Bridgehouse

I am sitting here on my hands using all of my willpower to resist going down. I will stay strong.. I will stay strong..

Ah my favourite neck and just like the one on my 64P Interestingly, Andy Baxter has an EB2 in at the mo - the nut width is 43mm - pretty wide for a gibbo. I'm tempted to go have a look at it

Gibson should really stick to things with points or things with f-holes when it comes to basses (IMHO of course)

No, just lemon oil. I masked the board off to do the neck.

They are the rumours I have heard. I stress they are only rumours. Massive health warning "the internet is often wrong" rumours.. But, there are rumblings tho.

It should be getting a rehearsal outing soon, so I shall report back..

Well, there's rumours floating around the internet that Gibson's CEO has departed....

As close to 60s Tort as you can get... go on, have a peek...

Cor, I need to do the update!

Cor, nice - had to look twice at that I reckon a Spitfire Tort guard would look stunning on that one!

I have built many guitars and basses from parts. I have never sold any - I have sold parts separately, but never as a whole. Doesn't feel right to me somehow. Tell a lie - I sold a Telecaster I built up for £20 to a mate who was down on his luck and needed a guitar - he still has it, loves it and plays it out despite having some pretty expensive ones to go with it now.

I'm in the fens in South Lincs - I bet it's flatter here than your zero fret (unless you have a board of less than 12" radius )

Very true.. there was more than one "lake" in this zero fret tho I did see one bass once with a Titanium zero fret - dunno if it helped or if it affected tone tho

Nah - Lake District has higher peaks

You will never look back.....

They can wear out quicker tho - specially if they are the same material as your other frets, and you use rounds. Over time you will get little ruts. I looked at a 60s bass with a zero fret and it's intonation was all over the shop - the zero feet looked like the Lake District..

Really odd discussion for me. It's a sound you can use. And so I use it. Sometimes when writing bass lines I will consciously choose an open string rather than fretted equivalent for the sound/flow/feel It's a tool in the toolbag and I don't see why you wouldn't use it. Right tool for the right job etc..

QSC K10.2 - the 12.2 might suit you better Powered wedge (nominally 2000w peak) with 3 inputs and DSP for profiling. Can be used for backline, monitoring, and a combination. For proper backline I'd use a pair and you could use stereo effects

To answer your original question tho - they only look right with those vintage bridges and threaded saddles...

My band is Americana/rock/singer songwriter and it works just as well in that context too

Not unless you really love the way they play

You'd be even more disappointed with a real one. My 64 is 45mm nut, slim front to back, skinny vintage frets, 7.25 radius.. Sounds exactly like you expect/remember though.. quite quite exquisite. I do understand the neck dimensions don't suit everyone tho..

So it's a 45mm with flats on it? Cor. Perfect for me I've had a quick go on a avri and was impressed..

Big front to back or nut width? If the latter, then that's how they were in the early 60s! I love them

Mine was a bare body when I got it.. it's sprayed in nitro