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A early noughties Spector Euro would do the trick. Just change the pickups to suit the genre. EMG for rock/metal, parallel wired humbuckers for smoother genres.

I will put a word in for the Effectrode PC2A after all, despite it needing a huge amount of power. It's the perfect valve comp, studio clean and warm and can be subtle or squashy as you like. Just can't power it off a pedalboard brick.

Thank you! It's a good enough guess to work with.

Can anyone tell me the dimensions of the Hexavalve?

Yeah maybe I'm a bit late to the game. They're good quality too.

Even Nile approves.

Great thread this, am thinking about replacing my Effectrode PC2A compressor on my guitar board. It's a stunning comp but power requirements mean I can't run it off a power bank.

Mine honked and squeaked after the firmware update didn't install properly. lol

Me too, I had an opportunity to purchase a brand new NS Wav bass @cost about 10 years ago. I tried it and it sounded gorgeous but goodness me I stumbled around on it and fought it feriously. Just not my cup of tea but, as I said, it sounded fantastic. Also: Piano. My son is learning and I'm left handed so my dominance is on the lower notes. Now I know Jools Holland is a leftie and his left hand is always busy as a result. And Phil Collins doesn't seem encumbered when he plays 'A Groovy Kind of Love' but I struggle with controlling dynamics with my right hand.

I have an FEA Labs dual compressor, highly sought after for that Trace Elliot dual band thing but far, far better quality.

An oldie but a goodie.

Sometimes a seller will post something with an outrageous price just to get idiots like me posting about it on forums.

https://www.guitarchat.co.uk/topic/623-my-motley-collection/ Oooh look! We have a guitar site!! lol TLDR: Chandler Strat HSS with Wilkinson VS100C trem, EMG pickups and mid boost Nile Rodgers Hitmaker replica Yamaha MSG (x2) Klein berger with Fernandes sustainer and R trem

It's almost too much if I'm honest. Once the sweet spots for each band have been found, it's pretty much set and forget. So trim pots for frequency centres in the back of the bass, (like Alembic use for their noise filters) adjustable with a small crosshead screwdriver would do the trick probably. Also the middle band isn't narrow enough for my taste despite Klaus doing his best.

Heh, I have a three band semi parametric eq on the Spector and my self built bass.

Have you tried the BB2005 at all? Same electronics and identical woods apart from no maple cap on the wings, chrome hardware and rosewood fingerboard instead of ebony. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB-2005-5-String-Bass-Guitar-with-Hiscox-Case/202967944175?hash=item2f41d50bef:g:ovEAAOSw~wZejjOQ

I actually tried the NE pedal 15 years ago, maybe it was just me but I didn't understand the point of it outside a recording studio. I think I also saw a freq chart for the pedal somewhere online too since then. What about comparisons with the Wal high pass+boost@ shelving point?

I actually replaced the Smiths with the Spector. But I ripped out the EMG's as I don't like them in basses and put some custom Wizards in instead, wiring the coils in each pickup in parallel. So now the Spector sounds more like a Smith but with a bit more midrange. (Although now I know the bloke who makes Smith pickups so could go back to him for an OEM set if I thought that might make much of a difference.) Do you use the mid cut much? I have to admit that I didn't find mid cut very helpful on stage when I was gigging.

Smith sound is defined by parallel wired coils in each humbucker and soft necks. A complete opposite to the sound Status are known for which is zingy with shelved lows.

Yeah BBNE2, Spector NS5, Smith BSR/BT, maybe Tobias, Vigier, they're all sort of in the same ball park of timbre, aren't they? The neck on the Spector has a slight S curve on it which prevents me from getting the action as low as I'd like. He suggested steaming the neck straight but I was happy to just replace the rosewood with richlite and be done with the faff. He's also got my Pangborn as well which was being refinished but the original finish was so tough on it that it feels like he's just written the whole thing off until there is a good enough reason to get back to it. I'll probably end up doing it myself during my next visit to the UK. If Spector or Tobias or even Schecter were to offer their take on the BBNE2, same neck woods and body (Spector already do alder with maple cap) how much would you be willing to pay to tempt you away from the BBNE2? Is it all just about the woods or are the electronics part of the appeal? I'd be happy with a passive bass if it felt and sounded right.

I've always been thinking of getting one, they're fabulous basses. But the Spector NS5CR (which has been with Jon Shuker since 2016) has tended to fill the gap that would have otherwise been filled by a BBNE2. However I'm curious about why people want to own them and whether they think it is worth the asking price. Compared to other basses in the same price range, they aren't flashy.

Can I ask for a show of hands - who owns a BBNE2 here apart from you @Al Krow?

Good evening fat fighters. How many of you like bass? I like bass, don't you? Hmmm? We all like...every now and then...to have...a bit...of bass. Oooooh, I love a bit of bass. Hmmmm. Oooooh, bass. Oooooh, bass. We LOOOOOOOOOVE the bass. Bass. Bass. Bass. Bass. I'm just one of these people. I come home and I need a bit of bass. Buttery. Biscuit. Bass.

Exactly, when I was looking seriously at an FAB180 about 11 years ago, I ended up getting the real thing instead...and then some.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124005952828 For any of you who didn't know, Fernandes took a couple of Alembic employees on board back in the late 70's/early 80's and they started producing very accurate replicas of Alembic Standard and Point body shapes in Series 1 configuration. They used to be reasonably priced as well about 10 years ago but recently they've gone up in price to nearly the same level as a basic Alembic. The pickups and wiring were also replicated even down to the stereo outputs and DI/power supply. I never knew they had indulged in a double neck, so this is literally a unicorn bass, with a unicorn price. Players who have been lucky enough to own one of these AND the original claim it's easy to tell the difference between the two in terms of build quality and they're probably right given the different asking prices. Still, not even Alembic made many doublenecks for probably sensible reasons.