Brave Sir Robin

I'm with Viajero. I prononce it like for the French rugby player. ee-ban-ez. Although with spanish pronounciation, it would probably more like ee-ban-yeth or ee-ban-eth. As for pronounciation for plural, I wouldn;t know, I only have one

active. If you pull the volume knob, it then bypasses the pre-amp, becomes passive and you can use the passive channel.

Second hand Yamaha / Ibanez, and an amp with decent wattage (second hand too), unless you just want to practise. Warwick Rockbasses are quite decent too. I've never been a fan of fender copies, just a personnal dislike so I wouldn't know about Squiers, but the Vintage series is suppose to be pretty good. a couple of examples you may find shopping around : Yamaha BB414 Yamaha RBX374 Ibanez SR400 Ibanez SR500 Ibanez RD Ibanez BTB Ibanez ATK Warwick Rockbass Peavey Millenium BXP Seocnd hand, between £120 to £200 depending on condition and luck. You can find very decent oldies too, especially in the ibanez range. I got my K5 for £220. For amplification, Dont expect something fancy, but Peaveys, Fenders, Crates, Berhinger... Plenty to choose. You may even be lucky and find a decent Gallien Krueger Backline or Ampeg B-100.

That streamer's gorgeous. Hope yours will turn out as good. Good call on black hardware.

here's an opinion on the matter (there are several apparently), that sound accurate. [url="http://www.warwick.de/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1020"]http://www.warwick.de/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1020[/url] They are completely different basses though, in term of feel and sound (and even shape, the spectors are a bit smaller, I'd say between a Thumb and a Streamer).

Alan is gonna make the wait easier by installing a low battery indicator, free of charge Oooh, shiny lights....!

quick pickup mockup I made. Love the deep cutaway at the back. Curvalicious.

Can't wipe the grin off my face

oh my...

Don't forget the BTB range as well. or a Yamaha 415/615

Seth Horan used a Pro-M, his tone (and technique) is amazing. Very bright, lively and articulate. You worked out the controls for the bass? I believe each of the pickups has its own 2 band pre-amp. As for waxing, that should not be necessary, unless it's got no finish. The wax is usually for the natural bubinga and ovangkol models.

It's unravelling...

neck getting glued. Hmmm nice fretboard....

Another tough decision. It's that sort of choices that you know will turn out good no matter what, but anyway I have two choices for the neck pickup. These are apparently the same pickups but with different housing. I kinda like the slimline look. A humbucker in a single coil housing, that's pretty cool!

I'm gonna be honest, I had a 5 string and I was a little bit dissapointed by the B. Mind you, I used to have a Thumb 5 BO wenge neck, and the B was something else. imo, the $$ works better in 4 strings. I decided to buy one after trying a 4 strings (couldn't find a 5 strings to try).

In that case, go custom. Ask a luthier for a quote, and what you want to sound and look like. If you can take the wait, I think it's the best way to go

I'm not usually one for the 'violin' look, but I have a feeling this is gonna change my mind in a major way

Nice. I watched the superbowl yesterday, and Tom Pettys' guitarist was playing a guitar very similar to the bass on the left.

For something as cool as a bass like that, I would always save money and buy what I really want, and accept not a substitute. That's a stunning bass btw.

That for a hundred quids? Maybe you should have played the lottery that day! Didn't know the ATK 400 was mahogany, one more reason for me to feel jealous

[quote name='7string' post='127972' date='Jan 25 2008, 07:13 PM']The grain of that walnut is going to come out really well [/quote] yep. I've gone for oil finish. It should come out quite well.

more progress. And the frets are going in

[quote name='Hamster' post='123522' date='Jan 19 2008, 08:06 PM']Keith is in the recommended luthiers sticky here:- [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=253&view=findpost&p=1780"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...post&p=1780[/url] Luthiers only get on the list after personal recommendadtion from a forum member Hamster[/quote] I've just seen him on page 3. I'll tell you how it goes so you can add him later

any one used the services of Keith Bennion? Looking for a luthier to do some fret work, and possibly some extra work like shielding. [url="http://www.kgb-music.co.uk/"]http://www.kgb-music.co.uk/[/url] Or if anyone can recommend a good luthier in the Liverpool area. the more I play my corvette, the more I like it. It's such a nice looking and sounding instrument, I need to put the neck right before I can post sound clips.

There is a difference between a FNA and a FNA Jazzman. The FNA doesn't have the pickup at the neck. Which one is it?