Sean

That’s absolute bonkers! What’s the set up? Master/slave?

I picked up an as-new premium finish blueburst (that's the one with the blue burst on the back rather than the black) L2000 for £270 quid on ebay, put an old East MMSR 3-band preamp in it, set it up, sanded the neck, rolled the edges and it's a monster rock machine and as good a tool bass as any.

Being in a ciovers band, this will be a fabulous and much-used resource. Many thanks for the offer.

And just to show I was paying attention... https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/G-L-Tribute-L-2000-Premium-RW-LH-Natural-Gloss/art-BAS0002874-000?campaign=GShopping/UK&gclid=Cj0KCQiA9_LRBRDZARIsAAcLXjfwTdZuKVBFg5NV3oVAV3RlgFQc3kZQLWMA7MM5AsQ3q35neh0wSgAaAl2uEALw_wcB

http://greatbritishbasslounge.com/product/gl-tribute-m2000-3/

http://greatbritishbasslounge.com/product/gl-tribute-l-2000/

At £900 starting bid and local collection I reckon that'll be around for a while.

BF does a tweed option now ;-)

Awesome.

Should that be BTA400? At £3,249 it makes the Laney Tube 400 look like an absolute bargain at £1399! Great EQ on the Laney too.

Tweed.

What’s the highest power all-valve bass guitar specific monster out there? We have the VBA400, Laney Tube 400, Mesa Strategy 8:88, Mesa 400+, Trace Elliott V8 and a Matamp 8 x KT88 one-off made for Julian Cope. is there anything bigger? What else is there that equals or crushes these leviathans?

Sounds like what you really need is a high protein diet and a weight-lifting regime. Some things don’t come easy ;-)

He will do pretty much whatever you want...

What have you ordered?

No problems here. An excellent buyer. Great comms and prompt payment. Highly recommended.

The Taranis is amazing however if I was having another I’d go for 6 (300w) or 8 (400w) KT88s.

The Schecter 8 I've played has a normal (40mm nut width) C shape neck and for me was much faster to play than my Dean, which I agree has a beast of a neck. The Dean is very affordable, though but I'm yet to try anything slimmer. It would be interesting to see how I got on with a Hamer or similar.

“She scratches a letter, into a wall made of stone Maybe some day another child won’t feel so alone” That’s why they don’t resonate the same.

Cheers for the links. You'll get used to the neck size. A Hamer or Gretsch or a Chandler are a bit pricey for me. Although that Hamer 12 is a grunge icon and sounds like a beast, it's like a G&L ASAT inasmuch as the strap button makes it sit way too far forward but if like Jeff you love a Tbird I guess that's just dandy.

@Cuzzie Please could you post the link to that thread? I've got some mucking about ahead and would like to try some different options. I've got a Dean Rhapsody 12, I picked it up for <£400 about two years ago. Quality is way beyond expectation and it just doesn't go out of tune, it's very stable. It's the only bass I have that I haven't fettled in some way, the fret job is great. From my experiences of an 8-string it was trying one that was the deciding factor in me getting a 12. Jeff also uses an 8 a lot (I've seen him play one live on RVM, Go and I think State over the years). Based on my Dean I think that with the width of a 12-string board and the area that the strings cover I could around an 8-string quicker so for trickier lines where more dexterity is needed it would be more like a 4. I have to say that when I swap from the 12 to a standard 4 mid-gig it's like putting down a rocket launcher and picking up a rifle.