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Carvin will send you one if it's the same as a current production model XB75

Had a bass in for repair because of 'major problems' recently. Strange popping noises and really didn't sound right. Owner had taken it to another dealer repair who'd taken it apart but were unable to fix it because they couldn't get a copy of the wiring diagram. Thought he'd see if we could uncover what was wrong. I put a new battery in - it's now 'fixed'

I saw George Duke live a few times, twice with Stanley Clarke and also twice with Anita Baker. Great live performer and always seems to just love being up on stage and playing!

Still in development but could be cool if they can get close to the classic sound. Prices of originals continue to rise and rise. . .

I quite enjoyed it. Didn't really learn anything new but it was a perfect Sunday afternoon diversion. The highlight for me was watching the Genius of Funk from the BBC vaults with my little 1 year old grandson. His side of the family are all into whiter than white pop music with the odd bit of modern American rock thrown in. Ever since he was born I've been joking that I was going to bring him up on soul, disco and funk and teach him all about The One from an early age. He sat watching the programme intently and was dancing away when George Clinton came on, really liked Kool & The Gang and seemed to love Stevie Wonder. Kept with it right up until the acid jazz came on and then went back to playing with his toy bus

The Osmonds have just been over - one of our very own BassChatters was on bass with them

So, I'm going to have some bias because we are Jimmy Coppolo's partner in the UK. In very general terms I think he simply makes the best vintage type J & P style basses ever. His real point of difference is that he can produce a 5 string that can compare with the very best vintage Fender you've ever heard but with an extra string We recently ran a test with a huge range of instruments and a seriously hot pro player and the AC just killed it. A lot of the others were very, very good but when it came down to it the bass we all wanted to take home was the Alleva. It was one of the most expensive but against very stiff competition it was just the best all round instrument in the room. . .

Nicest Infinity I've ever seen! Did you order it from the Custom Shop?

I'd be seriously tempted to go for a properly matched pair from a single manufacturer. I've had too many matching issues in the past to try for a mixed set. Most recent one was that a, quite expensive, set had a much weaker bridge pickup and it was no only overpowered by the P but the blend also totally failed to work. It was literally bridge only, neck only or both on full. Slightest tweak of the blend knob away from centre and the other pickup just disappeared from the mix I'm going to fit an aguilar set instead as I really like their P pickup sound

Really looking forward to these coming in. I've been gigging my AE210 for a while now and really like it. CN's are front ported and I generally prefer these to rear ported cabs.

I usually think a blocked Fender board without binding looks a bit odd but this one just seems to work somehow. Great colour too!

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1417549369' post='2621648'] That looks fantastic. Just for the records, is the 6 driver attenuable like the optional tweeter? Just I don't see many back panel photos going on. [/quote] No attenuator for the 6. Personally I think the balance between the drivers really works well and cutting the 6 would adversely effect the tone. Obviously everyone's ears are different though

I've had a look at our shop actual selling prices and there's definitely not been a used bass price spike from our stock. The odd thing (given that we have to charge VAT, card fees and have relatively higher overheads to cover) is that EBay list prices are regularly higher than we're selling at. I've also seen used prices in other places as well that are almost as high as some new values. This is especially true of continental Europe pricing where new values (of anything not available for bulk purchase by Thomann) are sometimes a lot higher than UK.

I think it's a great little combo but if you're up against loud drummers and guitarists you might struggle unless you're using the DI into the PA as well. It's a while since I've tried one back to back with a 102P but I think the 102 would be louder. Adding the NY121 makes a huge difference, one of my favourite small rigs. Although it's more money, the Alain Caron combo goes a lot louder than the 121P. Discontinued now but some people (including the shop I work at) we heavily discounting the Alain C earlier this year.

They're not mutually exclusive either - try experimenting with both at the same time

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1417393800' post='2620019'] We're not. [/quote] Yep - I'm with you. Prices haven't moved recently.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1417385162' post='2619933'] D'Addario, but I don't think they do .040" to .100". Failing that, Elixirs are a nice, smooth string. [/quote] EPS 190 is the D'Addario Pro Steel 40-100 gauge. 40-100 is now the standard gauge on a lot of new basses and its become out best selling gauge and now outselling 45-105 on 4 string sets. I first started using them on a Fodera who've had 40-100 as standard for quite a while. Really seems to help with everyday 'playability' and I never feel that I'm losing any bottom end by using thinner gauges. Should mean you can find this gauge in steel from pretty much any major string supplier

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1417381304' post='2619853'] I don't mean new goods, but second hand goods from a private seller. They've paid sales tax when they've bought them and the difference is not taken off when they sell. [/quote] Not if they buy out of state (which lots of Anericans do). Plus, as mentioned above, their sales taxes tend to be really low because they have such a different taxation and public funding economy.

You can't add an extension cab to this combo. It's already 6 ohms and adding another cab will drop it below the amp's 4 ohm minimum load. There's a special warning about this on the markbass site.

If you don't have scales then a decent guess for most basses with packaging is about 6kg. There are very few basses that only weigh 6-7lbs so I'd be fairly certain that's not the correct weight.

I bet it sounds "fantstic" though. . .

I know the La Bella guys well and hey always say that through-body stringing makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to tone. They do make through-body sets because their customers kept asking for them. You have to be really careful when stringing because you can get a twist in the string and this can make it go completely dead sounding (and not in a nice way) very quickly. I've heard people say this is rubbish but I had a customer innocently with a brand new set of the new La Bella Low Tension flats fitted and he said the G strig was completely dead, lifeless and lower in volume. I slowly unwound it and it pinged round as it got loose. It was twisted about 90 degrees. I simply let the ball end spin until it was as straight as possible and carefully re-wound it - hey presto, it sounded much better and volume output was much more even In terms of swapping strings to record I can definitely see what other people are saying about just trying the ones you already have. He only reason for changing might be that La Bellas, or other brands, should sound different from Chromes. It's just a personal thing but I really don't like the sound (or feel) of Chromes at all, probably my least favourite flat wounds. A cheap(er) alternative might be Carvin flats that are made by La Bella but come in basic simple packaging. Only for regular bridge stringing though.