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I spotted these the other day. Are you liking it a lot then? I tried the Tech21 Bass FlyRig 2 and it left me a bit cold, considering the price tag and the fact I love my BDDI it was weird. What are the amp Sims?

That's awesome, will try and pop in in the near future. Thank you.

There's a Yamaha shop in London?! Do they have any of the new Ampeg Venture stuff to play with?!

Very nice dude!

Ah, but will you go headless? What other specs you looking at? I assume you'll be speaking to Mr Shuker about this bass, so which of his designs have caught your eye?

I just sold an ACG 6 string short scale bass to Russ, and he was an absolute pleasure to deal with. Great communication and an all round good egg. Thank you dude!

As I recall, my old Shuker 6er had a 57mm nut, which I found a little on the large side. I've since had 50mm and 54mm nuts, and I think my preference would be more towards the 50mm, or somewhere inbetween, as I have fairly small hands.

To be honest, I don't think this does anything bar making it easier to use a LONG scale string on their 33" scale basses. If the bass is designed, built and set up properly, which you hope it would be for Fodera money, anything beyond the nut is pointless. I do kinda dig how it looks though, but I appreciate it's a little funky looking

Well executed break angles on a bass at the bridge and nut render the length of the string beyond the speaking length, i.e. beyond the nut and the bridge saddle, irrelevant, and is a big part of getting this stuff right on any scale length. It works so well on your Leduc as it's a really well designed and well built bass

Very good point. I get custom wound Newtone Nickels, using slightly thicker than usual hex cores which is intended to help a 100 E feel more like a 105 on the same scale length. I have tried regular long scales on my basses too, and the only real complaint would be too much string on the tuning post.

I play 31.5" basses exclusively, all ACGs. All my current basses have a low B (although I have a 4 on the way) and they are absolutely brilliant. As @bassist_lewis mentioned above, there are a lot of other factors that determine how good a low B sounds and feels, so if a luthier has figured out the secret sauce, it's possible to create a very musical low B on a shorter scale bass. Neck rigidity, how well the neck meets the body, break angles over the nut and bridge, string choice, all play a very big part, and I would argue, if you can get those right, the scale length has less of an impact. And, I actually went for lighter strings when I went shorter, which to my ear can counteract some of the more bassiness you can get when you go shorter. I used to play 34" basses, had a spell on 36", and then discovered 33" scale which I played for about 10 years I think. From there I moved to 31.5" and I am very happy where I am now. Anyone out there who thinks it can't work, I suggest you try it, you might like it Eude

Very cool. Part of me hoped it might've been th now fabled SEQ and that you'd want to swap that out for something else... Been trying to get my hands on one for a while!

What preamp is in it now @ead as it started out passive, seems to be some stacked knobage going on now?...

That's brilliant my friend!

@ead is this your old one?

Bigger is bigger. That's the only certainty with this stuff...

You've missed out 31.5", which is my preference these days.

#helping

If you go for the right bridge you'll easily have 5mm adjustment each way, like the Hipshot Type A.

Now worries at all dude. I reckon 17mm is the sweet spot. If/when I order another 6, I'm going 17mm, my current crop are all 16.5mm but a hair wider might help with sloppy chops 😉 Make sure and share info when you pull the trigger dude!

Yup, definitely 18mm as I thought. You thinking about commissioning a new 6er?

I think most earlier 6 string ACGs would've been 18mm as standard. I will check with the boss

Lovely bass matey, congratulations!

Good god man! Have mercy!

Ah, fair enough dude. I've got two of them, I'm suffering from that "Grass is always greener" syndrome I think!