mr4stringz

Sounds rather marvellous.

Cheers FB! Am in deepest, darkest Birmingham. In fairness, my two Mustangs and my Dano are more than enough to cover my shortscale needs, but I do keep getting intrigued by these.

Having switched largely to shorties a few years back I keep considering one of these. I don’t ‘need’ one, but since when did that come into the equation? Nice work and congrats anyway!

Stolen in New South Wales.

AIC will always be one of my favourite bands. Starr and Inez both absolute bass monsters, with no flashiness. Mike Starr really was and remains a much underrated player. My favourite AIC bassline (as harrowing and just damn bleak as the subject matter of the song is) is Junkhead. The bassline in the chorus with the vocal harmonies running along simultaneously still blows me away every time Oddly, I’ve always been fine with post-Staley AIC, but the MITB clip above doesn’t show William DuVall in a great light vocally. He normally smashes the chorus in that IME.

Don’t think there’s anything out there that says explicitly if it’s a replacement or an addition, but the V1 was still getting plugged by Nordstrand on socials a couple of days back and they posted this on their (very) brief V2 demo on Instagram. That maybe suggests both will be available, initially at least.

Sorry if posted already (couldn’t see where if so), but a new version is on the way… https://bassmagazine.com/.amp/gear/nordstrand-audio-introduces-the-v2-acinonyx-short-scale-bass

Mr. Phylzzz - I’d seen them mentioned by the guys in Melvins (who guest on their most recent album). I’m no good at genre descriptions, but there’s a fair chance of you like Melvins and/or the sort of stuff AmRep put out you may like them.

My first ever ‘proper’ bass purchase (after the dog of an Encore P copy and a far better Vantage PJ that I learned on) was a (at the time) fairly recently released natural finish Patrick Eggle Milan IV that I’d so heavily set my heart on at 18 (‘94ish) when some money was released to me that had been sat in trust. Spent £800 on it. A dumbass move. In my youthful ignorance, I had no clue the neck was a state. It didn’t last long. I try and look at things positively where I can though. The massive desire soon after to get as far away from that bass as possible led me to proper Precisions, a habit I’ve only broken recently with the JMJ Mustang.

Nice work. I nearly bought one of these back when they came out. I’ve always loved the mish mash of different bits from different things, as it were. It’s not the one that flew straight out as soon as it went into Rich Tone Music a few days back was it?

I’ve seen that film.

For my own amusement I’m going to pretend that Ramps is/was a forum member.

earlpilanz?

Can’t say whether the chances of success are as high, but I’d most definitely be opening a dispute or escalating to a claim if you have already.

How did you pay for the goods? If on a debit or credit card contact your card issuer and ask them to instigate a chargeback for goods not received. I know there’s the frustration of a previously good seller letting you down, but it’s not for you to chase this with the courier, and I wouldn’t persevere with that anyway personally, as it’s likely to result in much success IME.

Exactly my journey, minus about 5 years.

Read up on the Consumer Rights Act. As an established retailer they should be well aware of the remedies within the Act and what is a ‘reasonable time’ to repair or replace. Getting clued up on what your rights are in these situations is invaluable. Knowing your onions and being clear in your expectations in line with the law may well mean their stance alters.

I’ve used the T-Rex Quint in octave up mode, though always combined with distortion or fuzz. It’s very decent, and the ability to add a fifth is helpful if simulating guitar power chords especially. It’s no longer on my board though as it started to get a bit noisy. Need to take a proper look at it actually… In terms of wanting something ‘natural’ sounding, you may struggle. All octave up effects on bass I e tried and used (to my ears at least) have a synthetic quality to them clean to one degree or another. Stick a dirt box after one at a decent volume and it’s far less noticeable. Also, re: the Green Ringer. Believe that was an analog octave up, so clones will likely be also. You’ll get very different results with an analog pedal vs digital.

Agree. I wouldn’t even give it any time given it’s so new. Straight back to the merchant for an exchange.

I briefly had the 5-string version, more than anything to see if it was as decent as people were saying (it was) and to see if I could get in with a 5er 20 years after last playing one (I couldn’t). In terms of mods all I did was replaced the pickup with a Warman pickup. A few people seem to have done that with them. Was definitely an improvement.

That’s ace. And 15/16 frets is plenty.

Yeah, the absence of a selector switch isn’t ideal, but that’s a budget instrument for you I guess. That said, it’s a weird one to not have vvt controls at the very least. The black one does look tidy though, and more so if it had a black scratchplate on it.

The step still is a good idea. I used to have one of these cabs and found the same thing. They’re a right weird shape as well - narrow but deep, as you say.