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How lucky are you feeling? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200609-mesa-strategy-400-l499-ono/page__st__20__p__2039783__hl__strategy%20400__fromsearch__1#entry2039783"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200609-mesa-strategy-400-l499-ono/page__st__20__p__2039783__hl__strategy%20400__fromsearch__1#entry2039783[/url] 500 quid!

I've seen them for as little as 600 quid.

Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 - astounding value for money these days...if you are patient and find one.

The Alembic Elan 6 that Ped and I used to own was a monster. We never weighed it but my Stingray is 12lbs and the Alembic was far heavier. To the point where it was painful to wear for long periods. The lightest bass I've ever played was Herbie Flowers's 59 Jazz. The body felt like it was made from balsa wood. The next generation jazz basses that Chris Celinder was working on a few years back were super light as well. Unfortunately never managed to weigh either.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1378636502' post='2202573'] I made the body of the my first bass build from Merranti (cheap-ish Mahogany type wood) for this very reason. It works well and sounds pretty good! [/quote] Hehe, its called a mahogany but its not really. It gets used for cheap furniture. But a good wood to practice on, there's loads of it out there and its easy to work,

Yes it is!!! p25 of the user manual [i]"Arpeggiator Sequence This effect definitely pushes the weird/cool lever to the limit. It accentuates specific musical notes in 2 measure patterns. Even if you play muted strings on the guitar, you‘ll still hear the generated note sequence because the sequence‘s notes are actually generated in response to your playing. The note sequence is fixed and does not change depending on what you play. You can choose one of 20 preset arpeggiator sequences—a variety of major, minor, seventh and other patterns—or create your own."[/i] p29 of the user manual [i]"As with the preprogrammed sequences, the User sequence contains 2 measures of 1/16 notes. (However, it may be played as either 1/8 notes, 1/8 note triplets or 1/16 notes, depending on the setting of the drumbeat‘s Timebase parameter.) Each of the steps in the sequence has a level value from 0 to 99, used...for...the arpeggiator pitch (if an arpeggiator sequence)."[/i]

Is anyone bringing a guitar amp? Also...if I'm mucking about with my guitar at any point I'd love to try a decent wah pedal...

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1378409411' post='2199966'] would something like this be any help? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0vHJg_tQ8[/media] [/quote] It certainly seems to do the job and the programming utility is definitely a bonus. It's possible to programme the Pitchfactor using MIDI cc messsages too. I'm wondering if its possible to use the Molten MIDI to do that...or whether it has communication that is specific to the Digitech Whammy...maybe I should drop them a line... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKVmvy_Uzk&feature=player_embedded#t=291"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKVmvy_Uzk&feature=player_embedded#t=291[/url] This made me sit up and notice though. I haven't managed to find out if its programmable though.

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[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1378623689' post='2202416'] Bit late where you are Kiwi? I was kinda mentioning it without mentioning it all long really anyway [/quote] Yeah...I must be going senile thanks to all this London air. I'm really surprised noone's mentioned the Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ either.

I think that might be the one I had a brief go on a few weeks back. It does the aggressive 70's rock p-bass thing very well.

[quote name='Pete1967' timestamp='1378574911' post='2202046'] www.exotichardwoodsukltd.com are in Chapel-en-le-Frith if you fancy a trip over Snake Pass. Kirk will sell you the bits you need cut to size rather than have to buy whole boards. Have a look at his instrument wood store. The cost of Swamp Ash has soared recently, to around £200 a board so a single body would be £80ish, however I happen to know that Kirk has some very light White (American) Ash which is much cheaper (and sonically superior to Swamp). Hard Maple too has gone up a lot recently. Neck blank £30 and the same again for a f/b. [/quote] I understand Jon Shuker gets most of his wood from Kirk and yes, prices have rocketed in the last year or so due to overseas demand for woods. Swamp ash always was a lower grade wood and the prices being charged now by wood suppliers generally are unbelievable. Alder is a nicer sounding alternative and can be paired with cypress for a sound very similar to swamp ash. John Boddy timber may be worth approaching in North Yorkshire for any wood apart from facings. [url="http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk/"]http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk[/url]

Can't believe noone's mentioned Mesa Boogie Bass 400+!

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[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1378468000' post='2200731'] Can't remember the make on this one, is it really a Steinberger or are we talking about different models? [/quote] Different models but I believe the principle of rotating frets is the same. The steinberger version was operated by a rotating knob at the headstock rather than a sliding lever at the heel. http://www.steinbergerworld.com/special/xm2fl.htm

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1378464886' post='2200655'] Appart from all the ideas over here i really like the idea of having a neck that can go from fretted to fretless with a flick of a switch. It has also already been done by somebody whose name i can't remember now but i can remember that those basses are way too expensive. I would like to see something like allparts or mighty mite selling these kind of necks as replacements for the standard models and VERY CHEAP! [/quote] One prototype of the fretted/fretless neck was trialled by Steinberger. The XM bass was on Ebay a couple of years ago and eventually purchased by someone from Steinberger world. The general points made earlier about simplicity kind of apply in this case. The more complicated something is, the more potential there is for things to go wrong. With the neck, the refrets could have been nightmarish, I imagine. Also the string height would need to vary when the frets were rolled over to flush or the action would be higher in fretless mode. A rotating zero fret with a half height profile would take care of this at the headpiece end. But at the bridge it would be a lot trickier to achieve. I'll put a hand up for Steve Chick however. Some of the stuff he was showing me with his new synth bass system was remarkable. If Line 6 and other modelling approaches are also considered, it might be that at some point, musical instruments become wholly electronic and simply interfaces for triggering sounds stored somewhere else. Yes the quality of interaction between player and instrument could become less satisfying but if the nuances of touch can be faithfully sensed (as Steve Chick has been working towards) then it would open up a different world where the role played by a musician and their preferred interface is more important than the sounds they actually make...

I'm still looking for a programmable arpeggiator.

Class D have been around and mass produced since Peavey made the DPC line of amps and the 450w Databass combo in the 80's. They're not new tech!!

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I was looking for a Bassman a long time ago...ended up with Burman instead. No regrets.