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I have just placed my order with Alpher for my dream custom build bass and I am all excited and giddy like a school kid! So far Chris has been an absolute delight to deal with and has made the whole process incredibly easy - I would recommend this company to anyone who is considering their own custom build as their customer service is like nothing I have ever encountered! Funnily enough my girlfriend has also commissioned a custom build guitar at the same time so I may also update that build in this thread as well! (I figure you can never have enough photos of gorgeous guitar builds) So, to my specs: 4 string bass 34 inch scale 21 frets One piece swamp ash body Purpleheart veneer Highly figured Spalted maple top One piece purpleheart neck with top wood inlay (Graphite reinforced With Spoke wheel truss rod) Black ebony fingerboard Custom wound Jazz bass pickups with ebony capped purpleheart covers Active 2 band preamp with active passive switch Black hipshot A style bridge Black ultralite tuners and string retainer Custom inlay on 12th fret White side dots Tru oil finish I honestly cannot wait to see how this beast turns out!

Wow this bass is going to be awesome! Alpher are an amazing company - just about to complete an order for my very own bass beast from them, customer service is just unreal. I will probably be starting a progress thread of my own but will be following this one with interest

Serious GAS for Alpher Instruments and their basses at the moment. About to drop an order and giddy like a school girl over the prospect!

You know what, the Fender J/P body shape has never done anything for me before but your first picture may just have started changing my mind! For £100 that looks amazing.

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I'm guessing no-one plays these then? Probably a bad sign!

I see what you have done there, clever. Nothing beats buying a bass though so it won't cure that itch

Has anyone played one of these? I am looking for a cheap 5 string as I am normally a 4 kinda guy so no point paying loads for a bass I might not use! These Harley Bentons look nice! http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbz2005.htm

I'd also like to know more about these as I have been tempted for ages to get one but there is so little info out there about them (probably a bad sign)