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Update: The price has been negotiated and the name of the company is BQW. He's very honourable and also a complete perfectionist, his build quality is on a par with anything in the US. He is also entirely self taught....! He showed me an order list of about 90 instruments last time I spoke with him. Many from Chinese clients but also many from other countries including some exotic custom creations from customers in the US.

You would have to ask Mr Hall directly. I understand he is domiciled in Market Drayton these days. From our perspective, if it could be mistaken for a Rickenbacker then it would be contentious. If it's just a body shape but highly modified then it'll probably be OK.

I've not heard of anyone doing this before. Are these finishes compatible?

I'm not sure about the UK but this phenomenon is known in NZ planning as 'reverse sensitivity' and is not generally recognised as a valid objection to nuisance.

Are you SURE they were ladies though...? We've been down that path already.

Coming to China is always an option 😁 There's a direct flight from London to where I live twice a week.

If you have ever owned a MM Cutlass bass, you will understand intimately why graphite necks can benefit from truss rods. There is also the matter of player set up preferences. Some players like a bit of fight in their instruments and a rounder tone, all of which can be provided by higher action.

Should be possible technically. I have someone who does the 3D modelling. But it would require a custom mold so would be a custom order. Yes, but my main concern is keeping costs down so I'll be talking to some friends in the UK who used to handle my wife's Ebay merchandise. They'll expect compensation but I'm hoping it will be less than warehousing, which has been already mentioned. And shipping surface takes longer but the costs are significantly less so maybe that will be an option if I get to the point where I'm confident of selling a batch of necks speculatively.

Sorry for the late reply Mat, it's 7.25" but if that changes for any reason, I'll post it on here. 9.5" is a typical Fender radius.

Technically it's possible but for a batch of two, the costs would be a bit higher.

I've been working on a pedalboard for the last ten years on and off that allows me to play two synth lines simultaneously, one manual and one arpeggiated off the first note in each bar sampled by a modified EHX Freeze pedal. The idea was mostly inspired by this Freemasons track: This is what synthbass is all about for me. Bombastic, pumping and jubilant. When I had the EHX into the Moment Machine and then arpeggiated into the C4 AND a manual line through the FI, I wore the biggest shit eating grin in decades. It worked so long as I could time the sampling to grab the right note, otherwise I wouldn't have been persisting for quite so long. A single pedal that could achieve all that with tap tempo (ideally without needing to press a button to sample every bar) would be a god send.

Apparently, yes. But I couldn't find enough information to confirm it does exactly what I want. For example, zero pitch steps (pauses) and sufficient ADSR between steps so two steps of the same pitch don't blend into each other. Also getting some punchy attack helps with the analogue feel to the synth sounds too. The step blending has been a problem with the Cooper FX Moment Machine and the Eventide Pitchfactor (both of which I still have). I'm wondering whether the H90might also have the same issue with blended steps. I also have purchased an Alexander Pedals Colour Theory earlier in the year which I'm investigating but the UI isn't ideal for complex editing, however the designer is responsive so I might bounce ideas off him too. Failing that I'll probably get an SY200 like Al and draw a line under the whole expensive exercise.

No the C4 doesn't provide it as a feature and I reached out to suggest it to them. As QM says, it can be triggered from MIDI but so can the FI AFAIK. The SA dev team discussed an arp and thought it was a good idea but the pedal didn't have room for the code, so it's been relegated into development hell I guess. I'm half tempted to reach out to Mooer over here and see if their dev team might like to have a go at it.

Yes I was spit balling though. PEEK seems to be the preference.

I recall suggesting one. Quite useful for covers bands.

@Jack

I have, there is mention of PEEK fingerboards in the specification. 😊 I've tagged you so you can find it easily.

Spec has been updated.

Luminay side dots now added as a free upgrade.

Luminay side dots now added as a free upgrade.

My apologies for the lack of information, I'm currently putting together some drawings in CAD Yes the necks come ready to fit, they will include a nut, double action truss rod (headstock end) frets and the frets will be levelled. I can't get hold of Earvana compensated TUSQ nuts for bass unfortunately and they would be a £60 upcharge if I could. Standard TUSQ is available though and I use them exclusively on my own instruments. I have reached out to luthier contacts here to see if anyone has a 3d model of one. It's technically possible to mill one ourselves but there may be a learning curve involved with tolerances. If milling one is possible, I will add it to the list of options but I can't say when that will be. Tuner holes for the shafts to go through are predrilled (probably 12mm but subject to confirmation) but the screw holes are not because different folks have different requirements for tuners. Neck bolt holes are not pre-drilled but inserts and M4x40mm neck bolts are supplied. The headstock will be the standard shape and tuner layout will be standard as well (3+1). Luminay dots are possible. I will add them to the list of options.

Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to allow for those and customers would end up paying them regardless, even if I had sufficient volume in sales to justify UK based warehousing. Another option would be to bring a stock of necks over personally as checked baggage but the quantities would be limited and I could only do it during a public holiday here in China (Late January, August and, at a pinch, first week in October). Update: Shipping... I've spent the last day reaching out to various shipping companies. My regular guy quoted me 2000RMB (over 200 quid) to express UPS ship to the UK in 4-6 days. I said 'no'. Another company has offered 390RMB for the same delivery based on some BS volumetric/weight calculation. However, it made me wonder if I could combine two necks in a single shipment but then the reciever would have to make sure one neck got to it's respective owner. If two BCers are open to collaborating it could slash the shipping charges in half.

Would you like to put a deposit down and get assigned an order slot in the first batch?

"I'm sorry my little loves..." Classic 5: 186mm Steinberger 5: 225mm Do you agree that the SUB5 and Classic 5 necks might not be interchangable? I've updated the spec to mention fingerboard options and some measurements