That seems to be the going rate I'm afraid! You could always knock up one of these for £3: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58949"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58949[/url]
The VM has a bit more grind going on in the upper mids, which I happen to prefer the sound of. I think it has 500k pots instead of the usual 250k that Fender use - so it could be down to that as well as the different pickups. I have a new 62 re-issue pickup about to go in the (2005) Fender - hopefully that should do the trick!
By the way folks, I'll be up in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire this weekend so can meet on Sunday within the golden triangle of Bedford, Peterborough and Cambridge, or anywhere between there and London!
See if Ou7shined will swap it for the unpainted VT1 he was also selling - that has an input pad control that should let you use the T-40 with it no probs!
Almost brand new, boxed and in perfect condition! I bought it after listening to some great clips of it ([url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503782"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503782[/url]), but it drops a bit too much low end for me. Would sound better in a blend loop or by replacing a couple of caps to improve bass response, or just use it with guitar for the classic Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face sound!
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Tempting, and I do want a jazz one day, but right now I need the money as I'm moving house in a few weeks! If you sell the jazz and want to buy, let me know.
I haven't looked into those Dave, but have you considered the South East Bass Bash, 10th October?
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Nice - I normally hate gold but that combo looks lush. I would love a second P so that I can have one strung up with rounds and one with flats, but sadly it will have to wait a while as I've just bought one!
If not:
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Or get the Yamaha BB415 on sale in these forums - the closest you can get to a 5-string Precision on the cheap, and has a Jazz pickup in the bridge also.
You need to get yourself to a shop and try them both out, it's the only way because you will get equal amounts of people on here telling you to go for a P as for a J. I say Precision - with flats!
As long as it works on US voltage, if you eBay it, offer it internationally cos the Americans would lap this up, they're pretty highly regarded and hard to find!
There was a thread on Talkbass showing measurements that the head was pretty flat - I reckon it's the cabs that boost the lower mids. Which I also like!
I've just ordered the Fender 'Original' P-Bass pickup, which is the new name for their '62 re-issue, £60 on eBay. I've got a 2005 MIA that sounds a bit too polite, and I reckon this will give me the sound I'm looking for. Here's a Talkbass thread with a couple of clips comparing them to the Fender MIMs:
[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576039"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576039[/url]
I've waded through quite a few threads on this subject, and generally the most commone answers are these Fender ones, Seymour Duncan SPB-1 / Antiquity, Lindy Fralin, DiMarzio. There's also the Wizard pickups, the Trad is probably your best bet.