eude

1 hour ago, pantherairsoft said:

I’ve looked at this pretty much every day since you posted it. As an ACG owner, I know how epic this is… and I’d love a 6er again.

 

I know I’m never going to find the money, but at the very least, I wanted to bump it - someone needs to pick this bass up asap!

Thank you dude, I appreciate the bump.

It is awesome, like all ACGs, and it wouldn't be going if I wasn't planning an immediate replacement.

Pre Bank Holiday Weekend Bump.

I will be withdrawing this soon and popping it somewhere, likely the Bass Gallery, for a commission sale.

If you're interested, let me know!

3 hours ago, Cato said:

For the uninitiated it's a baritone guitar with a separate pickup for the lowest three strings which opens up various options like putting them through a bass amp or a synth pedal while the other pickups send the signal from all six strings into another amp.

 

If nothing else, it's a bit different.

Nothing new there I'm afraid, Charlie Hunter has had that pickup and output set up on his guitars for as long as I've been listening to him, possibly the best part of 2 decades! Jeez I'm old!

Back on the topic of the bass at hand, I really don't see anything special to it, whatsoever, but some folks are willing to pay lots for custom instruments, that others think is silly, it's just another example of marmite in the bass world...

1 hour ago, Sean said:

I've had an MXR DI 80+ a few times, a Tech21 SanAmp, an Aguilar ToneHammer, an MXR Bass DI, a Tech21 DP3-X, DHA custom units, the blue and black one I can't remember with the sticky out valve, a couple of others I've forgotten and the first one that does exactly what I want is the Plex.

That is not helpful

That's is awesome buddy, congratulations!

24 minutes ago, TRBboy said:

Thumb 5 BO was my first 'good' quality bass. Tried it on a shop around '97 and fell in love with the sound, and the looks and feel..... Sitting down. I preserved with it for about 5 years in amongst other basses, and then decided I couldn't get on with 5 strings. What I realised later, after playing lots of other 5 strings, was it was the ergonomics of that particular bass. With such a small body but a fairly heavy neck, it was prone to neck dive. The worst part of the ergonomics though is that because of the body proportions, first fret feels a country mile away, stood with it on a strap! Feels like it's a 48" scale length! 🤣

 

That sound though....

 

I swapped mine for a 4 string corvette, which still sounded and looked great, but was much more ergonomic.

 

There's no 'magic' about them tonally though, it's just down to the pickups, preamp, and location of the pickups. If you did the same thing in any bass shape it would sound essentially the same. 🤷

Ryan Martinie has moved to Fodera from Warwick, his signature tone was always a Warwick Thumb, and yet, his Fodera sounds just the same, with a maple neck, korina body with a maple top.

The pickups are in that classic Thumb 5 position however, which like you say, has to be the secret sauce...

https://fodera.com/collections/signature-instruments-standard-series/products/ryan-martinie-black-beauty-standard-deposit

6 minutes ago, Rolf said:

I've been toying with the idea of building a Jazz bass with Thumb pickup placement, maybe even with a wenge neck, just to see if I could get someting similar sounding. It's somewhere on my very long list of future projects  

I think the very dense body wood of a Thumb also contributes something, although, probably less on the bolt-on.

If you were to build a Jazz sized body with similar woods though, it would be a boat anchor!

6 hours ago, Misdee said:

However, I'm also in agreement with those who can't live with the ergonomics. What's a comfortable and easily playable bass varies from player to player, but it's fair to say that the Thumb is very much a niche product when it comes to playability. If you're a  big guy(or gal!) with long arms who does weightlifting  then your going to fare better with a Thumb than a five foot five weakling who is used to playing a Fender-style bass. I can play a Thumb bass sitting down okay,but standing with the bass on a strap I struggle. That's why I haven't got one.

5 feet 6 here, and although I managed with a Thumb BO 5er back in my late teens, early 20s, I wouldn't want to be playing one now in my 40s!

