Bigwan

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1503182304' post='3356337'] New 'Alpha Omicron' on the way! https://www.talkbass.com/attachments/photo-8-19-17-1-04-13-am-png.1555823/ [/quote] Was close on an AO... Will probably buckle on this one... ... If I haven't sold the lot to buy a helix that is...

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1503162768' post='3356174'] I Have! [/quote] And?

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1503031637' post='3355144'] "it's rubbish" IS a critique of it's condition, what else could it be, sheesh now you tell me what I mean? the dude asked for opinions, I gave mine. You gave yours. Why attack me? [/quote] At best your comment was incomplete... at worst, well this is a family show...

Funny I was just looking on ebay for a Fenix Jazz bass yesterday! A lot of what is wrong with that bass is just cosmetic. The nut is the only real issue (possibly the tuners but if they still function then they're fine). New nut, fresh set of strings and you're off to the races. Granted if you can't carry out any work required yourself you may be cheaper buying a Harley Benton off Thomann. But this will sell, and will contribute to the price of a new one if that's the way you want to go. Part it out. Body and neck, even in their current state, will be worth something to somebody.

Very nice Ped... I'm a little jealous!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1502296425' post='3350551'] The 'Tanglewood' link seems to be wrong. Here's a good'un ... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tanglewood-Elfin-Mini-Bass-/172810864893?hash=item283c5488fd:g:ygsAAOSw8apZiExg"]Tanglewood Elfin Mini-bass ...[/url] [/quote] £137!!!

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1497654968' post='3319905'] Probably the only big USA manufacturer of basses and guitars that I trust to get virtually everything if not everything perfect. [/quote] Didn't you have a horror story a few years back with a MM Classic order?

[quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1502725204' post='3353128'] According to the specs the Roscoe neck is 47.6mm. So a bit wider than the Sire, same as a precision v. It might be worth a look at the precision V given it should be in a shop somewhere. [/quote] Surprised by that... Having said that I'm not entirely convinced that the raw specs tell the whole story in cases like this. I've always been a stickler for 19mm string spacing at the bridge... or so I thought... I've come to realise it's the ergonomics of the bass as a whole that matters, not just measurement of one specific area. The Laklands and the Roscoe Beck (and my ACG 5) have asymmetric neck carves which contribute far more to the neck feel than you'd expect from looking at the measurements. If you get a chance I suggest you give them a try. Another suggestion would be a Warwick Stage 1 Streamer Broad Neck...

Laklands feel a good bit wider than Sire to me so I'm surprised at those measurements. Fender Roscoe Beck V is the widest I've experienced if you have the reddies...

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1452779831' post='2953410'] Hard to say since they have all been available for different times but overall. Recurve and Finn are pretty close. Recurve Classic. Finn Classic Recurve S Type Finn R type. Recurve and derived shapes followed by the Finn and derived shapes. [/quote] Krell bound to be pretty high up the list now... and rightly so!

A Babicz on an ACG? Different... [attachment=251365:we fear change.jpg]

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1502278423' post='3350395'] I had an Ashdown Lomenzo overdrive, it sounded brilliant (at least it did through a tweeterless cab), but it's footprint was a pain. Particularly as I took the chassis off at one point and found the PCBA was only a small proportion of the pedal, and sparsely populated at that - they could easily get it into a small enclosure. [/quote] The Ashdown Lomenzo is one of my all time favourite pedals. I've been planning to reverse engineer mine and build a clone in a smaller enclosure for quite a while. It's still on the "to do" list though...

Righteous instead of Solid from Billy this time! Very interesting... Is he using a return on the Helix LT as a second input then? He says displaying his complete lack of knowledge on the subject....

I see your "I say" and raise you a "Ding dong"!

If you need more drive than a Darkglass Vintage Ultra the BSF is definitely NOT what you're looking for... The Joyo OJ has MUCH more distortion on tap than the BSF. I'd like to try the Ashdown NM2, but the form factor is a killer for me.

The Washburn Idol series (can't recall the model number) with the Seymour Duncans as standard are a great LP style guitar. I was looking at them seriously but bought a spalted maple X50-pro (again with SDs) for the same money. After a good setup and fret polish I've had a few pro-guitar players tell me it's the best dual humbucker guitar they've played below USA PRS money... My brother has it now so it's still in the family. And he plays much better than me!

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1501708869' post='3346865'] Yeah very expensive. I'd like to try one though but only if I could stick a GK pickup in it and control synths with it I think the scale length might pose problems though. [/quote] Don't see why you couldn't as it's basically the same as sticking a capo on the 12th fret of a standard 5 string. I see Wingbass offer an option to have an EHX Micro POG built into the control cavity... Interesting!

I remember watching a guy on an itv talent show playing a bass that looked identical to this. Funk pop type stuff. WAY before even Pop Idle (you may think I've spelled that wrong, but no). If memory serves the entire band wore purple crushed velvet suits...

May I ask where you sourced the necks? It seems hard to find 1.75" nut width precision necks!