Grooverjr

Very, very nice. It looks like the helmets on the imperial Guards in Star Wars. And of course as we all know Imperial Star Wars is the most consistently cool aesthetic ever created.

That's a very nice looking bit of kit. Love the personalised touch of the bird, although I personally would have had the backplate on the front, precisely because I don't really like the neck-through contrasting woods look! Wouldn't it be a boring world if we were all the same? You will, as others have said, not be disappointed! I'm currently trying to work out what I can sell to finance another ACG. I've been getting into fretless but much as I have a really great bitsa with a great fretless P neck and and some filter preamp goodness I always go back to the 'built for me' fretted ACG and realise how much more I get on with the feel and the sounds. So the only answer (ahem) is to get Alan to build me a fretless version of it! The fact that a Vigier, an alu neck Kramer and the aforementioned fretless, all of which are fantastic basses in their own way, will all have to go to finance it should tell you all you need to know about how great an ACG is. The asymmetricl neck profile and the flat board are what really do it, I think. It just feels so much more fluid to play and the bulge always seems to be in the right place, either allowing my thumb to rest in a more natural position and shifting the palm down a bit so it allows the fingers to move more freely or sitting right in the joint when I shift to a more baseball bat type grip for chords.

No idea wh they are but that is a very cool shape. Love a bit of brass on a bass as well. I wonder how The Gallery came up with that price - seems pretty premium for what is most likely a curiosity.

Ooh, thanks for this. Certainly jolted me awake this morning. Mad as hatters, really talented and very creative: the musical holy trinity in my book. I have to paint the shared hallway today. It was going to be plain white as mandated by the building regulations but for some reason I am now thinking about that little pot of black paint we have sitting in the cupboard..... 😂

Lovely colour but I personally don't like the feel or look of open pores. If it was more 'finished' it would be gorgeous.

Ignore the haters, it's ace!

So good, but why the pickguard? Let it all out!

Re the slipping when sitting down issue, I found drum stool and playing with legs in full manspreading position with a strap set just right means you can have the bass sitting between the legs with the curve sitting mostly on the left leg (right handed player) but also some weight on the shoulder. That way I can even play my 70s Kramer which I think weighs over 5kg without slippage or dive issues.

Trans-Siberian highway, maybe?

Ah, the joys of having too many toys and not enough brainpower (I am a fully signed up member of that club) The one that gets me is the East P retro. Makes some lovely, lovely sounds but there is a lot of wizardry to fit into 2 stacked pots. I have to have the instructions handy if I haven't played around with the settings on that bass for a while.

Mysterious Traveller by Weather Report. Obviously Jaco was a genius but I prefer everything about the way Alphonso Johnson played and his work on this album is sublime.

Could it be a P special that has been modded to be a PJ at a later date? That third knob (furthest from the jack) looks to be in the wrong place. Looks like a decent job, mind you.

Octo or Galore if you're a fan of classic Bond. Major if you're a Bowie fan. Black Forest if you like terrible multilingual puns (would definitely be my choice)

There is a best offer option. Anyone in the USA willing to offer him 50 bucks?

Oh, I have bought stuff when I was on a different continent and left it until I came back many months later so I know the dangers of GAS. However I can be fairly sure this time because a) I am now in La Paz Bolivia which is almost as 'a*se end of nowhere' as you can get and b) I am unemployed so there is no spare cash to be silly with. Of course, none of this is a guarantee and I fully expect to find a way to crumble at some point....