Bridgehouse

I appear to be collecting Preamp DI’s like panini stickers...

Sorry that sounded like I was encouraging you to spend more money

I wonder if an acoustic Di box would work better than a bass Di for PA work?

Yes that would work - not so good for a sweet guitar tone, but lol, it’s a bass so it will be fab for punch and projection

That’s interesting.. I bet the soundhole position helps a lot with volume perception

Cor. That looks cracking!

Going to take it slow and easy and ease myself in - but man it puts a smile on your face

This one is side part-lines - seems ok at the mo!

I think it’s the board .. ok so I have to work on intonation, but it’s a real delight to play.

Just had a quick tinkle - had half an hour spare It appears fretless is gloriously addictive

I'm amazed by the build quality. I don't think I've played an instrument of any kind with this sort of build quality - it feels like a featherweight piece of hewn granite..

What a busy day! Conference calls all the way there and back for work, but I managed to get half an hour in Jon Shuker's workshop tucked away near Hope in the Peak District. It's such a beautiful setting.. Big thanks to @MOXYBASS for the brilliant comms and for selling this one 😁 Jon is an absolute gentleman. So knowledgable, so open and a really great conversation. I can see myself ordering a build from him... And the bass? It's a Shuker Uberhorn Fretless 4. It has piezo bridges with a ghost preamp, and a magnetic pickup under the fretboard in the P position. He couldn't remember exactly what it was - but I tried it in the workshop and it's a fascinating solution to a balance issue. The Ghost piezo system gives a really really rich and lovely sound - it's basically like a rich P sound, with strong upper bass and some nice highs, but with the upper mids rolled off. The magnetic pickup is voiced for mids - on it's own, it's like a mid-heavy P, but with the piezo as well it's like a foghorn! Huge, deep, rich and loads of harmonics all over the shop!! There controls are logical - a switch for magnetic, both, piezo, then volume for magnetic, volume for piezo with a push pull "bright" control, and then a 3 band EQ for the magnetic (cut/boost) and a 3 way frequency switch for the mids control. Really flexible. Really good. The neck was a total surprise. It feels about 42mm at the nut but might be less, but it has this brilliant slim carve which is really similar to the pre-CBS Precision neck - it feels great! More on this when I get to play it! I'll give it a go later tonight and report back on my ham-fisted efforts (!) Check me out - I'm a fretless owner. Ooer.

I tried both. The QSC sounded better in a side by side comparison - just more responsive and a more natural bass sound to my ear (YMMV)

I kept mine simple. Pedaltrain nano with cioks DC5 - smoothhound wireless - tuner - Preamp. Currently have a Dave hall valve on there but I swap out for a variety (not necessary of course) XLR out to QSC K10.2 and DI to FOH

It’s in the boot. It’s like an exquisite work of art. NBD thread incoming

Octave filter mulch. That’s the next band name sorted.

Some people are so plectrumy

I’ve never had any of those - are they active or passive?

But is it squier or squire?

Not squier or squire then? Disappointing

Squier Duck?!

Or lack of given my work schedule at the moment!!

NBD is Thursday..