Blogging Ottinger (tim)Michael Kelly Dragonfly
The bass guitar is much more beautiful than I expected. Sure, it looks nice even from a distance in “normal” light. The inlays and detail work are georgeous, but the part that is hard to see in the pictures is that the finish is translucent black, not just black. That means that the right light will bring out the quilt maple top as warm shades of brown in among the black. The best pictures I found for this guitar are at Elderly Instruments, though the guitar is not an old guitar.
Libby is quite happy. The setup may not be exactly what we want yet, and we may have to adjust the neck a little, but the guitar is beyond our expectations in several important ways. The MK case is excellent also, form-fitting, solid, and plush. It even has an extra-deep accessory pocket.
We’ve not tried it plugged in yet, but as an acoustic instrument it is warm and round-sounding. Not horribly loud, but that’s okay. We hope to try it (next week maybe) in Libby’s Ibanez bass amp. We still have to get used to playing a fretless instrument.
