out of interest I looked at Thomann's site. It looks to be an American Ash body and maple neck, all good wood....if its actually USA Swamp Ash you may find the body' sound' is a bit 'lighter' than other woods like Alder or European ash.
I had a pair of these Delano’s made for a new bass with both the same width as the bridge pickup. They also have raised pole pieces under the A and D strings for cambered string placement. They are used, maybe 10/12 gigs but as new.
I’ve decided to go back to the HE model that I’ve used for many years on my other basses.
The price includes standard U.K. postage..
Same situation for me at a west London festival outdoors …. (Ashdown) amp and speaker provided, first song the amp stopped working, this against the sound engineer saying it was working fine….thankful I had taken my Markbass amp along.
I will always add if you haven’t done this already ….. try different cables, both guitar and speaker ones. Even one strand of a cable’s wire earthing out can be a problem.
As far as I am aware battery power does not switch on (bringing power to the onboard 'active' tone controls) until a guitar lead is inserted into the bass's jack socket, completing the 'active' circuit within the bass. The bass should still work as a 'passive' instrument when batteries are flat or not connected.
A two piece Swamp Ash body from a really nice straight grain length. This is one of two I shaped a while back but don’t think I’ll get around to working on both for a while.
Another fretted bass I’ve made from the same wood stock sounds really good and sustains very well.
£75 plus U.K. post
The pictures also show the weight/dimensions and a mock up of a neck (not mine!) to give some representation of a final look.
Originally released on Vinyl, we also wanted it as a gatefold cover but the record company wouldn't cost it for that so here is what it would have looked like as a gatefold cover.....Info would have been printed inside the cover!