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Thanks for putting the correct link. 😉

This was my special ordered EUB. It took Christophe LEDUC (and I at the delirious ideas) 7 years to finish it. It's therefore an L series. It will never leave me. If you understand French, here is the link to it (with my ugly face somewhere) : http://www.leduc.fr/index.php/series-l/basses-de-la-serie-l/164-l-09-la-u-contrebasse-moai If not, here are some informations about it : This EUB is based on the free floating top U-Basses. So, I needed an EUB at the time I ordered it for our duet. I went completely nuts and this U-Contreabasse, as my friend Christophe calls it, is the result of my madness. It's called Moaï because it reminded me of the legendary statues of the Easter Island. Now the fun part : the whole instrument is made out of one piece of very old Honduran mahogany (it just cleared Christophe stock 😁 ) with the floating top and harmonic bar directly crafted in it, which is a no mistake process... Then he added the two little wings to close the "body". The fingerboard is made of ebony with 6 EMG magnetic pickups (the same as the ones found on the NS Design EUB's) at the very dusty end of it, and integrated in the fingerboard. There are also 6 RMC piezo pickups in the French maple bridge and the main preamp is from Richard McClish too.The controls are simply volume and tone for the magnetics and the same for the piezos. These controls have been mounted through the output jack routing !!! It can be fitted with standard length double bass strings (this EUB has a standard 104 cm scale) through a clever system at the back (a bit like on the NS Design) or NS Design/D'addario strings. The top has a trade secret soundpost too. I can get very very very close to a double bass sound and really emulate it with a very little bit of preamp tweaking. And it's a real pleasure to play even with 6 strings tuned from an amp killer low B to a very high C. It has a complete two octaves (and even a bit more if you dare) fingerboard. Yes, it is and a fretless sixer is also ordered.

Jealous of my thread Russ ? My pieces of wood are here : So, what do I win ? 😁

There is also the Eventide Space (Reverb) : pricey, but does all you're asking for, @Graham. https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/stompboxes/reverb/space

Also check the JAM Pedals Waterfall as there is a model dedicated for bass too. Not cheap is the least you can say, but once you've heard it, you'll throw all others to the bin... https://www.jampedals.com/waterfall/

@Lololita is indeed the coolest woman on earth !

Yep, and even a lot more...

