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Blimey Silddx, I was just thinking of the right words to say exactly the same! Top idea !

This is looking stunning RK Can you tell us what those two channels are for that run parallel to the truss rod channel at the heel end of the neck? Harry

Any idea what the turnaround will be?

Take a look at the Focusrite I-Track Solo........very tempting

Bill Wyman, if the number of notches on his guitar are anything to be believed

I'll be recording it, love his voice. He had everything

The Joker.......enough to send a glass eye to sleep

Lucky for some

Reasonably priced too

Rutger Gunnarson.......a top class musician and he got to look at Agneta's bum while he worked Dream job

Interesting and well timed article for me, at least Jon, do you level in the direction of the frets or in the direction of the strings ? thanks in advance Harry

That's not me in the video clip, although I did have a beautiful fretless Wal in the 80's. My one regret in life was getting rid of it, but there you go! Regards Harry

If you'd bought one before the end of 2012 you would have got a free Corona chorus pedal, very nice and with Toneprint built in too Even more of a bargain !

Been following this build on UKGB but it deserves a build thread here too I'd say

[quote]I've got bad GAS at the moment for a fretless 5 string Wal bass at the moment so I could be tempted to trade her for a wal bass [/quote] Go on Chris, you know it makes sense, but you do realise I'm within burgling distance of your house Just to whet your appetite further ! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_-zr5AwQbU[/media] regards Harry

Pre owned would be the most value Sifi2112 was selling an Eden N8 with a 10" Eminence speaker, he might still have that. Or if your budget goes as far as £170 someone is selling an EBS 60w combo at the minute Have you thought about a used small Trace or Ashdown combo, they seem to be good value Good luck Harry

Looks like Dom Joly, might have been one of his jolly japes!

the closest thing I could find to a valve bass amp kit is this valve pre-amp from a German company called Madamp [url="http://www.madamp.biz/"]http://www.madamp.biz/[/url]

These have been winking at me for quite a while now, shame they don't do a small bass amp too Good luck Harry

Rickenazis

If it's a Stingray-type tone you are trying to get ( depending of course on what bass you are using ) try a PM to Tommo on these pages. He's done some excellent pre-amps based on early Sabre and Stingrays and did put one in a stomp box

Alas I don't have a Classic 5 Chris, I have my home built fretless Blingray which has a 3 band MM pre from a SR5 and a Duncan SMB4a pickup I know what you mean about the tone, but it's nice on a fretless I got one of Tommo's 2 band Sabre pre's to go into a build and out of curiosity wired it up to the Blingray It definitely sounded crisper, very impressive, so I'm shoving another one into a 5 string build with a Delano MM pickup on the sweet spot for a homemade Classic 5-ish ! There are some Classic 5 clips on YouTube, worth a look, I think they sound lush but I'm biased! Good luck with your dilemma, and yes, we've all been there! Harry

Might a Classic 5 with the 2 band eq get closer to the sound you crave Chris ? Regards Harry

There's a coincidence, I'm doing a build with a Wenge neck and fingerboard It seems from what I can glean, that once you'repast the splintering and horrible dust phase, Wenge is quite forgiving in that it doesn't require a finish. Put one on if you like but it isn't essential, as it would be on, say maple for example I think Warwick did some sort of aftercare kit for Wenge fingerboards but I've read mixed opinions on it's merits I plan on leaving the neck and fingerboard bare on mine, either wire woolled with 0000 or 1500 paper, and varnishing the headstock and Wenge top set ( because the body wood is fairly soft ) As far as I'm aware Warmoth sell Wenge necks without their usual stern recommendation to apply a suitable finish so it's obviously quite oily and very robust Good luck with your spraying, can't wait to see that spalted masterpiece put together Regards Harry