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JJ Burnell John Entwistle Andy Fraser Phil Lynot Burke Shelley (Budgie) It's not fair - I want to get Lemmy in there as well!

Not a bad idea, but then we haven't really got it together to write a complete wiki, let a lone a book!

The ABM will only be knocking out about 200w into an 8 ohm load (ie one cab) so you'd be ok using it. I've no experience of the Yamaha, but at that price the ABM is still looking good to me. If you look for matching cabs second hand you might just shoehorn a pair of 2x10s in secondhand (if you get lucky).

Ideally you'd need to take a listen to them and decide what does the job for you. But if that's not possible, out of the 3 I'd pick the ABM if it's in good nick. If you decided at some point it's not really what you're looking for you're looking at less of a loss selling it on.

I always used to refer to the Precision's growl, until people started calling the Jazz's characteristic sound 'growl' in the early nineties. So then I just started using the word 'grunt' to describe the p bass. It's just a matter of semantics really. Can't help with the jap 62 RI with US pickups though - I've not tried it.

I'm not sure why BBC is being singled out here - Janek was clearly p*ssed off with a lot of the posts here. It's equally clear that plenty of people agree to a greater or lesser extent with his sentiments (myself included). If Janek no longer wants to post here that's his choice, just as he's chosen to post very little previously. But let's not have any nonsence about bringing the forum into disrepute - if Busted or whoever popped up because they've received a slagging I doubt we'd shedding tears over it. If you put your work in the public domain you should realise everyone's a critic, whether their criticisms are valid or not.

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='149709' date='Mar 2 2008, 08:39 AM']You get £32 tax free if its a gift...just mark accordingly. Customs opened my SX basses thinking I'd pulled a fast one... there are loads of scams - lower declared value, labelling as a commercial sample, prototype product...not that I've used any of these. I know of people that have bought £300 lenses from Hong Kong and not paid any duty by declaring as a prototype.[/quote] I think it's £36 if it's a gift, though I think shipping is included in that amount - so just the p+p would take the bass over that.

If the neck comes with hardware then £50 probably isn't too bad, though how the guy knows it's a japanese '85 if he doesn't know the brand is beyond me. Stamps on the heel? I might be more inclined to pick up one of the cheap squiers that go on ebay for less than £50 pretty regularly, and then sell off the parts that are no good to you (like all the electrics ). A bit of a pig in a poke, but I'd guess you're in the same position with the neck you're looking at.

I stuck a straight edge along the picture in photoshop, and it looks fairly straight to me. Perhaps a slight concave bow, but as it should be.

[quote name='sixshooter' post='146525' date='Feb 25 2008, 12:59 PM']I would be interested in what speaker you go for, I noticed mine is torn in my GP7 250 and I need to replace it so was thinking should I get it repaired or replace it? Also if anyone knows best place to get one from it would be great. By the way they are great amps, (bit heavy). Mine is the first type with the black covering and must have had it for close on 10 years with no problems, (other than the speaker, but it still works), for bigger venues I add the 2 x 10 underneath, for even bigger venues the V8 comes out. Ta[/quote] Wembley Loudspeakers is the place for this - despite the name they're in Shepherds Bush. Most other places you could try just send the speakers off to them for reconing. They also do a replacement service, where they can exchange your speaker for one that has already been refurbished, but you've got to be a little lucky for them to have something suitable in stock.

[quote name='onehappybunny' post='144929' date='Feb 22 2008, 12:00 PM']Couldn't agree more Perry, bass players are the nicest, least egotistical musicians by a long way [/quote] I think Perry's suggesting that we're not, at least in guitar shops. Though last time I was in the Bass Centre the experience didn't exactly put me in a friendly mood.

It seems that Fender Japan have been turning out basses with 'Made In Japan' on them recently. Not sure that extends back to 2004/2005 though. I'd be inclined to think it's genuine - it seems to be a lot of bother to go to for not much return on a fake.

A couple of Mats. An Aria CSB-300 - not a 380 like he claims in the listing. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-2-Bass-1981-model_W0QQitemZ110226544312"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-2-Bass-1981...emZ110226544312[/url] RSB Performer with a Carlbro practice amp [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Bass-guitar-and-Carlsbro-amp_W0QQitemZ330213955017"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Bass-guitar-and...emZ330213955017[/url] Both pickup only.

You might want to reconsider the white P bass - apparently they're considerably more yellow in the flesh than the pictures on the Rondo site suggest! Unless of course you like yellow.

