BottomEndian

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='970668' date='Sep 28 2010, 02:00 PM']Sorry. I'm waiting too! There was some discussion from the artists about fine tuning the date. I'll chase and get back as soon as I hear.[/quote]
Thanks Phil.

Any further/definite details on this event yet? I'm well-keen, but I need to plan in advance cos I'll be driving down and back up on the night. :wacko:

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='970611' date='Sep 28 2010, 01:09 PM']Cobblers. I know - I've played one.[/quote]
Indeed. Also, Howard the Bass Doc's Fender 2x15 is a seriously trebly cab. Bite-tastic.

Even longer shot...

Once my ACG arrives (tomorrow), I may be tempted to part with my fretless SR5. It's lined, and there's no piezo, but the board's ebony. Polyester-coated ebony, in fact. Check it out in [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=91819&view=findpost&p=868522"]my porn thread[/url].

Yes, it's a [i]really[/i] long shot!

Bought Joe's TC Nova Reverb. Top fella to deal with, smooth and easy, sent the pedal out as soon as I'd paid.

Wouldn't hesitate to deal with Joe again.

Another stonker from Moffat. What's the fingerboard wood? And is this the first Gallus to leave the workshop?

Try [url="http://www.ehx.com/"]www.ehx.com[/url] for video demos of each pedal. That should give you an idea of what each one sounds like, and they usually talk you through the controls and give demonstrations of how each one affects the effect.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='970095' date='Sep 27 2010, 09:42 PM']That's the one. £900 I think it was dropped to. Silly money for a bass like that. If it had 19mm string spacing I'd get my credit card out now!

EDIT: That one - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=85921&view=findpost&p=900797"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=900797[/url][/quote]
Yep, it's a beauty. Right up my street with the looks. The 17mm spacing I don't mind, but I'm really at home on 33" scale now. Going back to 34" is a real headf*** for quite a while, so I'd be mis-fretting all over the shop on that one. Even more so than usual.

EDIT: Oh, and the Graft Plus line that Alan's going to be producing occasionally might prove taxing on the wallet too. Check out [url="http://acguitars.co.uk/Gallery/231/"]the current offering[/url] and [url="http://acguitars.co.uk/News/122/"]the general spec and prices[/url].

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='970055' date='Sep 27 2010, 09:22 PM']I had my eye on the 6 string he had up as a stock bass... That's a lot of bass for what Alan's asking.[/quote]
The Recurve singlecut? Hell yes. If I hadn't bought the Skelf 5 from the same batch of stock basses (and with this one on the way), that 6er would have been mine. Alan's basses just do something to me. It's like they're hypnotic.

BUY ME... BUY ME... PLAY ME... PLAY ME... COMMISSION ANOTHER ONE...

Thanks, Eude. I'm dead chuffed with the way it's turned out, and I can't wait to meet it in the flesh. Simple and understated, just like me.

And I'm already starting to think about a fretted companion... We need some sort of "ACG Anonymous" organisation. Scoop would be the group leader, of course.

Who wants to see more, eh?



And the back...



Just a little switching issue to sort out and it'll be on its way down to me. NBD, here we come. And some better shots too, once I get my hands on it.

Last thing to arrive was my TC Electronic Nova Dynamics pedal from the sale forum here. Fabulous multi-band compression. Just what I was after.

Arriving over the next few days should be a matching Nova Reverb pedal, Logarhythm wooden footblock thingie and... my ACG Recurve 5.

And then I hope I'm set for a very long time, because I've spent a s***load of money recently.

A quick google says 220W at 8 ohms.

[quote name='KiOgon' post='969215' date='Sep 27 2010, 10:27 AM'][color="#FF0000"][size=4]That didn't take long! Sold in 5 minutes![/size][/color][/quote]
That's the way I roll, baby.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='969113' date='Sep 27 2010, 08:30 AM']The trouble is, isn't the super 8 pickup the whole selling point of Enfield. Who would buy one otherwise?[/quote]
Hmmm, indeed. I'm sure they're beautifully constructed and finished instruments (if a little bulbous around the lower bout for my liking), but yes, you'd probably only really buy one for the electronics.

