboyna burl top
Walnut/Wenge set neck
Rosewood fingerboard
Ebony knobs and headstock inlay
Hipshot hardware
Yancey proprietary dual-coil pickups with true no-volume-drop single-coil mode
Bartolini 3-band preamp
"Now that I've done this I can't see any reason why someone would charge extra for left-handed." -G. Yancey
Re: Yancey Custom Semi-Hollow 4
Posted: August 23rd, 2013, 7:08 pm
by belinmad
Stunning. Got any construction pictures that show the chambered core?
And while we are asking, any audio samples?
Re: Yancey Custom Semi-Hollow 4
Posted: August 24th, 2013, 7:11 am
by McFarlin
Sorry, I have more construction photos but none without the top applied.
I also have no worthy demo recordings, but now I would like to make a couple comparing neck vs. bridge, dual-coil vs. singe-, etc.
I have a lot of "free jazz" recordings with a mic'd Berg. HS210 and Walkabout, but the tone is definitely colored by the amp/cab.
I did use this bass to record on tracks 1, 2, 4 and 6 of a friend's album (ffw track 1, intro is a bit long) -- active mode, dual-coil, pickup knob rolled to about 80% neck,
way too much midrange dialed-in, either direct into an Apogee Ensemble or possibly through a Demeter VTBP-201s (not sure):
http://earthsizediamonds.bandcamp.com/
Here's another playing through a neglected Ampeg house rig. Yancey (an
outstanding bassist) is the guy playing baritone guitar in this group. (Once again, active+dual-coil+mostly neck pickup+a ton of mids):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSzvCPSyL94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_g-dVo_m1w