RussFM

I love mine. I bought one a few years ago for £330 from Sound Control, but it didn't suit my band. Of course, that band split and I regretted selling it, so I bought another. Good build quality, plenty of tonal variation from the Tone Pump Jr EQ and passive EMG pickups. The older versions come with EMG-HZs, and the newer ones have EMG-SSDs, which have a bit more mid-range. I've got some recent recordings using it, if you PM me your email address I'll send you some. So a great bass, with the most comfortable body shape ever designed. But would I buy one new since the price hike? No. Look for second-hand Rebop instead, better build quality and hardware (but same pickups). Search the For Sale forum to find Josh's (and stop me from buying it! ), cheaper than a new Legend.

The Riot Before - 5 to 9. I'm have a punk day!

A few years ago I took my old Trace AH-300 to Sound Services on Tan Bank in Wellington after my guitarist fried it. They did a good job, and didn't cost much. A few friends have used them in the past too, never heard any complaints about them.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='731170' date='Jan 31 2010, 10:53 PM']I think it's one of those basslines that was written & recorded on a synth, which might explain why I'm having particular trouble with it?[/quote] Must be, aren't Keane just drums, keyboard and vocals?

My first rig (Trace AH300, Peavey 410 and 115) I bought from my drummer's old bassist for the bargain price of £300, but after that, everything has been bought blind, but with reviews from people on here. GK 1001RB-II and GK Neo 212 were a great buy, always regret having to sell them, then I bought some second-hand gear blind, which served it's purpose, then the current TecAmp rig, based on people's praise of the old Tech gear. This one's definitely a keeper!

Legend. Saw him a few years back with All, great player!

You mean there are different kinds of country!? It's not something I'd normally listen to to be honest, but I'm enjoying playing in the band, very different to what I've done previously. There's three recent recordings up on our myspace though - [url="http://www.myspace.com/liberationworksuk"]http://www.myspace.com/liberationworksuk[/url]

Something I thought about this week, is in my old punk band, I loved playing my Jazz, always really comfortable, but in my current (country) band, where I often play higher up the neck, I often get hand cramps during a gig, so I've taken to playing my Spector, which is much more comfortable higher up the neck. So i just compared the necks, and although the Jazz is slightly narrower at the nut, it's much wider at the end of the neck, where as the Spector is only slightly wider than it is at the nut. I guess that's why I prefer it when I'm playing higher up. So... is this a common thing? I assume it is on all Fender-types? Are there basses with no taper at all? Not that there's much on the Spector, and I'm happy playing it, I'd just like to try out a couple of others and see what I might find more comfortable during a gig.

I tried one out a few years ago when I bought my first Legend. Nice slim neck (I played a 4 though), nice tones, good quality. I think they were about £400 at the time but Spector had a price hike last year.

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='711166' date='Jan 13 2010, 12:20 PM']Yeah it's alright, obviously takes a lot of getting use to but the Bass VI isn't really designed to just be a bass so it's good your hitting other strings, just play everything with a 5th added [/quote] Cool, I want something I can play bass on, but then add some nice chords underneath the guitar. Seems ideal.

I really want one of those. How well does it play as a bass, with the narrow string spacing? Easy to get used to?

I sent a bass to Greece a while back, pretty sure I used Interparcel, and it definitely didn't cost anything like that. Think it was about £50.

[quote name='jim_bass' post='707376' date='Jan 10 2010, 09:00 AM']It's a sandberg. Looks like it was made specially for them - don't speak german, so I could be wrong! [/quote] PMT in Birmingham have got one too. Apparently something went wrong with the CNC and they were left with a bunch of necks that were too narrow, so they made these.

Sounds like you need a TecAmp S212. Small footprint, big sound. Love mine, and for once I can say - this one's a keeper!!

My Spector neck feels thinner than my Jazz. I use the Spector for my country band and my Jazz for my punk band, but I do think something other than the Spector would suit better, just can't find anything that feels as good.