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Hi,i would like to share with you 2 videos i made with my new bass build.The bassist is a friend of my,Aggelos Malisovas

neck type        5 pieces Maple/Wenge with 4 Carbon layers reinforcement
neck construction   Neck-through
top/back/body        hybrid resin with Poplar Burl top,Wenge,white and brown Mahogany
fretboard        Macassar Ebony flat radius
fret                Fretless
Scale               40.443"
bridge                Wenge base with Ebony saddle,string through body
nut                 Ebony
string space        19mm
neck pickup        Bartolini xxm45-B original quad coil
pickup wiring       3-way switch serries humbucker,single coil neck side,parallel humbucker
bridge pickup        Piezo bridge
equaliser        Bartolini HR4.6j/918FL preamp 18V
piezo buffer        Bartolini MPB2kit/918 18V
strings                GHS NS3075-5 Crossover 037-127
string gauge       .037/.053/.074/.104/.127
hardware color        Black
Tuners              Graph Tech Ratio PRB5230
Strap pins          Strap Locks
finish              high gloss body/headstock,matte neck

On 10/11/2022 at 14:40, bloke_zero said:

Monster indeed - that last video with the low - is it B? Sounds like it would shake the floor!

Yes,itsa BEADG tuning

I went in a studio for a show up with these monsters.

Here are some videos,the sound is picked from tha camera

Let me share some love

There they are..

A 5string in standard tuning,and a 4string tuned one octave lower

Ps i need black nuts to look more badass..

Some pics more..

The 5string isready,just need a set up.

I hope next week complete the 4string with octave down tuning

We want instructions to build one to!!

Here are some fresh pics.Also compared with a standard 34" bass

Definitely not..

My "bass of navarone" is 47-45" and its overkill to play so huge scale,but thid basses (i call them 343) are very easy to play

They are 40.443" 

If you capo the 3rd fret it becomes 34" but the design of the body its balanced and you get used to it very quick and easy because you dont feel the difference to much

I will try to post some pics.the builds go veeerrryyyy slow (like a turtle with broken legs)

The one will be fretless with carbon lines

I am worrying about Neil as a person.

Not about the company newtone strings or their products.

I know their quality.I am the proud owner of the first "extreme" string Neil ever build a few years ago (a 0.255 40" string,and he send it me for free to see if it works properly) and since then,i havent buy strings from any other company,only from newtone strings.

Just think about it.There is a person who i can talk via e-mails about the specs i need in the strings i am asking,and then he didnt answer (ok,maybe the e-mails have gonne to spam folder) he not even answer the phone..

Ok (i hope) he is busy,but with all this situation about covid-19 i am worrying if he is ok,or have any issues.

Maybe he won 100000000£ and went to jamaica,but if was this the reason,he would have wrote it in the website.

Thats why i asked if anyone have any news from him.Maybe there are guys who have talked in phone or e-mails last days,and they know he is allright.

Any way.I hope he is going well and have any news from him very soon

Hi,long time not posting..

I have send 2 e-mails 10 days ago to Neil from newtone strings to talk about a few custom set i am gonna need for the 343 build i am running the last 2 years.

Every time i send e-mail to Neil,he answers in very short time.Now,i have got no answer,i telephone at the number on the web site a few times,the "tape" (i dont know how it called,you know,the machine who tells you leave a message) and started to worrying about what happened to Neil with all this covid situation.

Is here any guy who have contact or bough recently from newtone strings?

You can use the classic headless tuner and individual bridges for the saddles like i did on navarone build

I cant work because my tools are for service and all the shops are closed due coronavirus.but here is a pic holding the two 5ers

XTRM Basses Praiser (40"scale) dimarzio DP145+dimarzio DP127 pickups,newtone strings heavy gauge

B0 Prayser.wav

EXTRM Basses Navarone (47-45" scale),uknown cheap chinese pickups,newtone strings

navarone B.wav navarone E.wav

You are right.

So,lets keep things simple.

Pickups blended 50-50 and finger playing style.The target is to get the most neutral sound.

If there is a bass with piezo,its better to rec one sample only with magnetic pickups and one with the piezo alone

Its not an scientific research.Just bass sound talk.

Here are a few mine.I have the recs stored on my pc.i need to rec the E string..

VIG COBRA SELECT 5string ARTEC pickups dadario ESXL170-5

B0 VIG.wav

Hi,i have started to collect frequency response diagrams from the basses i have and i would like to have samples from more basses so i can compare them or see how respond each bass.

So.If you like to help me,upload WMA files with open B and open E strings,full open tone control on passive basses or flat EQ on active basses and no effects.

I need only 1" before you plug the string and 1" of the note.I also need the model,what kind of strings it use and the pickups of the bass.

I dont have any problem to share the chart results here with you.

Thank you in advance.

Long time without posting or do anything,but thats how life is..

Back at work again..

Neck blanks are planed and sanded to thicknes,truss rod canals are opened and headstock shape is done

4 necks are ready to get planed to thickness

it wasnt possible to cut them with bandsaw so i buy a discsaw (is the right name for it?) for wood,aluminium,epoxy etc

Its getong worst my friend..

I went to the guy who cuts the woods for me because i dont have bandsaw,and he couldnt cut it.The blade started to make smoke.

I gave it to another guy to try,and hope he would cut them nice and be ready in 2-3 days..who knows..

I think at the end,these necks will be very stiff

The neck blank is ready.Laminated 5 pieces maple and carbon.Still waiting the router from the authorized service (and it looks like i will have to wait more..)

ready to start the necks with heavy carbon reinforcement..

I made some contours but the project its freeze because my router have some problems from the first day i bought it and i send it in the authorized repair man while is still on garanty