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[quote name='ChrisDev' timestamp='1437992971' post='2830554'] Paul Turner, of the Legendary Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai, with his Cora Shudarella More @ [url="http://ritter-instruments.com/item_info.php?i=627"]http://ritter-instru..._info.php?i=627[/url] [/quote] I've played this a couple of times - sounds great

Hi there lefties - here's a little news story I thought you might be interested in. Promise this is purely posted here because I know how badly served Lefty players are by so many manufacturers and there's a time-sensitivity to the news: Sadowsky are testing the waters with a very short production run of lefty instruments in either MV4 or RV4 spec. These two are the biggest selling models so I can see why they've chosen them. They are taking orders from dealers up until August 15th. Looks like any of the colour options are available as all instruments will be made to order - this even includes the new Charcoal Frost & Burgundy Mist which came out fairly recently. Having looked around it seems they were going to offer Lefty basses through the Tokyo Metro team a good few years ago but the run was cancelled due to lack of demand. I'd guess they are going to see how this short production run works and will then assess whether they can offer other models and/or 5 string variants. If anyone wants more info then PM me and I'll see what i can find out

Although I'd miss Chris Squire dreadfully, I could still see Yes operating with Anderson & Howe as a core. I know Steve Howe hasn't been an ever=present member but I always felt that these three were the core of the band and they could probably survive with any two of them. For me, it's a little like The Who. With half the band gone it isn't the same but it's still fairly identifiable as The Who (although I agree with the above comment that Pino doesn't really fit properly - and I'm a huge Pino fan!).

I've got 30-90's on my Streamline and really like them. They seem to kinda fit the whole 'ethos' of the bass, lol

These guys have a new range of cool vintage style guards: http://www.fatboyguitars.com/ Not shown on their site yet but if you ask them I'm sure they'll be able to send through some details

UK prices on these are crazy. Last time I checked the dealer price in the UK was more than Thomann were selling them for - and by a significant amount as well, something like £30 more expensive to buy as a dealer!

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1434233720' post='2797918'] or that you probably supplied much of said gear... [/quote] Definitely not the Monique or the 66, probably not the TH500 but possibly the SL112's, lol

Looks a bit dodgy - someone in Dublin advertising a bass for sale that is owned by someone they know in Germany

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1433872680' post='2794764'] OK, still not released in the UK (early Spring, it's fekking June already), but they are now up for pre-order, so the prices are online... £67 for the Metro 24 (£93 with hard case)... hopefully not too long to wait now [/quote] Distributor seems to be saying they are close to being shipped to dealers now

We rehearse from time to time without a drummer. We use drum patterns from a keyboard and our singer is now a bit of a whiz at cutting the drums in places where there are stops and then bringing them back in on time - sometimes he even adds fills as well

That's way more, nearly £1,000, than the last one I bought!

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1433709458' post='2793328'] Hard to take that seriously when you stock Sadowsky and your competitor stocks Lull....... [/quote] I'm a gigging Mike Lull player Dan - sure that means I'm not showing bias? I've owned five of them and that gives me a lot of direct experience as a gigging bass player. Some have been good, some haven't. The not so good ones have been a bit bland and lacking in character. The good one isn't. Even my Facebook profile picture and my band web page shows me playing the Lull, as did my previous FB profile pic! Edit - I should also say that Mark and I have discussed being 'competitors' in the past and we've always thought that we're in the business of selling instruments and amplification etc together, in a very small market, rather than being competitors. We've supported each other in the past and get on really well.

I live in a relatively small town (pop 10,000 or so) and WHS always has BGM on the shelf. Maybe the store manager is a bassist

I've found Lulls, like many brands, to vary in tonal qualities and it feel to me that the pickup choice can make a real difference. I've owned five now and only one has really stood out for me and that's the one I've hung on to. Some of the others have had all the ingredients I tend to look for in a bass, light wright, well built and finished, slim necks etc (hence why I keep buying them!) but when I've played them for any length of time they've lacked a bit of character and sounded a little bland The one I have is simple passive P with a custom wound pickup and a J neck with blocks and it works really well as modern P and does a decent impressin of a more vintage tone if you wind the tone back. I've gigged it a few times and always enjoyed it right up until last week when I really struggled to get a sound I liked at a difficult venue. At my previous gig I'd taken my new Sadowsky NYC J and I was really missing the bridge bite and a bit of active boost. After owning a few that have, ultimately disappointed me, I'm not sure I'd buy another one 'blind' without hearing it properly first.

Is Reading close enough? I know a good guy near there.