JohnH89

TBF , I Iove a thick dubby sound . The 734a works for me for any songs I play . It really is the go to bass for me . It will do pretty anything that I want it to do .

The preamp is far from a waste of space IMO . And its not a lot of space to be fair . You can flick a switch and run it passive . Not sure what is to be gained by a body swap 🤔

Great work dude . The offer of the headless neck is still there when/if you get round to it . The idea that you can make such a thing of beauty , but reckon that a neck would be a step to far is alien to me , but everyone has their areas of expertise i suppose . I wouldn't have a scooby where to even start with 3D printing . No need to be too wary of chinese necks . Who is the seller ? . I've bought a couple over the years and after a bit of finishing they have been fine . Both of the last two have had fingerboards removed and replaced with homemade fretless ones . I do think that you may be a bit tight for 18mm spacing with that neck but would not hurt to have a measure .

To be fair , I wouldn't leave until I've been paid . I'm not easy to say no to , and can be a proper pain in the arse if necessary . 😁

I had them make a slab P bass body some years ago out of baseball bat ash . It weighs a ton , which I expected and have no problem with . Great work from them and a lovely piece of wood . All perfectly as specced and playing it still with a DIY fretless neck conversion . Go for it 😁

Lemmy ! How very dare you . 😁 . Not a bass player as much as rhythm guitarist who played the bass . Legend

Looking good . Just an idea for you . Lose the choc blocks and get yourself some wago connectors from screwfix or the like . So much quicker and easier if you are changing things around

I have to disagree with your disagreement . 😆

I know what I agree on . Can't speak for the rest of you .......😁

Shim at bridge end of neck pocket . Business card or similar . 1/2 in or so wide and full width of pocket . Don't be led down the rabbit hole of full pocket shims , angled shims or horror stories of ski jump necks . Seriously , this has been done for years by major manufacturers with no ill effects .

McNeela or Ozark will get you in the ballpark . Decent instruments .

Personally I'd go for the Irish bouzouki . Longer scale length sounds better to my ear . Both are beautiful sounding instruments . The only place I can think of to try them out would be a branch of Hobgoblin music . I don't know if you have one reasonably local .

Please take his tools away .

And yet you still feel the need to post . That is my contribution to the 'bitchfest' .😁

I have a very good idea what mine would say 😁 . But not in polite company .