I moved it on, primarily as I wanted to go back to a 6 string, and couldn't afford to keep both, but once I went to a more comfortable bass, I could never go back.

The sound was immense, they looks SO cool, but ergonomically, a very bad design compared to a lot of others out there, including other basses in the Warwick catalogue. 

56 minutes ago, Dazed said:

I really shouldn’t be here again, but here I am….. what does it weigh?

OK, I only have bathroom scales, so not super accurate, but definitely sub 10 lbs, I'd say between 9 and 9.5 lbs.

Bloody light considering the lumber involved.

14 minutes ago, Dazed said:

I really shouldn’t be here again, but here I am….. what does it weigh?

I can weigh it later today, but I reckon it's about 9lbs, or there abouts.

For a 6er, it's not that heavy.

Will report back soon.

2 hours ago, jonnybass said:

Stunning…why does this come up when I am skint??

It seems to be irony that makes the world go round, sadly 🤷‍♂️

If you think circumstances might change in a short while, I can put it on hold for you dude.

15 minutes ago, Dazed said:

You are a bad man Eude 😄

The worst  

1 minute ago, Dazed said:

Lovely bass, shame I can’t cope with 16.5 spacing. GLWTS!

Thanks dude.

The Hipshot Type A bridge does give some adjustment, up to 1.5mm above the noted spacing, so you could push it wider...

I'm moving on one of my ACG 6 string basses.

The one in, one out rule applies in my house sadly, so as much as I don't want to see it go, needs must.

It's a pretty special bass, 6 strings, singlecut bolt-on design, with a 31.5" scale length.

Even with the shorter scale, the whole thing is so well designed and made that the low B is solid, as useable and musical as most 34" and 35" basses in my opinion, but I will attach a couple of vids so you can hear it.

Here's the lowdown...

6 string, tuned B to C

31.5" scale
Bolt-on construction
24 frets
16.5mm string spacing
54mm nut width
STUNNING Highly Figured Black Limba Body
3 piece Wenge Neck, with Asymmetrical profile
Pau Ferro Fingerboard
ACG RFB pickup, humbucker, handmade by Aaron Armstrong with series/single coil/parallel switching, roughly in the MM Stingray location
East Uni-pre 4K preamp with passive tone control and active/passive switching
Hipshot A Type Bridge
Gotoh Resolite Tuners

String with Newtone Nickels, 28 40 60 80 100 125TW

More pics here on the ACG site >> https://acguitars.co.uk/project/0307-finn-classic-6-31-5/

Video featuring lockdown hairdoo and beard, and the Low B string in use (recorded using a phone and a little Warwick 1x8 Combo) >>

Silly video doing some noodling as part of a duel with a good friend, who is a Banjo player (recorded using a phone and a little Warwick 1x8 Combo) >>

The bass is absolutely mint, only issue to declare is the 12th fret, on the high C string has a little buzz, which you can hear in the second clip if you're really listening hard, so it could do with a little fret dress on that fret, but bar that, it's all good.

Looking for £1650 and it can come with a Hiscox Hardcase for an extra £50, otherwise it'll be in a TGI Extreme Gigbag.

More than happy to courier within the UK, with insurance, at buyer's cost.

Please check my feedback >> 

I'll leave this up for a couple of weeks, then I will move it to The Bass Gallery for a commission sale, but that will mean the price goes up, so if you're keen but can't quite stretch to it immediately, please get in touch, we might be able to work something out.

New, this bass would now cost over £2800, and well worth it at that too.

No trades thanks, I have other plans...

Any questions, you know where I am  

Cheers,

Eude

2 minutes ago, AlexDelores said:

I’m looking at getting a 5 string. And, as I’m mostly gigging shorts now, I thought I’d try and find a SS 5.
 

Having a scan of this thread and multiple googles. Is the only real option for a 5 string shortie under £1k+ the Ibanez Talman & Micro? 
 

