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[quote name='BigRedX' post='128138' date='Jan 26 2008, 08:45 AM'][url="http://www.waterstoneguitars.com/bass_indra.shtml"]Waterstone Indra[/url][/quote] Yeah I would have to agree there, nice basses for the money.

Budget mesa amp? ....if there is such a thing

I take it you already have the BDDI/PBDDI ? This thread on talkbass might help you out, take it with a pinch of salt though. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=369986&highlight=RBI+SANSAMP"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...ght=RBI+SANSAMP[/url] Personally I would say you are not going to see a huge improvement... your money though mate

Nice collection man

lol! Eden stuff is great especially the cabs, but i've also read reports of reliability issues with their amps... however the Thunderfunk sounds like it might be right up your street

Exactly, for me the Audere is a final refinement of a very well finished bass... imo it should be the very last thing you add. Which is why I tried to mentioned replaceing the pots, expecting you to say "but I want an audere". So I suggest putting the cost of that pre toward making it a very good passive bass, if you buy parts second hand you can always resell if you want to try the that sound.

I think they charge over the top for them, a good EB-0 for example is worth about £600 imho. Gibson basses have gotta have a natural finish in my book, but your white eb-3 is really nice

M2000 is a nice amp, suprised you didn't hold onto that one?! Which trace did you have, I owned an pre-gibson ah350 with gp12 pre-amp for a while... kinda wish I still had it, really awesome, stable tone and way louder than anything else SS/Hybrid rated for 350w RMS.

[quote name='thedonutman' post='128401' date='Jan 26 2008, 07:41 PM']What do you mean? I'm not just buying the body, i'm buying a 5 string jazz and replacing the neck. So I'll have a bridge, tuners, pickups etc. Which I will probably add an Audere to later.[/quote] I mean just that! So you are using Fender or SX stock parts (you don't say what brand/model the top pic bass is), I would advise against using SX parts. What about pots and jack socket, which Audere pre are you going for?

Doesn't sound like a very complete plan to me lol! What about everything else?

IMO the weak points on an SX are the frets, tuners and the pots... of course due to the nature of their production the quality of the finished product fluctuates, so you might have a really nice bass there. I would say without pics it is worth about £50-100, which model is it?

Only the XB925 and RB2502 have ever caught my attention, Washburn don't make good basses imo.

Just sounds like a screwed pot and it will deteriorate if you don't get it seen to, it's a simple fix but if you aren't competent then don't attempt it since working on amps can be a dangerous affair. Take it to a techie, it won't be expensive unless something like a gremlin in the pre-amp is to blame.... that would be worst case scenario and *highly* unlikely.

Try a little bit of research: [url="http://www.basspickup.com/soundclips1.htm"]http://www.basspickup.com/soundclips1.htm[/url]

Despite their huge size and humbucker-like look, Dark Stars are single-coil pickups. They have individually adjustable polepieces (the row of flat-head screws are the adjusters), an enormous steel core, and two big Alnico V bar magnets. According to frequency-response tests performed by Alembic’s Ron Wickersham in the late ’60s, the Hagstrom design has exceptionally broad frequency response. This wide and even response was one of Fred Hammon’s primary design goals.

Nice looking basses, shame they don't do higher spec models. Darkstars would require routing, so if you are up to the task, sounds cool to me, but make sure you replace everything else electronic wise. A full leveling, crowning, detail nutwork treatment will do more for the bass than anything imo.