Hellzero

Like it a lot, very nice job, but having an acoustic sounding loud enough can't be achieved with an archtop which will be more focused on mids, that was your only "mistake", even if I don' t like the word in this case. Put a Fishman BP100 in (on will be more appropriate) it and you'll have a very very good sounding bass, I can swear it as your conception will ccorrect the default of the BP100 which it's tendency to be a bit muddy.

Having tried a few, avoid the very low cost ones. I own a Stanford B61-5CM which is a terrific instrument with standard 9/18 mm strings spacing and just a volume. The low B is precise and clear, but not powerfull, the rest of the bass is very well made in ... Europe. It's the "low cost version" of the Furch Durango B61-5CM. It's more than what you expect to put in the market, but it's worth the money. The Stanford B6Stanford B61-5CM with sound on the second link : https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/Stanford-B-61-CM-5-B-Stock-/art-BAS0006636-000 The Furch Durango B61-5CM with sound in the second link : https://www.thomann.de/gb/furch_b61_5_cm_acoustic_bass.htm

At this price tag, it's a gift, even at full price, could be worth looking at it. The Stanford-Furch has an advantage which is the regular string spacing at 9 mm at the nut and 18 mm at the brigde, so an easy to play instrument...

Having troubles with Outlook, I went to Gmail, what a bad idea : there's an automatic feature by default that erase your trash, fine, but don't push erase when there's nothing in the trash, it will delete the reception page showed. Not so funny ! I think I'll go back to Thunderbird in the end, which is what I use on my Linux based PC without a single problem. That said for my Android and Windows machines I switched backnto the new version of Outlook, sometimes a bit slow, but not stupidly automatic designed by default.

Eh, the 36 inches scale basses, loved them a lot, but not my capsulitis, had to sell them to get back to 34 inches scale in 4, 5 and 6 stings. Strangely the 41 inches scale of my 6 strings EUB doesn't bother my shoulders at all, must be the playing position... Hope you'll find what you are looking for, but my trick will work as it's as simple as physics laws.

Bought "3 x sets of cheap DR Lo-Rider Stainless Steel 6 String Bass strings 30-125 brand new and unused" from Jon. Got them lightning fast even if I'm in Belgium and the communication was excellent. The strings were as described. Jon is a real credit to BassChat and a pleasure to deal with, so go on trade, buy and sell in total confidence !

I own a Stanford B61-5CM fretless (the "low cost" version of the Furch Durango B61-5CM). Just like you with 5 strings, I prefer a high C string to a low B one. So, even if the Stanford has a decent, not powerful but, good and defined B string sound I had the idea to put some Thomastik AB344 with a high C as I did this before on a fixed bridge full body bass (a Stradi Symphony Bass 5 fretless which had Thomastik JF345 originally, so a high tension B string set that I converted to a high C with a Thomastik JR light tension set which is the roundwound version of the JF flatwounds). The intonation is perfect because of the lighter string gauge compared to the original strings, but the truss rod must be working fine as there will be less tension... It's working fine and I'm very happy with the sound being acoustically or amplified. Here are some links : https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/Stanford-B-61-CM-5-B-Stock-/art-BAS0006636-000 https://www.thomann.de/gb/furch_b61_5_cm_acoustic_bass.htm https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomastik_akustikbass_satz.htm https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomastik_ab34035_c_string.htm