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I used to trade a lot of gear in the early days of teh Interwebz before most people cottoned onto ebay etc and would buy up lots at garage and estate sales etc, so I've had a few Epi, Gibson and lawsuit units come through and they always hung wrong and dived badly, but nothing like the Kramer Lumi. I'd at least try to put one of the Epis around my neck to see how it feels before ordering. I know it won't be the same, but close enough to give you a better idea of how it will sit on your body.

Congrats on the new bass. I'm waiting on the Klos headstock 5 necks to become available to do a custom build, so I'm happy to get another positive datapoint.

Since you asked, I don't like it at all. Apart from the poor ergonomics it's going to have, I generally dislike bursts, long 4IL headstocks and pickguards. However, I'm not going to be paying for it or playing it. If you get one, I hope you really love it.

Poor ergonomics = hard pass. There are plenty of options that mean I don't have to hold the neck up. I'm glad you like it, but I simply don't get the masochism involved.

Agreed, but my response would have been somewhat less tactful. Plenty will pay the premium though.

Thanks for the detail. Is it not worth doing with the stock pickups (toasters on both basses I have)? Are the outer strings lower in output the way you built yours? Narrower spacing isn't an issue and another build I have planned is for 14mm so I could do the same and get about 6mm narrower edge to edge and keep it better in the magnetic aperture.

So you were the originator of the T50? Glad to give credit. I have no problem with narrow spacing, after all I finger pick the SRC6 that's in my avatar and that's 10.8mm. T40s are rare down here so I want to keep my modified one completely retrofitable.

Miss them? Nah, still have 2 and lots of parts. I've seen a couple converted to 5s and I might do that later my making a new bridge and neck once I get the CNC dialled in. The Retrovibe is sort of cool, but unless it has the same pickup construction, and it clearly doesn't, I don't see how it would sound similar. Plus no ash body and I loathe bursts. I still wish him best of luck with the venture.

Which is where exactly?

I'd put money on the fact of the shape, strap locations and the large headstock mean it's gonna be a diver.

I feel the same about FSOs. I think the EHBs look fine, but the ergos. weight and tone are more important to me.

So? Show that 'you' can hear a difference between the two instruments directly recorded, and then in a mix. Until 'you' can reliably and consistently, then the difference is irrelevant when you can't see which is being played or was recorded.

Happy you found another one and hope you get much enjoyment from it.

The post I responded to was from April 16 this year. Maybe you need a new calendar. Or spectacles.

They may have a patent, but it wouldn't be hard to beat as it's a standard feature in many, many electronics applications for decades. The only defensible item might be a copyright on the form factor if it is unique, and not n off the shelf package.

Physics. Hoffman's Iron Law states that the three parameters that affect speaker performance in a cabinet (at LF) are size, efficiency and extension; pick two. Unless there is a massively different new technology in speakers, HIL will still rule. In 40y of speaker design, I've never seen it broken. Drivers can't really get much lighter than they are now. CF cabs might become more common, but they won't be cheap.

I'd be surprised if it doesn't work the same as the guitar one, and there are videos on how that works.

I emailed them about this the better part of 2ya and was told 'soon' so I doubt they rushed it. When the 5 comes out, and in the same email I was told it would be coming, I'll get one.

That sparkly pinkish one is pretty. Most of the rest of it is pretty standard, if uncommon. I wish him best of luck with the modular preamp, but I don't see it being a big seller. With the battery block, I've done similar in the past with portable test gear but not basses.

This. Control plates are even worse. I'm a big Ibanez fan, so an SR or a BTB. And yes, I own 5s or 6s in both ranges, so this is definitely a 'buy what I have post'. But I want an EHB or two, so add them to the list. Both SR and BTB have MS options if that tickles your nads.

Mine were, and for good reason; none of the opamps used were low power designs and there were lots of them used. When I was on the Alembic Club, I saw many comments about how Series basses when played on batteries and not the DS5, ate through them very quickly, like 10s of hours, not hundreds. I seldom used mine on anything but an outboard supply, usually my own design as the factory unit was pretty average.

Alembics are current hogs, at least in the Series. The S2 have variable Q via pots.

You can copyright it, but if it's cloned, then it costs a lot of money to defend, even in a first world country.

The bridge is an Il Sung BB208.