Grantd Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) Price: £1250.00 Top Wood: Fractal Walnut Body Wood: White Limba Body Finish: Satin Lacquer Neck Wood: 5 piece Maple/Mahogany Finger Board: Wenge Scale: 26.5″ Neck Finish: Satin Lacquer Pickups: ACG RFB humbucker Hardware: Hipshot Type B Bridge 17mm spacing Gotoh GB350 Resolite tuners Dunlop Dual Design Straplocks Custom Newtone strings Pre-amp: ACG/East P-Retro with Active/Passive Edited February 27, 2020 by Grantd 9
Grantd Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 6 hours ago, Roadybus said: What‘s the tuning on this one? Standard tuning: E A D G
Roadybus Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 huh! with a 130 e-string? what gauge, please? it‘s not an octave up, isn‘t it?
eude Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Roadybus said: huh! with a 130 e-string? what gauge, please? it‘s not an octave up, isn‘t it? Tuned E Standard. It's amazing what's possible with real luthier expertise and custom strings... Eude 4
Grantd Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Roadybus said: huh! with a 130 e-string? what gauge, please? it‘s not an octave up, isn‘t it? Actually they are Newtone 115 (e string) strings made specifically for this scale bass - UK made, readily available and don’t cost the earth. I will include a spare set in the deal. I'm keeping the fretless version of this bass.
BassApprentice Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Ooooh now if only I had the pennies! Was really interested in this when Alan first started working on these.
Roadybus Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 ...not much space to intonate on a 26,5“ i guess i‘d love to hear it!
Grantd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Posted January 5, 2020 Sounds just like the link posted by Eude. And it's in much better hands than mine, with this fella.
scrumpymike Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 What a little gem is this! I have a lovely ACG Border Reiver I bought from Grant a while back and can thoroughly recommend him as a top bloke. Happy New Year Grant and GLWTS!
Grantd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Posted January 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, scrumpymike said: What a little gem is this! I have a lovely ACG Border Reiver I bought from Grant a while back and can thoroughly recommend him as a top bloke. Happy New Year Grant and GLWTS! Cheers Mike. Happy New Year to you too!
Roadybus Posted January 6, 2020 Posted January 6, 2020 Thanx, i got the video already, i was wondering about sound and handling of your fretless version of this bass, actually... guess it‘s tricky!?
Grantd Posted January 6, 2020 Author Posted January 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Roadybus said: Thanx, i got the video already, i was wondering about sound and handling of your fretless version of this bass, actually... guess it‘s tricky!? Tricky - not really, comparable with a Rob Allen Mouse from a handling perspective. The slim neck and compact size just makes it easy to manage. 1
Frank Blank Posted January 6, 2020 Posted January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Grantd said: Tricky - not really, comparable with a Rob Allen Mouse from a handling perspective. The slim neck and compact size just makes it easy to manage. I just couldn’t get on with a 34” fretless, to the point that I was giving up the idea of playing fretless at all, until I tried and subsequently purchased a RA Mouse, so much easier for me. 2
CameronJ Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 On 03/01/2020 at 11:08, eude said: Tuned E Standard. It's amazing what's possible with real luthier expertise and custom strings... Eude That sounds great. Obviously the playing contributes but the core sound of the instrument is so rich.
Elfrasho Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 I had a wee go on this over the weekend and I i can assure any potential buyers that the video above is a true reflection of the sound and tone you'll get. It doesn't lack anything you'd expect from a more standard scale length, and it's very (very) playable, even for someone with big hands like me! Plus, it looks and feel's tremendous as per all ACG's I've tried. 1
Grantd Posted January 26, 2020 Author Posted January 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Elfrasho said: I had a wee go on this over the weekend and I i can assure any potential buyers that the video above is a true reflection of the sound and tone you'll get. It doesn't lack anything you'd expect from a more standard scale length, and it's very (very) playable, even for someone with big hands like me! Plus, it looks and feel's tremendous as per all ACG's I've tried. Cheers Fraser. 1
Brook_fan Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 Bugger this is exactly what I want to replace my Brook acoustic bass. Just waiting to sell it.
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