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I have 5 ACGs at the moment, I think I've owned another 5 or 6 over the years. I have two 33" 6ers, a 34" 9 string, a 24" 6 string and a 7 string headless guitar. All are fantastic beasts. The 34" 9 is absolutely crystal clear across the strings - the glassy clarity of the treble strings really makes for a writers instrument. The two 33" 6ers are both Salace E-Type basses - my personal favourite body shape by far for looks and ergonomics. The Bs are perfectly useable, I'd suggest buying the ACG specific 33" Newtone Strings. The 24" 6er does suffer a little bit when played unplugged in terms of feel and sound because of the much shorter scale, but still sounds massive plugged in. For context, I've owned at least one of almost all known bass brands over the years from the cheap to the highest end boutique basses money can buy and ACG (as well as Conklin, BeeBasses and Warwick) are the ones I always come back to and certainly the ones I have owned the most of! It helps that Alan is a great guy to order a custom bass from, plenty of regular communication, questions answered very quickly and photos sent all along the journey. Sound wise, the below song was recorded with a 33" ACG Salace E-Type 6 string. https://open.spotify.com/track/3PQ5cf4uIpFgrZJojwHbMH?si=z0oZY-F7SgeW0ZoWP-tL0A&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3rKKrxENJGOLArJ4sxEFpq This is the 9 string (when I was 7 stone heavier!) This is a Salace 6 33" (a very quick demo): And this is the 7 string guitar a few years ago with me just noodling about: Hope that helps! Happy to answer and questions should you have any. Russ.

I think you'll find that's a futon sir! But yes, screams dodgy to me...

Picked up this on Thursday. LX basses are genuinely excellent things... I've had a few top end masterbuilt Warwicks over the years and the LXs are really just as good.

To chime in, I've bought a few things over the years, some dirt cheap, some well over a grand. Never had a bad experience yet, found the team easy to speak to and quick to get back to me. Can't really fault them.

Definitely a fan of @Cosmicrains work. Love that 6er too... If you could kindly turn that picture into the actual bass and send it to me, I'd be much obliged.

Mildly, the guy was decent, he rocked up with another big dude and I'm 95% sure he sent a younger guy to scout me out as there was a guy that turned up about 10 mins before he did and was very obviously looking at me as he walked back and forth a good few times... so while a little odd, all was legit. Deal done in a public space, cash only withdrawn after I'd seen the bass etc. I had asked him to send me some specific pictures before hand which he did and the background matched the eBay photos. So... not all that seems sketchy is sketchy! Though absolutely worth having taken a good number of precautions...

It has been liberated.

Dunlop Dual Design StrapLoks are what I have on all my instruments and straps - makes for super easy change overs from instrument to instrument. I've had Schaller before and while they are perfectly good, the Dunlops feel more secure and work for any instruments that might have recessed strap attachments like Warwick or Conklin.

Prices of Birmingham's EasyHotel in Feb: Prices of the same hotel on 5th July:

It's an odd one, a few things have now changed on the listing too. I have had a bit of a chat with the guy, still not 100% convinced if I'm honest (various reasons). Will report back later in the week...

Cool.

Not to the degree he ended up being and the empire they ended up with. Have a read, it's a good book.

Actually, it was very arguably Sharon that made Ozzy famous. (Yes, I have recently finished his autobiography!)

Yeah, easy to swipe pictures of something valuable, also easy to now use AI for a half-passable description...

Feels very much 'unlegit'. Have asked the seller a simple question, doubt I'll get a response. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/405525715716?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tya2sjnks3k&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=mojaVkKDRiC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

These prices really don't surprise me... I doubt they'd have any issues selling out either and with a good slab of this going to charity then I suppose it's for the best that they max out the monies raised. I do want to go, but at £250 for standing, I'm definitely going to have to debate this hard!

Out of the 2000-3000 basses/guitars I've owned over the years, this one is the one that I severely regret letting go. A Nordstrand NX6, hand made by Carey Nordstrand before his pickups went mainstream. An unbelievable beast that I've hunted to find again but it's never resurfaced.

I've got a good number of exotic wood topped instruments - buckeye burl, camphor burl, spalted maple, quilt maple, birdseye maple, bubinga, ziricote etc. When I need to give them a once over I just use a decent furniture polish and a lint free rag. Never had an issue, always worked well regardless of the wood. I'm sure someone will be along in a moment to tell me that I've committed some kind of wood sin, but it's worked for me for 20 years on hundreds of instruments with zero issues.