Lfalex v1.1

[quote name='tom1946' post='1166799' date='Mar 18 2011, 10:40 AM']Is this the one on ebay? If so it's home made.[/quote] +1. Does look like a home-brew, albeit a good one.

£1K? Seek out reasonably-priced USED examples of; Warwicks(!) MusicMen Fenders Laklands G&Ls Sandbergs You might even score something a bit more exotic. Money's tight, and it really is a buyer's market out there. And try an SR505!!!

[quote name='redstriper' post='1165825' date='Mar 17 2011, 02:49 PM']Why is this bass so 'crap' ? Have any of you experts actually played one?[/quote] Not so much that, but if you buy [i]anything[/i] (instrument-wise) online, it's always a bit of a lottery. You can't try before you buy. If you know what you're looking for/ at, then you could buy an unknown marque for next-to-nothing and bag a real good 'un. I, like many others, mentioned Yamaha/Ibanez/Cort/Squire as their QC is generally very good indeed. I've nothing against SX / Benton and so on, but I'd hesitate to buy one without trying one/some first..

[quote name='sk8' post='1166026' date='Mar 17 2011, 05:26 PM']Thinking of picking one of these up. Anyone using it without flats?[/quote] They come with a puncture? That's no good!

Serves him right, but still not as good as Kris Novoselic's near self KO when he threw his bass into the air, gravity did its thing, and it hit him on the head on its (their) way to the floor....

[quote name='Commando Jack' post='1164943' date='Mar 16 2011, 08:28 PM']I would laugh out loud if you turned around and said "Sorry mate I didn't ask you to try it out, I asked could [b][i]I[/i][/b] try it out..."[/quote] I'd have waved m debit card under his nose, and said; "I don't want it now [i]you've[/i] played it..." and left.

More of the same; Squier, Ibanez, Yamaha, Cort. But maybe second-hand. Check out the superb "Pingray II" - once a BB414- in the p0rn section...

Bog? No. And now I see why the EBMM boys called theirs what they did. Can't believe I didn't realise sooner!

Got a couple of years to go.... Uh-oh.

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1162469' date='Mar 14 2011, 09:58 PM']I don't like lager. Can anyone recommend a bitter that has these free straplocks on them?[/quote] No, but some upmarket oilve oils come in bottles with them on the caps. Don't go drinking it, though!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1156261' date='Mar 10 2011, 09:28 AM']Result. Now take your Allen keys and bury them in the garden. [/quote] Should've bought a MIA Fender, then your (probably metric) ones wouldn't fit...!

Quite so. Sorry! missed that one...

[quote name='TimR' post='1160669' date='Mar 13 2011, 04:44 PM']Iron Maiden doing their best tomfoolery. [/quote] Notice Adrian Smith [i]not[/i] messing around... Mind you, he did write "Wasted Years" IIRC. @ Dave Murray with the bass, though!

If you need thumbrests, you either; need to alter your technique to compensate haven't got enough pick-ups in your bass Don't have enough frets (and a long enough neck to penetrate well into the body)

[quote name='ras52' post='1157128' date='Mar 10 2011, 08:14 PM']Another BB fan here. Currently have a BB350F fretless, love it. I tried a white BB414 a couple of months ago and it was hard to walk away from it - one of the best sub-£500 basses I've played. I'm a big fan of passive P/J, but for active you might like the 614 - I think they're £500&something new so would fit nicely in your price range S/H.[/quote] +1 on a s/h 614 or 615. All of the 414s and 415s I've played have been pretty damn good.

[quote name='Fettsman' post='1156658' date='Mar 10 2011, 02:24 PM']I use a Trace dual compressor and love it. Does the job pretty well and well built. I had an Ashdown one for a while but couldn't get on with it.[/quote] Are they [i]very[/i] different, then?

[quote name='razze06' post='1155168' date='Mar 9 2011, 12:31 PM']Is "No" a valid answer to the OP?[/quote] Yes, because I'm going to say it, too. No. There, I said it. I've sold an Ibanez SRX700, Zoot Custom Chaser prototype (on here) and Stingray Fretless V in the last couple of months. They were just gathering dust, really. I've "replaced" them with [i]another[/i] Warwick, but most definitely the "right" one (Thanks, BigJim!) I may yet sell on more, albeit selectively (eyes Ovation on the wall meaningfully) My only regret is damaging an Ibanez EDB600 I had quite severely in a carpeted-concrete-floor incident. I then finished the job in a fit of pique. I really ought to replace it when one shows up. Then wrap it in cotton wool- Luthite cracks easily, folks.

My 1996 Vigier Passion 5 (Series III)

Or alternatively, have the best (YMMV) exponent of each... H= 'Ray or Warwick Fortress Masterman HS= Bongo HH= G&L ASAT

[quote name='bh2' post='1151542' date='Mar 6 2011, 03:42 PM']Chris... I'll have to say a Jazz bass will do all you require.[/quote] And bung a "P" neck in it if you have to!!

500k (log) Vol pots. A FatFinger Flats? And a series/parallel switch as already suggested...

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1150086' date='Mar 4 2011, 10:57 PM']I can name everything that has no sharp edges! I will take 1, 4 and 7 please.[/quote] +1 except 4,7 &10 for me.

[quote name='sk8' post='1145577' date='Mar 1 2011, 11:47 AM']get a lava curly cable. Sorted!!! [/quote] Think I'd prefer Orange!

You know all those neck-diving, monstrously heavy instruments with necks as wide as runways and profiles like a club? They DO have a use. Making guitarists suffer even more than we have to (sometimes)