Sibob Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Some of you may have followed the diary in the build forum, but for those of you who don't frequent those parts, here's my new ACG Krell E-Type 6: These are Alan's photos, but it arrived yesterday. Spec: Alder body Indian Cedar top 33" scale 24 frets Ash neck Macassar Ebony fingerboard (with a very slight radius) ACG RFB dual coils East Uni-Pre 4K I believe it's also one of the first with Alan's new headpiece, which really tidies up the string ends on headless basses! I've already recorded the theme for the new Basschat Podcast with it, loving the sound, so make sure you download that and have a listen when it's available in the next few days. Si Edited June 29, 2018 by Sibob 10 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 I’ve never before wanted a modern looking, and/or 6 string bass. However; if my lotto ticket is a winner I’m getting one of these! It’s beautiful. 1 Quote
Sibob Posted June 28, 2018 Author Posted June 28, 2018 34 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said: I’ve never before wanted a modern looking, and/or 6 string bass. However; if my lotto ticket is a winner I’m getting one of these! It’s beautiful. It's a lovely sounding thing too, I'm very much from a 'passive Fender' school of thought, hence the Alder body......although I confess to going Ash neck purely for the grain haha. Everything set flat, it's round and deep with some growl, all strings very even tonally (which is difficult with a C string usually). Very happy so far. Si Quote
SpondonBassed Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sibob said: I've already recorded the theme for the new Basschat Podcast with it, loving the sound, so make sure you download that and have a listen when it's available in the next few days. Hahahahaha! Good one. Two way product placement! I'm chuffed to be among the first to hear it played Si. Congratulations. Edited June 28, 2018 by Sibob 1 Quote
Grangur Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: Hahahahaha! Good one. Two way product placement! I'm chuffed to be among the first to hear it played Si. Congratulations. Oh, the joy of being a "Miserable Old Git". 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, Grangur said: Oh, the joy of being a "Miserable Old Git". I was a miserable young git and suffered a bit with dysthymia. Now that I'm past 55, I feel I am in my element and I'm loving it. Quote
JohnR Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 I can't stop coming back to look at this. It is an incredible bass. 1 Quote
Sibob Posted June 29, 2018 Author Posted June 29, 2018 12 hours ago, ped said: Close up if the ‘headstock’ if you please Will get one tonight for you! 1 hour ago, JohnR said: I can't stop coming back to look at this. It is an incredible bass. It's really quite a thing of beauty, but most importantly it feels and sounds amazing. My main goal was a full range bass (ie 6 strings), but in a small package, but that still felt familiar. I played Eude's 31.5" scale 6er ACGs and they weren't quite for me. My old Fodera Imperial was 33" and felt fantastic, so we went with that. Because it's headless, as well as medium scale, it should fit in a Mono guitar bag.....no more ducking when getting on trains lol Si Quote
JohnR Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 It is very close to a build spec I have in mind. Hopefully I will be able to set Alan to work if/when my Wal ever sells. 1 Quote
naxos10 Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) That's a nice one Sibob. Edited June 30, 2018 by naxos10 1 Quote
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