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  1. I just bought a nice Epi Newport from Russ, very happy. Many thanks
  2. Looks like a great buy for a gigging musician.
  3. My favourite recording bass, I'm recording with it as I type. It always sounds great to my ear
  4. I love these. I have a black Peerless Cassidy (factory branded) with similar mods. I hated the original bridge and bought another bridge for it and removed the pickguard and it looks killer. It also sounds killer. Those humbuckers are amazingly versatile. I have used it detuned in rock band, where I normally play 5 strings and for soft and country rock and it just works!
  5. I think I had this briefly, or one very similar. I had flats on it and remember it sounding really good. Some medium scale basses just have a great sound in the mix (like a good P bass) and mine was one of them.
  6. I'm going to have a bash at downtuning a 4 I think
  7. Because I have no experience of them and I have had past experiences of guitars not cutting though in the past e.g. Sandberg and Fender Jazz's. I play in a loud and energetic 6 piece rock band. Precisions, Jack Cassidy and EMG powered basses seem to fair better. I used a Yamaha BX1 and that worked fine too.
  8. Thanks, I like headless basses. Good idea. Never had one before. I would worry that it may not have enough thump
  9. Thanks for sharing, for me it's interesting to hear how distinctive and good the Rick is, how consistently good the Precision and Musicman are and how the Thunderbird shines with a pick. We obviosly need them all
  10. I did have a Epi Pro V? The active one whatever it was called, from Ebay. It seemed solid but had all the usual neck dive etc. but the killer was that the B string was much quieter than the rest. It meant that I couldn't really use it in the band. Inexcusable!
  11. Aha the non-reverse! It was playing one of those which made me think "must get a Thunderbird". I really liked the one that I played but the new prices were out of my budget.
  12. Interesting, I recently picked up a Gibson Studio which I'm not allowed to play until Christmas. I have tested it though and I think it may be broken as it plays and sounds great, the bridge seems solid, it doesn't have neck dive or any flaws other than the usual signs of a used bass. Note: According to the internet they all have those faults but it seems to me that the "Studio" solved a lot of those. Just as well I don't believe everything I read! My colour too!
  13. Thanks, I updated the weight with a figure. What is already apparent is that there seems to be plenty of choice. I really like the Cort but it is active. Also my 1 experience of trying a passive Jazz in the band wasn't the best. I got my but it kind of got lost and although I am sure I could have made it work I want something I can just sub in an emergency. Very impressed with the MB5 if I could get a good one
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