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I'm not gonna be able to make it, I had assumed it was on a Sunday without properly reading the post. I don't finish work until 6 on Saturdays.

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1408356857' post='2529226'] Can't wait to hear the Orange rig. I have the RIC. [/quote] That was almost too easy

I'm in! I've thinned my herd/hoard recently but I can bring my orange AD200 8x10 rig, Lakland Skyline Bob glaub and a T-40. If anyone has a ric they could bring I'm dying to have a go on one

Sounds like it would. I've always been intrigued by short scales. Mostly the mustang and eb3.

That's gorgeous!

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1408018521' post='2526283'] Those headstocks are growing on me. [/quote] I agree, it's the bridge I can't get my head around.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1407961506' post='2525864'] As per post above, the price for the 4 string basses range from £1,100 for the standard models to £1,250 with blocks and binding. [/quote] I missed that. It's a good price. Although the more I look at them the better looking my Lakland gets.

As a big fan of the Skylines I'm pretty excited about these. Hope they come to the UK and don't cost the earth when they do

Lpb and natural head stock for sure, if it was me I'd go for a parchment/mint green guard and have a tortie knocked up at the same time.

Love this! How's it sound?

Gorgeous! Looks really well put together

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1407242539' post='2518663'] Growl is such a loose term as it means so many different things to different people - to me, growl is a Precision or Rick being driven hard (think Live at Leeds or early Rush), whereas to some people growl is the back pickup of a Jazz bass. To me that's burp. [/quote] I'm with Ben, growl is a P with a pick through a big valve rig with a Sansamp.

That's lovely! I've had Ray gas for some time now.

I always miss these someone PM me when the next one comes around.

Lindy Fralin. I love mine!

[quote name='Reversebird' timestamp='1405587790' post='2503236'] Been thinking for a few years now about my ultimate bass. With sooo many artist basses around I wondered what I would build if Fender ever approached me to build a signature bass. So I had a think and wrote to Fender with my ideas, the reply is at the bottom from those very nice people at Fender UK. Dear Fender Leo Fender was a great innovator of guitars, especially basses and over the 65 years of Precision bass there have been a few changes but everybody is still looking for the holy grail of basses. A bass that does everything and is the bass for every man (women). I also love Jim Burns innovations, a man I really admire for his thinking outside the box in the early years of the guitar and bass. I would like to see if it was possible to build a bass that uses Leo's great bodies and Jim's electrical genius. I have been playing bass for around 25 years now and I have tried every bass going from big makers to small, expensive basses to some modern cheap basses. My problem is I haven't found a bass that well "covers all the bases" excuse the pun. I think these following basses are the basis for all others body shape wise and pickup arrangement wise. Fender Precision one split single coils middle passive Fender Jazz two single coils bridge and middle passive Musicman Stingray humbucker bridge active Gibson SG two humbuckers neck and bridge passive Gibson Thunderbird two humbuckers bridge and middle passive Rickenbacker 4000 series two single coils neck and bridge passive Burns Bison three single coils neck bridge middle Hofner Violin bass two humbuckers bridge and neck passive Ibanez/yamaha/warwick etc two soap bar humbuckers bridge and middle active I want a bass that does all of the above, I play in covers bands so although I get by one bass does not suit all (yes you can use pedals etc) I like really powerful passive pickups like the Seymour Duncan Quarterpounders in a Precision, the tone knob actually works but I love the boost and cut you get across the musical spectrum from an active bass like the three EQ Musicman Stingray. Is it possible to have a bass with: Three passive "super hot" soap bar humbuckers, bridge, middle and neck. Controlled Passively with three stacked volume and tone pots for total control over volume and tone and space saving. Each pickup having a micro coil tap switch so you can get the single coil sound as well. The middle pickup as well as having the coil tap has a second micro switch to allow the pickup to be split top and bottom like a Precision ( Burns did it on some of their basses but it was bridge and middle pickup split top and bottom) 6 way rotary tone control like the Gibson SG bass and Aria SB 1000 for even more Tone choices when in passive mode. I think it might also require two three way pickup selectors unless it's possible to wire a another 6 way rotary switch so you can get front / front and middle/ middle/ middle and bridge/ bridge/ bridge and front I was also thinking maybe 6 dip switches on the upper horn like a Fender Jaguar might work for this task. Forgot I also need all three pickups on at the same time. On top of all that an active switch that allows a three band EQ to be used so you can create the Musicman and modern bass sounds. Could be stacked into two knobs. Treble and Bass on one and mids with a frequency sweep on the second or just three knobs bass mid treble but I do like the mid frequency sweep option. The coil taps and Precision mode would still have to work in active mode although the 6 way rotary switch would be a bit overkill I think. The active switch would have an led light to confirm its in active mode. Not sure whether is needs to be 9 or 18 volt because I wanted to use "hot" pickups for when the bass is in passive mode 18 volts might give a bit more headroom. To achieve all of this it may require an active and separate passive circuit with two output jack sockets one passive and one active. All of this would be shoehorned into a Jazz bass style body as this shape is the most popular throughout the world or at least something similar, probably with scratch plate the size of a Marcus Miller to house all the electrics. The neck would be that "not quiet a Precision not quiet a Jazz neck" that everyone seems to like. I call it the "Everyman Bass" I am sure nobody has ever produced a bass that really could sound like a dozen other basses without the compromise of being active or passive, certainly not on a mass production scale. Maybe you might know of a bass but I don't and that's even if it's possible to build electronically The reply: Thanks for getting in touch! Sounds like you've got an interesting project on your hands. I'd recommend going to talk to one of our Custom Shop dealers if you'd like to get something along these lines speced up or just to find out if it's even possible. My knowledge of the electronics of a bass is somewhat limited. If you'd like to find your nearest Custom Shop dealer follow this link. Kind Regards Josh Franklin Sales Administrator Fender Great Britain & Ireland [/quote] It strikes me that the Musicman Big Al has a lot of the features you describe.

They're both fugly too :/