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I have a couple of ACGs, have owned 3 others and have 2 on the way. I'm having a 31.5" 4 string built right now which should be ready soon and have something a bit special on the back burner. There's lots of samples and demos here >> http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/category/media/ Eude

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1431547853' post='2772562'] Dear Bass Chat i'm a new user, old bass player! Used to own a Wal fretless in 80's sold it (biggest regret of my life!), now looking to get another decent fretless but my budget at present not up to £3000-3500! At present I have a Squire vintage fretless with Bad ass bridge, Its ok I guess but passive, not very inspiring, so want to treat myself to a decent bass up to £2000 (hopefully less!) [b]Do any of you peeps know of a bass that has very fast neck with narrow string spacing 16 -16.5, lined fretless, active, I'm looking for punchy tone, like a Wal, but with decent growl, don't want muddy sounding crap, very crisp please!!?[/b] It would seem to me having done research that 5 string basses usually have narrower string spacing ANYWAY,? so that could be a solution, strung E,A,D,G,C, don;t want low B, too low for me! So I've looked at: Status - wonderful narrow fast necks, headless, lovely, pricey, graphite neck = nice punchy tone with good highs £2500! Sandberg - difficult getting any info on string spacing, and what does it sounds like? £1500 Roscoe- Looks and sounds nice expensive, not sure about spacing > £2200 Mayones - Look and sound ace, spacing? £1600 - 2000 Overwater- does do narrow strings, sounds very smooth but is it punchy enough? £2200 Musicman - as far as I see none in the UK, so can't fond out much about these. £1600 Spector - Dittp Musicman, are these any good (ca get a Euro for £1500) So my question is has anyone experience with any of the above as fretless (or otherwise)... I know there is no substitute for a Wal and may even end up getting one, but is there ANYTHING out there thats what I want (can you read my mind) I want quality, playability, light small body, fast action, narrow neck, smooth as butter with zing!!!! Any good suggestions other than above? Thanks for listening I hope you can help!!!!! [/quote] As others have already said, try ACG. As long as you don't go crazy with your specs you should be fine to get something to your requirements for your budget, easy Eude

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1431593103' post='2772835'] It looks awesome... you'll have to do an NBD thread when it arrives and make us all jealous [/quote] That might be a mistake, I imagine the majority of us are already nearly jealous enough to intercept the pick up... Eude

[quote name='Byo' timestamp='1431568150' post='2772706'] Agree with you Si. Both shape and pups are just wrong... Maybe with a SR body and some traditional looking pups (i.e. 5 string jazz bass singles size) they would have nailed it. Better luck next time Ibanez... [/quote] Yup, the general consensus, here and on Talkbass is that they've missed the mark a little on this one. You never know, they might give it another go based on feedback.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1431541365' post='2772446'] Picking this up on Friday. Excited doesn't cut it. [/quote] Wonderful news mate! Friday can't come fast enough I'll bet...

[quote name='mrn1989' timestamp='1431352081' post='2770313'] I believe you can specify whatever you want, they are made to order I was offered a maple neck with block inlays but chose the rosewood with dots [/quote] Cool! [quote name='Me And My Bass' timestamp='1431352497' post='2770324'] Do they have more examples of there page? Whats the site? [/quote] +1

So what kind of options did you have when you ordered this bar the logo?

Lovely bass mate, congrats!

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1430302470' post='2759958'] That is unbelievable! I love it!!! Oh crap, how much are ACGs? [/quote] Much better value than you'd expect, that's for sure! Oh, and Ms Undead, if you're in the London area and can make it to South Croydon, you're more than welcome to try my ACGs out. Eude

Hey there, that's great news Lots of good advice above, not much to offer here bar reinforcing how light the alder ACG use can be, you'll easily hit your target weight. Are you going for a 34" scale bass, as I know you've flirted with shorter scales over the years... I play 33" 5 string basses and I love the playability without any noticeable sacrifices when held up against 34" basses. I'm actually having a 31.5" 4 string bass built right now too, for even more playability As far as finishes go, I would go for a natural fancy wood rather than the grunge black, your choice of flamed maple with a black pickguard tips the hat nicely at a more classic bass while putting out that cool custom vibe I've had quite an experience of ACG basses and have been bugging Alan routinely for quite a long time, feel free to shoot me a PM if I can be of any help. Eude

These ones are 35" >> http://www.espguitars.com/products?categories=f-series-2 A bit too metal though? Eude

Fantastic Si, that's a hell of a good looking bass. Congrats mate Eude

I think if they'd made a 33" SR bass they'd have been on to a winner here. Folks tend to look to the Soundgear range as a nice full scale yet compact solution, so a 33" would've been real nice and the shorter scale would've balanced well with the shape.

Oh dear, and here was me pretty happy with my lot for now. Eude

Or how about a 6x6"

I reckon you could get away with any Warwick to be honest, although Thumbs do cut through anything and everything VERY nicely. The only problem, at least for me with the Thumbs is the reach, if you're tall enough, or are happy to wear the bass low, they're brilliant though. There's a few for sale right now on the forum too, unfortunately you just missed a bargain price on a Dirty Blonde There's always this though, doesn't get more metal >> http://basschat.co.uk/topic/257336-warwick-vampyre-sn-4-price-drop-l850-ovno-shipped/page__p__2751447 Eude

What about one of those Crazy 8 cabs?... http://greenboyaudio.com/cabdetail?model=Crazy8 Trick Audio, here in the UK make them from £375 up. Eude

Hoots mon! That's lovely! Where/How are you building this beaut?

Just Wow!

You on a Shuker build course, building a 5 string P Bass, with blocks?...

Nice one, as I thought. I'm currently using two 1x10 cabs, and I miss the low end of a 12" speaker a bit...

Cool! Be interested to hear how the two cabs compare with the different drivers Congrats on a very cool rig! Eude

This might be of interest... http://finnbass.com/showthread.php?t=10670