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Piece of flat steel or Al of the dimensions you wish. Copy the NS Stick version.

I've never seen a Schecter bass either in the flesh or on stage in my life - they just don't seem to have any decent representation here. Ditto for their guitars. 

They seem like great units and Charles Bertould has a nice looking 6er that he can play the crap out of so they must be at least OK.

Or you can add a long 'strap pin extender' a la the NS Stick. I know the NS is headless, but with lightweight tuners, a weighty 'body' and a little experimentation with the extender's length, you'll be able to se the balance where you want. I've made and added these to my wooden Hohner and Spirit Steinberger clones, and my upcoming custom 6 string (bass) versions. Plus I think I've worked out how to do the same to my Ibanez SR basses as I want the static playing angle more vertical than stock.

2 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Even scarier, I bought the one-off 2019 KingBass MkII 5-string that he had in stock. I am now officially poor.

I can hear my wallet sobbing in sympathy from the next room.

29 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Just a pity that it was nearly £3000 in 2025 money. *Sigh*

I won't tell you what I paid for my, admittedly well used, S2000 then.

I don't think it has anything to do with the preamp, it's just the extremely rigid construction of the monocoque.

I bought a Tele guitar copy from Artist in Australia for $A279/140 quid and it's awesome. It was a return, probably because it's a tad heavy, but that doesn't bother me. No set up required, no fret issues, FnF is perfect and the PUs are great. Haven't tried any of the basses as they're FSOs and don't appeal, but I'm sure they're of similar quality.

On 16/02/2025 at 09:36, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

CNC Machines#

This. The location of the machine doesn't matter as factory quality machines will all be pretty good these days, and a moderately xhilled labour force in a lower wage country means good quality output and numbers for a modest price out the door. The lumber shipping costs to Indo or China are basically free as most is going in the other direction and shippers are happy to get whatever they can for the return trip instead of carrying mainly empty containers.

On 16/02/2025 at 20:29, NickA said:

I was  thinking slave labour.

Maybe in some places, but I've heard the guitar factories in Indo are sought after and well paying jobs, at least in local terms.

17 hours ago, John Sl said:

I got two pieces of plywood and notched them so they interlocked in an X shape.  I put a square of plywood on top.  The idea of interlocking appealed to me.

That's a great design and I might copy your idea when I build the next cabs.

11 hours ago, Jonrh98 said:

I currently use a Sire P5 with usa ultralites and a 63 pure vintage pup, and a Mexi Jazz bass with xtender and hi mass bridge. I'd like to get myself a nice 5 string, active, double humbucker bass to use as a workhorse on my function gigs, for more modern sounding stuff and for the solo stuff with my jazz fusion trio. This may replace the Jazz Bass.

Cort A5 Ultra Ash.

On 09/02/2025 at 02:33, Chienmortbb said:

I will repeat though that the HB has an excellent power section and is worth the money for that alone. https://www.soundimports.eu/en/icepower-700as1.html

There was some mention on TB a while back that the HB had changed from the IcePower. Does anyone have any idea if that's true or not?

1982 Ibanez Musician MC924PW

I still miss my RS824BB, even though I don't play 4s any more, and if I could buy it back I would.

Ibanez Wiki image as I lost all of my old photos of my actual bass.

Fender Jag. Really bad dive, meh tone, OK FnF but not great for the new price. Felt awful compared to the cheap Samick SS I had (still have) so I swapped it through the local classifieds for a near new Ibanez SR370 to a guitarist that bought the Ibby, but decided he wanted a SS and 'er indoors wouldn't allow him to spend any more money. This was a few years back and swaps back to the store I purchased from wasn't an option. I really don't need the SR4, but it's a nice bass and the burst is acceptably subtle.

On 30/01/2025 at 01:43, markorbit said:

If I had a time machine and some funds I'd go back and get a Status S2000 in black weave preferably with the script font on the brass bridge plate. I love the look of early Status basses. All shiny and new.

I still have mine, but it's had the snot beaten out of it, as the previous owner told me it had over a million air miles on it.

Still have my XL2 I bought new.

On 22/01/2025 at 03:36, Machines said:

Mk1s ? Never been able to get them to sound good myself.

This sounds bad to you?

FWIW, I have ab A6 and several other Mk1 equipped basses.

9 hours ago, Yago said:

Thats the reason I don’t want 1265 because they got these Bartolinis BH2 other than that amazing woods - ash and walnut as a top. If there were Nordstrands I would take her.

So swap them out for what you want if the rest of the bass does it for you.

Personally, I have lusted after the 1006 since I first saw/heard one.

12 hours ago, biro said:

The 300 range has no business being such a good deal. It’s honestly incredible.

Agreed. I have a 370 and a 375 and they're awesome. like @horrorshowbass I'm also  a fan of the Powerspans and was almost convinced to change them out at one point, but these days I see no need at all.

11 hours ago, horrorshowbass said:

I'd like a white 305 but they weren't available in the Colonies. I keep threatening to take the brown 256B back to bare wood and refinish it white, but that's a lot of work and I'm a lazy sod, especially as the brown isn't wearing.

9 hours ago, pierreganseman said:

and he's building me a headless 6 30 inch flamboyant with a MAD top 

What's MAD?

Double post, sorry.

8 hours ago, Hellzero said:

This was my Sei Flamboyant 6, excellent bass, for sure, but I traded it for I don't remember what, ask @binky_bass...

 

  

That bass, headless would be a piece of kit I think I could love. Can't afford it though.

3 hours ago, bnt said:

Negatives

Ugly PG, a really stupid design choice on such a modern style bass.

On 16/11/2024 at 01:14, joel406 said:

Wear a tinfoil hat.

But for best results, ensure it has a low impedance ground.

5 hours ago, Killerfridge said:

the more I'm leaning towards just (just) a P bass.

That's like being offered to go out to any great restaurant in your city and opting for Subway.

7 hours ago, warwickhunt said:

 

I did a 'blind' test re 10" 12" 15" speaker cabs(and multiples of) and posted my recordings on BC asking for educated guesses on which was which and nobody was able to correctly identify which was which.  Not a criticism at all but a lot of folk will make sweeping statements about speaker dimensions and tone!  

Having done a substantial amount of DBT/ABX testing of audio gear, I'm not surprised at all. And speakers being transducers, are far less linear than the majority of amplifiers.

6 hours ago, tauzero said:

Pulling my knob wouldn't help

WRT instrument tonalities, there's a considerable amount of knob pulling.

Sweet. I've always wanted to try an M2500.

Love the colour too.