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Please talk me out of ordering this

#21
Pickups are positioned closer towards the neck. Ideally I'd want them both closer to the bridge. I'm usually favoring the bridge pickup and turning down (or off) the neck pups. Have you heard / played one before.

Whammy bar. What we gonna do with that ... Looks heavy - ya know the bridge is ... That'll be a custom made pickguard if you wanna change it out ... Don't like the Pao fretboard ... hate the gold tuners ... I'd bet it has neck dive ... the only thing missing is a Rickenbacker shaped body. Then we could rename it the "Football Bat"

There..... how'd I do? Ya still want it?
 
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Spent some time on the site designing my own. Imma keep “refining” it.
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#25
if it is a j clone, will the pickups be in the right spot?

if they're relocated from J position... just be aware of that. there's a few reasons why standard pickup placements are what they are. they work. they align with harmonics on the string.
 
#29
Rather than anyone trying to talk you out of it because they don’t lust after it quite like you do — buy it, but sell something else to alleviate the guilt. YOLO.
 
#37
doesn't do it for me... it's like a P with the wrong type pickup and whammy bar. I've never seen a bass use a whammy bar well in the wild. If you get bored of it you will not get a good price reselling. Then again I had a few custom made I enjoy that wouldn't resell either. I won't try to talk you out of it though.
 
#38
DrBnz said:
Pickups are positioned closer towards the neck. Ideally I'd want them both closer to the bridge.
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And I'm the opposite - anything closer to the bridge than a MusicMan pickup is useless for the tones I want.

So IMO the pickup positions and P-bass body are benefits.
The gold hardware & neck-through construction are aesthetic preferences that are neither positive or negative.
IMO, the Kahler trem and price tag are impediments.

If neck-through construction was a key selling point, ask yourself why.

Generally, neck-through instruments are described as having better sustain - but that Kahler trem will lose every bit of whatever sustain advantage the neck construction gives you.
You'd be paying an upcharge for two features that cancel each other out - like shelling out $1000 to improve the aerodynamics of your car, then $2000 for a lift kit and mudder tires...

You could probably save $1500 by sourcing the parts through Warmoth and having a local luthier assemble it.
 
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#39
Meh, another FSO. I realize there's only so many practical body shapes and headstocks available, but FSOs are big, clunky looking and unimaginative.

This isn't FSO hate, if you like it, I love it. You did say to talk you out of it.
 

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