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Well I've gone and done it again, another ACG! It's no secret I'm a huge fan of @skelf's work, and I'm happy to call him a friend, so I guess it's no surprise that when I fancied another bass, it would of course be an ACG. I haven't had a 4 string for a while, and I've never had a super fancy one, so here we go! This is a Salace SC E Type 4 string. It's actually a downsized version of the original design, by about 10% I think. The scale is 31.5", which has become my go to scale length these days, every bass I own is the same. It has a Tasmanian Burl Blackwood top, with a Wenge accent on a White Limba body. Set in, asymmetrical Wenge neck, with an Ebony Fingerboard, super slim 36mm nut width and 24 frets. SB single coil pickup upfront, and a BZ1 hybrid humbucker at the bridge, with a 4-way rotary switch for front ceramic coil, both coils in series, both in parallel and finally the rear alnico coil. East Uni-pre with active/passive switching. Hipshot a-type bridge, 18mm spacing and Gotoh Resolite Tuners. I know single cut basses are a bit marmite for some, and single cut 4 strings are quote a rare beast, but I'm absolutely over the moon with it. It has such a massive range of available sounds, it's incredibly comfortable to play too. As usual, working with @skelf was a dream, amazing communication throughout and the bass arrived well within the estimated 12 month build time. Here's a cheeky unboxing video >> And finally, a few more pics... Cheers, Eude

He's back by the way! Be warned!

Bloody hell! What a voice!

I doubt you'll regret it dude!

That is lovely! Congratulations!

Hope all OK mate. Sending good vibes.

I just sold a Sansamp BDDI v2 to Chris. Great communication, speedy payment and all round a real pleasure to deal with. Thank you

This will be an absolute peach Mark! Can't wait to see it come to life, and again, good choice on the ETS hardware 😎

You'll love it 😁

It will glitch if you want it to.

It tracks slightly better than a regular OC-2 and sounds close enough to my ear. There's a Polyphonic Octave for glitch free octaving, but it doesn't sound as sweet as the OC-2 style Octave.

Now you know how Gibson Les Paul owners feel

That's brilliant, thank you for the info!

I'm intrigued by 2x8" cabs. How would that cab compare to say a single 12" in your opinion?

The problem with a lot of early headless instruments, and some more recent and ill considered ones, is that you get that running out of neck feel you describe, that's because the neck just stops, and feels totally alien. I recall feeling exactly the same when I first tried a Hohner Jack too! Other manufacturers now, especially decent luthiers build a volute into the rear of the neck so the feel is indistinguishable from their headed options, like on my ACG >>