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I have been wanting to try 3 things recently thanks to basschat!

Firstly Fretless bass.
Secondly a refin/build/mod job
Thirdly a Singlecut bass.

I know a few people on here have Wishbasses and I am talking to Steve at the moment about getting one built (for his prices even taking into account shipping and duty they look to be incredible bargains!)

If any of the Wishbass faithful could chime in with their thoughts on the instruments, buying 'unseen' etc would be interested to hear.

Also if anyone wants to talk me out of taking on 2 big jobs at once feel free!

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I've just bought 2 Lobes, and while I love the idea, believe me, you will be ticking all 3 boxes above with the one guitar. They do play straight out the box, and the sound is superb, so if you want to keep it like that, then fair enough, but at the least you will be looking at binning the strings it came with and perhaps a fret board level. The action on both mine was very acceptable, and in that sense there is little to do, if you want to get on and play it, that is.
They get a bad press from many due to issues like not having a truss rod, but when you get one in your hand the necks are very solid. I find it very hard to put a flex in either of my necks, I can't see them going anywhere, Beware Mr Wishnevski when ordering, I think he ends up doing what he wants to do, and can be a bit grumpy if you are too prescriptive, saying that, the Bloodwood Lobe he built me is superb, although I ordered it unfinished, so lots of work to do.
I deliberately got mine to expand my luthiering skill, with a view to building my own bass from scratch sometime, so it depends how far you want to go.
I think the Kent Armstrong Pups they come with are fine, but the pots are a bit chatty. Of course most ditch the whole thing and put in pre-amps and the like. I quite enjoy the vol pot and nothing else thing. If you take the time, it seems that you can have a fantastic sounding, very individual instrument. But, IMHO getting a Wishbass is only the start.
Don't forget you will get stung by Customs when it comes in the country, expect an extra £60-£70

What are you having him build you?

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Here's some further reading. Check out Dave's Bass Place, he sets a very high standard

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[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/152936-put-down-a-deposit-on-a-wishbass/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/152936-put-down-a-deposit-on-a-wishbass/[/url]
[url="http://www.davesbassplace.com/DavesBassPlace/Refinishing.html"]http://www.davesbassplace.com/DavesBassPlace/Refinishing.html[/url]

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Order in white, and it won't be a refin, just a fin. Send him the hardware, and if you do it right, you get a confirmation hardware is sent out and save some of the duty for the value of that. He is pretty grumpy, best telling him what you want, rather than telling him how to achieve it. "I want x sort of tone" rather than "make it out of Y wood so I get x tone" style. He has made more basses that you and knows it.

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