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About as growly as a stingray - depends on who is playing it.

Imagine being one of the security at that gig. All night, you'd have to keep your back turned to the stage...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1407247281' post='2518719'] Why are you asking us? Surely that's a part of what you are paying your luthier for - to advise you on the best way to get the sound, feel and look that you are after. IMO if your luthier isn't doing this for you, then you have the wrong one. [/quote] Its more than just a luthier, its also what kind of wood they have in stock. My Spectors are also growly but because they use soft maple. The maple that Jon Shuker uses is too stiff to be growly without a healthy dose of wenge. The maple is almost like graphite. Dood's headless 6 sounds nice and growly though. Martin Petersen makes some amazing wenge and maple necks. Urb's bass has exactly the kind of growl I've been looking for. The Yamaha BBNEII Is also very growly but has a 5 piece maple and mahogany through neck and alder wings. Old Musicman Stingrays are super growly and some of the SR5s from the late 80's and early 90's are very growly too - maple neck and ash body. Each bass is its own recipe and has its own flavour of growl. The Yamaha is very soft and purry, the Spectors are a little barky and the stingray has an aggressive snarl.

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This is one of mine - a second Yamaha MSG deluxe in cherry burst. I've commissioned a set of PAF's from Aaron Armstrong that do jazz archtop and tele tones for one of them. [attachment=167064:DSC_0110~2~2.jpg]

I'm surprised that listing is still up.

They are a great bass - more refined than a bog standard stingray and possibly even better built . They have fantastic, if somewhat squarish necks. I only sold mine as I didn't get on with the body shape.

IME it's sensitivity...which is admittedly ironic for an instrument that requires the proverbial being beaten out of it. Perhaps explains why good 'uns are so rare...?

100w would probably be a better choice if cleans are desired.

This is one of those frustrating questions that I used to know the answer to but have since forgotten. I know it isn't any of the above but the brand was sort of emerging as an alternative to Avella Copollo at the time things started going pear shaped for them. I believe Paul thingy from Jamiroquai was playing one as well for a short time.

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1403786676' post='2486344'] MB1. but here's a quickie from Cliff! [/quote] You don't often see the words "Cliff" and "quickie" in the same sentance.

Solid state or valve rectifier?

Plus one to having a 'tribute' built. You've made a reasonable request and Warwick have made a choice. The Hellborg basses look very similar in profile to the instruments made by Abe Wechter...in fact I've just checked the Hellborg site and he has played a Wechter ("[url="http://www.hellborg.com/index.php/de/equipment/96-the-roman-bass-wechter"]The Roman Bass[/url]") in the past (below).

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Just found out that some guitarists have replaced Marshall Guvnors with the Fabtone so I guess it does do British

The Danelectro FAB tone is one of the crunchiest OD pedals I've ever come across and it goes particularly well with bass if you ever feel like using it for that too. Not sure if its british sounding though.

Jon Shuker had a Les Paul custom shop in while I was doing my build. It was worth a couple of thousand quid and had some very poor finishing around the neck joint. Shouldn't be happening on an instrument a quarter of the Les Paul's value, let alone something that expensive.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1402317933' post='2472003'] Which Artcores have you been looking at? The current Terrortones guitarist has been using one and although it looks at sounds the part the faux Bigsby vibrato system has been giving him a lot of tuning problems and he's discovered that there is insufficient break angle over the bridge to hold it securely in place when he plays with any kind of aggression. [/quote] I've tried fixed tail Artcores - mainly AS and AF. All my other guitars have whammys on them and I have no need for another guitar with one for funky James Brown skanking. My Yammie MSG is pretty close but I'm looking for something mellower. The Ibanez George Benson model was seriously nice but outside my price bracket. [quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1402323353' post='2472120'] if you can find a mid/late 90's tanglewood chicago [/quote] Thanks for that, I'll give them a look!

I heard Carl doesn't build his instruments - can anyone confirm that?

I've seen some good things said about peerless but its more than I want to pay for an instrument to mess around on. If the guitar has a laminated arched top and an unwarped, mahogany neck I'll be happy enough. Brand is less important. I was was looking at Tanglewoods as well but they're an unknown quantity. I've tried the artcores and they're exactly what I'm looking for...I'm happy to wait for an example in my price range because I've seen them come and go already. I'm open minded to alternatives though.

I've been monitoring prices on Ibanez Artcores - narrowly missed out on a stunning Metheny model at a bargain price a couple of months ago. But AS73/AS93 look pretty good and the maple veneer on the AS93 is pretty nice. Would prefer japanese/taiwanese/chinese made but with good finishing. Yamaha are pretty good at high standards so have been keeping an eye on Yamaha SA500s (although anything other than the SA500 seems expensive considering the construction is so similar to the Artcores) Also offerings by Hamer, Washburn and Aria (although the horns look odd on those). Target price is sub £220. Are there any other offerings worth looking at?

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1400847984' post='2457486'] I'm more of a guitarist than a bassist if truth be told. This is my main guitar, self built. [/quote] That guitar is asking for a lot of forgiveness. (According to the chinese writing )

Dammit - missed out. All the tickets are sold. I couldn't go to the Sheps Bush gigs as I was out of the country at the time. He's at his best when he cuts loose and jams freeform with the rest of the band. The girl group is a little more rock than his shows at the Indigo club so not totally sure it would be my thing.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1401542305' post='2464580'] Also in that article: 'Bono adds, "When a festival-goer wears a Fender t-shirt, they are saying a lot about themselves. They love music, they're independent-spirited...' [/quote] Or vacuous posturing...the musician equivalent of 'I'm worth it'.