Jim Hanks
Well-known member
Please don't read back at my last NBD thread which was supposed to be the last.
This is the "Made in USA" variant. It's a 2012 model I picked up off the "Prototypes and Seconds" page for basically half the price of a new one. It has some pinhole finish blemishes on the back, but you have to squint just right to see them. Other than that, I can't tell a single thing wrong with it.
It's going to take me some time to get used to the fretless thing before I'm ready to post a playing sample, but so far, I'm liking it a lot. Even the DI tone is really nice. Hard to describe - "smooth" but "beefy" if that makes sense. The tone and feel across the strings seems more even than the fretted S.U.B. with the Dreads. I'm not sure if that's the strings, the electronics, or both. I'll have to do some side-by-side comparisons to make sure.
Overall, the Cali just comes across as more "refined" than the import.
This is the "Made in USA" variant. It's a 2012 model I picked up off the "Prototypes and Seconds" page for basically half the price of a new one. It has some pinhole finish blemishes on the back, but you have to squint just right to see them. Other than that, I can't tell a single thing wrong with it.
It's going to take me some time to get used to the fretless thing before I'm ready to post a playing sample, but so far, I'm liking it a lot. Even the DI tone is really nice. Hard to describe - "smooth" but "beefy" if that makes sense. The tone and feel across the strings seems more even than the fretted S.U.B. with the Dreads. I'm not sure if that's the strings, the electronics, or both. I'll have to do some side-by-side comparisons to make sure.
Overall, the Cali just comes across as more "refined" than the import.
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