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Yes, me too. He says he'll be sending some over soon. The neck will be left to settle for quite a few months and then replaned so hopefully its going to be reasonably stable. I suspect the fingerboard will be super dense puriri but we'll see. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the body shape will look like when he gets around to doing that.

Update, he's just glued the neck. He's selected a 7 piece laminate consisting of heart kowhai, tawhai (NZ silver beech) and kohekohe (NZ mahogany). Have to say I don't have a clue what they sound like and Ian is charting new territory as well. The kowhai is very very dense (comes from an old fence post) and the kohekohe is soft so I guess its been choosen for tone. Kowhai: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowhai"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowhai[/url] Kohekohe: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohekohe"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohekohe[/url] Tawhai: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_beech"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_beech[/url]

Have you noticed the size of his pupils in that face shot? They're ENORMOUS!! Almost like he's on something.

[quote name='trent900' post='203307' date='May 20 2008, 10:16 PM']Very true. When they arrive, do you think you'll be in the market for an ultralightweight GK head? [/quote] Maybe in about 15 years which is how long it took them to start marketing hybrid heads featuring a valve preamp after SWR first introduced them.

[quote name='urb' post='203305' date='May 20 2008, 10:14 PM']Yes - I'm having a little chat with him tomorrow... M[/quote] Sounds like nearly everyone associated with BGM is going to be at the gig.

[quote name='jjl5590' post='203287' date='May 20 2008, 09:53 PM']and so the interlocking corners wont match up,[/quote] I found this with the 210RBH and the combo, the corners were out by about 15mm. Doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever.

Stanley Clarke is in town on Thursday as well.

[quote name='trent900' post='203288' date='May 20 2008, 09:54 PM']and mother of god, I didn't realise the things were so [i]heavy[/i]...[/quote] Which is as good enough excuse as any to get a Shuttle 6.0 in my book.

[quote name='jjl5590' post='203259' date='May 20 2008, 09:12 PM']hi guys, i think i've finally decided to go with the GK neo 1001/212 combo. now since there are 2x12 speakers in it, i could either get another 2x12 cab which will lock into place underneath it and fit perfectly. or could i buy the GK neo 410 cab to put underneath it? i'd quite like to have some punchy 10s as well as 12s instead of all 12s. please could you tell me if this would work? (i.e. not topple over) many thnaks[/quote] Oh excellent choice Sir. I would love to hear this rig sometime if you fancy coming to one of the Bassbashes. I've just sold on my GK RB700 1x15 combo and a matching 2x10RBH cab. Normally I would suggest that the 2x10 would be a great way to add punch but I didn't find my 2x10 was that punchy. Having said that, it wasn't a Neo cab either. Maybe the Neo cab might be punchier? (Do they make one?)

Hi SteveO, I remember you.

Possibly Froover? She plays Ashbory basses, however she also says she's in NW Scotland.

Robbie Shakespeare apparently plays PRS basses.

cool choonz!

[quote name='steve-norris' post='202483' date='May 19 2008, 10:32 PM']why couldn't ashdown get it right?[/quote] I think they did, you get a hell of a lot of marketing for your money.

[quote name='fingerjockey76' post='201899' date='May 19 2008, 07:34 AM']Hi, Just thought I would share a couple of pics of my Celinder Custom 6. This 36" scale bass is from 1997 and has a Cherry body with Rio Rosewood on top (Wenge and flame maple veneers). The neck is a 5 piece American rock maple with rosewood laminates and 26 frets. Enjoy [/quote] Wow, lovely bass! Do you have any sound clips?

Why not spin the issue on its head? Given the fingerboard is wood and vibrating, why wouldn't it have an effect? My own experience with trying 70's jazz basses is that it affects the uppermost frequencies - above 1KHz. So fret snap, clatter, sparkle etc are all affected. Of course if you have flatwounds, dead strings or rubbish pickups you probably won't notice anything.

[quote name='thedonutman' post='201730' date='May 18 2008, 08:35 PM']Great forum. This has probably been answered many times before, but what happened to bassworld? I remember I joined just when I started playing a few years back.[/quote] It's a bit complicated, but the short story was basically that Gerard felt it was a millstone around his neck and he didn't want to work with Ped and I on creating a more stable and secure forum.

[quote name='BB2000' post='201402' date='May 18 2008, 10:13 AM']Yes, it's close to the Neo. It's the Neo preamp feeding an icepower 500W asx2 power amp. What I meant is that reading talkbass you'd get the impression that it's a quantum leap in bass amplification, which it isn't.[/quote] Well maybe thats what some of the peeps on TB set out looking for and when they couldn't find anything to persuade them from that view they then knew it must be true? [i]He is the Messiah!![/i] I just know from personal experience what a lot of Emperors New Clothes there is in amps and speaker cabs. Thats why I've been happy with my GK combo for so long. The GB Neopak kept all the GK's tight mid-range, and tamed the sizzle a little. I don't know yet what the low end response is going to be like but the low end response of my EBS cab sounds a lot tighter and better defined than the GK so hopefully... [i]...eet will be TOIT! TOIT LOIKA TOIGA!!! YESH YESH!![/i] Now if only EBS made a Neo212 wedge with extra cheese...

blimey, what a steal. Must have been a fair few tyre kickers on that one then.

Well I tried a GB Neopak 3.5 at Bassdirect and Mark said it had the same preamp section as the Shuttle 6.0. I preferred the sound of the Neopak compared to the MarkBass Little Mark and F1 heads so my decision certainly isn't based on hype. [quote name='Ham fisted Bass' post='201359' date='May 18 2008, 02:14 AM']I do not believe that any more or less people would have danced at the gig if I had used my R500, Walkabout, or SWR heads.[/quote] I don't know about you but I use an amp so I can hear myself against the drums and guitar.