Bigwan

Wow, that's awesome... Now where are my f'ing pickups?!

Nifty vintage coasters?

My friend's 64 precision... My ultimate. Or the Skarbee Celinder Update 4... Oh to have the chance to play the 2 side by side. The ultimate shootout.

Did you ever try your Quilter with one of the Barefaced 10" cabs Frank?

They sound like Quentin Tarantino's wet dream... Very little of that would be enough for me I think.

Website points you to Paul's Bass Matters in the Netherlands. You could try there if immediate contact isn't forthcoming.

The Darkglass is a great amp if you like a bit of drive. I do and had it on the VMT channel all the time. BUT I thought without drive it sounded a little flat and lacking in top end, but I was playing it through a tweeterless Barefaced cab so that's hardly the best way of judging it!

Probably bent it. Seriously.

Console yourself in the fact that Mr Vanderkley's technique is SO different from/better than yours that you probably couldn't make it sound that good even if you did have the time to practice enough... No wait, that's what I'm doing...

He's not only playing "one" here... It looks like the one he's playing in the video IS the one BD have for sale. Look at the grain on the top! Sounds lush!

All good sir! The quilter would be my choice if I was in the market at the minute.

The quilter will do 2 ohms Graham... http://www.quilterlabs.com/index.php/products/bassblock-amplifiers/bass-block-800

I wouldn't be buying one on the strength of that guy's review... a user on that other forum posted a clip of a recent car crash of a gig which sounded better...

That's rather lovely! I'd be with you on the neck pickup alone option. Bound to be some way around it...

Yamaha every day of the week for that money. SB, BB or, as I did, Pulser 400.

Happy NBD! Health to enjoy. Looks like a cracker!

I think it's Lee Sklar who has a "producer switch" on his bass that does absolutely nothing, but if he gets the shout that something isn't right with the bass sound he flicks it in full view of said producer and invariably gets the nod...

First off I wouldn't get yourself too upset. They're only simple guitarists/drummers after all. I like @EBS_freak's woojer suggestion, at least for the guitarist. Drummer might benefit from a buttkicker or some other kind of bass shaker. Wouldn't go buying them though. I'd suggest they do!

Solid state preamp? Awesome, but I don't think it's what the OP is getting at... Would have killed for one of those once upon a time...

Yummy! Prices look really good for hand built kit. I see this seems to have become a standard model on the website now. Started a revolution you have!

Probably, or down on the outer poles. I didn't think to do it at the time, and truth be told I needed to free up cash for something else so something had to go... but the decision over selling the Sire would have been a lot more difficult had I not had this constant niggle..

I'd still have my V7 5 if it had a workaround for the fretboard radius. The radius is fine for playing, but it means the outer strings are louder than the inner strings. The B string in particular (which was excellent on mine, by the way) was very difficult to tame! If I was on the hunt for a workhorse 5 I'd consider another but either modify the pickups or have the radius flattened out to a nice 12" - 16" compound if the fretboard laminate would allow. Or I'd try the P5 (where I'd probably favour the P pickup anyway) where you can adjust the 2 halves of the pickup accordingly.

Need to retune the cab for the Faital? Any word on the review of this cab @Phil Starr?

"Tuff cab" paint.

Victim of the bathtub curve @torby.