Kev

Thomann have it up https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEoQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thomann.de%2Fgb%2Fdarkglass_microtubes_vintage_deluxe.htm&ei=7KPlUorYIYqu7Aa1poDwBQ&usg=AFQjCNFOKbeFgsjC8ONHLrVelrlln_Tu1w&bvm=bv.59930103,d.ZGU £40 cheaper than the B7K.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1390765427' post='2349281'] Thanks Kev, she's in for repairs at moment with McIntyre guitars in Edinburgh. Getting an intermittent popping noise which I cant locate. Chris comes very highly rated so will see how we get on. I've had it from new in 1989 and still not a mark on it. Has only done a few gigs back in 90's and occasional studio work. Dave [/quote] Awesome, my SSII is currently with a luthier getting a pro setup, terrified of truss rods when they don't just turn smoothly!

Nice thumb!!

Depends on the type of pickup really. Generally, active pickups (EMG types) need to be as close to the strings as your technique will allow. Other pickups, back them away from the strings until you no longer feel the vibration is being impeded by the magnetic field.

Nothing sounds like a Stingray, even though it may look like the Corvette could be similar. They are very different instruments so it is difficult to recommend anything for you. Have you played a $$?

I'll get in line

Nice definition of GAS there .

any sign of a release date? This just sounds awesome.

Iron Ether Subterrenea has a Sawtooth mode as I remember it?

[quote name='GremlinAndy' timestamp='1390356430' post='2344532'] Love the vintage sound, hate the b3k. my b3k sits unused.... Might try the new vintage, just because the vintage tone suits my ear, and adding a bit more versatility/tweak-ability can't hurt. [/quote] Wish I had the cash to let a £200 pedal sit unused! . It is too metallic for some I'm sure, but the B7K and it EQ is a huge step up and it's hands down the best bass overdrive for me. The vintage I disliked as the tone I found very ordinary and too much like what is already out there, certainly not a pedal I want £200 invested in. perhaps the EQ on the deluxe will have the same result as the b7K!

He also likes his strings very fresh, which will also help. He doesn't use too much in the way of effects, at all. All the tone is in the Jazz and those fingers.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1390149253' post='2341949'] Mmmm, I'm not sure about in-store but I'd be prepared to pay a reasonable amount for a take-out rental. For example,I've never touched a Warwick and paying for a weekend's rental would be an appealing idea. It might cause a bad attack of GAS though. [/quote] Yes, it would

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1390148932' post='2341943'] Apparently a new Russian style coffee shop in that London is open which offers [i]free coffee[/i] and [i]free wi-fi[/i], but charges 3p a minute "rent" to customers length of stay in the shop. As an extension of that - I mused; would it work for guitar shops that suffer from show-rooming customers, [i](who trial an item in the shop but then buy for less online)[/i] to charge a fee (eg. £1 a min?) for an in-shop customer trial - refundable if it's then bought. If the item [i]isn't[/i] bought then the amount of that trial's rent is discounted from the then ex-demo guitar/bass's price? Thereby if a guitar is demoed enough someone eventually gets it for a steal. Would you pay it - or would it put you off going into shops that did such? Would it deter the long traditional Saturday afternoon kids who widdle-widdle for hours on their dream guitar then put it back until next time? OK - if it doesn't pan out - it's your fault! [/quote] I think if music shops tried to introduce such an idea, it would be the final nail in their coffin. Why would anyone want to pay to try out an instrument? Do DFS start charging for sitting on sofas/beds? Clothes shops for trying things on?