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Yes, bless them, they have always been a bit "different". Pottily designed, commercially stillborn monstrosities. And it's one of the reasons I like 'em

In a case (and by case I presume you mean hard case) I can't see it making much difference. Furthermore, as I like to see and be able to pick up a bass whenever I want to, I have mine lined up in a rack, so I haven't really given it much thought.

Simple. Does the brand name begin with "F"? The big F will kill everything in the end and we'll live in a homogenised world of P, J and the occasional weirdo that slips out undetected

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1344598607' post='1766874'] And they're arguably the fuglyest bass they ever put out. [/quote] Indeed - it's those mini MFD pickups that intrigue me. Mind you, the fact that the control plate doesn't tally up at all with the shape of the body is mitigated somewhat by black crinkle on a black body: I'd be all over that particular finish combination. And the bass as a whole? There's something reassuringly industrial about it. It isn't pretty, but it will sure as hell get the job done.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1344596911' post='1766840'] As the lucky owner of one of the first G&L basses ever made, I have to say Matt you are wrong wrong wrong and for this act of heracy I demand that you relinquish your G&L fanciers membership pin forthwith. Also I think I know you and your whacky bass collection well enough to know that if you'd scored an old L-2000E instead of a modern one that you'd be lovin' and not hatin'. I'm personally not a big fan of the eye-gouger headstock but it wouldn't seriously put me off a great sounding bass... tone before looks and all that. [/quote] Hey man, you know that if I had a few spare hundred sloshing about the place then it'd be an El Toro I'd be after, and they're eye-gougers too.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1344595479' post='1766813'] Ok, point taken. The early one does look like it was mad in a kids wood work class, next to that the current headstock doesn't look too bad after all. I do prefer the third one though. [/quote] /me passes you the jig saw

I submit that the latter G&L headstock is vastly superior to previous efforts. To me, the old ones look like prototypes or even afterthoughts. A blob with tuner holes in it. All just my opinion, of course. And if you don't like the spike then you can always cut it off and you'll end up with something akin to an early SB-2 headstock, if that's your bag I've said too much - bye!

I like the "eye gouger" headstock - way better and much more distinctive than the "drawn by a 5 year old" one which came before it

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1195660956' post='92195'] We've never cleared a floor before, we usually start off with a stand-off-ish crowd (que singers joke about the space on the floor in front of us) and by the end of the set we have folk all over us - that's just the way we work the set list I think. But at practice if I get bored and do a bit of Sunn O))) I usually get a few WTF looks and the offended have been know to leave the room. [/quote] I'm pretty sure I vaguely remember everyone disappeared that time we played "Inner London Violence" Cool song to play, but no-one fancied dancing to it.

Stand down guys, I didn't get it. Thanks anyway

I own an Indonesian built G&L Tribute L-2000 and apart from a few very minor cosmetic issues (like the tuner backs not quite lined up straight) I won't have a bad word said against it - frets/neck good, same pickups as USA model, decent hardware, a solidly put together bass.

Had to vote Other -

Thanks for the offers guys. If I win, I'll be in touch

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1344337022' post='1762901'] If the pickup is in Newcastle, where's the rest of the bass? [/quote] Tee hee. Title edited

Hi there This may not come to pass (have to win it first!) but I have my eye on a bass that is collection only in Newcastle. I have messaged the seller to see if they are willing to post but have received no word back, so I'll take that as a no. Would a local BCer be willing to pick up on my behalf and then post it on to me? Beer tokens will be tacked on to the cost of postage, of course. Thanks

/me keeps an eye out for the Feds looking for the ebony fingerboard on my Gibson IV

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1344329279' post='1762740'] 3. Dammit! [/quote] Three more than many - so don't worry about it

32 so far since September 2008. Not even one a month on average. Bloody part-timers, eh? To be fair, I have broken through the one a month barrier for the first time this year.

Just work the BB300 - a reversed P pickup sounds better than the regular P layout in my humble opinion anyway. I've just done my last two gigs with my BB300 and it sounded reet good (to my ears anyway). But on the other hand, if you want it, get it. If you don't like it, sell it.

Played at Belladrum Festival on Friday evening. Mixed feelings about it to be honest. On the positive side, being not in a tented stage, but rather playing out to the open field we still managed to stop a fair few folk in their tracks and they stuck around for a few songs and danced, so that was good. However, the onstage sound was poor, we played too fast most of the time, and being on the smallest stage at a festival with so much other stuff going on gave me a real "peeing in the ocean" kind of feeling. My first festival gig. 45 minutes. Was that it? What [i]is[/i] all the fuss about? I didn't even stay long after the gig, despite the festival being willing to tolerate our presence for the whole thing. I just wanted to get home for a number of campsite related reasons (noisy neighbours who we feel shouldn't have been in our area, our crappy moisture trap of a tent) above and beyond that sinking feeling when you feel you just didn't perform as well as you know you can. Got a bit of downtime now (no gigs booked until October) so we can relax, refresh, reflect and move on up from this which was - for me anyway - a bit of a damp squib. I wish we had ended our little tour with the gig at Last Bus Depot - we played for an hour and a half and I didn't want to leave!

HTC Hero - awful, don't bother HTC Desire S - awful, don't bother - gets totally swamped and distorts at a pin dropping (slight exaggeration but mine at least is shockingly bad) Samsung Galaxy S3 - very poor at picking up bass