franzbassist

If it's from a shop it's been on the floor for a long time, as that serial number dates the bass to 2002/03! If you are unhappy, as it's from a shop I'd suggest you return it in accordance with your statutory rights as a consumer.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1446763554' post='2902258'] And Greg Smith, who played bass on the 1995 Rainbow album "Stranger in us all". [/quote] That album passed me by

Neil Murray was in Whitesnake but not Rainbow. Rainbow's bassists were Craig Gruber, Jimmy Bain, Bob Daisley and Roger Glover, but not all at the same time

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1446494125' post='2899849'] looks like I've gone and got myself an ACG fretless beauty...... I'll let you know when the deal is sealed!!! [/quote] Good move man!

[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1446477678' post='2899636'] Shine on you crazy diamond goes on for a while. Good though. [/quote] I was obviously checking the vocal entry time while you were posting!

Floyd's "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" vocal comes in at 8:44

Well done Pete. Stay strong and healthy.

Radial Bassbone and Providence Bass Station would both give you two inputs with separate gain and eq. There are more options out there, such as the EBS you mention, but those are the two I have used with great success over the years.

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1445888030' post='2895112'] I saw this on bass lounge looks wonderful but way over £1000 unless you talked them down [/quote] Way over? Not really.

Having been old school and played just P basses for the last couple of years, I recently started hankering to go back to a 5 string, and then something with active EQ, and then I ended up purchasing this wonderful ACG from the guys at Great British Bass Lounge (whose photos I have used, along with a couple from the ACG site, I hope they don't mind). I have to say, for a hand-made bass for just over £1k it's quite something! So, first things first, the spec:[list] [*]Three-piece body of white Limba [*]Neck is Ash/Bubinga/Ash with ebony fingerboard - zero radius fingerboard and asymmetrical neck [*]Pickups are ACG FB with the East P Retro EQ, plus a 4-way rotary pickup selector [*]Hardware is Hipshot Type B bridge (18mm spacing), Hipshot Stringtree, Gotoh GB720 tuners, and Dunlop Dual Design straplocks [/list] First impressions: The bass weighs 8.8lbs, which is right in my comfort zone, and balances perfectly. The body shape is really ergonomic and it's a delight to fly around the neck. Effortless access up top! The asymmetrical neck is lovely. Again, it seems to make playing so effortless, as the thumb sits more naturally behind the lower strings and there's no temptation to grip the neck. The flat fingerboard is a great idea too, and it makes me wonder why we bothered with radiused boards in the first place? The EQ setup is terrific. You can run it passive, with just volume and tone on the first stack knob, or activate the active circuit, based on the East P-Retro, which adds a push/pull ‘bright’ function (pull up knob on the first tone stack), a bass boost (pull up knob on the second tone stack) and boost either the mids or treble and bass (both with variable frequency, all set via the second stack knob). The 4-way rotary pickup selector (third knob) offers: bridge only/bridge and neck in parallel/bridge and neck in series/neck only and gives quick changes to EQ very easily. So, a beautiful, easy to play, and superbly put together British bass....

Send them an email, they're verty good at replying. IIRC they have three standard setups they can do.

I sold a strap to Brian. He's been a pleasure to deal with, as always

Agreed. I bought an ACG from them a few weeks back and they couldn't have been more helpful. It's great we have a few of these high-quality bass shops in the UK!

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1445452420' post='2891641'] Active fretless bass standard Series £1210.00 so not the £2K mark. [/quote] This +1000

I'd imagine the four screws in the top of the cabinet are holding the head up, so loosen them until the head is lowered to a point where you can remove the screws without the head dropping down, then slide the head out.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1445258635' post='2889971'] For me, it is a feel thing..and if it felt good and right I wouldn't be interested in how much it measured, myself [/quote] +1. I have a standard starting point (see my earlier post) as a reference, but basses can move some way from it according to many different factors.

My initial settings are always: Relief: capo at first fret, press string at end fret, aim for .25 to .3mm at 9th fret String height: capo at first fret, 2.25mm on the E/B and 1.5mm on the G at the 12th fret for fretted basses, slighly lower for fretless Then I tweak to taste on each bass...

The Drophead 30 watt would be the better option of the two.