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I am with you I don't like slap but having tried our experiment last year the majority seem to like it even though the majority seem to complain about it. The show is excellent you don't spend the whole day in the exhibitors section there are plenty of other things to do. So you can spend short bursts in the main hall that way it is not really a problem. The noise and the slap are only a problem if you spend the entire day in the hall then it gets a bit wearing. The guys that I see as the problem are the ones that have a party piece and play the same thing on every stand and go to every stand over the day they don't appear to be there to try gear more to show of. Might be totally wrong but having been there for three years you get time to watch what is going on. First year I was there I hated it there was a constant barrage of slap and widdling from a nearby stand and it just wore me down. However the last two years have been much better and hopefully that will continue.

I see complaints every year about slap but if you want a crowd of people to stand and watch a demo then wheel out the slap. We tried what would be regarded as normal bass playing last year and there was little to no interest. Kicked of with the slap and audience straight away. So while everyone seems to complain about it they also seem to stand and watch/listen. Solution no idea,I have accepted that it is the nature of a bass show it gets loud and there is slap bass. The quiet period every year starts of quite well but as the day wears on it is steadily ignored by stands and customers. I bring along a decent headphone setup and found last year more people where interested in using that than the amp.

Most of the standard blocks are around 70mm wide you need something nearer 92mm for the end of a 6 string. I got a custom block make up for the wider finger boards but most of my finger boards are flat so it has not been used to often. I would be reluctant to put a 16" radius on a 6 string board. By the time you sand a 16" radius on to a normal board of between 5/6 mm deep there will not be much finger board left on the edge at the 24th fret. Quite a few have a compound radius to avoid this problem. 16" at the nut but nearer 25" by the 24th.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1416746906' post='2613088'] I find the straps too close together at the top and because I'm only 5' 6" tall the bottom of the case slaps against the backs of my thighs when I'm walking. The chaep Ritter gig bag it was supposed to replace was far more comfortable to wear. Also the zip has fsiled near the bottom of the bah so I have to be careful not to zip it open all the way anymore. [/quote] Have a look at the Fusion F1 I think it has a better back pack setup than the Mono. I use both and they both do an excellent job.

I think you are safe timescale is undetermined.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1416481970' post='2610597'] Im pretty sure if Wal, ACG, Status, Overwater or any of the other UK builders could have a full order book charging £10k an instrument they would do... [/quote] I would settle for getting into the price bracket of the others named in the above. Not sure I would be able to charge 10K for a bass even if I could. To my mind there is a limit to what you can do with a bass guitar, a limit to the materials and hardware you can use a limit to how much time you can spend on a bass and a limit to how much I could ask for a bass beyond which I would feel uncomfortable. I have not reached where I want to get to but I have a ballpark in mind for my top of the range it is a lot shy of £10K.

The bass you have was built for the London show that year and no one even asked about it. I think I was the only custom builder there with a left hander and I thought that would be a plus for the brand but it did not work out that way. Happy to build left handers I have two on the books at the moment but reluctant to build for stock.

For two years I built and brought a left hander to the show and over the two shows one person tried one of them. I then had to discount them heavily to sell them. So from the empirical evidence it does not really encourage me to try again. Having talked to other builders about this their experience is the same hence the lack of left handers from custom builders there appears to be little interest.

All set for tomorrow van ready to load up sat nav programmed. Some bargains to be had should anyone feel the need to spend some cash or abuse the plastic.

Small problem with the fret board at the moment. The table saw I use for fretting has had a break down hopefully parts for it will arrive next week.

I am working on the not played one aspect of this. I am currently putting together a bass which will be a loner so people can try out the asymmetric neck , flat finger board and the filter preamp to see if it is for them. Not worked out how best to do this just yet.

Should be able to make this now. If there is anything in the sale section on my website that anyone particularly wants to try please let me know since I will not be bringing every thing I have avilable.

Due to something else mucking up going to London now looks as if I will be about that weekend.

One of these years I will make this event. Down in London at a bass related event this year what were the chances of that. Bugger.

Doable I would think. Not done one for a while personally I prefer the sound of mags.

Some new clips and vids in the media section on the website. [url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/category/media/"]http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/category/media/[/url]

Should have made clear. The body wood is machined to size the top book match and sized. Purpleheart also machined. Just the neck laminates to sort out and then it is time to get out the big bottle of glue.

Exactly how I see it as well. Leave the amp flat and EQ on the bass.

I have a MB F1 as well but seldom use the EQ but on the few times I have used it with a passive bass and tried out the EQ and filters it seems pretty powerful to me. Not sure that an on board 3 band would be able to achieve much more other than having the controls on the bass.

You can boost the frequency selected by using the upper ring on the filter stack. You can also use the low mid and hi mid boosts on the push/pull on each filter stack. As I mentioned to you before filter preamps don't work the same way as a cut and boost setup and they certainly don't suit everyone.if you don't like the filters run the bass in passive mode instead of using the filters in the signal chain. The passive is a full bypass taking all the active sections out of the signal chain it will still work without a battery in the bass.

Hi The Graft J Type can have an East 2 band active EQ added or an ACG SEQ dual filter pre-amp added but once active they don't have a passive option.. These are both options above the standard passive setup all the details can be found on my website. Alan

If you find the output is low turn the gain up on the preamp inputs they were at the lowest setting so there is a lot of gain that can be added.

Thought this might be of interest. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj7Dphqb9iU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj7Dphqb9iU[/url]

I suspect you have to pay for a table if you are selling but I don't know that for sure. I am paying to be there.

It would be good to catch up Eddie.