By the sound of the 'percussive/attack effect' description on the EHX site, it sounds like an expander - which acts kind of like the opposite of a compresser. The old Gibson RD artists had one of these built in, so maybe if anyone here has ever tried one they'd like to chip in. It'd be interesting to hear how EHX have implemented this. Given how popular compressers are with bassists, I can't really imagine a huge market for this.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='141708' date='Feb 16 2008, 08:49 PM']I am pretty sure its not jap crap, I reckon its korean or chinese. Ventura werent allways japanese and they werent allways the same company. Its pretty recently built (Maybe late 90's) Either way, i am hundred percent its not jap.[/quote] As you were. I got carried away with the name there! Still, a great bargain - that case must be worth the £30 on it's own.

[quote name='Jonny Walker' post='141770' date='Feb 17 2008, 01:39 AM']I'm aiming to get the Mesa Big Block 750...[/quote] In which case you'll be fine with a pair of 4 ohm cabs. It's worth bearing in mind that a doubling of power will give you a 3db increase in volume - that's the same increase you'll get as doubling the number of woofers, i.e. if you're using a single 4x10 at the moment, buying a pair will give the same increase in volume (assuming overall impedance remains the same). Likewise, using cabs with a higher sensitivity will give you a useful increase in volume - the difficulty here being that manufacturers are often less than forthcoming with meaningful sensitivity ratings or just 'economical' with the truth (as BFM often bemoans). Volume seems to be your main issue here, but unfortunately there's more to perceived volume than simply the wattage. To complicate matters, amps with a valve power stage will often sound louder than an SS amp with the same rating. This topic has cropped up a lot in this forum, and it might be worth your while trawling through a search on 'SPL'.

You'll have Jon (Bassassin) spitting teeth! That's vintage Japcrap - possibly Matsumoku! Nice buy!

I've got to admit, I've never heard of cabs with switchable impedance, so I checked the Mesa website. And yes, they say 4 or 8 ohm. But that just refers to the cab options available - you just choose either a cab loaded with 4 ohm speakers or one with 8 ohm speakers. Tellingly there's no switch on the cab to select impedance. What head are you thinking about - the SWR 750x? If so, the minimum impedance that amp will handle is 2.6 ohms - that's the equivalent of one 4 ohm and one 8 ohm cab, with the 4 ohm cab receiving more power than the 8 ohm. Like bass ferret says, don't get too hung up over the wattage. Watts tell you very little about the volume. If you really want more volume you might be better off going for more efficient cabs.

There's currently a Roland Cube 100 sitting on ebay at a whopping 99p with 10 hours to go. You'd have to be able to get yourself over to Burnley though - it's pickup only. It's sitting in the guitar amp category, so it might get overlooked.

[url="http://www.geocities.jp/dgb_studio/index_e.htm"]This site[/url] has more wiring mods than you can shake a stick at. The only bad thing about it is that it was written by a Japanese guy who's English doesn't seem to extend to writing decent descriptions of the sounds you can expect. You should be okay sticking to the recommended ones though.

Hi Norrin, and welcome to the forum. All the Thor Sounds were 32" scale, though I know they altered the headstock at some point. The Rev Sounds were 34" if you're looking for a long scale Mat Aria.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='140981' date='Feb 15 2008, 12:36 PM']I'd say more than another £100 definately. Perhaps even over the £1k ? The recent price rise, the colour and the apparent condition are all going for it. There's a regular Ric seller on eBay who would be asking at least £1150 for this. Peter[/quote] Yep, £850 would definitely be cheap for this bass, but against that there's the lack of feedback and lack of pictures or anything like an adequate description Incidentally, Reidys are doing Ricks for £999 if you don't mind a wait - 6 weeks for a Jetglo, but 10 months if you want an azureglo. [url="http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=1550"]http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=1550[/url]

I'd say £740 is more than fair as it stands, but I'd expect that to go up maybe £100 before the auction ends. There's another blue 4003 in similar condition with a case standing at £740 on there at the moment, though that had a buy it now price which has disappeared since someone has placed a bid. Might be worth contacting them to see what they would let it go for.

If you're looking for high powered valve amps you could do worse than a Trace V8 - if you can find one. Officially they're 400w, but I know Oxblood recently set up and tested his VA350 and found it knocked out over 450w - [i]before clipping.[/i] An extra pair of KT88s should be knocking out some serious wattage, especially if you push it into distortion. If that's not enough, how about a [url="http://www.chambonino.com/construct/const9.html"]Clean Electronics CDA 1000[/url]? I feel I've got to point out that you probably won't notice the difference in volume just by doubling the wattage though. EDIT: I've just noticed you're using a single cab(?) - adding another will shift significantly more air, as well as getting the full 450w from the amp (assuming it's an 8 ohm cab). In terms of volume you'd probably be better of with another cab or 8x10. There's a sticky on this (I think) as well as one on apparent volumes of valve and solid state amps.