Merton

Er. Well. This never quite got out of the starting blocks due to various reasons. This was a blessing though, because last year Mike shared some photos of a bass he’d built for a guy in Japan and I got a bit over excited about how lovely it was. So on Mike’s suggestion we paused this idea and switched. I popped over to Essex today to catch up with him and finalise “my” version of that spec. It’s going to be tasty: Zoot Funkmeister 5 string, 32” scale (slimmed down standard Funkmeister 5 body to suit) 3-piece maple neck with black stringers, stolen unashamedly by me from @GreeneKing’s recent Zoot Maple fingerboard with dots along the top side (rather than middle of the fingerboard) Aguilar AG 5P 60CL pickup Passive, volume/tone plus series/parallel switch Chrome hardware Badass bridge from Mike’s stock, cut for ~17.5mm ish string spacing Hipshot ultralite tuners High gloss “Arctic White” finish on body and headstock front Tort scratchplate

BTW the company I work for uses UPS both locally throughout the UK and also for our main imports from Germany and Poland (where our main factories are situated). We have a fecking account and ship best part of 50 packages a day, and we have no direct personal contact. They are a fecking NIGHTMARE to get hold of. The fact you managed to get someone’s mobile number and email address is pretty impressive @hiram.k.hackenbacker:)

Bloody hell

@ead how does this one tickle your fancy? https://bassfreaks.net/en-gb/collections/maruszczyk/products/maruszczyk-jake-4p-t-bird-style #helping 🤓

I would love to find me one of those! Any pics?

No. It seems Peavey’s idea of “this week” somewhat differs from the Gregorian calendar 😂

Do tell!

Exactly what I was going to say!

First dibs if you wish to move it on please 😍

Hmmmm. When does this week officially finish? 🤣

Rumour has it the new amp and cabs will finally be announced/released this week.

I know. I keep looking at it, and wondering if Mrs Mert will notice it appearing 😅

I keep considering these and then pontificating too long when they come up for sale on here! The daphne blue is my favourite - enjoy

I’ll join you. Christ. It’s given me heartburn. No, I don’t know how either, but it definitely coincides with listening to that 😵‍💫

The GR Dual Pre offers the same as those amps but in pedal form… https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/GR_Bass_Pedals.html

I will! February, of course, is another matter 😀

I absolutely LOVE this. It’s pretty close to the next ACG spec I would love to have made 🙂

The drummer in one of my bands supported her a few years ago in one of his other bands, said she and the whole band were all lovely people. I wasn’t jealous at all* *🧐

Yep. The black one at the bottom of @meterman’s post almost came home to me last year as I had a friend in Argentina at the time 😅

I’m pretty sure it’s when the final money changes hands and you get the instrument. For example I have a bass arriving this year that was paid for last year; it doesn’t count. If I’d started a build last year but was only paying when it arrives this year, I’d be out. if this Shuker build has only just been kicked off with a deposit it’s possible it may not see the light of day until 2023 so you may still be in on a technicality….. maybe 😃 @bassfan can come along and advise soon I’m sure 🙂

The bitsa looks great, I wobbled over that one too!

What is it? This is now the important detail! 🤓

Personally think the “standard” Zoot headstock doesn’t work with the body’s aesthetic, a modified version of the original reverse one for straight string runs makes more sense to me. I like it, it’s the sort of 80s throwback shape which sells it to me 😄