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Light weight, sounds, quality... at least you have to try one. Like Tony does here:

So you say the body has no effect on the whole instrument? Carbon neck without the headstock is probably the stiff part, but did you consider any other parts as a possible reason to the problem? Bass is a resonating system, not a neck. My biggest issues with basses have been with 5-string instruments. String spacing tends to be something like 17 mm. Tobias, MM, Modulus, Ibanez, Status... I found a Genesis 5 (from BC, of course) which is a dream (35", 19 mm, not incredibly heavy), but I simply do not understand why a five should differ from a four in spacing. Another issue is Fender. Prices are very high although the construction and often the feel is cheap and bulky. Even some Sadowskys have been lame, maybe J and P are not for me. I have played one Pensa-Suhr which nearly played itself, but that's about it.

String spacing at the bridge varies from 14 to 21.5 mm that I know. I see no reason to make it even broader or down to 10 mm if needed. The width of the neck shouldn't mean a lot if it is well made and the strings are reasonable (nothing like thick set and a tenor tuning...). You can also use a good amount of CF in the neck.

Maybe the A or D is written in the user manual? There are also digitally controlled units with analog signal path and so on. If the sound pleases, it is the right unit for you.

Dear Sir, if you read the article in the link...

26? Oh dear, so young and beautiful and... a bassist! I know it will go well. Take it easy. Follow your heart.

I have had a teacher, so mine is the Litespeed titanium tricycle.

Bourns makes MN pots in 250 k and 500 k. https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Bourns/PDB182-GTRB2-254MN?qs=MAZTpT1IVl9lP%2FZA5KktUg%3D%3D

Alpine is as french as my Vigier Passion. Another option could be a Renault 5 Turbo. Small, special, and light. Modulus Genesis could be Vette: both have fiber construction. Affirma is different, so is boxer Subaru and Wankel Mazda (RX-family). Hand built super light fretless... be it a Super Seven. Every bitsa is like any DIY glass fibre replica. But not a Ford Fiasco, no? Clevinger... a ten wheel Peterbilt without a trailer, maybe?

The picture tells something I particularly hate: no soldered earth to the jack. Cheapo. I would never rely on the plate ground only.

https://eepower.com/resistor-guide/resistor-types/potentiometer-taper/ Here A should mean Audio i.e. logarithmic. Are the electronics modded or changed in any way (picture, please)?

After the quarantine happened, I saw here and there that cheapo basic basses (Fender, Squier, Tokai, Warwick...) started a slow but steady rise in price. I was a bit amazed that those simple workhorses got so much interest. But on the other hand high end instruments started to show up with very attractive prices. I was very close to sell my kidneys for a custom Overwater that was under £1 k! The price range seemed to become compressed: cheapo ones raised their price and vice versa. After the vaccination started there is less low priced high end gear, but it is possible to do a good deal every now and then. I do an educated guess that many professionals sold their gear just because the state did not help them. Hopefully people did not have to sell their last tools to keep themselves alive and well.

I see here a functional travel bass. I know the neck profile isn't for me, but a similar bass could travel with me to the cottage or even some work trips. I will acquire or build something similar in the future, serious full scale, and small.

I think they were Aussies, Björn Again was an ABBA tribute.

No, these are not mine, and I have no idea who is this builder. The units just look different and interesting. https://metsn.tumblr.com/post/652279198486052864/anaphylaxis-filter-a-multi-mode-filter-with

There are songs I remember by heart, but if I am asked to play a song, I have no idea of the key, or the beginning. I downright love my tablet with thousands of songs. I do read, and that has helped a lot.

Well, there was NSU Ro80, and that motorbike... Hercules, but it is true that Japanese made it happen. By the way, it was very close that Suzuki did not go bankrupt because of wankel. http://www.suzukicycles.org/RE5/index.html?RE5-Rotary.shtml

Youtube is filled with videos. Learning takes some time. Main points: - it's hot, do not burn the table or thigh or your house - a small iron is good for small work, and a big one good for pot cases and so on, something like 20 - 30 watts could be a universal unit - plain iron is already functional, but soldering stations are not that expensive (check Hakko, Weller, and compare them to a Metcal) - lead-free tins are a chore compared to the older tin, so take your time, train with plain wires - the smoke is mostly resin, if you don't have a fan, go beside a window - clean the tip regularly (wet paper is always at hand) - the tin has to have flux which cleans the surface - twist the wire so it is easier to keep in shape, and pre-tin it first before tinning it to a pre-tinned lug - last but not least, it is hot, do not ever leave the iron unattended!

That's surprisingly good. Some tiny timing issues later on, do you get slightly tired of the repeats? Do not worry about it, just a tiny detail. Try the same standing without eyeglasses just for another take. You do not have to share that version, but try to analyze what was different to this one. Do you get different visualisation or feel if you think you are on stage with the band? Does it have any effect to your playing feel? My playing at the rehearsals is often slightly sloppy, I tend to overplay. On stage I have to be playing for the song, and I can dive deeper to the feeling. This usually makes me play better, and less.

Few notes: The Spruce effects fuzz is in the IE Divaricator (X-over, set to 400 Hz) loop. The plain box is the Vong (https://schalltechnik04.de/de/anleitungen/vong-filterung ) and acts as a filter and a HPF. HB Noise gate is for swell effects. Both attack and decay can be adjusted.

Please no, although I would love to. The right amount of basses is +1. To be honest, I just tried to tell to my fellow chatters that a pure custom is not a simple or easy task. And that a seasoned luthier is one very important help in the process. I will follow this super interesting topic.

Everybody there is in the same place as you will be. Take it easy, the jury really sees your talent even if you would mess with something. So don't worry, but concentrate. Like Tom Waits sings here: "I know I can do it. I'm in total control."