skelf

Have you had a look at the USA price on the Solid 4.

Eude is in London but has a Finn single cut.
Spumbung as well but he has a full custom.
Mark Latimour is also there but with a Finn single cut.

I have indeed seen a single laminate usually wenge move an entire neck blank. This is the reason for letting wood sit as long as possible before cutting it. I also let the wood sit for as long as I can after it has been cut up in to laminate sections. In my case every thing is cut up in to 30 mm wide strips. This is left as long as possible be fore use. A laminated neck with different woods and proper grain orientation is a more stable structure than a single piece. If the single piece does move it all moves the same way. In a laminate neck if one piece moves there are others that don't. With the precautions mentioned above I would always use a laminate neck over a single piece. However there are loads of single piece necks that are just fine.

I don't but I can add they to my current order if you want them.

They do made SS strings but for the same reason as you I always go for nickels.

Just placed a revised order so I will have the following in
stock.

Power wound nickels.
Silencer half wounds
Flats
Taperwound

Guitar strings.


Alan

Should be. Just waiting for prices on the flats but I hope to have one price per string set across the whole range.

Ok I have some pricing now.

4 string set will be £17.50
5 string set will be £21.50
6 string set will be £23.50

As an introductory offer this will include UK P&P.

Cheers
Alan

That is the set I ordered to try out so I will add another.

Alan

I think Mark at Bass Direct might sell these.

I have just ordered a set to try myself. So if you want some let me know and I can add them to the order I have just plaecd.

Hi
I can now supply SIT strings to anyone that is looking for them.

The strings I use on my own basses are the Powerwound Nickel sets in 130/125 105 85 65 45 30.
I also stock the ERB string sets from 165 to 007.


If you are looking for something different let me know and I can get them including guitar sets.

Alan

Could not speak to the guy I deal with today so I will try again tomorrow.

You would have thoughts so. I will call them later today and get back to you.

I will have a word with them and see if the situation has changed which might allow me to sell to a wider audience. I have tried in the past to get the UK dealership for the bass strings but they need someone who can go round shops pushing the strings and also deal with the guitar strings as well.

Here is a link to the instructions for the pre-amp.

[url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk/docs/eq02Manual2009.pdf"]instructions[/url]

That is not funny.

The FB soapbars are voiced along the lines of Jazz type pickup so there is a similarity between the two. The single coils to me have a more aggressive top end on them and a slightly different bottom end.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' post='1266369' date='Jun 12 2011, 05:51 PM']As for Kent living in the USA, yes he lives there now, but in thf 80's hd lived in the UK! when he returned to the states, his son Aaron took over the UK pickup builds under the Wizard operation.[/quote]


Aaron still builds pickups under Kent Armstrong and Son. Wizard pickups is another guy Andy I think.

Hi
As with all wood it depends on the piece you use to build the bass. In general the Alder is pretty light with the odd heavier piece and most of the tops I tend to use on the graft basses are on the light side as well.

Alan

Sorry. That should have been are you sure a spalted board is a good idea for a neck. Spalt wood is not really known for being structural sound.

Hi
Are you a spalted board is a good idea for a neck.

Good to see finally made it over here.
Alan

Good man.

[quote name='henry norton' post='1222528' date='May 6 2011, 07:53 PM']Aww Man, I wish I had a customer like you - seven basses from the same custom builder??? I wish....[/quote]


Believe me Scoop is very much appreciated. One of the plusses of this business is that I have met quiet a few guys who started off as customers but I would now like to think of them as friends, Scoop is firmly in that category.