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Promenade Music, Morecambe!

It's a piece of wood that's the same shape as millions of other pieces of wood. Paint the headstock and prosper!

As many have said, resale value isn't great. I've had a few bits from Warmoth and my current Jazz has a tele style neck from them. The quality is amazing. IMO, the best part of building basses from parts is all the research and looking into the specifics of each individual component. That may seem tedious to some, but I find it more fun than the actual build!

Thumbo - 800 is running through the Matamp 2x12. Sounds killer! I really enjoyed having the Orange AD200B, but it was a lot of amp to be sat in my room, not being gigged. Plus, it sounded its best when cranked...something I rarely got the chance to do. I'm aware I'm still in the honeymoon period, but the Monarch has a slightly sweeter overdriven tone than the AD200. It reacts just like a valve amp with digging in, which is what impresses me the most. Maybe we could have a little pedal swap where I swap the Monarch with dannyboy's Oxford, then he sends the Monarch on to you to give it a bash. I was fairly flush last month and that was the only reason I picked this up. I know people pay a lot for pedals these days, but £130 for a bedroom player is a lot! Nice to try things before you buy, so the offer's there. Gareth - It's a Tea-Rex!! (chortle, chortle)

That's great, I love a nice pastel coloured bass! Bigbeatnut - P is there, it is all black though so may be a little difficult to see.

danny - thanks for the offer, I'll defo take you up once I've put it through its paces. I'll be in touch! deej - that's good to know about running dirt into it! Can you tell me what the biggest differences are with 18v, or is it just headroom?

Hi all, I'm aware that we have an effects gear review section, but thought this section had a bit mroe traffic and not many people seem to know about this pedal. I bought one of these unheard from Guitar Guitar for the tidy sum of £129.99. Quite a lot, but I knew EQD had a good rep and I was looking for a pedal to emulate the grindy dirty natural sound of overdriven Orange amps. My internet search turned up this beast, as well as the Tech 21 Oxford. The Monarch is meant to sound just like one of the 1970's Orange Graphic models. The 'Oxford' was slightly more expensive, and Tech 21's graphics have never appealed to me, (I know, I should only care about the soundsszzzz) so after a day's wait, the Monarch showed up on my door. I've previously owned an AD200B which sounded cool, but I love the older Orange tone...can't quite put my finger on it, but it sounds great. Things like the OR120 are right up my street with bass tonez. Running a Jazz through a GK 800RB, this pedal gave me that great old school tone (sorry for the cliché) straight away. Volume, Gain, Bass and Treble knobs keep things simple but there is a ton of volume on tap. I'm running the Monarch at 9v (it can also be powered at 18v) and unity volume is a shade under 9 o'clock. Madness. The gain knob is beautiful and set at about 10 o'clock, gives a nice gritty warmth to my tone, but digging in produces a really natural smooth overdrive with a bit of bite and snarl. Gorgeous! The bass and treble eq is useful and really natural. I think I'm goign to run this almost as an amp-sim and have distortion going into it. I'm also going to run it at 18v when I can and see what it can really do. Haven't used this in a live setting yet, but played loud, my bass stands out really well and the slight grit that I get adds a really cool flavour, depending on how hard I dig in. I've attached a couple of pics, but no clips sorry. Not that technically minded. I'm well aware that £130 is a lot for a pedal, but I was lucky in this one giving me exactly what I was looking for. Kudos to EQD and Guitar Guitar too! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/2013-02-05203309_zps70bb28fe.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/2013-02-05203413_zps82d8fe5d.jpg[/IMG]

I used to run a Bassman 135 with a Matamp 2x12. It sounded glorious! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/Picture002-4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/Picture001-3.jpg[/IMG]

Pedaltrain are meant to be coming out with a rechargeable power supply called 'Volto'. It's meant for the smaller Pedaltrains like the Nano and Mini. Hopefully see a release date for it at NAMM that's currently going on.

I picked up an AD200 for £750 so they can be found cheaply. I'd say £7-800 is standard for them 2nd hand. I've been thinking the same myself lately...

I was perusing the Bass Direct website today and this beauty caught my eye. Just a perfect looking bass. The finish and the chrome pickups is stunning...need to start saving! http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Lull_JT4.html [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/JT4Front_zpsf82375f7.jpg[/IMG]

Nice one! It's getting cheaper and cheaper!

Hi all, I've pre-ordered one of these, so should be with me in February sometime, but just letting you all know about it, as many bass players like the tall font russian sovtek muff. Only a relatively small builder so there's only a few out at the moment. I'll post a review when mine lands! Can't wait. http://arc-effects.com/big-green-pi/ [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/77062_289150867854117_1405069404_n_zps95e7f0bb.jpg[/IMG]

Hi all, Not sure if this is the right section, but I'm going to be picking up a tuner shortly, and came across the Guitarman tuner, which seems to be pretty much a Pitchblack but a tenner less and no 'Korg' written on it. Jas anyone used one before..apparently the same internals as a Pitchblack too. http://www.effectpowersupplies.com/guitarman-gm305-pedal-tuner-1923-p.asp

A Matamp combo would be a thing of beauty...pester them Ste, pester them!!

I think I'm laughing at this more than is normal

Dont Ultra Jazzes just have 2 wires each? I think it's the Model J's that have 4, but I may very well be wrong. Or maybe I've not read the OP right?!

Thanks for the review Ash. I'll have to nip to Promenade and check it out myself.

Nice looking bass, mind.

Surely that's worth more than £2k, no?