Hellzero

I had a few Pete Skjold basses including a Whaleback like the model shown above and these are excellent basses, not AI generated. The anchoring system was something he tried years ago, but did continue... He is inspired by JP Basses like our own @skelf and even bought the rights to Jean-Philippe Ferreira (the guy behind JP Basses) to continue his work under the Denoncourt series, when JP decided to stop making basses. You can write Pete an email: he always answers.

It was about time as she deserves it more than any other bass player. What a career!

That said, this technique is not really new and Robert Benedetto made two acoustic archtop guitars with similar wood, simply stating that the sound holes were already naturally constructed by the worms. "Il Teredo (Serial #S1416GP) The sound holes are naturally constructed by the Teredo mollusk, also known as the Ship Worm. One of the most unique guitars we've made!"

You can get that weight with non destroyed wood. When you think you've read and seen all, someone is there right the next corner waiting with his bullshìt marketing. Next one will be totally rotten wood falling apart glued with punks' spittings? That said, I'm on the tonewood side, but when stupidity hits the target, all I can do is 🤦🏻

Both techniques for me.

Just let us know when the album is out, hoping there will be a CD too as I really don't like streaming or downloading music.

@Soledad as you already have Vanderkley cabinets, why don't you couple them with one of their heads? I know they are hard to find, but it would be worth a try. I've also had tons, literally, of amp heads and as I'm always looking for transparency sound wise, the GR Bass One 800 was the most transparent very slightly coloured in the high mids, so would be my number 1, Vanderkley Aurora or Spartan being the benchmark to me; then would come the number 2, the Eich T900 as they use the same power amp module, but have a bit more warmth and tad bit less definition; number 3 would be the Glockenklang Bass Art (Classic) head (300 Watts for the first generation and 400 Watts after that) which would be closer to the Vanderkley heads, but sometimes a bit "sterile" when all flat. The MarkBass heads have too much low mids to be considered uncoloured, just like the Aguilar TH series, the AG series being their best models for sure, but not really uncoloured. The TC Electronic RH 750 head has to be tried too, even if a bit old, this is an excellent "uncoloured" head slightly scooped in the mids when flat, so a number 4. The Epifani heads are also coloured as well as any Mesa Boogie: You don't buy these for their transparency, but for their sound signature. I've always loved EBS gear, but there's a deep signature to their sound with too much low mids growl and a brighter top end, so again coloured. The PJB heads sound meh to me and their announced output power is really optimistic... I've never tried a Handbox head, so will rely on users' comments. I'm now back to FRFR with a HeadRush "rig" (Core + 112 MkII) as it's, eventually for me, the best totally uncoloured tone, but if your bass or your playing is dull, the final tone will be dull too, that's the flip side of this... That said it can transcend your basic tone too, if it's a good one. 😉 Good luck with your quest.

That smile on your face says it all @Ben Jamin... 😊👌🏻👍🏻

The GR One's I had could go as low as 2.7 Ohms, but not 2 Ohms. Great rigs, and that 2x15's plus 4x10's must speak the devil.

Holdsworth fan here!

Hipshot tuners...

Sounds like he needs a good bass tech as everything is sounding exactly like a too straight neck and a too low action especially as he has not a soft touch at all, so it ends up like this: an awful rattling mess.