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I dunno if posting pics of fakers is contentious! So delete if I'm on thin ice! This is my retrovibe bought from a basschater. Dave from retrovibe sent me a black bridge. I sourced some new tuners and had bassdoc make a new black pickguard and blank TRC. Switched out the pups for a set made by Alan at catswhiskers and he added more coil(?) so I could get a warmer tone. Similar to my old 80s Ray. It sounds great and the actual bass is of a decent quality. [attachment=166185:photo 1.JPG] [attachment=166186:photo 2.JPG] [attachment=166187:photo 3.JPG]

Love it!

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1402470892' post='2473746'] Any idea when the CDs themselves will be available? [/quote] Hi EAD The CDs are at the manufacturers now. Though it's taking them a little bit longer than expected. We will have them by the 18th or 19th next week and will be posted to the pledgers that day. The official release is the 8th of July.

Just picked up a Parker Tomahawk have to say couldn't be happier. Didn't need an acoustic but I really love this. Surprisingly loud and awesome! [attachment=164724:photo 3.JPG]

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1401414964' post='2463456'] Stevie, got the download and just loving it. Congratulations on a great album. I can't stop playing it. I love the whole vibe of it. Superb playing all round. I can hear some Yes influence on it, right up my street. Well done that man,sorry, that band. [/quote] Thanks so much Sam really happy you like the album. The feedback so far has been great. Some of the guys are big Yes fans, I purchased a Rickie and a plectrum just to keep them happy!

The Massive Improve'lence!

Bought some strings off Matt they arrived quickly and are splendid. Great to deal with!

Thanks again ead we are about to release another video for Pledgers and are working on the packaging so all go at Ganz towers!

Hi Rich we decided to focus the site on the campaign as we were a bit worried about not reaching our target. We've sold quite a few CDs over the years but haven't exactly harnessed the power of modern communication. It turned out we reached our target quite quickly. So it might be an idea to open the site up again. We were looking to do a redesign so it seemed like a good idea. The band have been going in one form or another for over 20 years which us nuts! I think you can only pledge through Pledge Music though. Thanks Nigel we've spent a lot of time trying to get things to sound right.

Hi Folks thanks a lot for the taking the time to listen and the kind words much appreciated!

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1398028464' post='2429745'] Exciting this ain't it? [/quote] Lol it is for us we are the slowest band on the planet! The Pledge thing has been great for getting us moving!

Thanks a lot Sam I really appreciate it. We are just arranging the mastering now and finalising the artwork!

Hi chaps thanks for all the positive feedback! And Oops thanks for the pledge I really appreciate it. I hope you like the album when you get hold of it, we've put a lot of work into it and are all proud of it. Thanks again!

Cheers for the Feedback Rich, we need to do a few more vids for the pledgers so I'll keep your points in mind mate. Alright Oops very very kind of you. Our website is currently being used just to showcase the Pledge campaign here is the link http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/abelganz which tells you a bit about the new album, we have Jerry Donahue from Fairport Convention guesting on one track which is awesome. But there are loads of great musicians even, pedal steel players, flugelhorns even a brass band

Thanks for the kind words lads it's been a looooong time in the making! It's a great bass the Stingray packs a wallop, I love it.

Hi Everyone my band, Abel Ganz are about to release a new album. We are running a pledge campaign and are at over 100% at the moment which we are over the moon about. I put together this video as a preview to one of the tracks 'Unconditional' the whole tune clocks in at over 14 minutes, this is the intro section. For anyone that's interested I played a 77 Stingray with a clean signal going to an RBI and a another clean signal going to an RPM and the engineer reamped it in the studio! I hope you like it and I hope this is the right forum! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXxtqIgsYpk"]https://www.youtube....h?v=dXxtqIgsYpk[/url]

What's the string spacing on that?

Hi folks wondering if anyone could suggest a wide 5 string bridge. I was looking or replace the MM type bridge on the retrovibe I just bought but the big holes made by the ferrules means any replacement has to be a bit on the wide side about 10.3 cm. I just got a hold of a Schaller 2000 5s and it's a bit too small. The hipshot transtone and B style I think will do the trick but any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Spoke to him seems a great guy and he was looking for some spares he might have but I was thinking about maybe a hipshot or a schaller or something though. I know they are kind of MM copies just wondered if there was an alternative out there.