BaggyMan

Not that I can afford it...but how much is it going for, I have no idea how much these go for 2nd hand

Just found this tech spiel it is a bass designed by Brian Bromberg and made by Peavey for a few years. I believe the B Quads (they also made a 4 string) are the finest and most expensive basses Peavey has ever made.The neck is graphite and made for Peavey by Modulus. It has two VFL pickups (neck and bridge) plus piezo pickups in the bridge saddles. The bass features optional stereo output. The switch controls Mono vs Stereo output. And it has 2 output jacks, for when you want to use Stereo. The 2 magnetic pickups (the VFLs) output equally to both L and R in Stereo, but each Piezo pickup has an individual Pan pot (and Gain trim pot) that can be accessed through the control cavity cover on the backup. Those Pan pots let you adjust each string to be panned however much you want to whichever side you want. I never use it this way, myself. I just set the Pan pots to all centered, so the bass sounds the same whether it's in Mono or Stereo mode.The controls include a Master volume, individual volume controls (stacked) for each VFL pickup, and a separate volume control for the Piezo pickups. There's a 2-band boost/cut EQ (stacked, bass/treble) for the VFLs. And there's a Passive Tone control for the Piezos.The sound is just flat-out incredible. Peavey VFL pickups (as are used in the Cirrus line) are known to be fantastic. But then the piezos add another dimension - some warmth, to my ear - that just takes the Cirrus sound up a level.The neck is the Modulus graphite neck. You can get action that is so low.

they weren't around for long as far as i know. Intriguing bit of kit..

For years i have seen the odd photo of the carbon fibre necked b quad bass. Looks fabulous, anyone tried one? opinions?? i am intrigued because they are rarer than a rare thing, and i have tried many a fabulous bass but never even physically seen one of these, let alone tried one out.

No leading edge musician does 100% brilliant. They define technique, place it in songs and at points amaze and at others bore/annoy. Victor Wooten for example..re-tuning mid play...really? Jaco was a pioneer of the fretless technique.. I have 'the album' and have even tried learning portrait of tracy but in the end, only to learn the technique. A lot of the album is very dated and actually not that well engineered. All techniques have a place (please note anyone who thinks slap, or hammer on or....is the be all and end all..) but in the end its the context and song that people listen to. Technique in the end is a tool, feel, groove and context etc is where its at.

I owned a TRB Mk1 (the one with the slap scoop) had it as my main ride for over a decade, changed amp and it all sounded rubbish ...blamed the 'old bass' and stupidly sold it. The amp was the problem d'oh Damnit One of the best basses i have ever owned (and that's in excess of 150..) still look out for one, they are very rare.