Simon.

Not just me then! I think Moore was a technically gifted player and his stuff with Thin Lizzy is great, but his blues work always leaves me cold. For a genre that's all about emotion and feel, I find his input to be really sterile.

Yup, that's the one. Still the best neck I've played, IMO. Anyhoo, back on topic - congrats Ped, it's a beauty!

That. Is. Red! Love it. Wish I had a workshop big enough to loose a bass in... 😁

That is lush! Makes me nostalgic for my MIJ 75RI... Nice. 👍

Glad to be of service!

I do like that! Not sure that even in my most deluded Stu Hamm moments I would manage to negotiate 26 frets, but I would give it a go!

Whenever I see one of these photos in a build thread, I always think of Father Jack... "Drink! Feck! Girls! Clamps!!" Maybe it's just me... 😊 Hope to see the 5 piece neck somewhere soon, it was a really nice combination. I do like the headstock shape you've gone for. 👍

Sold my first ever bass (Jim Deacon!) to raise funds for my first 'proper' bass - Fender P Lyte, which I still have. Only sold one other bass, which was very closely tied to a band I was in, but departed from in very messy circumstances. Couldn't stand the association, so the bass had to go. Currently having on/off debates with myself about shifting my ACG, but that's only because I'm not playing much these days, and it seems daft for it to be sat there, not being used... In reality, I just need to get myself in gear and play more! Plus Mrs Simon. would kill me if I did sell it. Always a bit of an incentive!

Great that it's finally turned up! It looks a beaut. If you don't get on with the rosewood board, you could ship it my way... I've an account with Parcelfor... oh. er. well, maybe not.

I signed up on the pre-order link, but i'll take a couple of sets, @ped 👍

If we bulk buy, do we get a discount? I'll have one to the same spec as @AndyTravis, please! Really nice design - good luck with the build. 👍

L. o. r. d. i. Fantastic Andy, just... fantastic. Well done. 👍

Yep, that's about what I would have done, too. I could live with the graphics, but the headstock shape is just... poor.

I think these look great, and there has obviously been a lot of thought put in to the design. Thinking about the copper version, is there any mechanism to prevent bi-metallic corrosion? As @SpondonBassed mentioned, bridges can accumulate a lot of sweat and gunk...🤢

L. o. r. d. i. That is a seriously lovely colour, @AndyTravis! Well done.

I think your bass looks somewhat shocked at the prospect of what is about to happen to it! 😲 Cool idea, though. Interested to see how it works out.

Maybe not the most famous of names, but Chuck Prophet (ex-Green on Red, many very fine solo albums) has played, toured and recorded with the same MIJ Squier Telecaster since 1984. It's definitely a working instrument, but he gets a great sound from it.

Twins? 😮 That's just not fair... 😍

That is lovely! I'm quite jealous. 👍 I hadn't read the original post from @police squad properly and didn't realise this was a Fender Custom Shop piece. There was a self build someone did back in 2011, which was a nice effort as well.

Was there not a build thread on here for this? Was a few years back... might be my memory failing, but I'm sure there was. Likewise, Herbie was/is a big influence on me. I still have a deep-seated love of LPB basses.

Steven was maybe a bit obvious on the 'clank' right at the start, but one you got in to the song, it felt pretty much normal to me. I still find it strange to see them wailing away with 3 guitarists. They don't, IMO, do enough to differentiate the guitar parts & sounds between the 3 of them. If you listen to just the audio, especially live, you can't tell who is playing what.

Surely some clever clogs somewhere must be able to invent black feet wire, as well? As in properly black all the way through, rather than coated. Bound to be a demand for it, I would think.

Oh my! 👀 That is a seriously lovely colour combo! 👍