Kiwi

I have to admit there are a few instruments in my own collection (guitars and basses) that I really like and don't want to sell but I don't play them either . It's not a great time to sell anyway so they're basically wall decorations or filling up a hardshell case in the spare room wardrobe. I do get to 'rediscover' them after a time though.

In terms of sound? It's a little difficult to be objective. I have too much respect for Rob and the Status team to be drawn into direct comparisons, they have made some fantastic necks. So maybe a batch 1 customer can make a comment after they have installed their neck. What I can say though is our neck construction is inspired more heavily by Steinberger. We like the solid full sound of Steinberger necks, the even string response and snappy attack which isn't too aggressive. However the end result can also depend very much on the body wood. So if you wanted to aim for a timbre with more mids, go for a softer wood like light weight mahogany or sapele, alder or basswood. Lightweight swamp ash might be growly as well but it also brings snappy highs. Also set your action as low as possible to reduce string tension.

If I were him, I might be a little cautious about that. It's not technically his property and he probably trespassed to get it. Whether the matter gets enforced or not is another thing though.

Apparently the OLP Tony Levin will take one of our necks according to @thevintagebassist

I remember that one being up for sale for a very long time and the price was reasonable. I was slightly tempted. It's a USA built NS5, not much else to add as it was from a time before Spector started pumping out so many different models and styles.

Vigier, the fingerboard has a preset relief carved into it which means it's thinner around the upper frets than in the lower ones. It's completely unnecessary because if a player wants high action they can tweak a truss rod. But a preset neck relief means there's no way to make the action lower than the relief.

Their ability to make money from IP isn't wholly reliant on products. Licensing can be fairly lucrative.

I bought a near identical 5 string version earlier in the year. The seller said 'low action'. It had the same preset neck relief the other examples I had played. I'm going to get the fingerboard replaced. It's a little brittle sounding and quiet perhaps due to the Lusithand RB800 inspired onboard electronics, but the B string is super tight and the neck is fast preset neck relief not withstanding. It's a marmite thing right now.

I have a clear winner for worst - the Boss SY300. It's not a bad pedal but severely limited in what it can do which wasn't clear in the very limited support documentation or YT videos. And now I can't sell it and free up cash for other things.

They might, yes. I'm not sure where things would stand with long standing published articles by other websites about his previous activity - articles that could be accessed by anyone regardless of social media presence. It seems that any specific comments might have to jump through a series of hoops to be deemed influential enough to be contempt. It might just be easier for a judge to ban jurors from accessing the internet for the duration of the trial. Some of the examples in the article you provided would be considered breaches of other areas of law as well e.g. libellous, invasion of privacy etc. But given a judge's opinion is the final word, in the interests of risk management, perhaps it would be prudent to keep comments and particularly speculation about the trial proceedings offline until there's a verdict.

I'm glad something London based is returning. I wish it was more bass focussed though. But those 59 bursts will be a special thing for anyone with guitar interests.

It's my favourite valve amp of all time. Unfortunately it's completely impractical for gigging unless you have a car and access to car parking. But the sound is just heavenly.

Eoin is a great writer but his writing missed the highly random but unexpectedly profound coincidences that made the originals so worth multiple re-reads. The randomness was born out of blind panic as a creative byproduct of Douglas's appaling time management. I agree about the movie also but it was clearly targeted at US mainstream audiences and...simplified...as a result.

@Manolo F

JB4 Batch 1 #2.2.mp4 This evening I started to inspect the necks in person. This is #2, your neck @Phaedrus01 . I'm going to be sending an individual video or two to everyone on the order list in private just to check in and so we can confirm shipping details and final balance. Hopefully I can send away towards the end of neckt (aha) week as I need to find individual shipping boxes. JB4 Batch 1 #2.mp4