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Yes, due to a lack of product photography. I can either take the website offline for another month or two while I wait for customer orders to come through so I can photograph them or throw the pictures up with notes in the accompanying product descriptions. Ouch.

https://www.aurokcomposites.com/ I'd be grateful for a fresh set of eyes, so if any of you would like to pick holes in it over the weekend, feel more than welcome. It's taken 3 months for me to put the site together after some intense reflection on what to offer and how to offer it. I find it easy to lose track of small details like wording consistency, or a lack of clarity on specification after my nose has been up against the glass for so long. Basically I've standardised products based on what we've been asked for in the four batches made so far. For example, no demand for wooden fingerboards (which surprised me as I really like how they tame fret noise) and no block inlays, so we aren't going to offer them as part of the standard spec. Also, because we're low volume, I can tend to each order personally so no need for a complicated ordering system...yet. (I'll have to look at scaling production capacity and embedding QC before that becomes feasible.) On Sunday evening, I'll email an update to subscribers and post on Facebook. Cheers!

We have a 3d model but no mould made for this neck yet due to lack of interest.

What took you so long? We've all been waiting for you...welcomeback.

I've never tested it beyond 17mm so I can't really answer that question. But a safe bet is to check the spacing of the original Steinberger Q/XQ and XM 5 string basses. 19mm does seem a little on the wide side though

Three Hail Stock Aitken and Watermans and one Dead or Alive. For penance you must now completely recreate all the DX7 sequences used exclusively to perform 'You Spin Me Round'.

The FI would be driven by an arpeggiator. The arpeggiator does the pitch generating using delayed pitch shifting initially with pitch detection by the FI. MIDI doesnt involve any pitch detection unless the arp pedal can convert pitch shifted delay into a MIDI step...probably too big an ask of a boutique pedal. But it would be a cool feature on a dedicated arpeggiator pedal.

I think the start-off-with-something-familiar and then use it as a base from which to explore other sounds (and the way the settings interact) is how many players would prefer to approach discovery. Having sounds from familiar songs gives some reassurance that the pedal is fit for purpose out of the box without faff but...faff is an option for those down times when owners have a couple of hours to kill. It keeps things interesting. I think MXR and FI are both on the right track in that context and I hope they continue to expand the repetoire of familiar patches. Yeah but there is a question of relevance and perceptions of value. The value for a player is convenience in the beginning, then as their relationship with the unit grows...or not, they can explore when they get bored or have time - 'what else can I work out given it gets to close to X?' I think LukeFRC is absolutely right when he says "it feels like the FI1 was a reissue of the DI with more things a synth geek would want". This is not really a reason for gigging players to buy the pedal unless they're in an originals band. And there are fewer of those around now than even just five years ago. Most of us play covers. Speaking of which...there is still a gap in the market for a decent arpeggiator. So many companys have taken aim and missed.

Ermighad! That's a stunner and it came together pretty quickly. How does it SOUND though?! Do you have any video clips?

This is our take on the 'chopped strands' finish originally offered by Geoff Gould on the Alembic necks. What do you think? chopped strands finish - unpainted.mp4

Do you think he gets out of bed in the mornings looking like that? Asking for a friend.

A MK Series2 was my first decent bass back in the early 90s and for about 12 years it was my only bass. So it kind of set the standard for what felt comfortable, wide bodied basses fit my frame well.

String spacing between the B and E string on my Moses neck is about 10mm and between the D and G string it's about 9mm. Other spacings are likely to be a variation of those figures but to be perfectly honest I can't provide accuracy beyond half a milimetre from the centre of a string. From the centre of the B string to the centre of the G string it's 34.6mm on my Moses neck. I'll see if I can get the fabricator to give me some measurements as well because it would be interesting to compare.

I was playing around with the idea of getting a 5 string version made of my Alembic Series 1 with one of my graphite necks and then I wondered whether it might be easier to get a Jaydee MK 5 string made with one of my composite necks. It looks like the Alembic tribute might be easier after all.

Hey everyone, the necks are on their way to me and should be delivered tomorrow. I'll give them an inspection and, hopefully with all things being well, I can send them to the shipping warehouse before the end of this week.