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That bass is simply stunning!

3 hours ago, Maxcat said:

I know exactly what you mean. 30 minutes away is close enough for me to talk myself into another soooo easily. Must resist. At least for now 😀

I used to be an hour away, but since moving to London I've seen no improvement, I'm still plotting more ACGs!

1 hour ago, eude said:

Just to chime in, nut widths on ACG 5ers tend to be 45mm, or thereabouts.

40mm on 4s and 54mm on 6ers too, if anyone is interested

Just to chime in, nut widths on ACG 5ers tend to be 45mm, or thereabouts.

17 hours ago, WinterMute said:

So Warwick to ACG by way of MusicMan

Warwick to ACG by way of Shuker for me.

I coveted Warwick basses for much of my youth, I finally got one and played it to death.

When I commissioned my first custom bass, a Shuker 6 string, I could barely play the Warwick when I went back to it, the ergonomics were a really bad fit for me, and I had just got used to it.

After that experience, it's been custom all the way for me, and I have very much settled with ACGs.

7 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

That ☝ is a Bobby Dazzler!

What he said!

43 minutes ago, Jackzucker20000 said:

Maruszczyk emailed me back. 32 is the smallest they'll go on a singlecut...

Argh. That's annoying.

28 minutes ago, Jackzucker20000 said:

But I did reach out to mensinger / Maruszczyk and asked him about making a 30 or 31" sputnik bass. The sputnik is more similar in construction to the JCR...

That's a good shout actually, the Sputnik could be built similarly to your JCR. It sounds like JCR didn't understand your enquiry or just isn't interested.

There was a gorgeous 32" Sputnik 5er on here recently, which is a lot more along the lines you're thinking.

I'm sure they could come up with something that scratches your itch.

30 minutes ago, Jackzucker20000 said:

 

It's a bit difficult with them because he doesn't speak english and I don't speak spanish so we are always tripping over each other but yeah, it's definitely worth reaching out to him about that.

I guess some bilingual intermediary you trust would be the way to go if you went that route then.

I honestly think it's the safest route to what you want/need.

10 minutes ago, Jackzucker20000 said:

Yeah, I have been hesitant to go that route because I've had spectacularly bad experiences with custom basses but it's probably worth looking into. Swan makes something that is 30.75 which I really like but it's very expensive and i'm not sure i'd get my money back out of it if I end up being disappointed. Manne also makes a 31 that looks great. I'll have to look at ACG again...

Wasn't saying ACG is the way forward for you, but they are for me 100%.

What about asking JCR if they would make one for you, along the lines of what you already have, but in a shorter scale?

That's the more obvious solution, to me anyway. You have a bass by them that you really really like, it has everything you want, bar the reach being too much, they'd be best placed to come up with something that ticks all your boxes I'd expect...

Why not look into having a custom 30" 6er made?
You can go for similar specs to the JCR?
I play 31.5" ACG basses, 5s and 6s, and for me that's the best compromise as I can also get a really useable low B with it.

I used to play 33" basses, but switching to 31.5" has been a game changer for me.

18 minutes ago, pantherairsoft said:

It's been over twelve months since I posted my board so I thought an update was due.

There have been a couple of small changes, but the core remains the same. Main shifts: Darkglass is gone (forever - there was always something 'lacking' with the DG pedals for me) and the SA Aftershock rocks. I upgraded my modulation hub from the Terraform to a Synesthesia, replaced a Nemesis Delay with a second Collider (allowing me stack 4 delays or 4 reverbs or any combination as needed) and my 'spare slot' changed from the Matryoshka to the Fwonkbeta. Though the Fwonk plays very well with the dirt section for some synth tones, it's a bit too 'funk' and the filters in the Synesthesia do a decent job for synthy tones as well, so I'm considering replacing this for something else in the same enclosure width - not sure what yet.

 

Signal chain for those that like that kind of thing...

 

Input -> Boss OC-5 Octave ->

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler ->

Source Audio Aftershock ->

Red Panda Bitmap 2 ->

Mr. Black Fwonkbeta ->

GFI System Synesthesia ->

Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe (+ Moog EP-3 Expression Pedal) ->

Digitech Whammy Ricochet ->

Source Audio Collider Delay + Reverb (1) ->

Source Audio Collider Delay + Reverb (2) ->

TC Electronics Polytune 2 Mini -> Output

 

Everything is powered by a Cioks DC7 (which hasn't even hit the 40% load light yet - what a power supply!) and cabled with EBS gold flat patch cables. All mounted to a Pedaltrain Classic2.

That's beautiful!

11 minutes ago, zbd1960 said:

Mine's a Czech instrument - nothing special. I've met Richard and played some of his viols - he mostly makes Renaissance ones rather than Baroque I think? You'd struggle to commission a tenor viol for less than £6k

Small world then!

I think your right, are those a little more fancy?

Did you know he was originally a bass player? He had a wonderful fretless P Bass, it had been refinished, but was lovely.

He helped me build a 6 string fretless bass.

2 minutes ago, zbd1960 said:

The shape is reminiscent of a viola da gamba, which is what attracted me to it. My own tenor viol is rather more prosaic and commissioning a bass is a lot cheaper than a viol. 

 

Who made your Viol?

I used to know a guy who made them a while back, a Richard Jones. He'll be a good age by now, he was a really nice, talented bloke.

35 minutes ago, jimbobothy said:

... my Warwick Thumb Broadneck Bolt On 5 fretless (factory), not seen another one like it and complements the Stage 1 5 nicely 👍:

 

Man alive, I bet that sounds incredible!

27 minutes ago, agedhorse said:

Since their marketing slighted competing products using ICEPower modules, let me provide an alternate perspective.

 

Some designers (me included) use ICEPower parts because of their line established history of both high performance and high reliability. The modules are typically supported for many more years than proprietary designs. This means that customers have more options for servicing their amps later in their service live.

 

For example, power modules are still available (I stock large quantities too) and currently being manufactured for every class D amp that I have designed, going back 20 years. This is generally not true for proprietary designs. 

That's very interesting.

Does that mean that, with advice a Class D based amp could potentially be upgraded?

Newer modules are way more efficient and potent as far as I can tell...

That is absolutely stunning!

Can't wait to see this come to life!

Wow, that is looking mighty fine!

1 hour ago, marleaux62 said:

I also think it would look good with a clear guard on it.

I concur, probably better than pearl actually.

Pearl.

I would almost always usually say black, but that bass needs the pearl guard.

That is one stunning bass!

Good luck with the sale.

5 minutes ago, naxos10 said:

That ACG is a great looking bass, shame the scale length is not 2" shorter (for me).

Yup, 32" is medium scale, isn't it?

Here's my little rig.

Gallien Krueger Legacy 500 into a couple of Barefaced One10s.

How about this little beauty?

https://www.acguitars.co.uk/project/0434harlotmkii5-32/

Or maybe wicker?