eude

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.

No looking for £1550 with 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.

1 hour ago, pierreganseman said:

 

Sorry dude haha - is that a Typo or your bass is actually 43 scale?? 

How's the 30" 6er coming along?

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

The Jolly Farmers was a fairly regular gig for my old band, until there was a disagreement. 🙄

Ah yes, it's a lively place that one!

1 hour ago, Russ said:

I was in Selsdon/Forestdale for years.  I didn't buy an Ibanez bass off either of you back in 2015 or so, did I? I picked it up from someone in Sanderstead... they had a little PJB amp. 

 

I do despair that Croydon's once enviable music scene has basically completely died. No more Cartoon, no more Sheep, no more Scream Lounge, no more Scream Studios, for that matter. You get the occasional folky or jazzy band or acoustic singer/songwriter at the Oval, and that's pretty much it. I know Rockbottom still has its rehearsal studios (with all the same amps they had back in the early 90s!), and there's some new place out on the Purley Way near the big Sainsbury's, but that whole scene seems to have basically disappeared. 

Yeah, it's all crumbled away, but it has everywhere. Croydon is still making music though, although less of my kind of stuff.

I've barely been an active musician since i moved here, as we immediately had our first kid within months of leaving Clapham.

I have had a few jams at the studios on Purley Way though, wasn't too bad actually, but the Hive Room(s) out in Horley is way better.

Never owned an Ibanez, or a PJB, so wasn't me 😎

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

How is it you were just around the corner from me (I lived in Riddlesdown from 2010-2020) and we never knowingly crossed paths?

We're actually on the Purley Oaks side of Sanderstead, so probably a mere 10 minute walk or so from where you where!

It's madness!

6 minutes ago, Russ said:

South Croydon has been affected too, for instance, last time I was home, all the good restaurants on South End have shut down, replaced by bad ones, or, in some cases, nothing at all. The rot seems to creep southwards - it used to be that Norbury and Thornton Heath (and isolated areas like New Addington) were the "bad" bits of town, then it was West Croydon, then it was East Croydon and Addiscombe, and it just keeps heading further south down the A23. Luckily, you've still got places like Shirley, Selsdon, Sanderstead and bits of Purley that are still quite nice. 

Fair point, we're in Sanderstead, and it's not really changed much in 13 years, not negatively at least.

7 hours ago, Russ said:

Pretty much, yeah. This is no place to bring up three kids. 

Not sure exactly where we’re going to end up, but it might end up being Croydon again.  It’s got issues, but it’s close to everything and there’s nicer places nearby! 

 

Croydon really reminds me of my hometown, Glasgow, in a good way, no posers, no pretence, and SO much potential. The previous 14 years of government mismanagement, of everything, made a HUGE mess of so many places, Croydon included, but things could be on the up soon.

South Croydon hasn't really been as badly influenced by the changes, it's the posh part of Croydon  and it's actually a pretty nice place for families, that's where I'm raising mine.

Best of luck with it all dude!

1 hour ago, Russ said:

Could be a while - saving up to move back to the UK right now, hence not putting in the order yet. But they're coming, eventually.  

Time to escape the Tango Shit Gibbon? 😁

Time to return to Croydon? Been here in South Croydon for 13 years now, and it's not all that bad...