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Sounds like a well considered decision dude 😎

Phew! No more "air bass" now though Eude

It's all relative and everyone is different, some folks find they cramp up on super slim necks! At the end of the day, its the differences in life that makes it interesting

That's awesome news mate, a custom bass is a wonderful thing! That's going to be an absolute peach of a bass. Have you considered Alan's DFM preamp rather than a Uni-pre? I find it to be absolutely sublime on fretless instruments! Eude

It's funny, I don't have massive hands, yet I've managed OK on 6ers since I first tried them. When I was at Art School, one of my class mates, who was 6 foot 4 and had massive flapping hands, could barely get his hand round the neck of the 6er I had at the time. I think your hands just get used to it, the muscles adapt, stretch and get stronger. It also means anything smaller, 5s or 4s feel comically small when you go back to them... If 16.5mm spacing wasn't available, it wouldn't stop me playing 6 string basses, I'd just have to get used to whatever was around 😎 Eude

Looking great @Andyjr1515! If you think that neck is wide, it's only 16.5mm at the bridge, I believe Dave Swift's custom 6ers have 19mm spacing 😨 Eude

Back before I could afford to have a few basses, I would go from 4 string, to 5 string to 6 string back to 4 string and repeat, selling one bass to fund the other as I went along. Through that journey I've found that I feel most comfortable in a 6 string, just feels like home. The low B sees a lot more action than the high C, but it's still something that I miss when playing a 5er. I'm, currently, lucky enough to have a few 6s and a lovely 4 string too (all ACGs 😎) and much like @Bridgehouse I would encourage everyone to try something different, you never know what might stick! Eude

No bother dude, was just wondering. I don't usually mind swapping around either, but I have come to prefer a tight spacing on a 6er, 16.5mm, and 18mm on 4s and 5s. Cheers, Eude

HOT DAMN! That looks incredible, not long now... What string spacing are you going with at the bridge? Eude

Can't believe I forgot about this little guy >> If you can find an original Ibanez Promethean P5110 Combo, you'll be laughing! 300W, 500W with an extension cab. Tiny. Incredibly powerful. It had a kick back stand built in too. I have no idea why they stopped making them. There's been another model since which was total crap and now they're doing a 20W version that looks a bit like this one, but obviously being 20W it's not really much use to anyone. The only other real mystery is why I sold mine! It kept up with a loud drummer at rehearsals and quiet gigs, and worked perfectly for the kind of on stage monitoring you're talking about at louder gigs. They do seem to be extremely rare these days though... Eude

I'm just going to leave this here, it's all I can think of when someone mentions "air bass"... 🤣

I tend to agree with you, although I am partial to a completely Wenge neck 😎 I've got a bass with a Wenge/Purpleheart/Wenge neck which has a great tone, and a couple with completely Ash necks too, which seem to contribute a nice mid punch, but a little higher in the frequency spectrum than Wenge. It's a bit more aggressive sounding rather than growly, it works greats with a bass in passive mode. Eude

Don't worry @Andyjr1515 I would never complain about the pace of your work, or the amount of updates! It's been wonderful! Don't forget the "big day" isn't till near the end of December... Great work on the cover, you've managed to match the flow of the grain on the Ash! Laaaavly! Eude

Now that's just showing off! Absolutely love it @Andyjr1515!

So tantalisingly close!

Aren't all ACGs?...

Nice 😎

Can't wait to see the result! Eude

What's your tools of choice? I remember when I did the original neck for this bass it was rasps, files and lots and lots of graft. I have heard of folks getting the rough shape sorted with an angle grinder these days, which would save a lot of time, but obviously I expect it would take years off your life initially... Eude

That is stunning, great to see another ACG fly the nest. Remind me, what's you other ACG again? Eude

Now that is STUNNING!

Awesome, more squeeky bum time @Andyjr1515? 😉

Certamente! That looks great @Andyjr1515, definitely the right decision. Eude

Sounds like a good idea! I've messed around with one of the RM EVO II heads and I can confirm its a great, very powerful amp and works really well for rock. The MB combo I expect would be brilliant, and a great allrounder but I reckon the Ashdown RM combo would be more suited specifically to rock. Eude

There's a couple of nice Ashdowns available >> https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/combos/products/original-c112t-combo a kick back 1x12 which is 12.5kg and https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/combos/products/original-c210-combo 2x10 this time weighing in at 14.5kg There's also this >> https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/combos/products/rm-c112t-500-evo a little more beefy at 16.5kg, and no kickback, but probably a little louder than the other 1x12? I've heard pretty good things about all of the above and fact the first two kick back like monitors might be pretty handy. Cheers, Eude