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Or you could get an outboard. A Sadowsky Preamp/DI might work nicely.

Yeah, that’s quite a pair. A step above my 435!

I think the opposite - weight saving is the purpose, so I think it’s purpose for the sake of purpose without design!

Yours gets me every time. That in 32” scale and 16mm spacing would rock!

And I get that too. I think their waitlists as it is mean it’s unlikely to happen.

Sheldon committed to fanned frets a long time ago as it fits his vision of what his basses should be and there are plenty of parallel fret options.

“What do you play?” ”Lead guitar.” ”It’s pronounced LEED.” ”No it’s not. Hold out your hand.”

Have to wonder what it’s made of!

If it didn’t have that cutout I’d probably find this very appealing.

@NickA I will have to give that a go! Useful for when I can’t use the Eminence, such as for orchestral gigs. Can you see out of the rear-view mirror?

The Eminence was cheaper than upgrading my car. I’m lucky enough to have a really nice car, and I use it a lot more than my double bass, so it wouldn’t make sense to sacrifice having a nice car every day in order to transport the acoustic for the occasional gig where I might need one. I leave the acoustic at the school where I work, it gets hauled out for orchestra rehearsals and concerts. In the meantime the Eminence is set up for ease of play, doesn’t kill my hands on long gigs and is so much easier to cart around so it’s a win all around really.

Is there a link? I’m curious

@bassmayhem The ToneStyler sounds great! Might have to do some more research into one for my BB435... I really do like the feel of flats, apart from for slapping

Fair enough. I’d also try nylons like the others said... they’re not cheap though!

You could also try flats for a more upright sound.

The diamond in my collection, my 64. Neck is to die for.

Is that a wrap?

I’m in a similar position, but slightly different. I used to have these two as my five-strings, so had the Super J strung with rounds and my Super P strung with flats. However my Super J got stolen a couple months ago, so I now have a BB435, and I’ve had a Sadowsky preamp put into the Super P. The question is now whether I should string that one with rounds and maybe the BB with flats? Not easy to swap strings between them. Decisions!