I say this having never even been in the same room as one. Could be the bass of my dreams in terms of playability, but at the same sort of pricetag that could get you a pair of matching fretted and fretless ACGs (for example), it'd just continue to be the bass of my dreams.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='969159' date='Sep 27 2010, 09:36 AM']Oh heck. I think these 'price points' have become quite a heated debate![/quote]
At least twice a month.

I just keep a bag of popcorn next to my computer these days.

[quote name='cd_david' post='968872' date='Sep 26 2010, 09:40 PM']Well,

You are welcome to the bottom half of an identical one...[/quote]
Alas, Dave, I can't even accommodate your small, delapidated organ.

If I had a bigger house, I'd be on this like a rash. As I stand now...

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='968769' date='Sep 26 2010, 08:23 PM']Black nylons are as different as I go[/quote]
Y'know, my mind went in quite the wrong direction there...

...or at least I'm assuming it's the wrong direction.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='968056' date='Sep 25 2010, 11:19 PM']Love that.
Thanks.[/quote]
+1. Fabulous.

Have I wittered on about Arve Henriksen yet?
[url="http://open.spotify.com/album/7aBn46Rq8GP3zEGl6qY4dQ"]http://open.spotify.com/album/7aBn46Rq8GP3zEGl6qY4dQ[/url]
I saw him at the Sage Gateshead a few years back as part of the Gateshead Jazz Festival. I knew nothing about him before I entered the room, and I felt like a different person when I came out. Such intensely beautiful and haunting music, just from a guy with a trumpet and a voice (and a friend with a bunch of electronics, of course ).

[quote name='eude' post='968040' date='Sep 25 2010, 10:53 PM']Are you collecting in person? It's a lovely part of the world [/quote]
Oh, I know. I ordered in person. Alan's a lucky fella living in such a beautiful spot. Well... he assured me it was beautiful. It was actually bastarding it down when I was there, with the hills shrouded in a dense fog. But no, I can't see me getting up there any time soon, so it looks like it'll be in the hands of TNT. It's not too far for it to come anyway. The "local" TNT depot's in Carlisle, which isn't that far south of Moffat. The local driver's a good guy too, and the Carlisle depot is used to handling valuable instruments, what with Overwater being in town. Fingers crossed.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='967776' date='Sep 25 2010, 04:33 PM']I'm hoping so. Alan reckoned around the end of the month, but I think he might be concentrating on some stock basses and Grafts to get ready for Bass Day in a couple of weeks. I'm in no hurry.[/quote]
And no sooner did I say that than Alan emailed me to say the bass is essentially finished. Just final setup and preamp tweaks and we're good to go!

[quote name='eude' post='967734' date='Sep 25 2010, 04:00 PM']How'd I miss this update?
Looking incredible dude.
New Bass Day soon then? [/quote]
I'm hoping so. Alan reckoned around the end of the month, but I think he might be concentrating on some stock basses and Grafts to get ready for Bass Day in a couple of weeks. I'm in no hurry.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='967752' date='Sep 25 2010, 04:15 PM']Real pretty. Lovely neck![/quote]
Thanks! I think Alan's got the proportions just right in the neck. Just the right amount of limba vs wenge.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='967748' date='Sep 25 2010, 04:13 PM']The neck plate looks pretty bespoke. [/quote]
Dunno... looks like something someone's bodged together to align with existing neck holes. Gah, I don't know. I'm probably just being far too cynical.

All I know is that if I tried to build a bass, this is exactly the sort of monstrosity that would result.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='967724' date='Sep 25 2010, 03:46 PM']Yesh yesh yesh...shmoke and a pancake? [/quote]
Flapjack and a shigarette?