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[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1425213181' post='2705068']
Kinda liking this bass. How does plexi work out as a guitar material?
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Depends how much abuse your back can take. I built this:

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...and it's heavy enough to have its own gravity & weather systems. Seriously, it's about 13.5 lbs, a proper boat anchor.

I wouldn't say the body material affects the sound, it sounds pretty much like any other Precision with a DiMarzio Model P.

Jon.

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[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1425213181' post='2705068']
Kinda liking this bass. How does plexi work out as a guitar material? I know a lot of drummers hated the plexi drum kits (except for Bonzo - gratuitous opportunity to show his lovely Amber Vistalite) :P
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The acrylic body is quite heavy so it's smaller than the standard J shape which IMO is a good thing as I found it more comfortable and there was much better access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. What I didn't like was the angled neck pickup. Far too uncomfortable to use as a thumb anchor and IMO the tonal advantages of moving the pole-pieces a few mm in relation to the string length are dubious to say the least. Unfortunately because most acrylic and plexi instruments are low-budget, the finish especially on the see-through parts is less than optimal.

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I'm probably gonna get the dillweed of the week award here but I'd have thought a denser/heavier material like plexi would have been a good thing?
Also that angled pickup thing has always puzzled me too. But then we are very 'butterfly flapping it's wings in China' about our gear :)

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[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1424640668' post='2698709']
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[*]Crafted of lightweight aluminum tube with an aluminum fretboard, backed with wood. Weighs less than a standard bass. Optimum balance, since tuners are mounted on body rather than headstock.
[*]Stainless steel frets.
[*]Flexible pivot joints at the nut and bridge absorb all warping forces, so the neck stays straight for the lowest possible action.
[*]Fits a standard bass gig bag.
[*]Brushed aluminum subtly reflects the colors of stage lights -- ideal for live performances and videos.
[*]Even response at all playing positions from fret 1 to 24 on the two-octave neck. Dead spots common to conventional necks are a thing of the past.
[*]Produces incredible attack and overtones impossible to achieve with a wood-body bass, because wood absorbs sound. Think of the advantages of a piano with a metal frame over a harpsichord with a wood frame, and you can imagine the advantages of the F4b bass for modern playing styles.
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A Voivod fan then? :D Piggy RIP.

No Warwick Buzzard love?

Love, love, love gelfin's Kramer

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1424883410' post='2701562']
Until very recently I had one of these...

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/136006-for-sale-shergold-twin-neck/page__view__findpost__p__1233806"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__1233806[/url]

(see [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/254282-more-love-for-wunjo-and-basschat"]http://basschat.co.u...jo-and-basschat[/url] for what happened to it)
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How curious - if anyone's interested, the guy who bought my Shergold double from Wunjo has recenty listed it on eBay... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shergold-Custom-Double-8-String-4-String-Double-Neck-Bass-UK-1980-/141595790819

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