Merton

Gorgeous

The new Duff McKagan signature bass has taken all its visual cues from this, I’d like to point out 😃

Half the blocks now inlaid:

It’s custom shop still so you can order from Ashdown

Nope 500W. I’ve had the 800 in the past (the original one) and it was amazing. Wish I’d never sold it (a recurring theme for me on this thread!) and so I went for the 500 Evo ii when it was released because of the headphone socket too. Part of me is tempted to shop it for the 800 again but there’s no point, the ABM takes care of that volume

🤓 The ABM delivers “proper Trace Watts” all by itself, it’s a beast Tell you what actually, my NYE gig was a loud rock band and I had to switch the RM out for the ABM. I didn’t have PA support and the RM was loud enough but had nothing left for peaks. The ABM just destroyed the room in comparison 🤣

Like a bigger version of my Little Bastard funnily enough. God I’m tempted to add to my VU meter collection.

Holy moly 😍

My new Zoot Funkmeister isn’t that far off this colour scheme. I was my idea first 🤣🧐

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F273667535582 Hmmm.

Liking the look of GKs new amps: https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEVPQPn8UL/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=6orgr2ok2kpc

Interesting point! I’m not using flats on this - it’ll have Newtone nickels on it - but even so the B string would no doubt benefit from a less sharp angle across the saddles. Don’t think we have enough room on the body though.... will check!

Oh you totally should video it!!

Mike’s been productive with bits of MOP and an ebony board recently, as these pictures attest. There’s also going to be white binding round the edge of the board, which is going to look stunning given the way everything else already looks amazing

Forgot one important aspect - this will be a set neck design, the first time I’ve had one. Anyhoo, here’s the bridge and ferrule for the thru-body stringing:

See this:

That’s one good looking MM - nice!

I’m still in! I even spent time yesterday deliberately not looking at bass porn and speaker cab goodness and decided to try practice instead. It worked too.

That particular Marusczcyk has sold if you check the price bit! I played it while it was still around and liked it a lot. There is this though...: http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/SH_Maruszczyk_Elwood_4p_Short_Scale.html edit - sorry just seen the comment about tort plates! Damn.

That's the sort of talk that will inspire me to ruin my attempt at this abstinance challenge. Begone, devil! Or, alternatively, PM me.... Ahem.

There's no denying it, none of you will know who Conway Instruments are. "They" are my good friend Phil, who I met ten years ago when I started a new job. A few years later Phil moved on to bigger and better things and started doing wood turning. He progressed from there and started building guitars and ukuleles, and last year we decided it was time for a bass. I've been very fortunate that I've (finally) had a little money come my way from a messy breakup in 2012 and I decided to treat myself. Treat no. 1 is the Zoot Funkmeister (see here for that build). This is treat no. 2. Treat no. 3 is ACG flavoured and will follow soon So... the Taranis. Taranis being the Celtic god of thunder, it seemed a good name (and entirely Phil's idea!). My original thinking was something along the lines of an Ibanez Artcore but we threw a few sketches and ideas back and forth and decided to go a different way. Phil had a body blank for a shape somewhere akin to the lovechild of a Shuker Uberhorn, an ACG Finn and a Jackson (you'll see, it has slightly pointed ends to the horns!). Phil's got some very cool bits of wood to use, and a great idea for making the grain on the top pop out really nicely. I won't explain what it is as I can't pretend to fully understand it, but Phil's pretty excited... Stop waffling and tell us the specs, I hear you cry at your screen. OK: 30" fretless with thru-body stringing Black limba body, ash top, black limba back, black veneers between layers 5 piece limba/maple neck but also with contrasting veneers between the main 5 components so it'll look pretty epic Sexy unlined Pau Ferro fretboard with a 16" radius Grainger bridge with 19mm spacing (wider than I'd usually go), hipshot tuners Nordstand MM5.4 pickup with vol and pickup coil select switch. Here's a pick of the bookmatched back, it's quite stunning I'm sure you'll agree