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It's all subjective I guess. At least so far we're all agreed the new Bona bass mings though, on here and Talkbass!

I think Ashdown do a pretty good job with the look and feel of most of their products, not necessarily to everyone's liking but I think for the large part they've always looked considered and professional. I also think the logo is great, it tips the hat to the other non-bass influences that got them going at the beginning, classic cars etcs. Eude

Very good point, the subjective nature of a bass, and any instrument for that matter, almost renders the review process entirely pointless!

Images of Bona's new signature have been going around for a while now, and I'm not a fan at all, but each to their own I guess. The design isn't all that original though, as mentioned above and all over TalkBass. A P/J hybrid is at least a slightly different stab at yet another Super Jazz, but it certainly misses the mark for me. I much preferred the look of Bona's Fodera is I'm honest, but I do like those cooky single cut basses...

Panga panga! Eude

I stopped buying it on principle after Future bought them out.

They absolutely do!

I think, to be honest, they've never done a roaring trade on pedals anyway, so why not try the high end, UK designed and built as the big USP. I expect they'll make them in small numbers, maybe even to order, not tying too much up in stock. The ones they do sell, they'll make a but of money on and hopefully keep it all going... There's plenty of boutique pedals makers out there not doing anything particularly unique whatsoever, just very well made, great looking, limited runs of what are pretty much clones, or adaptations of other's designs, and they do a roaring trade. I reckon, if the designs are right, these might do well. I hope so anyway. Eude

That's awesome mate! Enjoy! Eude

Just adding my 2p here. To my ear, a bolt-on bass has a quicker attack, and really works well with a fretted bass. A set-neck has a slightly more organic, ever so slightly softer attack, and lends itself more to a fretless bass. A neck-through, sounds like a set-neck only with those characteristics even more pronounced. As far as sustain goes, there's no difference between a well designed and well executed bolt-on, set-neck or neck-through these days. If you are thinking of going for a brand new top quality bass, I would thoroughly recommend speaking to Alan at ACG Eude

Jings, that does sound bad! Did it take your thumb nail with it?!

I expect it was down to what might be perceived as lower wattage when compared to newer class D heads, even though watts do not equal watts in real terms, but lets not get into the solid state heft vs class D debate here All in, the original Walkabout was VERY expensive compared to a lot of newer fully featured class D's claiming 3 times the wattage, makes it a hard sell really. It could also be down to not being able to source or perhaps even use specific parts anymore? Eude

Very nice! 2 weeks before the nail incident, I was demolishing an enormous 4.5m X 4.5m shed in our garden which was hand built by the previous owner of our house who was a professional bodger. I was taking the massive roof panels off with a bolster and a dead mallet to break off the nails holding them on, up a 2 metre ladder on my own. Lost my balance, managed to land on my feet, albeit on concrete which hurt a lot, only to realise the bolster, which I'd dropped, had landed sharp end up and gone about 20mm into my shin when I had my "lucky" landing. The nail I stood on 2 weeks later was from somewhere on that enormous shed. I hated that shed, but I won! Back on to basses though, @LukeFRC, great work on that bass! I like the finish as is, but sparkley would've been very cool too... Eude

My Crocs have a nice big hole in the sole from when I stood on a nail, straight through and right then through my foot, but to the credit of the crocs, it didn't penetrate the top of the shoe so I guess it could've been marginally worse. When I pop out to the garden during the winter and get a wet foot I'm reminded of that fateful day and resultant trip to the hospital Eude

I would certainly see if it is repairable, and affordable to do so before committing to a decision. You'd be able to sell it on hopefully without losing too much with it fixed, rather than in pieces at least, so the cost of repair may be worth it in the long run. Why stop at 2 ACGs? I've got 4 with a 5th underway 😁 Eude

Fair enough mate, and I totally understand why you would lose confidence in it. I guess you'll just have to see what happens then. At least you've got a nice new ACG to look forward to, to keep your spirits up 😎 (I've got another one in the pipe now too...) Eude

No harm in doing that arm curve on a Corvette shape?

Trick, but I've always been a sucker for Warwick designs, so that would get my vote...

I wouldn't worry about getting all the way up there on the B, I tend to work my way to another string once I get up beyond the 10th fret max, the clarity of notes higher up the B tends to get a bit mushy on all extended range basses I've played anyway. I'm a sucker for a matched headstock, so it would get my vote anyway Eude

I play 31.5" basses, and have a couple of fretless examples. I've not really found any intonation issues to be honest. I went shorter for comfort reasons, and I guess my intonation might be better as I find the shorter scale less of a stretch allowing me to have a more natural hand position and hopefully better technique as a result. Less things to worry about means you can focus better on the tricky stuff. I wouldn't be put off trying a short scale fretless at all, you get used to whatever you play, that's what I've found anyway. I would certainly make sure your dots are on the fret lines though as mentioned above, that makes life a lot easier! Eude

Oh dear. Are you waiting to see if it CAN be fixed, and if so, how much, or have you given Jon the go ahead to just get cracking? He's certainly a busy man, and his communication is a little lacking during extra busy spells, but he always answers the phone... Eude

It is one of the comfiest 6er necks I've played to be fair @Andyjr1515 , but folks certainly shouldn't be put off trying a 6. Those out there who struggle with a 5 string neck should steer clear, but us bassists tend to have stronger and more flexible hands then most so it would make sense that we can easily adapt @Jimothey, I had the precursor to your Washburn Bantam, the MB6, my first 6 string bass! (pic stolen from elsewhere, I only have video footage of my playing mine live - oh dear) >> Not nearly as cool as design as the Bantams, and very much of its time, but it was a lovely light and easy to play 6er. Washburn made some cool basses, but they never seemed to hit to mark for most, which is a shame. Aria were making really cool basses, and 6ers around the same time, early 90's (showing my age...) Excited to see what you do with this, will you do a matched headstock too? Eude

I may well just do you some now! At least you didn't ask for Wonderwall...

No problem mate, will work something out. I have one of these >> https://shop.olympus.eu/en_GB/recording-dictation/audio-recorders/ls-100 which I can plug straight in to, completely clean signal path bass -> digital 😎 Eude