His showed up at the local pusher on Friday. He brought over yesterday...it did not disappoint. I'll snap some pics this week when we practice at his house. It's Jade, with a stained body--the mahogany took the stain a lot darker than the maple, and it looks fantastic.
Tone wise, this thing is the bomb! We played everything from 60s rock and soul to more modern rock and blues yesterday, and it took everything well. He's got quite a collection of basses--P and Jazz, Ric 4003, a couple G&Ls, a rocking Godin Shifter (totally under-appreciated bargain priced bass!), a new Gibby EB, and the most killer limited edition Warwick. While they all have their own thing, as does the Grainger, the Grainger just kills it! He's been pretty religious about rotating through his collection for rehearsals and gigs. I think that is going to change.
As far as the neck: I'm not a bass player, but love to play, and often alternate with the other guitar player in my other band on bass. Between the collection mentioned above, and the killer P and Jazz we share, this is easily the smoothest player for me. It just feels like a trim guitar neck. It the first position, it reminded me a lot of my old CE24 and it's wide thin neck--not exactly the same, but similar. The taper was smooth and, I don't know, natural?
The only downside? We are both going to have Jade instruments that neither are going to want to put down. It guess it's time for matching jade green paisley tuxes (I will have become my Dad in his 60s surf band!).
