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I used to follow him on social medias various, mainly to see if he'd manage to really dig himself out of the hole he'd been digging for a long time, only to see he's dug himself a new one! Unfollowed and blocked immediately. He's clearly just a bad guy, and I'm not bringing voting habits into it.

Brilliant design and execution there buddy, congratulations!

Take tomorrow too 😎

These look incredible, but man they are spendy!

Right click on the page, when using Chrome and select translate to English 😎

I'm actually 1/4 Polish, but no, I can barely understand it 🤦‍♂️ I can order a beer(s), and I know my pleases and thank yous...

Weird, it wasn't working earlier today. All good now though! Thank you 😎

Are HandBox still going? I occasionally drop in on their site to see if they have anything else coming up, perhaps in a more compact flavour, but their website has disappeared...

You are kinda comparing a tractor to a Lamborghini here...

No, I'm sure they are, but perhaps the investment in doing a signature for a metal only artist back in the day might have been a stretch before Warwick's investment.

There's only 4 Four strings left now, so there's clearly a market, particularly for the 5 strings. I know this signature bass is FAR too late, but I am glad to see more of Jason. I wonder if Sadowsky couldn't really do this, financially at the time when the iron was hot, but now they have the back of Warwick, there's a bit more cash to splash?

This is lovely! Congratulations!

Here's a couple of AC Guitars Salace SC E Types...

You might be on to something dude!

Another picture for good measure, with it's big sister.

Man alive! That is stunning!

Loving' it 😎

Hey mate, there has certainly been a lot of thought and experience gone into this bass for sure! It's the ultimate 4 string for me 😎 I agree with you on th headstock too, I think it's th perfect balance of form and function. Great to hear the TKO Short Scale is still serving you well. It's an incredible bass, I'm just more of a modern tone guy. What's the specs on your coming bass? If I've asked before, I've forgotten, sorry 😁

That's really great to hear dude, and thank you 😎

Thank you my friend 😎

Ha ha, I have no intention of helping with your GAS. Now I just need to speak to Alan about commission

Thanks man! On it's own, the BZ1 in Series or Parallel it's very much like the RFB, think MM style, humbucker that AC Guitars do. Very pokey, extremely thick in series, a little more nasally and bright in parallel. In this bass it's a little close to the bridge than on a MusicMan bass, but adding a hair of lower mids and a touch of bass brings it very much into that are tone wise. The BZ1 also comes into it's own, in combination with the single coil in the neck. Setting the pan 50/50, moving the MZ1 to the front coil you get a kinda old school Jazz Bass vibe, then dialling it to the rear coil and you get a more scooped modern sounding Jazz Bass. Hope that helps! Eude

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