Never ending story... Ready ? Ok, I warned you, here are some of the basses I've owned over the years (lots are missing). As you can see, I like wood ! 😎 ACG Harlot R 5 : Alembic Spoiler Koa S : Alpher Mako Elite Custom Fretless : Aquilina Triton 5 Fretless : Aries Bajadera 6 : Aries Senes VS 6 Signature : Aries Senes VS 6 Tomek : Basssline Buster CW 6 Fretless : Berne Harpobasse : Byl 6 Custom : Capelli Custom 6 : Capelli DM Signature Pro : Celinder Custom 6 Michael Andersen : Conklin Groove Tools GT6 : Conklin Groove Tools GT 6 : De Gier Elevation 6 : De Gier Origin Deluxe 6 Fretless : Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5 : Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5 : Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5 Fretless : Esh Custom NFS 5 : Esh Impact 6 : F-Bass BN4 : Fender Jazz Bass Natural 1976 : Hohner Professional B Bass VI : Ibanez Affirma AFR A104F Fretless : James Trussart 6 Fretless : Jerzy Drozd Obsession Basic 7 : JP Basses Lucii 6 Fretless : JP Basses Plume 5 : Ken Lawrence Associate 5 : Kramer 450B Fretless : Langowsky AJ6 : Laurus Quasar SL 190 Grafite 6 Fretless : Leduc Contr-U-Basse 6 Tony BERTRAND Custom : Leduc MP 628 SF Fretless : Leduc MP 628 SF Fretless : Leduc 631 SF Fretless : Leduc PAD 6 : Leduc PAD Rock 5 : Leduc U-MM1 6 : Leduc U-MM2 6 : LowDown Custom 6F Special Fretless : LTD B-206SM NS : Mayones Comodous Custom 5 : Modulus Graphite Quantum 6 : Modulus Graphite Quantum 6 : Modulus (Graphite) Quantum 6 : MTD 635-24 Fretless : N.Y.C. Empire Bass 5 by Fodera : Neuser Courage 6 : Nexus Gom Jabbar Magellan 6 Fretless : Noguera Expression Plus Deluxe 6 : Noguera Fairplay 6 Fretless : Noguera Harmonie Standard Custom 6 Fretless : Noguera Trinity 8 Custom Bruno Ramos : Noguera Yves Carbonne Signature 8 Fretless Paul Lairat Gabriella 5 Fretless : Roscoe Century Standard Plus 6 Fretless : Rybski 8 : Rybski Tomek Gassowski Fretless : Sandberg Thinline Custom 6 Fretless : Sei Flamboyant 6 : Shuker Series One 6 : Sivcak OSCII 5 : Skjold Whaleback Exoctic 6 : Stanford B61CM5 FL OP Fretless : Status Electro 4 Fretless : Status Electro 6 II Jonas Hellborg : Status S2 Classic Bolt-on 5 Fretless : Status S2 Classic Neckthrough 5 : Stradi Symphony Bass 5 Fretless : Tune BEB-6 : Warrior DM4 Custom NT : Warrior DM7 Custom NT Signature : Warwick Corvette 4 Fretless : Warwick Fortress Masterman 4 : Warwick Streamer Stage II 4 : Warwick Thumb 4 : Warwick Thumb 6 : Wood & Tronics Zoid 5 : Yamaha TRB-5P : Yamaha TRB-6P : Yamaha TRB-6P Fretless : Yamaha TRB-6P Noguera Fretless : Yamaha TRB JP II :

Will do so tomorrow. It's been a strange day today...

I can name each of them if you want. They are in total alphabetic and chronologic order too. I'm a bit of a maniac when it gets to classification.

Of course it is possible. Theoretically... 🤣

Kalium also has great balanced sets. Worth looking at it, but be prepared with mismatching during the packing as it's more than a habit by them. https://kaliummusic.com/shop/strings/electric-bass/hybrid/balanced-sets/

Look here now :

Are you going to put (back) a Jazz Bass pickup ? Very nice job so far. 👍

Traded a bass with Lukasz. Everything went smooth and easy with the usual glitch with DPD not finding my address again, but I went to the depot to pick up the bass. Great communication all along with Lukasz. Highly recommended. A++++++++++++++++

Sold Ben a Delano Sonar 3 MS/E preamp with a pair of Delano SBC 5 HE/S Driver. Ultra fast payment and great communication all along. A pleasure to deal with.

That often is a poolhider, in fact. 😁

Is it Glovy P-Bass Man new attempt to win truck loads of money ? 🤣

Tuners (machine heads) are period correct. Bridge too with the longer screw for the G saddle. Some screws of the pickguard (scratchplate) are simple wood screws... There are two different types of side dots at every position : black and clear !?! The rest has already been said. Sold my fully original 1970 Fender Precision Bass with all the goodies and original hard case for less and it was a good price (to me). Forget this one : too expensive and uncertain.

Eng Land, literally home of the Germanic tribe called the Angles. You are going deeper underground. 🤣 What is called modern English is a mixture of old Germanic (~70%) and Norman-French (~30%). Cursed or doomed ? I'll leave it to you. 😁

And the southern part being French. 😁

Funny as everything in this thread is just summarised over, but not correctly understood. Construction includes material, shape and anything "making" the instrument. Maybe I should stop summarising too much ... sometimes. The pure scientific approach has always lead to a tonal catastrophe when building instruments and you all know that. That's why real luthiers (even the very few making electric instruments) always tune their woods and use multi secular knowledge to achieve their building, and rarely inovate... There is no magic in this. The wheel has already been invented. If you rely on science only, you'll end up totally assisted, not even knowing how to breathe. And the process is well engaged...