pete.young

Roland Cube will be worth a look, as will the Yamaha THR10X (the one with the bass model) . If you can stretch to 300 you should be able to pick up a second-hand PJB briefcase.

I'd just like to add my thanks to Nik, Colin, Sarah and everyone who contributed to making this hugely enjoyable day happen.

Blimey, if I were you I'd go a buy a lottery ticket before your luck changes!

[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1379802297' post='2217002'] There is a cracking little book called Basic Live Sound by Paul White that is cheap and is a great read for anyone starting off. Highly recommended. Have fun with it. [/quote] +1 for this, I found it a really good read and very helpful.

Based on the ebony board and the natural ash body i'd say this is an SB325 . The year is 1991 - that's from the first two digits of the serial number. I reckon you got a really good deal there, it's cleaned up beautifully.

The 4-string fretless SB330 looks familiar, think it might be on sale here. I think £155 for the 5 was a pretty good price. It appears to have an ebony board, so is a better quality than the standard 315s. GregBass please explain to your mate how to string the B and G properly (ie the other way around the machine head post).

Index index middle for me. Wouldn't do index middle index because you've got a lot less time to go down to the E string than you have to go up to the D string. Or chuck it like Bernard, down down-up.

I've just been in Wunjos, today. They have three Coronado basses (sunburst, black and cherry) and one Starcaster. The guitar shop also has some of the guitar variants. I had a quick look and play on one of the Coronado basses. I have to say that the finish is exceptionally good, probably the nicest Chinese-made bass I've ever seen. The binding on the neck and around the inside of the F-holes is a really nice touch and is well done. Dont know the weight, but more heavy than I was expecting, probably because of the solid block in the centre section under the strings. Altogether it feels like a well-made and substantial instrument. The instruments have only been in for a couple of days and the setup hasn't been tweaked, but they're surprisingly playable for something fresh out of the box. Sound-wise, I'm not totally convinced. The standard setup has fairly light gauge round-wounds which run out of steam a bit on the E string and I think this bass is crying out for a set of flats to really do it justice. With the rounds, the tone controls don't seem to do a great deal, but all 3 pickup settings (neck/both/bridge) make a nice sound. I thought the output was a little puny, but I'm more used to active basses. I didn't look at the Starcaster, call me old fashioned if you will but I think it's a bit ersatz. Plus I really liked the block bound neck on the Coronado and think it's worth the difference. I guess if you were looking for this kind of bass, you'd also be looking at the Epi Jack Cassady and recent offerings from Italia Mondial, Gretch and maybe Hofner. BigRedX I don't know what that is (Warwick Star??) but it looks fabulous.

You are a bunch of big girls' blouses - my tenor banjo weighs 17.5lbs. My bass collection fretless is 7 lbs.

Ipswich gig now sold out :-(

Kiwi, I have a Dunlop Zak Wylde Wah pedal, I can bring that if you want to play with it. Please could I issue an early plea for the organisers to be a bit more ruthless with raffle prizes this year. With 70 people it could take several hours to get through all the prizes, so I'd like to see things like second-hand strings weeded out beforehand.

Why would you want to replace a perfectly good LMII - I'd suggest another LMII or maybe a 450.

Would it be possible to run one of these units off a powered USB hub, rather than using a computer? Just curious really.