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im in exactly the same boat currently... I have used the ES8 and as powerfull as it is, its super old and im keen to explore what else is out there. I ideally need 7 loops, paralell processing with midi pc functionality. A really nice to have is loop re-order capability. The things on my watch list are the ... Musicom labs EFX-LE 2 £400 MOOER L6 MKII £140 (only 6 loops and no paralell but the price cannot be ignored) Musicom labs EVX mk5 or mk6 £650?

The future compact enclosures are now for sale on etsy https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PedalRehousingCo?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

The body has been pre drilled for the string through, and it seems to work in that position for a 35" scale. scale length has been checked and verified.

the design for the neck pocket routing template is complete... ive decided to leave the horn mod off this template. the intention being get the neck on and see how bad the acess is before making any decisions. Ill be 3d printing the template overnight tonight.

all options are still very much on the table.....

peter, its only you that knows what a propper stingray position is.......

im thinking somthing like this....

Ok. First things first, I've scanned the body. Can't resist playing with some body shapes now....

This is the board, close up shot. It has some orange (ish) stripe in it.

yes i beleive it to be! cant be 100% tho

I've been putting this project off for years... I purchased the neck and electronics in lockdown with the intention of making a body... Never happened. But I snagged a pre made body on ebay, that I plan to heavily modify for upper fret access and or reshape generally. Neck is from a Polish luthier i beleive...All norsdtrand electronics, Nordy MM in the bridge, nordy Jazz at the neck, Babicz bridge. Ash body. The plan is to stain/oil the bass only because i like the fifuring in the wood. ill try and source a small pieve of ebony yo make a controll plate. Ill be using laser scanning, 3D printing and my CAD design skills to help finnish this, so its likley that it will exist in the virtual domain long before the real one. Wish me luck 🙏

Yup. the fretboard is routed with a chanel down the centre, or maybe seperate chanels for each part of the split fret, then the split frets are installed, and the routs are covered with a plastic cover. all the wires come out a hole in the heel of the neck and go straight into the body. yes it looks fragile when taking a neck off but theres really no good reason to do so. i beleive there is some clever resistor type arrangement to aid fret sensing, i think its one wire per string from memory.

there is no connector in the neck pocket. these basses are made from parts. they are not building each bass ffrom stratch so the bolt on is just a function of the business model. you can buy a body from one place and a neck from another. Buying a blank neck through is impossible. i bet bolt on makes the wiring a lot easier too.

not just lack of contact, but if he told you were 3rd in the queue.... then its just bare faced LIES!

i watched all of them yes. it looks stunning!

That's very impressive!

sakatak cool and the gag

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i think this qualifies for a post here....