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Lovely work Andy. Enjoying this one.

That is a lovely looking bass, even at this early stage. The honey maple is glorious. Is the body unusually deep? I only ask because it looks like there is a lot of headroom in the control cavity!

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1462005048' post='3039437'] I've read in several interviews that Macca stopped using the Wal live because it was so heavy. In those same interviews I've never seen any mention of it being down to Mr McManus' geeky nose-poking. As for "It had, much to Costello's horror, five strings", this just makes him even more of a complete tit AFAIC. [/quote] This.

What sort of strings are you planning to put on this Andy?

'Derby's Rob Allen'- now there's a thought, eh Andy?.... Subscribed!

That fingerboard is going to look lovely with the swifts. Very tasteful Andy. Nice touch.

Looks a treat Andy. Well done and thanks again!

Ahhh, now I understand. ... Thats a neat solution Andy.

"John Entwistle at his best" Sounds awesome!

That looks lovely Andy. Just remember what it USED to look like.

Does having the wireless TX fully enclosed in the body of the bass have any effect on the range then?

Anyone got one of these? I saw one on the web last night and I must say they are lovely looking things. Wondering is anyone has...erm...'hands on' experience? Hmmm. seems I got my gridiron teams and basses confused. it's a 48 bass. Not a 49er.....

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1479751285' post='3178992'] Spotted that but hadn't worked out what all the controls do yet I'm assuming there will be a wiring diagram on the Neals web site. Is this the only mockingbird version they do? [/quote] Yes I believe it is. They are also very helpful on the phone- well Skype anyway. Really nice people as it goes.

Thats looking great Andy. Sterling work as usual. I'm sure you already know, but just in case- there is a pickup blend knob on the current setup, which is not standard, this is replaced in Neals rewire kit with a toggle. which can only be a good thing, IMHO. Best S

Just bought Karls EA i600. Can only echo what everyone else has said, splendid chap and very easy to deal with. Many thanks Karl!

[quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1479146732' post='3174331'] The word is compromise. If you take the example of the Hi fi world, if price is no object, what do you buy. A 200W Arcam perhaps at nearly £4,000. And inside surely Class D?.....no. Bloody great torroidal transformers and caps like Heinz bean cans. Heavy, hell yeah. Why because nothing beats a sodding great power supply for great bass and transients. [/quote] Word.

By the way, don't be fooled by my avatar, I'm in Sri Lanka, the amp is in Suffolk!

If you are interested, I have a QSC PLX 1202 for sale for £149. It runs bridged into 4 ohms and puts out 1200w. It's the last of our ex hire PLX's. We had forty of them at one point. Never had one go wrong. Rock solid amps.Utterly reliable, sound great. PM me if interested. Stuart

In 1985, I sold all of the premium bonds my parents had accumulated for me over the previous twenty years-much to my mothers disgust- and bought a TE AH150 with a TE 810 cab from Livewire in Cardiff. It is still, hands down, effortlessly the best rig I have ever owned and I've since spent a small fortune trying to recapture that sound.

Looks lovely Andy. As usual....

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1478981641' post='3173169'] OK - Schaller, a company I already respected, has gone up to the very, very top of my list of "suppliers with great customer service as well as very good products." Their website wouldn't take my order for the spacers this afternoon. They make it clear on their website that they actually do not take direct orders from UK and most other European countries but, instead, give a list of authorised wholesalers and retailers. So when I kept getting a server error at the point I confirmed my UK address for delivery of the order - although I thought it a bit odd it was a server error - I assumed the error was linked to the fact that the site would probably block me anyway. Anyway, as Touchstone Tonewoods (their nominated UK retailer) didn't show them in stock and weren't open until Tuesday, I thought I'd drop an enquiry to Schaller's customer service email address. I did this late afternoon today. I've just received an email back (it's Saturday evening) from a Dr Bünning.... the owner and Managing Director of Schaller.... apologising, asking for screen shots of the message I'm seeing and letting me know an alternative way of placing my order with them. Now that's what I call GREAT customer service [/quote] That is pretty amazing Andy. As for the info from RhysP.....where would we all be without the interweb? we'd have to do this by fax or something....