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I am building a replica of the Audiovox 736 and have got it to the roughly to shape stage, whilst I test set up and get the pickup to fit properly. It is a through neck with side wings glued on in Sapele Mahogany with a side wheel type truss rod and an Indian Ebony fretboard with stainless steel frets. Machine heads are Hofner violin bass type and the unorthodox arrangement takes a bit of getting used to whilst tuning. The graphite nut is 38mm wide and the strings are only 13mm apart at the bridge like the original. This is wider than the Fender Bass 6 do not impossible to get used to. At the moment, the pickup is an Artec 30k mudbucker under the scratchplate which will eventually be fitted with a bar type polepiece through the scratchplate like the ones Paul Tutmarc used. Action at the 12th fret is 2mm at the moment and it plays very nicely although quietly with the big string/pickup spacing. I fitted a jack socket where the cable comes out on the original and fitted strap hangers, so there is no neck dive and with a right angle jack plug, the cable is no problem. Still needs final sanding and finishing with tung oil.

I had the same with two orders at Andertons I've placed since the new year. A brief apologetic email, but no offer of a refund due to the inconvenience caused.

New tortoishell pickguard arrived today courtesy of earlpilanz on ebay.

I bought my BBNE2 from BD. I got a very good deal and they entertained my then 4 yo son with a half size bass whilst I was making frantic calls to my bank to make room on my cc after realising I couldn’t use their interest free credit thing. I haven’t managed to get back there since but they did great coffee too from what I remember.

I went for the orange ones because of this.

I’ve got one being made at the moment. My current Lionel is 7lb/3.175kg so easy enough.

Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band / Frank Zappa Band

I used to use it a lot as it was the only way I could hear myself by playing - funnily enough I saw a video of peter hook saying the same thing yesterday. this is me playing for way too long solely on the G and D string

Gallows Pole - LZ

I like my blue UE11s… it’s a case of do you want to go discreet —> clear or choose a colour you like. I’m blue for my in-ears and clear for my general ear plugs (as they might get used in civilian life as well as playing).

I'd get one of those. Although to be fair, my main bass is a Maruszczyk which has a P and J pickup and an ibby soundgear profile neck

I was going to say some of the Yammy RBX range had a similar thing going on, albeit a separate plastic plate to give that effect.

board I’ve made for a gig this weekend. octave and moog sounds from the MXR, 2 levels of dirtyness from the 66, EQ from the AMT and mild chorus plus tuning from the GP5.

That is some high quality rock tone going on there my friend.