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[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1452947813' post='2954940'] I know, plenty more fish in the sea [/quote]

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1452946658' post='2954925'] One useful gadget thats always in my gig bag is this by Mark bass. If I forget my regular bass stand I can use this and it's secure and held in place extremely well and as long as you don't leave the jack lead in the bass it will stay put until you open the velcro. [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Markbass-Basskeeper-Bass-Guitar-Strap/BGU"]http://www.gear4musi...uitar-Strap/BGU[/url] [url="http://static.bax-shop.nl/images/resized/508/1315839/450x450/Markbass_Bass_Keeper_2.jpg"]Markbass_Bass_Keeper_2.jpg[/url] [/quote] would this work for a vertical rather than horizontal handle? I like the idea of carrying one of these in my gig bag permanently.

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1452796597' post='2953635'] Not the same cabs, but I'm running two 350w 112s (Bergs) with a Streamliner 900, and I have the Bass at about 9 o'clock on the dial - partly for the sound, but also because, like you, I'm just a little wary still of cranking too many deep lows through them. I'm sure I'm worrying unnecessarily, I just need to do a few more gigs with them to relax... The Streamliner has a High Pass Filter, too, so the ultra-lows get, erm, filtered out, but even so, I fret a bit. I do hit the thing quite hard sometimes, I'm a pretty dynamic* mostly-pick player... * AKA 'Ham-fisted, gets carried away'... [/quote]

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1452890847' post='2954580'] I have had to push drunk punters away from my monitor and mic stand and will do it again if it looks like they are going to fall over it or spill drinks. The last time it was actually the landlady! On NYE we had a drunk older woman singing backing vox with a friend of ours. She was getting a bit frisky with me and after groping my crotch I told her to f**k off and shoved her off the stage. She was shocked but realised the seriousness of it. Luckily hardly anyone noticed but she knocked my A string out of tune. [/quote] surely it'd be the G string out of tune (grabs coat, runs away fast)

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1452932585' post='2954768'] I flat out don't understand why G&L aren't more popular, even ones that have had their beating hearts ripped out in the name of modifications! [/quote] *especially* the ones that have had their uninspiring beating hearts ripped out in the name of a more sensible control configuration

Curious, I had never seen the MM humbucker in that shape (long ear, rather than two individual ears on the bass side)... I guess I haven't been paying attention! That blue looks lovely with the maple neck! Yum!

I'd try the Aguilar... but that's purely because I have the J-Retro and I have had the Audere simultaneously (different basses, obviously ) and it left me cold. It seemed very 'transparent', so if that's what you're after it may be to your liking. I personally like the 'colour' of the J-Retro. The Audere was ok but it seemed a little lacklustre by comparison.

Oh well... I ended up unable to resist an offer and... the bass is gone. Damn, it sounded great. A guy and a girl came over to check it out and they wouldn't stop going on about how lovely the neck was, and easy to play, and the great sound... I almost put the price up on the spot! Good bye, L2000.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452791408' post='2953567'] I run 2 with an 800w amp. Of course you have to be sensible but my bass on the dial is about 10.... and I run clean so I can hear them working or over working. The secret to these cabs is that they have such a nice mid ...not harsh at all. The go as low as they need to IMO. [/quote] Thank you. I also use a clean to pretty-much-clean and I think I'd be able to hear normally when the speakers are pushed too hard... but it's reassuring to hear that anyway.

I sold Byron my Wizard 84 Jazz pickups. Great guy to deal with, and patient too! (sorry about the delay!) Thank you, and I hope they work well on your bass

I sold Jon my John East MMSR preamp. Great guy to deal with Thank you, I hope it transforms your Stingray the way you want it!

