franzbassist

Well done Pete. Stay strong and healthy.

Radial Bassbone and Providence Bass Station would both give you two inputs with separate gain and eq. There are more options out there, such as the EBS you mention, but those are the two I have used with great success over the years.

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1445888030' post='2895112'] I saw this on bass lounge looks wonderful but way over £1000 unless you talked them down [/quote] Way over? Not really.

Having been old school and played just P basses for the last couple of years, I recently started hankering to go back to a 5 string, and then something with active EQ, and then I ended up purchasing this wonderful ACG from the guys at Great British Bass Lounge (whose photos I have used, along with a couple from the ACG site, I hope they don't mind). I have to say, for a hand-made bass for just over £1k it's quite something! So, first things first, the spec:[list] [*]Three-piece body of white Limba [*]Neck is Ash/Bubinga/Ash with ebony fingerboard - zero radius fingerboard and asymmetrical neck [*]Pickups are ACG FB with the East P Retro EQ, plus a 4-way rotary pickup selector [*]Hardware is Hipshot Type B bridge (18mm spacing), Hipshot Stringtree, Gotoh GB720 tuners, and Dunlop Dual Design straplocks [/list] First impressions: The bass weighs 8.8lbs, which is right in my comfort zone, and balances perfectly. The body shape is really ergonomic and it's a delight to fly around the neck. Effortless access up top! The asymmetrical neck is lovely. Again, it seems to make playing so effortless, as the thumb sits more naturally behind the lower strings and there's no temptation to grip the neck. The flat fingerboard is a great idea too, and it makes me wonder why we bothered with radiused boards in the first place? The EQ setup is terrific. You can run it passive, with just volume and tone on the first stack knob, or activate the active circuit, based on the East P-Retro, which adds a push/pull ‘bright’ function (pull up knob on the first tone stack), a bass boost (pull up knob on the second tone stack) and boost either the mids or treble and bass (both with variable frequency, all set via the second stack knob). The 4-way rotary pickup selector (third knob) offers: bridge only/bridge and neck in parallel/bridge and neck in series/neck only and gives quick changes to EQ very easily. So, a beautiful, easy to play, and superbly put together British bass....

Send them an email, they're verty good at replying. IIRC they have three standard setups they can do.

I sold a strap to Brian. He's been a pleasure to deal with, as always

Agreed. I bought an ACG from them a few weeks back and they couldn't have been more helpful. It's great we have a few of these high-quality bass shops in the UK!

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1445452420' post='2891641'] Active fretless bass standard Series £1210.00 so not the £2K mark. [/quote] This +1000

I'd imagine the four screws in the top of the cabinet are holding the head up, so loosen them until the head is lowered to a point where you can remove the screws without the head dropping down, then slide the head out.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1445258635' post='2889971'] For me, it is a feel thing..and if it felt good and right I wouldn't be interested in how much it measured, myself [/quote] +1. I have a standard starting point (see my earlier post) as a reference, but basses can move some way from it according to many different factors.

My initial settings are always: Relief: capo at first fret, press string at end fret, aim for .25 to .3mm at 9th fret String height: capo at first fret, 2.25mm on the E/B and 1.5mm on the G at the 12th fret for fretted basses, slighly lower for fretless Then I tweak to taste on each bass...

The Drophead 30 watt would be the better option of the two.

Disco Inferno and Love Shack - all about the groove baby!

Same as Paul. UPS through Interparcel is my go to courier. Never had a problem, and I use them a lot!

They definitely exist and crop up on eBay occasionally, usually they're 3TS with rosewood board, but occasionally ash body with maple board.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1444649071' post='2884704'] Generally speaking when I buy a new bass, especially a fretless, I really want to know how resonant it is, because despite what some folks say, I've always found that is the wood doesn't resonate, no amount of high quality electrics will make up for it. In fact a fretless that doesn't sustain well is about as much use as a chocolate teapot for most applications (and to be honest, the applications such a bass actually is OK for can just as well be performed on a fretted bass in my opinion). So, to check resonance I play it unplugged and stick my chin on the top horn. If I get a nice strong resonance in my chin and head, to me it's a very good sign. A little eccentric of course, but it works for me [/quote] I do this too

I sold a set of flats to Dan. The transaction was as smooth as the strings! Highly recommended

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1444377174' post='2882631'] Equally? I don't think so. Important, yes, but you can't argue with gravity. A 5Kg bass is still 5Kgs regardless of how well it balances, and it will exert the same pressure on your lower back etc. [/quote] Absolutely. What I should have said was that sometimes a heavier bass can feel lighter than it actually is if it's balanced well, and a light one can feel poor because it ends up being neck heavy.

Surely how a bass balances is equally important?