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Yep, often people come out with this rather than just say it’s not their thing. I've even found it with bandmates, with people in one band reluctant to come and see my other band for example.

Des bought a Jazz p/u cover from me. Great comms, prompt payment, nice and easy to deal with. Nice guy.

Loving the Pedulla!

Yes done by Bow Finishing. The finish is absolutely flawless but they’re not cheap. I had a P body in Tidepool and really couldn’t gel with it, so got this done. Also bought a loaded pickguard from an American Professional II and a Mexican neck, Hipshot tuners. Only fiddly bits were cutting the nut slots and soldering in the two ground wires.

I mean, yes. God, yes!

I’ll settle for something that glows like this…:)

Ordered someLaBella double ball black tape wounds on Sunday , arrived early Tuesday morning . They look and sound fantastic, rekindled my love for the Steiny .

I just bought a pedal from Dan, and everything was smooth. Timely delivery, pedal well packaged and as described. Thanks man!

Very cool (to me) and a further demonstration that tort goes with everything! Where did the body acquire its orange sparkle? Custom refinish?

A good description of my band!

Those were the days. Mary Hopkin

That's outrageously cool.

NOOOOOOOOO!!! I’m reclaiming orange back for decent folk.

Trumpie the Precision?

You rang, sir?

If you want to be doing chordal work like Janek, I’d suggest making sure you spec narrower string spacing (16.5mm string spacing on Janek’s basses usually). It makes a world of difference when you’re moving between chord shapes at speed.

One thing about ordering a custom bass is you can never be exactly sure what the result will be. Owning a bass by the luthier already is a good starting point. I notice you’re specs are inspired by Rocco Palladino and Janek - two players with a very different specs and sounds - so to expect one bass to sounds like both of those is asking too much, especially from a builder who manufactures for neither.

Looks awesome

This one’s a customer commission, so the customer is always right… unless it’s truly horrific, at which point we pause, laugh nervously, and then have a sensible conversation about why maybe we shouldn’t do that. I always try to use one-piece bodies where I can — so far, that’s been the case on all my builds — as it forms the main structural backbone of the instrument. I’m perfectly happy with a two-piece drop-top, but I like the core of the bass to be a single slab if possible. Entirely unnecessary? Possibly. Deeply satisfying? Absolutely. A P/MM in full stealth black is still whispering bad ideas in my ear though…I found this matt black nitro paint from a paint brand I’ve used before and think it might make an amazing finish on a bass; https://ebay.us/m/3sJlTs Paired with either a full matt or satin nitro clearcoat🤔 You know where I am if you feel the need to. 😄