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Start of the rant. There's something strange in that crowdfunding system especially coming from well established people like Stu Hamm and many others. My main question is: What the heck did he do with all the big money he earned if he can't afford to record a new album? For a start-up, that's ok, for established people, there's a big problem. If I can afford to record a new album, why couldn't he? End of the rant.

Except the wood screw at the lower left for the neck. 😉

Lovely looking! 😍

Very nice 2TEK strings through bridge you have there. Is it a Hamer Cruise or Carvin bass?

Another bass bought by Petri, this time it's the Rebellion Jazz Bass. Everything went smooth, fast and easy as the last time. A real credit to the BassChat community. Cheers Petri.

In fact, Leo Fender was really making Bauhaus inspired instruments and in a very clever way. If you know what dictates the Bauhaus, you'll get it. 😉

No, Ritter basses have nothing to do with Bauhaus, it's more Rococo inspired. The (Ned) Steinberger original design is a Bauhaus inspired instrument, and is certainly the first. Then you can have a look at Leduc instruments as he's a Bauhaus baby, being an architect before a luthier. It's more subtle and radical than the headless and bodyless design of Ned Steinberger for sure, but the complete approach is clearly Bauhaus oriented.

As much as I like the design and the idea behind it, I think as an instrument it's a total failure, especially as a bass.

Something came to my mind, where do you take this instrument when a damage appear on the body: a coachbuilder? For the "neck", a carpenter will do the job. And a washing machine repairer will do the electronics part.

And sounds better too. I shouldn't have sold my red one. 🤦🏻‍♂️

It's crystal clear, so read it again.

Don't get me wrong, I like the design of these instruments, but not the absolutely unjustified price, but there is nothing new in a sliding/moving/swappable pickup... And if you're used to anchor your thumb on the pickup to play, it won't work at all. It's again a guitar design adapted to a bass, and there lies the issue, and I'm not even mentioning the awful and buzzing sound in the video...

I may sound harsh, but the concept is a tad more than 50 years old with the very first Alembic ever built in 1971 for Jack Casady. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/alembic-001-rick-turner-rennovation.1304641/

I never said, it was a light a bass. You wanted to know what wood it is, now that you know it, you're starting a debate... There's something I don't understand in your reasoning. This padauk wood is also used as beams for terrace, because of its high density and strong resistance to everything.

Made by Christophe Leduc as well as the Pad, which was the high end version. Padauk is sonically speaking close to maple.

And here is a bass entirely mage out of padauk, called the PadRock:

PADAUK! https://www.bellforestproducts.com/padauk/ https://www.wood-database.com/african-padauk/

Hey, it's Nikki Sixx, why are you waiting for something coherent?

Thanks for the link @Ralf1e: it opened my eyes too and the last sentence about the flat fingerboard used for centuries on acoustic guitars says it all. My newly acquired JPBAsses Zia Hollowbody 5 Piezo Fretless has a flat (or infinite as they now like to say) radius fingerboard and I can get an insanely low action without any buzzing at all: now I know why. It's now obvious, but wasn't before and will avoid me now all these micro adjustments after levelling frets or fingerboards: I'll do an hourglass levelling. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Get the Funk Out was originally written and certainly played by Nuno Bettencourt (and Gary Cherone for the lyrics) as he was a bassist playing too many notes, before becoming that talented guitarist. 😉

That's indeed a challenge to keep playing it...

Yep, another great piece to play @Boodang, thanks for the reminder. And I will add Chameleon to my list.

Some Leduc's on the dressing convertible couch where I like to play. From left to right: Masterpiece MP 624, U-Basse UMM 4 SF, Masterpiece MP 524 and Masterpiece Headless HMP 624.