{"id":63,"date":"2012-01-25T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2012-02-26T03:50:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T03:50:40","slug":"2000-fernandes-nomad-bass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/basses\/2000-fernandes-nomad-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes Nomad Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Year:<\/strong> 2000
\nFinish:<\/strong> Metallic Blue
\nOrigin:<\/strong> Japan
\nAcquired:<\/strong> 2001
\nMods:<\/strong> Schaller straplocks
\nStill owned:<\/strong> No<\/p>\n

The Story:
\n<\/strong>I loved the idea of having matching guitars and basses, so when I tracked down the Nomad guitar<\/a>, we went ahead and got the matching travel Nomad bass. Except they weren’t really matching; even though both said they were Metallic Blue, Kat’s was a royal blue and mine was a lighter\/Lake Placidesqe blue.<\/p>\n

This was enjoyable to own and fun (if not funny) to play — its 24″ scale is actually considered a short scale for a guitar! I mean, that’s the same as the Lammy<\/a>. The built-in speaker was prone to feedback, and the tone was nothing magical, being purely based around a piezo in the bridge, but it was definitely a pretty color and a nice conversation piece. Kat rarely played it, and we ultimately replaced it with another short-scale bass, the Ibanez Mikro<\/a>.<\/p>\n