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[quote name='Bassman7' post='71400' date='Oct 9 2007, 06:55 AM']Hey, where did you manage to pick up a beauty like that in the UK? Must go there!![/quote] Hi I got it from the States. I'm getting a fretless one made as well, that too is coming from the States. I'm saving about £500 (even after VAT etc).

I'm after a rackable compressor, and it's between the following. DBX160A DBX166XL Ashly CLX52E Drawmer DL241 The 160A is something of an industry standard, and seems to be pretty easy to use. The 166XL has more features, but is £120 less. The other two are a bit of an unknown. So does anyone have experience of any of them, and which one is the quietist, and least coloured one.

I used them for a bit, I found them to be all middle, no real low end (no depth of low end anyway, mostly low mids), and they didn't have a great top end either. I also found the tension to be too much, I use a medium gauge, but I like a string to be quite flexible. I've gone back to using DRs, they sound so much fuller across all the frequencies, and are really flexible, they just respond to the nuances of your playing more, they let you play . At the end of the day you either like something or you don't, and with Elixirs there seems to be a pretty even split between people who like them, and those who don't, there are dozens of threads on talkbass about them.

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='69269' date='Oct 3 2007, 09:55 PM']Not for headless basses surely? They aren't really the norm.[/quote] But he offers them for sale, so you'd think he would have them to hand, or at least order them in suficiently early enough, must be just me I suppose.

Aren't tuners something that he should have a stock of ?.

I've been using an Epi 3x10 for a few months now, it's one of the newer series 2 cabs. It's a great sounding cab, it has a really nice bass response without being 'boomy', and a nice high end, it's a bit big though, that's the only real thing wrong with it, it's probably a bit bigger than some 4x10's. They do have their own sound though, so you do need to try it before you buy it.

Try this place, very nearly half the UK price and you should get them within a few days, I tend to buy a couple of sets at a time to save on postage. [url="http://saitenkatalog.de/shop1/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/51/products_id/3285?osCsid=52557f64e37374066de9fda121756b18"]http://saitenkatalog.de/shop1/product_info...de9fda121756b18[/url]

I had one a few years ago. I found that the EQ section was very limited, especially the mid section, there wasn't enough control at the correct frequencies. Others have found this too, I remember seeing a review in bassplayer magazine, and also I think I've seen the same thing said on talkbass.

I remember years ago, I used to spend most of my pocket money on guitar mags. There used to be a magazine called Music UK, one of the first ones that I bought featured some reviews of ER basses built by Manson, I think there was a 5 string and an 8, I can't remember the other, but for their time, the designs were years ahead of what everyone else was doing.

I'm after a new stand for my bass, I'd really like one that grabs the neck, the only trouble is it's a 6 string, so it has quite a wide neck. I've tried Hercules in the past but they aren't wide enough. Cost isn't really important (within reason), it just needs to be good and reliable.

This was about 10 or 12 years ago. They were on the high street, I think by the railway station, it may even have been called Station street, I'm not sure, they were opposite a car park.

I remember the Embassy well, I bought two of the Wals from them, a 4 string and a 5. The original shop was fantastic, it had a really nice vibe to it.

A very, very nice bass. Burr myrtle facings on an ash body. Bartolini pickups and a John East preamp. The neck profile is great, and best of all it just doesn't move. The sounds available are amazing, deep and full, yet bright and clear, no deadspots and great sustain.

[quote name='kjb' post='58443' date='Sep 10 2007, 09:24 PM']It'd be cool if Michael Manring and Steve Lawson could make it as well.[/quote] Those two plus Gary Willis, that would be fantastic.

He's a regular on talkbass, he has a nice collection.

I've bought a few things from them over the years, whenever I go in the shop I always sort of get the impression that they'd rather I hadn't.......strange really because I kind of thought that they were there to sell me things. They don't seem to have grasped the concept of seller/buyer. Something wierd that happened regarding one purchase from them..................I bought a Roscoe from them about two years ago, it was a commission sale. Anyway, about two months ago I had a phone call from the basscentre asking if I still had the receipts for it, he sounded pretty desperate and wasn't at all happy when I told him I hadn't................sounds like something similar to the other replies from people who've had problems with commission sales. I've had loads off stuff from the Gallery, their prices............I find anyway are competitive, and their customer service is excellent. I'm about to order an F-bass from bass central in the US, they really have embraced the customer service ethic, they answer emails promptly, and seem to go out of their way to be helpful.