See below...


"Swingman" wrote in message
news
"Steve" wrote

My basses are typically priced between $1300 to $1700.
This one is more - about $1800. Contact me at
stephen.cyr *at* smctek *dot* com if you'd like to discuss
further, or see my website: www.cyrguitars.com

Under priced for the workmanship I see (my main axe is a 61 Fender Jazz,
but I paid more than that for my current fretless, a Music Man).

Commanding a high price requires a strong reputation - I'm thinking
something
like Sadowsky. Alas, I'm not there yet. :-(

What electronics are you using?

Typically Bartolini pickups and preamp (usually the 2-band model) but I am
about to ship a 5-string Jazz-style that has an Audere preamp, which is also
very good stuff.

The fretless has pickups that were hand-wound for me by Kent Armstrong,
as well as a Wilkinson 2-band preamp.

I've put Armstrong's hand-made pickups in three basses so far - and all have
been excellent. He made the MM-style soapbars for my own 5-string bass,
as well as the dual-coil jazz style pickups for the aforementioned
Jazz-style
bass.