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Just adding my 2p here. To my ear, a bolt-on bass has a quicker attack, and really works well with a fretted bass. A set-neck has a slightly more organic, ever so slightly softer attack, and lends itself more to a fretless bass. A neck-through, sounds like a set-neck only with those characteristics even more pronounced. As far as sustain goes, there's no difference between a well designed and well executed bolt-on, set-neck or neck-through these days. If you are thinking of going for a brand new top quality bass, I would thoroughly recommend speaking to Alan at ACG Eude

Jings, that does sound bad! Did it take your thumb nail with it?!

I expect it was down to what might be perceived as lower wattage when compared to newer class D heads, even though watts do not equal watts in real terms, but lets not get into the solid state heft vs class D debate here All in, the original Walkabout was VERY expensive compared to a lot of newer fully featured class D's claiming 3 times the wattage, makes it a hard sell really. It could also be down to not being able to source or perhaps even use specific parts anymore? Eude

Very nice! 2 weeks before the nail incident, I was demolishing an enormous 4.5m X 4.5m shed in our garden which was hand built by the previous owner of our house who was a professional bodger. I was taking the massive roof panels off with a bolster and a dead mallet to break off the nails holding them on, up a 2 metre ladder on my own. Lost my balance, managed to land on my feet, albeit on concrete which hurt a lot, only to realise the bolster, which I'd dropped, had landed sharp end up and gone about 20mm into my shin when I had my "lucky" landing. The nail I stood on 2 weeks later was from somewhere on that enormous shed. I hated that shed, but I won! Back on to basses though, @LukeFRC, great work on that bass! I like the finish as is, but sparkley would've been very cool too... Eude

My Crocs have a nice big hole in the sole from when I stood on a nail, straight through and right then through my foot, but to the credit of the crocs, it didn't penetrate the top of the shoe so I guess it could've been marginally worse. When I pop out to the garden during the winter and get a wet foot I'm reminded of that fateful day and resultant trip to the hospital Eude

I would certainly see if it is repairable, and affordable to do so before committing to a decision. You'd be able to sell it on hopefully without losing too much with it fixed, rather than in pieces at least, so the cost of repair may be worth it in the long run. Why stop at 2 ACGs? I've got 4 with a 5th underway 😁 Eude

Fair enough mate, and I totally understand why you would lose confidence in it. I guess you'll just have to see what happens then. At least you've got a nice new ACG to look forward to, to keep your spirits up 😎 (I've got another one in the pipe now too...) Eude

No harm in doing that arm curve on a Corvette shape?

Trick, but I've always been a sucker for Warwick designs, so that would get my vote...

I wouldn't worry about getting all the way up there on the B, I tend to work my way to another string once I get up beyond the 10th fret max, the clarity of notes higher up the B tends to get a bit mushy on all extended range basses I've played anyway. I'm a sucker for a matched headstock, so it would get my vote anyway Eude

I play 31.5" basses, and have a couple of fretless examples. I've not really found any intonation issues to be honest. I went shorter for comfort reasons, and I guess my intonation might be better as I find the shorter scale less of a stretch allowing me to have a more natural hand position and hopefully better technique as a result. Less things to worry about means you can focus better on the tricky stuff. I wouldn't be put off trying a short scale fretless at all, you get used to whatever you play, that's what I've found anyway. I would certainly make sure your dots are on the fret lines though as mentioned above, that makes life a lot easier! Eude

Oh dear. Are you waiting to see if it CAN be fixed, and if so, how much, or have you given Jon the go ahead to just get cracking? He's certainly a busy man, and his communication is a little lacking during extra busy spells, but he always answers the phone... Eude

It is one of the comfiest 6er necks I've played to be fair @Andyjr1515 , but folks certainly shouldn't be put off trying a 6. Those out there who struggle with a 5 string neck should steer clear, but us bassists tend to have stronger and more flexible hands then most so it would make sense that we can easily adapt @Jimothey, I had the precursor to your Washburn Bantam, the MB6, my first 6 string bass! (pic stolen from elsewhere, I only have video footage of my playing mine live - oh dear) >> Not nearly as cool as design as the Bantams, and very much of its time, but it was a lovely light and easy to play 6er. Washburn made some cool basses, but they never seemed to hit to mark for most, which is a shame. Aria were making really cool basses, and 6ers around the same time, early 90's (showing my age...) Excited to see what you do with this, will you do a matched headstock too? Eude

I may well just do you some now! At least you didn't ask for Wonderwall...

No problem mate, will work something out. I have one of these >> https://shop.olympus.eu/en_GB/recording-dictation/audio-recorders/ls-100 which I can plug straight in to, completely clean signal path bass -> digital 😎 Eude

It does sound lovely. I'm playing a couple of finger style examples and maybe a bit of Primus too

Yes indeed, would be nice to hear how things are progressing...

Hey mate, not yet I'm afraid. Juggling young children and work is making doing anything much for myself pretty tricky, even getting to a decent barbers has eluded me for longer than it should, I'm starting to look like Tom Hanks in Castaway! I was hoping to get a couple of videos done, but doing this without waking the kids is basically unpossible. If I don't manage over the coming weekend, I'll just do some audio with my little Olympus digital recorder and pop them on SoundCloud. While you're here, is there anything particular you'd like to hear? Eude

Holy Crap!

That is stunning mate, congratulations! Eude

Ha ha, you could say it's the Sloth (from Goonies) in the current Fender lineup... Eude

Finding it extremely hard to leave this bass alone, I actually went and found where it was hidden last night...

Make you think doesn't it...

Hmmm, not my thing. If they hadn't coloured in round the pickups, it would be a lot better, but still a bit fugly. I really struggle to see where the £5500 has gone on this. Is that what a custom shop Fender costs? Eude

I have to say, I'm intrigued too. I'd love to know how they compare to the likes of a Phil Jones BigHead which seems to be regarded as the best available in this field of products. Cheap practice amps tend to struggle with high output basses and low B strings, my little Vox AmPlug does not like either of these things, so I'd be keen to try something a little more up market and HiFi. Eude