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SCORE!

Oh massive cockage! I resign myself to not having a Wal fretless Mk1 at a price I could afford and order a custom build, only to have this appear. Gah!

Lovely, lovely bass, thankfully sold. I can now feel OK (ish) about missing out.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1452327442' post='2948838']
Confirmed..,.. Wet pants
[/quote]Quite rightly too. Having a custom built bass is exciting enough, but to then have a blow by blow pictorial build diary (and I'm guessing other person to person updates) is something extra special.

The solid, Yammy fiver looks interesting too.

FuNkShUi must be fairly wetting himself with anticipation right now.

I don't know if you guys have seen this vid (it seems new). It features a Frog with an ACG/East filter preamp with familiar looking pickups. In fact the general look of the area of the bass shown in the vid is very familiar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh2asjr2k8c

[quote name='Bass Culture' timestamp='1452264880' post='2948247']
Oooh, just had an email from Adrian saying my Jake will be sent out next week. Just got to pay him now!
[/quote]Exciting times!!! I'm looking forward to receiving that email in about 10 weeks

[quote name='gs_triumph' timestamp='1452200995' post='2947630']
Match sticks deployed!

Is it normal for strap locks to rattle? Quite annoying. Guess I'll get used to it.

Cheers guys
[/quote]Yes, Schaller types do rattle significantly.

This[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1452169340' post='2947171']
No bastardisation required. Just put a matchstick or toothpick in the screw hole and break it off then screw in the smaller screw. Job done!
[/quote]

I just looked at the [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]'No Bull' locks on Google (they look like Schaller clones) and the screws do look very thin, so the toothpick/matchstick fix is the way forward IMO.[/color][/font]

Result!

Ah, that's looking pukka! Hopefully it didn't cost too much and it'll be back with you soon. A happy ending if there ever was one, I reckon.

Ooh, that works for me. I do not need/want one, I do not need/want one, I do not need/want one.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1451842773' post='2943928']
Not missing anything.... quite a chummy uninspired set of choices so far...IMO.
[/quote]Boo! Disappointing I shouldn't be surprised though. I can't remember the last time a music TV program really held my interest.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1451833123' post='2943781']
Good channel, but there are so many adverts, and they go on for ever.
[/quote]
Hmm, sounds like a record and fast forward channel. I shall do that.

Bump for 2016, lets get the last of my basses for sale, out of the door.

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1451804581' post='2943492']
Ahh! Thought one of you guys would know.

My bad!
[/quote]Not at all, a reasonable assumption.

Congrats; a real beauty.

I think all the necks are a bit different, I picked up a walnut S the other day and the far end of the neck certainly felt chunkier than my rosewood S. One very nice benefit of the walnut/maple build over the all maple is the weight saving. Enjoy.

I fancy we're more slagging off the manner of the criticism, not necessarily the content. Saying someone's tone is 'unpleasant' is hardly good etiquette. Asking if said player had tried using overdrive is a far less confrontational way of making your thoughts known.

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1451748074' post='2943057']
Why am I rotated??
[/quote]You're drunk!

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1451731587' post='2942796']
I don't, maybe Cocco or Ezbass will know. They seem to have sent emails regarding Elwoods lately!
[/quote]Not me either, but I've never really worried about radius, just nut width.

As my favourite current bass is a Ricky, I'm not going to list it's shortcomings design-wise as I'll start to question why I like it so much

Could be that the thermal cut out activated, I seem to remember that this was an occasional situation with the LM2.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1451566165' post='2941566']I doubt you sounded sh*t. That guy probably just likes more overdrive than you do.
[/quote]He might've been listening with his eyes and because he didn't see an SVT and 'fridge' he made the very rude comment.

They were playing Mountain's, Nantucket Sleigh-ride on the radio today and Felix Pappallardi's distorted tone was truly horrible to my ears (YMMV), not at all like Andy Fraser's exemplary Gibson EB tones.

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1451571653' post='2941617']
What are you going for?
[/quote]Maple over alder Elwood L body, two tone sunburst, satin finish; ebony, lined fretless, 33" scale, 22 'frets', 41mm nut width; drop D tuner; Bassculture humbucker with passive circuit (vol, tone, series/parallel/single coil on a 3 way rotary); fitted with flat wounds. I mocked this up from a number of the stock Maruszczyk shots. If it comes out anything like this, I'll be very happy. I'm hoping that Adrian is going to exhibit at the LGBS and it'd be ready for that, then I could go and pick it up in person. But I'm happy to wait for as long as it takes.

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OK, deposit paid; the wait begins.