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It's tricky to make a short scale 5er with a good B in a factory situation where wood selection and tolerances are arbitrary at best. By all accounts, the Ibanez Talman gets close enough, but I wouldn't expect many other big manufacturers to get it right at an affordable price point. For a kick ass short scale 5er, you really need to be looking over, probably way over that £1k price point and talking to luthiers rather than corporations.

Lovely bass! Congratulations!

I just bought some rather nice medium scale La Bella tapes from Embra, fantastic communication, strings in perfect condition, and super swift delivery. Thank you very much! Eude

Just found a nice demo on YouTube by JoBass, that sounds very very good, even without the silly low price! Where did you get yours from? Here's the link for reference... https://youtu.be/JHuxs_mnAn8?si=m1XRhGB5-J4nxGlJ

What a day! Be really interested to hear your thoughts on the differences between the Classic and the Killer B.

Does that mean that a flat board would just be a solid colour?

These little guys keep catching my eye, the fact that it's all analogue, and can be powered by a 9V battery gives it an edge on a lot of the competition. I sold my SansAmp BDDI V2, which I probably shouldn't have done, and I'm always of a mind to replace it, ideally with something similar, but cheaper, and this seems like the best bet! Be interesting to hear if anyone has any experience of it...

They will be bloomin' expensive in the US if they're Chinese made given recent events...

Ooooooffft, very interesting. Would love to see a Killer B in 6 string flavour, those were top of my want/need list back in the day. Pricing is bloody competitive too, I wonder how the build quality will stack up.

How's the 30" 6er coming along?

Ah yes, it's a lively place that one!

Yeah, it's all crumbled away, but it has everywhere. Croydon is still making music though, although less of my kind of stuff. I've barely been an active musician since i moved here, as we immediately had our first kid within months of leaving Clapham. I have had a few jams at the studios on Purley Way though, wasn't too bad actually, but the Hive Room(s) out in Horley is way better. Never owned an Ibanez, or a PJB, so wasn't me 😎

We're actually on the Purley Oaks side of Sanderstead, so probably a mere 10 minute walk or so from where you where! It's madness!

Fair point, we're in Sanderstead, and it's not really changed much in 13 years, not negatively at least.

Croydon really reminds me of my hometown, Glasgow, in a good way, no posers, no pretence, and SO much potential. The previous 14 years of government mismanagement, of everything, made a HUGE mess of so many places, Croydon included, but things could be on the up soon. South Croydon hasn't really been as badly influenced by the changes, it's the posh part of Croydon and it's actually a pretty nice place for families, that's where I'm raising mine. Best of luck with it all dude!

Time to escape the Tango Shit Gibbon? 😁 Time to return to Croydon? Been here in South Croydon for 13 years now, and it's not all that bad...

43"?! That's wild!

Was this your old Shuker Horn? Where did this one end up?

Nice one, you can't go wrong with and East Preamp, and Jon does make very nice slim yet stable necks. Looks like a cracking bass.

That's a bit tasty! How long did the build take? Can't wait to see the spec too. Congratulations dude.

I would thoroughly recommend going with 33", shorter if you dare too Also, Newtones are brilliant strings, and perfect for ACGs, hex core nickels being my favourites, but before I rediscovered Newtones (long story), I had no issues using other strings manufacturers too, DR, Dunlop, D'Addario etcs. You might end up with a little more of the string on the tuner than you would prefer, but it doesn't effect anything happening between the nut and the bridge, and if you ask nicely, you could ask Alan to make the B and E strings string through, which would take up any excess length.

If you're going for a 6, I would lean towards the RetroB for better lap balance, and I guess it would be a better fit for your band. The 33" scale thing, I wouldn't worry one bit, I play 31.5" scale ACGs now, 4s, 5s and 6s and the low Bs are fantastic, 33" will be just fine. All my original ACGs were 33" and I never had an issues.

Very kind of you dude. The MC pickups are very much a full range pickup, very clear, powerful and even across the range of the bass. The regular B Series pickups are very very good too however, but each different model has it's own tonal input to be the mix, PB is a split coil P style, FB is a stacked sidewinder humbucker, SB is a single coil and the RFB is a side by side Musicman type are arrangement. I would agree that the preamp is probably more Alembic than Wal in flavour, as the range of the ACG filters is much wider than the Wal, like the Alembic, but you also have more control over the filter frequency, as you can adjust the level on the fly. The DFM also has a global mid/treble stack, whereas the EQ01 has a high pass filter, both are a really nice addition, beyond the limits of a Wal preamp. You can also add a passive tone knob too, which can be useful. I don't think you'd have any trouble getting some Grateful Dead tones using either ACG filter preamp. Where are you with your specs so far?