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I know the old red fronted swr 350 goes down to 2 ohm - not the heaviest amp around either and quite compact too.

[quote name='valentine' post='214991' date='Jun 8 2008, 05:27 PM']I was told id need least a 150 watt? any recommendations on what i should get and what size? thanks x[/quote] for what its worth... id say make sure your speakers are up to it. Nothing worse then the amp having more umph but the speakers turning to mush. Ive been there with 125 Watt peavey combo. really needed extension cab to get the best from the amp

Hi everybody - I've been lurking around for a few months but realised I have not introduced myself - so thought I better had. I live in North essex, in my 40's playing mainly menopausal pub-rock ... waiting for the right 12 piece soul band to come along. I've been playing for several hundred years but stopped getting better a long time ago... so I'm no Jaco but happy to plod along - as long people can dance without major spinal injury I'm happy. I mainly play 5 strings now a Lakland Jo5 and a Warwick Jazzman - which is my main prop at present. Use either SWR amp or Trace pre-power set up and odd assortment of cabs. Think I'm gonna be looking for the lightweight stuff tho. I've got two sons who have both started to play bass - so at the moment we've got err 7 basses - cant see why the wife thinks thats excessive...havent even got a 6 string....yet. hey ho.

[quote name='2wheeler' post='99497' date='Dec 5 2007, 01:17 PM']Has anyone tried a Levinson Blade Tetra Classic? (That's the one with the passive pickups, despite having a battery for the mid boost circuit, if I understand correctly.) This got a great review in Bass Guitar Magazine and I am very interested. A related questions is, does anyone know where I can try one remotely close to York?[/quote] mmmm if this is the jazz-copy one cost on the £400ish range - they had one at the bass merchant in witham essex a few months back. Think it might still be there .. but not very close to york. I had a quick plunk on it and must admit for the money I did like it as an alternative to a jazz.

At the moment I mainly play a Warwick Fna Jazzman 5 string - which I think looks ugly - but its great to play. Otherwise a Lakland JO5 which looks luvly... but doesnt sound as good given the sort of stuff I usualy play.

Cheers - thanks for that. Good job Ive got that account with Northern Rock then. Interesting that you mention the control layout - I thought Iwas being a bit dense but once you got beyond the active mode I'm never quite sure what does what. Too lazy to read the book. The semi-active bit confuses me too. Hey ho. At least it dependable, nice and light, and sounds ok.

Hi.. some time ago I bought (secondhand) a Fender Jazz Plus...didnt know much about it - still don't. They seem to be fairly rare beasts and just wondered if anybody knew why? I kinda like mine. For those that dont know they've got active lace sensor pickups; non standard badass like bridge and smaller headstock and body. They dont have the normal control plate either. I gather they were made in the early 90's. I mainly play fives now so it doesn't get out much. Do I have a future classic... or an evolutionary dead end? Anybody know why these never took off? [attachment=8182:martin_017.jpg]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='131142' date='Jan 31 2008, 09:51 AM']Just doing a bit of research on German evilbay and wonder if anyone has any experience of these? Johnson do a number of Jazz and Precision copies starting at c £100 including 2 X 5 String Jazzes with block inlays [url="http://stores.ebay.de/ML-Factory-Gitarrenshop"]http://stores.ebay.de/ML-Factory-Gitarrenshop[/url] I've seen Johnson on UK ebay but never 5 Stringers. I wonder if these could rival SX ( or are the same as) as shipped they are around the same price and no duty to pay?[/quote] Hi - if you havent taken the plunge yet... I bought a johnson 5 stringer - fretless jazz off ebay a couple of years ago. I wanted to try fretless and not pay much. The bass is pretty solid affair and to be honest I do like playing it but it has some serious issues.. .. the B string is really flappy, pretty much useless. Not sure if this is fixable with new strings - must admit havent really tried. .. electrics have been scratchy and I need to sort them out one of volumes cuts out. Made me cautious about super cheap 5 strings