Hellzero

Funny to react like this, it's not bullsh*t. U.K. is outside the EEC and you know it. Why would you expect a faster customs treatment with no duties ? They receive thousands of parcels each and every day from or to people trying to smuggle on the price, content and declared value, so THIS is what is slowing the process a lot ! Stop taking them for fools and it will be fine (no, I'm not affiliated to the customs at all, but I really hate this useless moaning) If you want your parcel faster than fast, as I wrote, use TNT Express or the likes as they have their own customs process, you'll be amazed. Or simply buy in the EEC if you live there or in the U.K. if you live there : problem solved and no useless moaning.

There was a Fernandes Sustainer bass built in 1995, the ASB-100. https://reverb.com/item/29209055

There's a Gizmotron for sale in Germany. I've been tempted a few times to hit the buy button, but it seems so fragile that I came to mind each time. https://www.bassic.de/kleinanzeigen/gizmotron-2-0-bass.23528/

Not several decades, but exactly one.

This is what got Christophe LEDUC in the Guinness book, the separable bass that allows you to have one double neck bass or two single basses : http://leduc.fr/index.php/basses/aliens

The intonation with different strings (rounds vs flats) and maybe even gauge will be very different. If you intonate by ear, then why bother having an exact fretless replica (including the nut position) of the fretted neck... There's something wrong here.

Out of curiosity, how much does it weight ? Superb looking Wal, that said.

And strangely no fretless... Strange as it's what put his career on orbit.

It won't work as flats and rounds have very different intonations. Sorry to break it apart @Happy Jack...

It's not the same serial number : US18077829

It's not the same serial number : US18077829

For those interested, Gear for Music is selling the TC Electronic Aeon for peanuts... https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-AEON-Infinite-Guitar-Sustainer/2G6K

As he mentioned earlier, with the help of a translator, hence my answer in French for crystal clear explanations. 😉

Exactly what I wrote. 😉

Check this to get it working with steel strings (not the usual bronze acoustic strings) and a rosace pickup. 😉

Order one by Thomann or the likes and use the 30 days money back guarantee, so if you don't like it or can't use it, simply return it. That's what I've done with the Joyo JGE‑01 Infinite Sustainer and the TC Electronic Aeon as they were not very well suited to bass, or maybe simply put to me, and eventually bought an original EBow.

The third part is the one about the EBow. 😉

And here is the complete Michael Manring tutorial video in 7 parts :

I don't know if it crossed your genius mind @Andyjr1515, but make sure that the top of the fretless fingerboard is exactly at the top of the frets on the ... fretted neck, or even just a very tiny slightly higher (for a slightly lower action to get that mwah) to achieve the perfect neck switching option. 😉

I think it's a Harlot, not a Halot, Russ... https://www.acguitars.co.uk/harlot/

Thanks for this @BigRedX, but as he is using a fretless bass, the Ebow simply needs to be put over the string slightly angled so the inner part touches the fingerboard. It implies a bit of a new approach, but it's easy to achieve as, indeed, the rails in the Ebow are intended for a guitar, not a bass. To activate the infinite sustain faster, I tap my notes with the left hand (the other one if you're a lefty) and it's working great. That said, I would buy the Michael Manring tutorial video... But check these first :

@Masse, tu as simplement payé la TVA française de 20% sur la valeur déclarée plus les frais de port, ainsi qu'une taxe d'importation et un forfait administratif. Qu'il s'agisse d'un échange ou non, tout matériel importé, neuf ou d'occasion, depuis un pays hors de la CEE est soumis à la TVA sur la valeur déclarée, une taxe d'importation et des frais administratifs. Le Royaume-Uni étant en dehors de la CEE depuis l'application du Brexit, il est tout à fait normal de payer ces taxes. Le délai est aussi totalement normal si tu utilises une société de transport qui ne possède pas ses propres services de dédouanement et la poste française n'en possède pas vraiment. Si tu avais utilisé TNT, Fedex ou UPS, voire DPD qui est une filiale de la poste française, tu aurais pu recevoir ton colis en 24 heures (j'utilise TNT Express pour cette raison en dehors de la CEE). Estime-toi heureux de ne pas avoir reçu d'amende, ou pire, d'avoir vu ton matériel saisi et détruit, pour fausse déclaration concernant la valeur réelle de l'instrument. C'est un jeu très dangereux auquel tu viens de jouer... For those who want, I can translate this in English. 😉

You have all the necessary tools. Go on.

The Mike Pope Fodera signature also has a moving bridge pickup.