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[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1347749269' post='1804685'] can't wait to see that. I remeber when there were photos of the steed it looked pretty awesome. [/quote] This is the Steed (but without the new neck that's just been fitted: And this is the '65:

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1347739284' post='1804572'] but it probably makes the dude who has it happy - a bit like your steed bass. Though your steed bass is like an ultimate of a good looking bass! oh, and you've got a 50th Anni Jazz.... ok going way off topic! [/quote] And an original '65J due to arrive soon that's the same colour scheme as the Steed but, if anything, even more 'knackered' looking, lol.

I always have a Sadowsky external pre-amp unit with me. Simple bass/treble/volume set up. Have never had to use it for an amp failure but great in rehearsal studios with crappy old Ashdown heads as it allows me to bypass the horrible muddy pre-amp stage

I just looked at this too - just looks 'wrong' to me somehow (and I don't have an issue at all with relic'd basses usually!)

[quote name='lozbass' timestamp='1347550622' post='1802351'] Lovely Molan - classy [/quote] Sums me up really - should be my catchline

Just picked up one of these: Saw one on US Ebay & just couldn't resist Anybody want to buy a Korg Pandora PX3B. . .

How about contacting MM direct? Surely their customer service people would have something to say about this?

I had one of these a couple of years ago and, foolishly, thought I could organise them and get them into shape. After 3-4 rehaearsals of listening to one guitarist play ludicrously loud, the other constantly being ou of tune and a drummer who lost time every time he through a 'fill' into the basic rhythm I finally gave up and walked away. All three of them had been in bands before, were reasonably mature (late 30's / early 40's) and all hopelessly deluded. If you get a good feel at an audition then musical ability isn't always the most important thing. A good Attitude and mutual respect, along with some basic organisation can go a long way. Doesn't sound like this lot had any of these Also, charging for an audition is complete no go. I've genuinely never heard of this before!

I think if you buy 'sensibly' on the used market then it should be easy to retain the value of any 'investment'. You have to go for quality brands and not just something that's in fashion at the moment (although sometimes this can be hard to predict). Garish colours and full custom build basses tend to devalue & can be buggers to sell. For some brands the market is at absolute rock bottom at the moment so buying one of these now will almost certainly see an increase in value within your 10 year time bracket. Some of the 'big name' US exotic brands have soared in value over the past 5-10 years. A few years back you could pick up a high end Alembic or Fodera etc for way less than they sell for now. To a degree this is because these brands have very high demand (and limited supply) in the big global markets like USA & Japan. Because of this supply / demand scenario they've also increased the price of their new basses substantially which makes their older used basses appear more attractive as well.

Aguilar say that feedback about him is always good - seems like a top class bloke!

Details here : http://basschat.co.uk/topic/185643-aguilar-repair-specialist/

I love the Diamond bass comp. superb piece of kit and very 'musical'. The first compressor I've actually thought I might be able to work with