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Reckon it's a case of pressing the 'next word' prediction on your phone. The Mesa rig in absolutely no need for the transmission to run off the road and I am going away for a couple days to work out of my basses for a week and I will be back by tomorrow evening and I have to leave my room with my parents by the end user to see what we have to offer.

I'm going to cover a saxophone in camel faeces, cover in crab shells and leave it in a sealed rooms with the sound of weasels screeching being played while strobe lights constantly barrage it for precisely 1000 days. After this, I predict it will be imbued with the power of the great wizard of the North and any who plays it will instantly ascend into the chosen kingdom.

Absolute cockwombles. Such an utterly pointless task that has no reasonable function. If they do die early it is pure Darwinism at work.

I've just learnt that one of the finest luthiers in the world has passed today - Mr Bill Conklin. A personal hero of mine as he pioneered the development of the Extended Range Bass. Although I never met the man, I had spoke to him over email a number of times and he was an exemplary man to deal with, funny, polite, helpful. An absolute shame he is no longer with us. Thanks for all the basses sir. I'm glad to own a bass built by you.

My basses are UK (ACG) and USA (Bee Bass & Conklin) made. The amp is German (Kemper) and cab is Italian (GR Bass). Though I have owned many an Indonesian made bass/amp/cab and they are all very good quality. I'd personally advise to buy whatever gear you prefer and don't let country of origin bother you too much.

The guy is a con man. He advertises what he does as significant improvements, he's a hack. To be fair, we'd all benefit from not promoting him. The best thing for all of us is to forget he exists.

I don't know what planet you're on @acidbass or if you're mistaking ACG for another builder, but I can without hesitation say that your above comment is factually incorrect. I have owned, and still own, basses made by some of the most revered luthiers on the planet and ACG are right at the VERY top. So much so that I have 3 ACG basses, 1 ACG guitar and another ACG bass currently being built. Alan's work is absolutely exceptional with flawless wood working skills. Shuker made excellent instruments too, I've owned 2 Shukers, but I did end up selling them as for me ACG are a better fit. @bassmansam, it's really a personal choice, I can say ACGs are most definitely not 'amateur made' instruments, they are outstanding basses and exceptional pieces of skilled woodwork. See the below picture for evidence of this.

I've sold hundred of guitars and basses on eBay and at least 95% of the time the majority of the bids come in during the last 5 minutes. Of course this leaves the 5% of bidders like @TheGreek, but the absolute majority of bids come in during the last few minutes. To add a caveat, all my auctions start at £1 with no reserve, so these are the kind of auctions where the action happens in the dying moments!

Indeed, but then that defeats the object of a super light cab! The cabs need a flat, fatter foot with a convex footprint, that would minimise contact with the ground whilst maintaining stability. The rig is good! My spine is very happy about only having a 24kg rig as opposed to the 120kg of the Mesa!

Looks like a cross between a Shuker Long Horn and a Ritter Jupiter

Surprisingly I'd hope for Fender to make that call - their custom shop Tye Zamora through neck 6 string bass was pretty cool. Throw some buckeye on that, maybe a cheeky inlay and side LEDs and I'd be happy! Other than that I'm fortunate enough to already own my dream basses. 😁

Sold some stands to Lee, quick payment and good communication, would be happy to deal with again!

To second that, surely literally all of the aspects of this dream bass would only be valid if it was the right orientation for you? The ergonomics, the visual look etc. All of that would be moot if it played into why this is your dream bass as when you play it both the ergonomics and the visual style of the bass will be exactly the opposite of intended. If it is your dream bass purely by way of sound only, then maybe it's worthwhile, though I suspect that stringing a righty as a lefty will make the bass sound slightly different than intended too depending on how the pickups are wound and placed. All in, your only option is a DeLorean.

I'm left handed for everything in life EXCEPT playing bass and guitar. I don't know why, but some kind of hyper-logic activated in my brain when I first started playing bass 20 years ago, I was 2 months into playing as a lefty then made the decision to change to righty as 95% of basses are righty. VERY glad the younger me had some kind of sense (a rare thing when I was a teenager!) So, find a DeLorean, go back in time and switch to righty, your future self will thank you! 😁