pete.young

Nice looking Bass Collection SB320 in snotburst, collection from Leeds: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UPDATED-Bass-Collection-4-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar-SB320-Green-/131660009346?hash=item1ea78c4f82:g:8vAAAOSwhcJWP7a2

It looks identical to my SB465, apart from the knobs. Lovely slab of ebony and the top is probably Paduak. I suspect Jack is right and the electrics have been replaced. This is not necessarily a bad thing, the pre-amp in mine died (not uncommon) and there's a certain home-made nature to some of the soldering. I think £400 is a bit high too, start at £300 and work up :-)

I have a Tecamp Puma 110 which I sometimes put in front of me, angled back using the supplied 'stick' stand. It DI's into the PA for front of house.

[quote name='BenTunnicliffe' timestamp='1447791039' post='2910473'] Thanks for all the suggestions. My next question has been put to some engineers but I wondered if I was to be using two basses because they have distinctly different tones that some of the differences between them might be lost by sending them to the sound engineers mixer via one single DI built into my amp. [/quote] If this is for live sound, the chances are that those nuances will not be heard by 99% of the audience, and are likely to be lost by the PA anyway. An LS-2 can be used as an A/B box with gain control on each channel. Amongst many other things!

The OLP humbucker is wired as two sets of single coils, one set of coils goes to one volume control and the other set to the other volume control. It's basically a Jazz bass setup with the two pickups next to one another. By the sound of it what you have done is added a Jazz pickup to the original and wired it to the front set of coils? If so you've now still got a Jazz bass, but with a bit more distance between the pickups, hence the phase cancelling. One way to fix it is to wire the original pickup as a humbucker, possibly with a series/parallel switch or push/pull pot, and then add a pre-amp to give you blend, volume and some EQ. Thread here http://basschat.co.uk/topic/14009-pimp-mah-olp/page__p__147925__hl__pimp%20olp__fromsearch__1#entry147925 has someone putting an Artec SE-2A into one.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1448641662' post='2917114'] Many shops will want 15% commission of the sale price [/quote] Some shops will want a heck of a lot more. Hobgoblin charged me 30% last time they sold something on commission for me. But at least they did sell it, and it was a fairly esoteric folk instrument.

Hook, line, sinker, rod and copy of the Angling Times.

Focusrite.

There is a great resource for learning to read and sight read on this very site. Try a search for the Major's bass boot camp index

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1448228845' post='2913869'] Can anyone see any drawbacks? [/quote] Going through airport security with what looks like a gun case?

I have never seen one. I think there is a lot of variation in the design. My 3 all look different, and the original electrics seem to be the only weak spot with these. I have a spare artec 3 band somewhere if you want to give it a try. I now have a Nordstrand in my main bass and that is fantastic.

All the best for a speedy recovery Raslee. Plus what a great opportunity to do a customer satisfaction survey!

The Red Witch one is fabulous.

Dannybuoy is right, the effects loop on lm2 and lm3 is set to parallel by default. You can change it by moving a jumper inside the case. Effects loops are normally designed for line level voltages which you get from things like rack compressors and other studio equipment.

Looks like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhlwjomuHE8 I think they used to be just up the road from me, but there doesn't seem to be much recent activity so I wonder if they're still trading.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1447008908' post='2904151'] That would explain a lot... does this mean the TH350 is actually a 500W+ amp? If so, it represents something of a bargain... [/quote] Actually it explains nothing whatsoever, claimed output is meaningless and loudness is subjective. A back to back test is the only useful comparison. Discreet I am disappointed to see you apparently falling for this nonsense, I thought you had a clue.

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1446731304' post='2901826'] Similar to this - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/259692-sold-sgc-nanyo-bass-collection-sb320/"]http://basschat.co.u...llection-sb320/[/url] In fact it may well be that one - could be tempted to part with it. [/quote] That one only sold a few weeks ago, I think you would have remembered. Pm TheGreek, he is looking for one.

The G&L2500 would be a great choice and there's no need to be intimidated by the switches. The first one is a 3-way pickup selector, the second is a series/parallel switch and the third one is an active/passive switch with a weird treble boost. I used to leave mine on parallel and active, and vary the tone with the pickup selector and tone controls. Full details on the controls are http://www.glguitars.com/schematics/ASATbass_L2000_L2500_controls_diagram.pdf I think mine weighed around 10.5-11 lbs. Not too bad for a 5-string. [quote name='MOSCOWBASS' timestamp='1446734759' post='2901864'] The BB NE2 has a 17.5 mm string spacing, i've measured mine. I knew it was noticeably less then my 19mm Xotics, it takes a bit to get used to the gap difference [/quote] I've just measured my BBNE2 with a calibrated vernier gauge, and the average across all 4 strings is 17.96mm at the bridge.

Bellowhead in Bury St Edmunds , for probably the last time since it's their farewell tour. Well the first one. Have s spare ticket is anybody needs one.

The BBNE2 is at least 18mm, maybe slightly more. You should look at the Sterling By Musicman Ray 35, the string spacing is 17.5mm and you should be able to pick up a second-hand one in your budget.

I'm in the 'Yes' camp, and The Admiral expressed it far more eloquently than I could, top post.