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Very little I suspect apart from volume, depending on whether the 400 has 6550 or 6L6GC valves. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Boogie"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Boogie[/url] [i]Demand for a more powerful amp led to the development of the Bass 400, which replaced the D180 in mid-1985. It used six 6550 power tubes to push out about 250 watts; however, the cascading-gain channels were replaced with two separate hi- and low-gain channels. Mesa's supply of 6550 tubes was cut short in the late 1980s and they were forced to sell the 400 with 6L6GC tubes, reducing its output to that of the D180. The solution came in early 1989 in the form of the Bass 400+. It was the same as the 400 in most respects but was powered via twelve 6L6GC tubes for nearly 360 watts of power.[/i]

Thanks Colin. The level of spamming is becoming insane. I think this explains why email spam has gone down recently, forums are being used instead.

break a leg matey

Tony Goggle and his 12 finger tapping adaptation of Rick James' 'Super Freak', on his debut solo album.

[quote name='wesfinn' post='1127775' date='Feb 14 2011, 11:46 PM']I have gone with Suhr vintage pickups which are absolutely fantastic on the stack know circuit. It weighs 9lbs with the allparts neck which isnt particularly nice so Im hoping it will be just under 9lb with my flamed neck! Sounds incredible too and is strung with D'adario chromes flats.[/quote] Awesome work Wes! I'm more than a little envious and a matching p-bass would be the bees proverbials. Any chance of some sound clips?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1126311' date='Feb 13 2011, 08:34 PM']Mid 80's 'rays have very little to offer over the current models except mutes and mojo (how about that for the name of a second hand bass shop? ) so the canny buyer has to ask "what am I getting?".[/quote] About 20 years of breaking in and settling?

Thats a remarkably good price, in my favourite finish. As instruments, they have superb necks and overall build quality. The B string wasn't particularly authorative on mine though. You may need to replace the pickups and install a more versatile eq.

One of the nicest Thumb basses I've ever seen! Nice score.

as far as I'm aware, Fender never used basswood on seventies instruments.

MY preEB bass is made up of parts from late 77 and early 78 basses only because I got incredibly lucky with getting an equally mojo'd 77 body on Ebay. The instrument in total cost me 800 quid. All the parts are authentic and accurate for the period. Could I sell it for 1800 quid? No idea and I'm in no hurry to find out. I'm pretty sure a shop would sell it on for that though.

I've got my sound. Its warmth and growly with soft, clean attack like a Ken Smith but with more midrange bark. Other basses I own are for other sounds but MY sound is the one I've created by modding the Spectors.

The heaviest bass I've ever owned was the Alembic Elan 6. It weighed something in the region of 13-14lb.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1124446' date='Feb 11 2011, 10:17 PM']A HH will give you the option for a big fat neck H tone [/quote] I played one and was hoping to find this, but was bitterly disappointed.

Do you plan to make the finish look as oxidised as Herbies bass?

+1 EB started rationalising and updating the design very subtley once they took over, as the musicman.org site will clearly show. The specification sort of stabilised around the mid 90's.