Bigwan

[quote name='M@23' timestamp='1444670242' post='2884966'] I'm seriously thinking about getting a swamp ash 5, these look great. [/quote] Don't. Don't think about it. Honestly. Just do it!

So I asked the question... And received the answer via Facebook PM yesterday... Sire DO plan to release a P-bass. But can't say when or anything about the specs.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1444585583' post='2884306'] Erm, time to 'fess up I think....just a wee bit too heavy to be practical but I've certainly got the valve/large cab bug I fear [URL=http://s945.photobucket.com/user/nwmurphy/media/image_14.jpeg.html][IMG]http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad298/nwmurphy/image_14.jpeg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] Good golly that is magnificent...

This particular model makes me wish I could get along with Ibanez Soundgear string spacing...

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1444396381' post='2882901'] An interesting note is that Sheehan thanks EBS in the sleeve notes (obviously due to his EBS Sheehan pedal) but then thanks Suncoast Analog, who interestingly make the B1p preamp, a pedal-sized clone of the Pearce preamps that Sheehan uses. So it would be interesting to know which one he is using to snarl through - EBS or Suncoast! [/quote] Having seen a few iterations of Billy's rig it could very well be both! He used 2 of the EBS pedals anyway so one of them may have been ousted.

[quote name='SingleMalt' timestamp='1444333148' post='2882394'] Does he just stick to tradition fender styles? I've been thinking about a precision with an old Thunderbird pick-up in the bridge for some time now. Maybe with a Jazz neck.... Talk about a Frankenbass! [/quote] Sounds great! I've been considering a precision with 2 t'bird pickups myself...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1444324140' post='2882283'] This one: [/quote] So.Much.Want.

There is no answer to this question...

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1444207364' post='2881047'] I just treated myself to a Phil Jones Headphone amp. Covers all the requirements that you listed. [/quote] +1 Not the cheapest, but sounds GREAT.

With a grand to spend there's only one thing I'd do with it - Aguilar DB750...

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1443479709' post='2875196'] I found the Proton a bit too subtle also, but much preferred it to the Wonderlove, I just couldn't dial in a good sound to fit my playing with that pedal. The Groove Regulator blows both of them away though I reckon. I've not had a chance to try the GR2 but word is it's even better - and since one went up for sale in the classifieds today and they don't come up that often, I advise you to jump on it! [/quote] I would second the GR2 recommendation. I've owned an early proton, which I liked but it didn't have enough control over the envelope for my liking, but the newer version seems better. I've owned all the bigger 3 leaf filters except the newest version of the wonderlove. The GR2 was the best for me. Easy to dial in and sounds awesome! BUT There's another cull of gear coming and it might go due to lack of use... For all the effects I actually use I may as well stick to my Zoom B3.

[quote name='Fitzy73' timestamp='1443804211' post='2877887'] I tried to get my money back but the shop is saying the bass is fine and all guitars will have some fret buzz . [/quote] Think I would have split somebody at that comment. Idiots...

[quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1443702877' post='2877007'] also looking out for PB50s (i know i shouldn't), got an idea for swapping the pickup out for a filtertron or something a bit different [/quote] Funny that makes 2 of us!

[quote name='amnesia' timestamp='1443700522' post='2876974'] I love its aggressive tone and the EQ has massive amounts of adjustment - all of which I ignore and leave centred. [/quote] The preamp is probably the one thing that would detract from the appeal of this bass for me - I absolutely HATE the Darkglass drive pedals (I've owned the B3K, B7K and VMT). They all have something in the upper midrange that I was unable to dial out no matter how hard I tried. I'm wondering if this has the same quality... Off to try and find soundclips...

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443681110' post='2876763'] Some excellent ideas here, thanks. I've thought quite seriously about the conversion idea, but I suspect there'd be worms everywhere. In particular I'd be worried about the tension on the neck, and about the pickup choice. Trouble is, it wouldn't really be possible to do a cheap "recce". By the time you've sourced & fitted extra tuners, replaced the nut, found a suitable bridge, and anchored the extra strings in the body, there's a pretty substantial investment gone into a mere experiment. On balance, buying a cheap bass that was designed and built as an 8 and then trying to improve it must make more sense. [/quote] All true... Doesn't stop me thinking about converting the Tokai Thunderbird I have hanging on the wall that I bought for peanuts. Big old neck on it, wide at the nut and with a strong truss rod (previous owner had STUPIDLY heavy strings on it - so much so they bent the baseplate of the bridge!). Only real issue is the frets are pretty knackered. Could be a goer though...

What about a conversion (as previously mentioned)? Something like the Ibanez on the other site: http://www.talkbass.com/threads/the-official-8-string-octave-courses-bass-club.456609/page-33

Eagerly keeping an eye open for a PB50 to appear again...

I was 7. Music meant absolutely nothing to me then - my folks were listening to Irish Country music mostly, which was, without exception, awful! Only really took an interest in music later in the 80's when "Appetite for Destruction" appeared. Special tune from the early 80's that stuck out for me was probably Paul Young "Wherever I Lay My Hat"... born bass player me... Couldn't have told you what was making "that" sound at the time though! Not a huge fan of Simply Red but my wife's mad about good old Mick. I was forced to watch them live from Montreaux on Sky Arts a few weeks ago (she's a Rugby widow at the minute so I wasn't too put out). Some of the "tunes" are just directionless dirge. A few highlights like "Stars" (to which my wife always cries cos it reminds her of the Richard E. Grant flick Jack and Sarah), but on the whole a pretty dreary affair. Tune in question isn't the worst by a LONG way...

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1443557390' post='2875824'] [url="http://s7.postimg.org/9tj4hu1i3/Dingwall_NG2_5.jpg"]http://s7.postimg.or...gwall_NG2_5.jpg[/url] As suggested by Moderators till my normal upload is sorted. Hope this works Dave [/quote] That's a sexy bass!

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1443543893' post='2875696'] You might want to check it's working properly Jack, I can't turn mine up very far before I start to feel my ears reacting? Plenty loud enough for me for sure, especially using the Aux in. [/quote] Echoes my experience too. Plenty loud enough for me. Could it have something to do with the impedance of your headphones?

[quote name='Romeo2' timestamp='1443546185' post='2875722'] Nope, can't tell a difference really; those who say they can hear it, hmm, I wonder if you still said that if the files were merged into one with no pause in between, and OP just saying, hey listen to this great drummer I just jammed with last weekend ... [/quote] Probably not!