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Love the designing that went into it, especially like the string trees Lovely job

An Alfa Romeo Disco Volante, and then whatever would fit in the boot, probably a PJB Briefcase or an Amplug!

Lovely job, and a right riveting read, what kind of wood is the body made from?

Rich beat me to it, but how about "One night at a disco On the outskirts of 'Frisco"

Mmmmn, I'm getting the picture now! I was hoping to end up with "something" along the lines of a Modulus , as it will have an obp-1 pre, albeit with a Delano alnico MM style pickup, and hopefully a badass bridge However, I emailed Status who said their 5 string Stingray necks are 22 fret as opposed to the G&L's 21 frets, meaning that I'd have to lengthen the neck pocket and/or move the bridge back. This would not be such a mare, as the body is to be refinished (sparkly black) anyway, but now I'm thinking is it worth four times the cost of a nice neck blank, to gain a bit of stability when it will spend most of its life indoors. Are the sonic benefits really worth paying the premium for? I could make a neck from a nicely figured piece of maple with a black veneer accent line between the neck and board and graphite rods which may perform as well and look better Still undecided

Me too, made a couple of stingray style basses myself, the build blogs are on here if you're interested (or bored!) I think I have a spare Stingray/Sabre clone preamp at home made by our very own Tommo Richards, its yours if you want it (and I can find it) Best of luck with this project

Just bought an Aguilar pre from Pete, a top bloke, his wife is a very lucky girl! Thanks Pete H

Does anyone know the nut width/depth of the Status MM 5 string neck and whether it would fit a G&L L2500 body. The website is a bit vague

Im in the process of re-starting a 5 string build using a G&L body adapted for a Delano MM pickup and was considering what if any benefits there would be in using a graphite neck rather than making a maple one. Anyone with first hand experience care to comment please? Harry

Beautiful bass I noticed on your build thread that you were considering adding bridge mutes. I did this to the same kind of bridge on one of my Blingray builds.........the parts are available from the EB website. I also added the allen-head bridge posts and gave it a string through option. [url="http://www.ernieball.co.uk/c/music-man-spares"]http://www.ernieball...usic-man-spares[/url]

Good on you, kind sir

I like it a lot Hidde, nice sound

Very nice bass, I recently put the same pre in my home built fretless Blingray, paired with a Nordstrand MM4.2 and it sounds awesome. Just need to figure out how to wire in a 3 way blade switch for the series/parallel/single coil options and it will be sorted!

Everything has been said here, a very talented and accomplished man, just love his playing, especially on "One of us"

Just obtained an East MMSR 3 band preamp and a Nordstrand MM4.2 from donnybass, a very helpful and trustworthy bloke. Deal with him in confidence, many thanks, once again Stephen Best wishes Harry

Fuzz?..........prefer a tidy wicket myself!

Tasteful and immaculate, as ever. This will be lovely. What sort of electrickery will you be using Ian?

A fretless Wal custom Mk1, it had birdseye maple facings and an unlined ebony fingerboard. It looked and sounded beautiful, but I got bored with bassplaying when the band I was in split so I traded it for a red strat and a vox at a shop (Kings Music?) in Sunderland in 1989 just before I left home. I should have been hit over the head with a stocking full of sh*t! I miss it more than Fleagle the beagle, who obviously was a dog, and my best friend!

A Chas n Dave style knees up anyone? I've got a working title of Rampant Rabbit at the moment, maybe with a guest contribution from Elmer Fudd, but the exact style is eluding me for now! Also need to get my keyboard fixed up, but I'd love to have a go this month, I love the image, by the way

Hope you had fun tonight Dennis, best of luck for your next endevour