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He owns a guitar so the disability is assumed!

Great BB414 at ridiculous bargain price = happy me. apparently needs some electrical fettlement…but it looks balls ace.

I remembered I had some cow print fabric on a shelf in the workshop so I thought I'd try and have a go at doing a fabric top on the hidden pickup bass Just gotta wait till tomorrow so the epoxy is fully cured so I can sand the top back flat.......👍🏻🤟🏻

A small 2nd hand active speaker is worth a shout! plus you get a bit more versailty! Might be a mad idea but i picked one of these up off of facebook marketplace for £30 recently: https://www.amazon.co.uk/KAM-RZ10A-Active-Speaker-Built-Black/dp/B01G7SYVNK/ref=asc_df_B01G7SYVNK?mcid=684f423ee63739b48154292e5fe4439e&th=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696385059973&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3409122903263770849&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046913&hvtargid=pla-773084311572&gad_source=1 Cheap, small and extremely light and i suspect handles bass better than the very practice amps available. Obviously this is not aimed at bass players but honestly, if your bass sounds good already then what else do you really need from an amp. Doubles up as my practice guitar rig, and will be my music station for the garden when the weather arrives!

Ooh tort… have they got an e-mail address?!

This has been on the cards pretty much since I first discovered ACG 11 odd years ago. It was @eude’s Finn 4 which first drew me to @skelf’s basses and very soon after that I saw a Holly-topped Finn. I’ve been hooked since the first bass I bought, and for a long time had a Holly-topped Finn in my wishlist. It almost became a reality an out 5 years ago but I never got beyond the “annoying Alan” phase. Fast forward to last year, an ebony Finn made me hatch a cunning plan for a yin/yang pair of basses - one Holly, one Ebony. Specs were developed, plans were hatched, then I had to be sensible and drop one of the two. Naturally I kept the Holly plan as it has been on the list since day one and the shape changed from Finn to RetroB. Thus this spec was born and a deposit was paid last July. Today the 5 string bass of my dreams was delivered. She sounds as good as she looks, and I’m over the moon 😎 So, the specs: Limba body, bloodwood accent, holly top 3pc Ash neck with ultra slim profile, ebony fingerboard with bloodwood blocks, 30” radius 3+2 headstock with holly facing and limba rear veneer 50mm RFB in bridge, 50mm OPB in neck Passive vol/tone/blend with coil select switch for RFB Black hardware 17mm bridge spacing (Hipshot A) Gotoh resolute tuners Honestly couldn’t be happier at this point, I am looking forward to getting her out in the wild with Katy Hurt next month 🤠 First 3 pics are from my “unboxing”, the rest are Alan’s:

Yea I’d have guessed the case would be an optional extra but it’s nice to have. Especially since this may be the first unit I could see not needing other pedals with therefore not need an actual board

If only I had the talent for either

I agree !

Nice to see it comes with a case!

In an ideal world, this is true…..but very few “Jazz players” are capable, and many rely on a few licks, don’t listen enough to respond musically to other ideas, and usually (sax and guitar) play wayyyyy too many notes. Tbf, I can’t solo like Ron Carter either…

I think the mistake i've made is there is just too much going on and too much of it. What I'll do is take some inspiration from the next picture and put it into this and enter it next month.😆

I shimmed my P bass with half a quality business card under the first two screws (bit nearest the neck). Worked perfectly and my P bass has never sounded so good, setup was super easy after that. All I did was loosen the strings off a lot, find the correct sized screwdriver and undid all the screws, slipped the business card in then put the screws back in. Only had to screw through a bit of cardboard which was very easy. It added a little bit of angle which was all that was needed. Found that tip on a website somewhere, and it was free! I took it out again to see if it was a fluke and no it wasn't....

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