Steve bought my Zoom MS60-B. Smooth and easy as it could be. Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1452766282' post='2953176'] I'll hopefully have one of the DIY cabs at a rough n' ready testing stage over the next week or so, and the pair of them properly finished another couple of weeks after that. I'm aiming to use one or two at a gig in mid-February. They'll also be blue, though a slightly darker shade, with a sparkly cloth grille. [/quote] Oooh, sound lovely! Blue tuffcab finish? Well, let me know when you're ready and we'll get together.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1452773959' post='2953297'] They'd be a nice match for my avatar bass. [/quote] I'm not giving them to you

I'm game!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1452607139' post='2951540'] I have never been influenced to purchase any bass because somebody else uses one. I really don't understand that mentality. Who is influenced to buy a bass because so and so uses one? [/quote] well, although I haven't bought a guitar/bass with that clear thought... I'm sure I got into certain models of guitar/bass from listening to certain players, and I was attracted to that kind of sound... so my buying a model X may have been influenced by them. Not necessarily to replicate their sound, but because they made a sound I liked, if you see what I mean. I'm sure this happens a lot. What is funny is that then artists 'sell' instruments that they're not really playing... For example Flea must have sold a TON of Stingrays, even if a lot of his output used other basses like Wal, Spector... and Jimmy Page, his Telecaster playing on the first albums sold a lot of Les Pauls too, I am sure

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452606543' post='2951525'] I'd say you liking the bass trumps the signature on it. [/quote] I agree. I bought [1] a Richie Sambora Stratocaster back in the 90s *despite* the signature. I just liked the guitar. It was a difficult time for someone wanting a Floyd Rose equipped guitar without going into the whole Ibanez/Jackson/etc shred/pointy territory. I just wanted a Stratocaster with a reliable vibrato [2] system. [1] ok, it was a birthday present from my girlfriend [2] I hate calling it trem/tremolo... it modulates pitch not volume! I still have that guitar.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1452721393' post='2952944'] Lovely! Don't worry about them having noticeably less lows than the 1126. What they do have is shedloads of natural, useful lows. And if you turn the bass knob up on your amp, they'll cope. Enjoy 'em! [/quote] I'm not worried about having less lows... for my taste the 1126s have if anything too much of them! I'm only a little worried about my amps being rated higher than the speakers, and what could happen if I end up boosting the bottom end. I'd like to think I could hear if I'm pushing the speakers too much for comfort, and I doubt I'd boost much or play that loud judging from my needs so far... but it does make me a little nervous, especially as occasionally I do let others use my gear. On the other hand, the 900W rating (at 8ohm) of the Streamliner is probably a bit of an exaggeration too... I will get a chance of a decent test within the next few days and see how they behave with regards to volume and tone at volume. Can't wait.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1452720271' post='2952929'] hmmm another good review for these... I would have tended towards the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1126 if I were buying but the s112 get so much love! [/font][/color] [/quote] well, don't take my comments as a review, yet. I have literally played through them for about 45 minutes at home, at a mostly-neighbour-friendly volume. So it's early days. But the first impression is good. The 1126 is very nice too... Last year I was between the S112, the 1126 and the H115 I think it was. After reading reviews and chatting to both Tommy at TKS and Barrie at BassGear, I went with the 1126 (which was what I was leaning towards the most). They have a very big sound. Hard to describe, especially when you know, it's a speaker, you can twiddle knobs in your amp and make it sound in a million different ways... But there's a certain character there that makes it sound pleasant yet the S112 seem much more the kind of sound I'm after, especially when it comes to the low midrange and the 'non-obtrusive' lows... we'll see! I just don't like the handles that much but everything else is very nice.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1452719171' post='2952922'] Ooh, nice colour! Does this mean you'll need a blue bass and some blue shoes to complete the set? I'll be interested to hear how you get on with them. [/quote] Ha ha! No, bass and shoes stay red When will you build yours? It would be fun to check them out side by side.

[quote name='chickenjames' timestamp='1452728612' post='2953013'] I've got one of the 'bargain' ones. I love it! I got it in 2014 on Black Friday, 15% off so I paid £950. I think there are still a few of them in the shops. 2EQ, very limited choice of colours (black, red and blue IIRC). Mine's 2EQ, black on black. No frills - no birds eye on the neck and no mutes (as I think you get on the Classic). 1 humbucker. But I think it's got everything that matters: same pickups as the more expensive one and the same sound, feel and build quality. Same bridge, tuners, nut etc. Decent soft case but I never use it. It even comes with a good servicing kit. Honestly, unless you need another pickup or _really_ want a mid on the EQ, I can't understand how it wold be worth spending any more. [/quote] do you remember if they did maple fingerboard ones or were they all rosewood?