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I grew up listening to my mums endless albums of roxy music. Obviously as a kid you rebel against it, but once I got old enough to appreciate they're absolutely fantastic!! On a side note though, they make me a little sad as I genuinely dont ever see any young band coming out with music like that ever again. It had maturity, technicality, skill, superb sound, hooks, melodies, numerous instruments and just fantastic all round sound.

Wow! £299. I'd say that's the best bargain on a new bass for years. Used to love mine. In all honesty I liked my lb100 tribute better than my clf l2000.

I had one and loved it. Great sound, quality, everything. Just a slight shielding hum as mentioned.

Yeh, done loads of gigs, loads of stages, then just a little pub and it went bananas. Got me thinking I've done something wrong. So I'll have to double check it.

They do look great amps those. Such a shame swr, warwick etc have disappeared. They did some cracking stuff.

Was just a really weird one. Its work perfectly before at practice, but last night at soundcheck it was just like a broken microphone. Thatbwas in passive too. Dont know what it was. I'll give it a look over this week.

Does the shure work with active basses? My flippin boss wd50 hated mine tonight. Had to use a cable for the first time in 5 years.

No, with the boss there is no manual scanning at all. Everytime you plug it in to the receiver it auto checks and finds the best possible signal. This stops it finding a good signal when the room is empty, then that freq being busier later on when the crowd is in. It's literally, plug in, let its light stop flashing and you should be good.

Still using my boss wd50. Still doing well. Just remember with any systems like these that auto scan, to put back in the transmitter before starting so it can reach for the best frequency now the room is full.

Yes, it was really strange. My trib l100 used to slam and cut through a mix great, but I just couldnt get any punch out of the l2000 at all. No matter what configuration or amp settings. Some people make them sound great, but it just didnt work for me.

It's the 4 string san dimas in blue. So versatile and quality.

I think I'm going to go for the john east uni 5. I love the idea of it having pretty much everything: Passive/active. Passive tone. Bass (adjustable band) Treble (adjustable band) Mids (parametric). Flat or shape option.

Love mine!

Brilliant in my opinion. I asked a question about my nexus all valve amp and they answered my question within a day and sent me a bag of replacement fuses free of charge in the post.

It's absolutely everything about them (apart from the shielding).... The necks are superb. The luminous side fret markers, the high mass bridge, and the tones you can get in passive are unreal. Really loving it. Took some time to get used to where to put my fingers with it being a reverse p, but so comfy to play now and every note stands out. They're stunning in real life too, a lot nicer than the photos and videos.

Great stuff, I'll give that a go. Does anyone know where to buy the copper tape from? And the wire? I did it years ago on a different bass using aluminium tape I think from b & q? Got to admit, I love this charvel.

Cheers all, some interesting options there.