I was shocked at how sweet the white stained stick with the silver stickup looked . i was actually thinking it would have been stunning with pearl white linear inlays. i still think that the 2 most beautiful sticks in the hotshot gallery are per boysen's sunset dyed sg-12 with the turquois inlays and the mahogony 10 string w/ the turquois inlays. although my tarrara stick is awesome because of the bread board look of it (each laminate stands out in a really cool way because they graduate in tone from one direction to the other. Anybody know if tarrara gets darker or ambers ,as it ages?

Well, ahem, this is mine.
I tend to play a lot of two handed bass lines and I wanted to be able to switch seamlessly between fretted and fretless. This beauty is a monster in tone and works exactly like I wanted it to. I used it a lot in studio with Julie Slick. She is a very experimental bass player and had a brand new Lakland 6 string tuned EADGCF, so she tended to play the higher registers which fitted my low notes very well...

Summarizing I just have to say that Emmett did it again. Another perfect instrument for me...

Best,
Marc

Hi Brett,

I haven't actually touched one, but according to Emmett the grain is "sealed" but you can still feel the texture of it through the mirror finish.

I find this shot pretty amazing:

Thanks MM. Please post a music link if you can, I would love to hear that beastie growl!

Just a note to let you know that these three instruments are now available in the reserve production for $2100 each (case extra):







more details at:

http://www.stick.com/instruments/reserve/

Those are REALLY something special!
I just ordered my NS/Stick today and was seriously considering that turquoise. It even has turquoise dots, just amazing.
In the end, I just couldn't swing it and ended up with a very nice Ash/wenge instead, with a very special serial number (see sig).

~M

Three new photo series in the Hot Shots

Ash NS/Stick dyed blue, high gloss buffed finish with pronounced grain:



Black Railboard (same series posted here on a separate thread)



Maple NS/Stick dyed matte black




more pics here: http://www.stick.com/instruments/hotshots/

That blue NS/Stick is jaw droppingly gorgeous

Finally I have a decent recording of this beast:
"Future Stars" (Track 13) and "Large-Scale Structure" (track 4) of my album "Another Life" are played on this instrument. http://sam-music.bandcamp.com

Three new series in the Hot Shots Gallery more pics of each at: http://www.stick.com/instruments/hotshots/

Green sunburst dyed ash 10-string Stick:


Yellw dyed light bamboo 10-string Stick:


Green Railboard®