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Tegs - have you checked out Alpine guitars in France? They make wonderful basses from locally sourced woods https://www.alpineguitar.fr BTW - I am pretty sure we know each other and our daughters are mates.......!🤘🏾

The on board pre amp is good and not bout metal - it’s in one of the sandberg models - Grand dark I’ve used it, it’s nice

Congrats on the new bass. Please correct me if I am wrong but are they not Jazz shaped pick ups? Unless you were getting the router out the EMG’s I think are soap bars and wouldn’t fit. Delano defo have a good range of pick ups to choose from, and even if you don’t rout the world is your oyster with jazz style/shaped pick ups. Glock pre’s are good, if you like that style but want to be a bit more aggressive look at Noll pre amps. The Aguilar OBP range is also great as are their pick ups. Could go on for ever about different types and combinations but you’ll know what you want.

I have to say my fave reason in this list is avoiding a drop D tuner - having something easy to install without drilling extra holes, useful, reliable and about 10 times less in price than a 5 string bass is something to be avoided.........

Good lad - 36 was his nickname at Leicester from Geordan Murphy if I remember right

And Twelve Trees is Thirty Six, or a half decent rugby player

Tree trees it is then

It looked more like 4 pieces.....

The name attracted me to it as well - have I popped another thing on your radar! They do a preamp of it as well - it’s just brutal

I would love that - can we add a Verellen Meatsmoke for good measure in a parallel path

I endorse that and generally run the volume on about 80% as your max. On the L1500 you had to mod the capacitors to make it useable, on pretty much every setting before this it’s like fingernails on a blackboard

That’s nice too

The 82-83 Squiers are rightly held good regard, but mainly because they were better than the rubbish coming out of USA - prices nearer the £7-800 mark is a better reflection depending on condition, mods etc. Yep - newer basses are likely to be more consistent than some of the ancient ones. The Rick I would have would be the Al Cisneros - it looks and sounds Amazing

All makes sense to keep costs down

Liked that too!

That was brilliant - thanks for that. I don’t know if they do or they missed it out, but if you add A Plek machine to the step, that’s more time and man hours on that process. Do you know do Cort only do Cort, or does the factory also do other makes as happens elsewhere

Believe me There is more than 3 hours work

Totally - I dunno if they cost more, maybe there is some fairy dust sprinkled in, rare factor will be a thing

I can only speak for Sandberg, but it’s likely to be a lot of CNC unless they state otherwise. All guitars are then hand finished to the same raw level, but you are correct it then comes down to man hours on the finish - a masterpiece involves the thermal and vibration treatment and then the time taken to create the finish which only a couple guys do - Sandberg is a small operation with a critical mass of approx 26 employees I think - big enough to churn out stuff, small enough to ensure a family feel and QC The most bang for buck finish unless they upcharge is high gloss compared to matt as that takes so much more time to achieve

Bass making at Rickenbacker, Sandberg, Custom shop etc levels is skilled Labour. How much would you pay for a plumber for a week for example? If it’s a weeks work, subtract that cost, then subtract materials, then built in wear and tear to tools, consumables, electricity bills, property rent/mortgage - then a wage for admin non luthier staff - then we should allow profit. Its not that bad in a lot of ways....

I know it’s only an opinion, knickers won’t get twisted, but you did also say that they who play a relic’d bass want to give the impression they are seasoned pro’s or something they are not, when they don’t.

Great result

Tie Dye probably start off plain white and is then coloured - so it’s a finish - you may want a replica Teddy to protect the original Teddy - Turdburst and tort is still the spawn of Satan-but it’s just a finish, no pretences of patina or grandeur, it’s just a finish

Stone wash jeans, Tie dye shirts, ripped jeans, distressed caps, shabby chic furniture, your old teddy with an ear hanging off and an eye missing you still like the look of, sandblast to buildings, turdburst and tort which is spawn of the devil, gold hardware - all just finishes and bits - I am pretty sure that only people that think that someone thinks they are a seasoned pro are people from the outside who don’t like the finish-I don’t look at someone with a pristine guitar and think newbie, OCD, doesn’t get out enough, he/she must gig a new guitar every week etc. bit what @Doctor J resonates-I can’t put a guitar together from scratch for anything like the HB price even without not paying myself