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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.

Hi Gizmo, I don't have one of the necks with me, they're in the UK. But I'll do my best to answer your questions based on the Moses neck the Aurok necks are based on. The radius is fairly flat so probably 16". The profile is a shallow d shape, the string spacing at the bridge can be whatever you like, I'm not sure what the spacing is at the nut, I'll measure a Moses neck tonight as a guide, and get back to you with an edit to this post.

The sound quality sounds pretty good, very hifi and the stability of the polyphonic tracking is impressive. The lack of an arp function is a shame though for me personally given what it's capable of otherwise. They do an arp pedal called the Tararira which was what I was confusing with this pedal.

Oh wait, I might have it confused with the previous model. I wasn't aware there was a new release! Now I'll have to take a look into that as well.

Yeah I had a look at it about a year ago, and decided to keep looking. Either it was limited in programmability or there was no ADSR on each step, I can't remember exactly. The Polyend Mess has it's own issues BTW with pitch stability on some steps which I've never encountered with the other pedals (Moment Machine etc.). I'm assuming this is simply a development snag and it'll get addressed in the future at some point.

Noted. The screws are made from high carbon steel but if parts are misaligned before tightening or the hole is too small, stripping is still a risk.

That is a nice bit of walnut. What finish did you use on the body?

I'm looking forward to hearing some sound clips!

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