Graham

In that price bracket I'd be looking at a Wal, don't know if that's your bag though. Amp wise, I struggle to fault my EBS so maybe one of the mk 2 Fafners?

As a metal fan I've never heard of Porksword or guru, out of morbid curiosity can you shed any light on these?

I play in Andy's old band he was telling me about you guys sounds like you've got some great oppertunities so best of luck with the search

I'm not 100% on this, but i think i remember a review from when the VR came out saying that the power amp on the CL had been updated while the VR was a pretty faithful replication of a 1970 SVT. I've never played through either but funilly enough, when watching bands, I've never heard a VR i've not liked whereas it's quite rare that i find a CL I like

The tone of Caleb Scofield's (Cave In) Ripper was one of things that pointed me towards G&L, I think you'd be pretty happy with a L2000

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1316951418' post='1384654'] Dont worry, you are not the only one ! I was in the same boat a few years ago, and was lucky enough to come across a Trib. l2000. I have never looked back. I have since bought a USA SB2, which hands down, beats the pants off [b]any [/b]Fender precision I have tried. There is also the JB2 which completes the main array (there are other G&L basses) of the G&L tone. With the L2000, you almost have all these tones in one bass. I dont know why G&L's are generally over looked. They could be partly to blame themselves, as they dont market themselves well. That's a lovely bass you have there. Enjoy ! [/quote] I'm seriously thinking about trading my jazz bass in for a sb2, how would you describe the neck and the tone?

That's exactly what i've got (though mine's tuned B-E-A-D) and it's the only bass i wouldn't part with

Is there any tonal benefit to the covers? I've never played a bass with them on and can't imagine it makes them more comfortable but with likes of jamerson and miller using them i can't help but think there's got to be some benefit beyond the aesthetic?

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1372569' date='Sep 13 2011, 09:36 PM']Tim Commerford of Rage against the machine has at least 1 Jazz with a lefty neck. Don't know about tunings - At least drop "D" judging by "Evil Empire" He cites string tension as the reason. Apparently he (over)winds his own pick-ups, too.[/quote] In Audioslave he played B-E-A-D, might be why

That's amazing; i'd never choose it myself, but i'm very glad it exists