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ACG 9 STRING!!
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New progress pics 
A new router base had to be fabricated as the neck pocket was so wide.
The neck and body are now brought together and the set neck is glued and clamped. It's great to see just how well that spalted fingerboard goes with the mahogony top.
I can't wait to see what it looks like when the clamps come off
A new router base had to be fabricated as the neck pocket was so wide.
The neck and body are now brought together and the set neck is glued and clamped. It's great to see just how well that spalted fingerboard goes with the mahogony top.
I can't wait to see what it looks like when the clamps come off
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Lookin' real good! All this talk about the ACG pre has me thinking...
Can't wait to see and hear the final product!
Christian
Lookin' real good! All this talk about the ACG pre has me thinking...
Can't wait to see and hear the final product!
Christian
I have to say (and bear in mind I'm just an ACG customer and so am not endorsed in any way) that the ACG pre is one powerful piece of kit.
The range of sounds you can get out of the controls really is amazing. In the little playing I've done with it at ACG HQ, I really only scratched the surface of what it can do. I've also tried it with a magnetic and a piezo running into the pre (which is the same config as in my ACG 9) and it works wonderfully well.
The advantage when it comes to ERB's is that the ACG pre goes down to 20Hz without modification, so it will have some effect on the low F#.
More info about the pre and all things ACG can be found at www.acguitars.co.uk
The range of sounds you can get out of the controls really is amazing. In the little playing I've done with it at ACG HQ, I really only scratched the surface of what it can do. I've also tried it with a magnetic and a piezo running into the pre (which is the same config as in my ACG 9) and it works wonderfully well.
The advantage when it comes to ERB's is that the ACG pre goes down to 20Hz without modification, so it will have some effect on the low F#.
More info about the pre and all things ACG can be found at www.acguitars.co.uk
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That is going to be an outstanding - albeit somewhat intimidating! - instrument! Alan is truly one of the top-tier luthiers, IME/IMHO, and this is simply amazing in light of his 'relative newcomer' status.
For any of you folks currently able to take advantage of the favorable exchange rate, now might be a very, very good time to talk to Alan about a bass. IMHO, his prices were too low even before the Pound lost some of the high ground. Don't tell Alan, though!
Tom.
For any of you folks currently able to take advantage of the favorable exchange rate, now might be a very, very good time to talk to Alan about a bass. IMHO, his prices were too low even before the Pound lost some of the high ground. Don't tell Alan, though!
Tom.
More progress pics!!
The clamps are off and cavities have been routed. I think it looks mighty fine already!!
Can't say how excited I am about this
The clamps are off and cavities have been routed. I think it looks mighty fine already!!
Can't say how excited I am about this
Here's the latest progress pic of the ACG9. With the bass nearing completion, the excitement is definately building.
With the bridge and pickups in place, you can really see how the finished bass will look.
With the bridge and pickups in place, you can really see how the finished bass will look.
After succesfully winning the battle with the go.google computer virus, I can now post the latest pics.
The rout here in the above photo is for the wires from the piezo elements in the bridge. They'll wend their way through this into the control cavity where they'll be put into one channel of the ACG-01 preamp
It's looking better and better and with the finish line ahead, I'm starting to come up with some musical ideas for the 9. A student of mine saw I had a dictaphone and asked why I wasn't using it to make on-the-fly recordings as I'm practicing. To be honest, I'd never thought of it but now it's ever-ready to catch a cool lick which I can save for later.
The rout here in the above photo is for the wires from the piezo elements in the bridge. They'll wend their way through this into the control cavity where they'll be put into one channel of the ACG-01 preamp
It's looking better and better and with the finish line ahead, I'm starting to come up with some musical ideas for the 9. A student of mine saw I had a dictaphone and asked why I wasn't using it to make on-the-fly recordings as I'm practicing. To be honest, I'd never thought of it but now it's ever-ready to catch a cool lick which I can save for later.
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Sweet! I really like the arrangement Alan's come up with to toggle between the peizo and bridge pickups, too--it's a nice compromise between having lots of tonal alternatives, and having too many knobs to deal with.
Mike
Mike
Yup, I hope you get to see it at some point too.
Now my parents have moved to the coast, I have to go through/around London anyway. I'll probably be dropping Jezebel in for a set-up at Sei HQ at some point and I'll be sure to bring the 9 with me as well.
If I go away for anything more than a few days, I always carry a bass and one of those Tascam BT-1 things so I can get some playing in.
Actually, this reminds me that on the last journey back up to Scotland on the train, the Hiscox case containing my Sei bass dropped from the overhead shelf as the train lurched to one side. The bass was unharmed but the case is a bit bashed, so much so that there's about an inch clear gap between the lid and it's other half. I must write to Hiscox and see if I can get a replacement! Luckily, the bass doesn't leave the house very often!
Now my parents have moved to the coast, I have to go through/around London anyway. I'll probably be dropping Jezebel in for a set-up at Sei HQ at some point and I'll be sure to bring the 9 with me as well.
If I go away for anything more than a few days, I always carry a bass and one of those Tascam BT-1 things so I can get some playing in.
Actually, this reminds me that on the last journey back up to Scotland on the train, the Hiscox case containing my Sei bass dropped from the overhead shelf as the train lurched to one side. The bass was unharmed but the case is a bit bashed, so much so that there's about an inch clear gap between the lid and it's other half. I must write to Hiscox and see if I can get a replacement! Luckily, the bass doesn't leave the house very often!
This was posted on the luthier pages and it was so great that I had to include it over here!
Totally.
My wife and I thought that there was a devil in that fingerboard !!
Spooky !!
More progress pics. Pickup routes and the shaping of the neck/body joint are complete.
I think it just looks fantastic. Just lost for words. Really excited doesn't come close
I think it just looks fantastic. Just lost for words. Really excited doesn't come close
Hard to say before the tuners and other hardware and electronics are even installed! The design puts the strap button at about the 10th fret, though, so hopefully it will help with the balance.
Mike
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