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And the link to it: https://thinkns.com/instrument/ns-design-fin-electric-bass-guitar/

Truly beautiful, Ben, congratulations! 😍

And I quite like the overall design, just waiting for the price...

If steampunk was like that, I'd be a fan...

For those hating Faecesbook, like me.

Maybe the 40 years old Sanox Logabass with its bridge designed, just like the whole bass, by Christophe Leduc...

I absolute don't agree with all the polically correct proposals... Funnily we went to see my best mate (on guitar) band yesterday evening at a private party and it was simply awful. I also very well know the other guitarist, the bassist and the drummer, the singer less. First of all, I saw them for their release party something like 7 months ago and they were really ace as they are all experienced players with a good rock background and the singer is teaching ... singing. What happened yesterday is easy to explain as they simply decided to deafen every people in that small place by turning their useless P.A. to the max which meant a 110 to 120 dB(A) (yes, at some point I measured it) permanent noise! 🤦🏻😳 And there was no one at any desk, which is a rookie mistake, especially as there were some kids in the audience, so the maximum output could not exceed 85 dB(A). When I saw them the first time, there was a real sound engineer at the desk and the output power was not over the legal 95 dB(A) in a similar size venue, the result was an excellent gig. Yesterday gig was so loud that people were leaving and it was a total mess sound wise with some timing mistakes due to not hearing themselves as the IEM were cutting, like the bassist told me when the host of the party came on stage for a few tunes on bass and guitar with the band, which was a bit of a release as they played way softer... I was waiting for Cortez the Killer has I loved their cover the first time: An incredible mess yesterday, so we left before Kashmir, which certainly was a mess too. The main problem is the drummer who is hitting the drums like a mad man and was ... amplified with tons of bass and low mids in the overall mix. The bass player was simply impossible to hear as was the rest of band, because of that ego. So I'm going to tell them it was really shīt, without managing anyone as they deserve it. That also decided me that it was my last ever amateur rock gig.

But it's a Gary Willis (fretless) with real men strings spacing (19mm).

There's a very nice one at a decent price right now on Reverb: Ibanez LA Custom Shop SDGR 5-String Fretless Bass - Natural https://reverb.com/item/92379215

That said, I hate them... 🤣

I need explanations. 🤔

I was waiting for THAT comment. And it was such a success that Ibanez decided to stop the production of headless basses just after for a very, very, very long period.

With a latency of 40 years for the both of them... I've been playing mostly headless fretless sixers over around the same period, so Ibanez and Dingwall are a bit late to the party, aren't they.

My 1978 fretless Stingray looks ace in natural finish with full chrome hardware. Just give the full chrome a try first and then decide to go full black afterwards should you still want it. That said, in ancient times, Musicman used to do swaps ... maybe it could be worth really insisting on this point.

It was called humour...

This the way they have been protecting themselves from copies and fakers over the years, and it's working pretty well. At least, when you buy an old Musicman you know you're buying the real deal ... most of the time, unlike Fender, for instance.

10 hours later... Or a second later... 🤪🤣😉

Nope, it's for 4 strings Musicman basses, not regular fivers. 😉

If only...

The centre pickup is a dummy coil for the hum cancelling: you won't get any sound out of it... 😉

That looks more than lovely 😍 😍 😍 😍

What about an easy to use preamp like this:

And the slight hum coming from the power generator could be used as a drone when tuned to the desired pitch.

Atlansia built something like this with this Oxford, not exactly what you described, but an attempt to have almost any possible sound by selecting any of the 16 pickups/coils:

Yes, I did a few times over the years. As I don't really use the placement from the bridge because of its inherent inaccuracy, I've always let it in inches and never mattered.