Am I missing something or is there a massive gap in the market here? 

It's tricky to make a short scale 5er with a good B in a factory situation where wood selection and tolerances are arbitrary at best.

By all accounts, the Ibanez Talman gets close enough, but I wouldn't expect many other big manufacturers to get it right at an affordable price point.

For a kick ass short scale 5er, you really need to be looking over, probably way over that £1k price point and talking to luthiers rather than corporations.

2 hours ago, Kateplaysbass said:

NBD - short scale Graft Plus.

 

Latest addition to my growing ACG collection. My 32" SLG is amazing in every way, but I still had an itch for a short scale that needed scratching! 

 

NBD was actually Thursday, but on Saturday a set of La Bella Low Tension Flats went on, and I thought I'd take it along to the gig! It plays beautifully and is so light and comfortable. 

 

Lovely bass! Congratulations!

I just bought some rather nice medium scale La Bella tapes from Embra, fantastic communication, strings in perfect condition, and super swift delivery.

Thank you very much!

Eude

46 minutes ago, Rodders said:

I wanted a cheap envelope filter to play around with when it takes my fancy, I settled on the Flamma FC11 at £26 I was really impressed with the quality, sound, easy of use, yeah its a mini pedal but if you're ever in the same position as me I would recommend it.

Just found a nice demo on YouTube by JoBass, that sounds very very good, even without the silly low price!

Where did you get yours from?

Here's the link for reference...

https://youtu.be/JHuxs_mnAn8?si=m1XRhGB5-J4nxGlJ

33 minutes ago, joel406 said:

Well, the Classic 5 arrived this morning. I immediately took it to my trusted setup guy. New strings and a setup and it was perfect. My luthier works out of the shop where my buddy works. They have a very righteous bass department. They also have a new Growler and Killer B. While my Classic was being sorted, I had a run with them. That Growler was so light. I've never held a 6lb full scale bass. The tones were cool. But probably really not gig worthy. Too light. Felt like was gonna break it. But for a studio bass there are a lot of sounds in there. Then I tried the Killer B. Oh my... Tone. Feel! It's all there. So! I wanted a real case for the classic and of course Gator cases are everywhere there. So I got me a nice hardshell case for the Classic. Then I turned around and bought the Killer B. Crazy day too say the least. 2 new Tobias Basses in one day. And yes, I bought a second Gator case for it. Gonna be spending the night switching from Classic to Killer B. I will post pictures and a NBD later. Been a busy day. Time to chill.

What a day!

Be really interested to hear your thoughts on the differences between the Classic and the Killer B.

4 hours ago, LeftyJ said:

 

The boards on my Status basses are too - you can clearly see the layers thanks to the fingerboard radius. This is my 2012 S2 Classic 5, after applying a little WD40:

 

 

 

Does that mean that a flat board would just be a solid colour?

I'm the original owner, that was my first custom bass way back in 2006, and it's a beauty!

Shame to see it in a bit of a state, however it's a really solidly made instrument and I'm sure it will spruce up just fine. Bar all that it looks to be in decent condition for a bass that's nearly 20 years old!

Best of luck with it all.

Eude

I'll take these dude, if they're still available, PM coming your way!

These little guys keep catching my eye, the fact that it's all analogue, and can be powered by a 9V battery gives it an edge on a lot of the competition.

I sold my SansAmp BDDI V2, which I probably shouldn't have done, and I'm always of a mind to replace it, ideally with something similar, but cheaper, and this seems like the best bet!

Be interesting to hear if anyone has any experience of it...

9 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

So are we saying these are Chinese? Indonesian?

They will be bloomin' expensive in the US if they're Chinese made given recent events...

Ooooooffft, very interesting.

Would love to see a Killer B in 6 string flavour, those were top of my want/need list back in the day.

Pricing is bloody competitive too, I wonder how the build quality will stack up.