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Calling @Steve Browning ! I've done it the other way a few times, there's a lot of papers to fill, but you won't have to pay any exporting and importing taxes.

Plus 3 days every 10.000 years to be very precise. Bloody dyslexic mathematicians.

I feel for you.

You also have the 28 system based on the moon, the 60 system based on minutes and seconds, the 365 system based on the sun which must be corrected every 2 years, the 5 system based on your fingers, the 12 system based on the months and the delirious royal system that has been abolished in 1999 after a whole century to adapt to the MKS system (apparently it didn't work at all ). From now on, I shall speaks in halfhands for weight, in peenuts for time based on the time between two pees and semilegs for distance, so it will be very clear. All these new measures won't be fixed, but will depend on my mood, the speed of the wind and the amount of rain per day.

Measure twice twice (it's not a repetition) and drill once. 😉

Looks like the fridge era has come to an end. Still remember my Ampeg SVT rig at 120 kilos... 40 kilos for the head and 80 kilos for the 8x10". We were young and...

Indeed @Nicko, but as it's BassChat here, I preferred a bass related example. 😉

Try a Kramer 450B with the huge distance between the two pickups and you'll understand immediately that the scooped sound (when the two pickups are used together) comes from the inter spacing, easily explainable by the phase cancellation of the low mids due to this ... distance.

Here are some of my basses weighted in kilos. Hey, it's been 22 years since the end of royal measures... STANFORD B 61 CM 5 FL OP (acoustic bass) : 2,5 kilos LEDUC UMM-4F : 2,6 kilos IBANEZ AFR A304 : 3,2 kilos IBANEZ AFR A104F : 3,3 kilos KRAMER The Duke Deluxe : 3,7 kilos WARRIOR Dran Michael 4 (DM4) Custom NT Signature : 3,8 kilos SIVCAK OSCII 5 : 3,9 kilos STRADI Symphony Bass Fretless 5 : 3,9 kilos WOOD & TRONICS Zoid 5 : 3,9 kilos LEDUC MP 628 SF : 4,0 kilos ALEMBIC Spoiler Flame Koa Top IV : 4,1 kilos FAKE Flea : 4,1 kilos LE FAY Remington Steele 6 RHT CC CAP Big Block : 4,1 kilos NOGUERA Harmonie Deluxe Standard Custom 5 : 4,1 kilos BERNE Harpobasse 4 : 4,2 kilos LEDUC MP 631 SF : 4,2 kilos NEUSER Courage 6 : 4,2 kilos SHUKER Series One NT 6 : 4,2 kilos ALEMBIC Elan IV : 4,3 kilos F-Bass AC5 : 4,3 kilos MARUSZCZYK Elwood 4 Fretless : 4,3 kilos MUSIC MAN (ERNIE BALL) StingRay 5 : 4,3 kilos STATUS KingBass Black Beauty Headless 4 4,3 kilos LEDUC MP 524 : 4,4 kilos LUTHMAN Natural Fretless 4 : 4,4 kilos MTD 635-24 Fretless : 4,4 kilos PEDULLA-ORSINI EL-10B : 4,4 kilos RYBSKI 8 Strings Octave Bass : 4,4 kilos STATUS Electro 4 lined fretless 4,4 kilos VANZANDT JBV-R1 : 4,4 kilos YAMAHA TRB-5P : 4,4 kilos DE GIER 6 Fretless Origin Deluxe : 4,5 kilos FODERA N.Y.C. Empire Bass 5 : 4,5 kilos HOHNER Professional B Bass VI : 4,5 kilos KRAMER 450 B : 4,5 kilos LEDUC HMP 624 : 4,5 kilos NOGUERA Fairplay Fretless 6 : 4,5 kilos WARWICK Streamer Stage II 4 : 4,5 kilos YAMAHA BB5000A Wide Neck Edition : 4,5 kilos CAPELLI "DM" Signature Pro 6 : 4,6 kilos DE GIER Elevation 6 : 4,6 kilos GROSMANN 5 FF : 4,6 kilos JP BASSES Plume Redwood 5 : 4,6 kilos LAURUS Quasar SL 190 Grafite 6 Fretless : 4,6 kilos NOGUERA Harmonie Standard Custom 6 Fretless : 4,6 kilos OVERWATER Progress 4 : 4,6 kilos SCHACK Unique 4 Bolt On Basic : 4,6 kilos TUNE BEB-6 : 4,6 kilos YAMAHA BB2025X : 4,6 kilos YAMAHA TRB6P : 4,6 kilos ACG Finn R Type Fretless 5 Custom Spec Level : 4,7 kilos KRAMER DMZ 6000 B : 4,7 kilos LANGOWSKI Anthony Jackson 6 : 4,7 kilos NOGUERA Expression Plus Deluxe 6 : 4,7 kilos STATUS GRAPHITE S2 Classic 5 Headed Through-neck : 4,7 kilos ARIES BAJADERA 6 : 4,8 kilos JERZY DROZD Obsession Basic 7 : 4,8 kilos MODULUS (GRAPHITE) Quantum 6 Custom : 4,8 kilos BASSLINE Buster CW Fretless 6 : 4,9 kilos ESP LTD B-206SM NS : 4,9 kilos JP BASSES Lucii 6 Fretless : 4,9 kilos ESH Impact 6 : 5,0 kilos STATUS Electro II 6 Jonas HELLBORG : 5,2 kilos WARWICK Corvette Standard 4 Fretless : 5,2 kilos CELINDER Custom 6 Michael Andersen : 5,3 kilos ARIES Senes VS 6 Custom Signature : 5,4 kilos CONKLIN Groove Tools GT7 : 5,4 kilos NEXUS Gom Jabbar Magellan Fretless 6 : 5,5 kilos WARRIOR Dran Michael 7 (DM7) Custom NT Signature : 5,5 kilos NOGUERA Trinity 8 Custom Bruno Ramos : 5,6 kilos

Once the intonation and strings heights are set, you could do a totally fixed bridge à la F-Bass or acoustic guitar. That would be a very good solution.

These are the Steinberger gearless tuners :

Just in case, real Neutrik must be stamped "Made in Lichtenstein". Now you now why they don't make mini jacks. 🤣

I won't drive that easily with flats.

Sure ?

I just secretly hope that you won't reproduce that ugly 🤮 original Trini Lopez headstock. Please, tell me you're not doing it ! Please ! 🙏

Really love the trussrod cover and headstock cap. Is the trussrod cover magnetic ?

Use a stereo jack and use the ring connector for ground too. Cheap, fast and more reliable than a mono version.

Exactly what @Graham56 posted 45 minutes before...

Excellent idea ! Need some !

I like both, but prefer the 60's position for fretless bass and 70's position for fretted bass. Here the difference between the two positions is more than obvious and you can't EQ one to get the other as there's the natural low mid out of phase frequencies cancelling in the 70's position that gives this typical scooped sound when both pickups are engaged. Nice work. 👍