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Vertigo by The Libertines! Great fun!

My personal recommendation would be one of the new Fender Rumbles. I have 40 and it's brilliant, plenty loud and LIGHTER than the old Rumble 15 that I traded in. No tuner built in but you could always pick up a pedal for £15-£30.

I would also love to get my hands on one of these. In the ten years that I've been playing (on and off) I haven't seen one up for sale though. Maybe it's just bad luck.

Played one in Wunjo a while ago and it was lush.

Love this even more than I loved the first one. KA-POW!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1402520036' post='2474452'] I think it's simple supply & demand stuff. Matching headstocks always sell faster than natural ones. [/quote] Exclusivity. In a word!

Another +1 for the 208 based on all of the good advice above.

You've got me blasting Conspiracy of One now! YOU CAN DO IT!

I've owned both, and honestly the gap between the two is well and truly closed. A good Squier (VM series up) can stand toe to toe with the MIM equivalent. Try both, see which you like best. Buy it.

P - 1.5" nut, Sonic Blue, dots J - 1.5" nut, CAR, blocks and binding EDIT: I would prefer both of the above in Surf Green though!

I'm glad to see the TalkBass lot are as obsessed with Surf Green as I am. Sounds like it could be a winner though.

Had one of those myself for a little while. Great bass.

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1402377539' post='2472707'] GAK have some on order :-) couldn't find one on thomann [/quote] They told me it 'might' be available in July when I called them before. I subsequently called Wunjo who called Fender for me. Fender confirmed there wouldn't be any more coming to the UK

2 and 5 for me - Marshall and Orange?! Yikes! The Hiwatt came in close 3rd though!

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1402342849' post='2472480'] It's a late '62. [/quote] Woooooow. Congrats man!

I share lead vocals (make sense?) with my brother (guitarist) and I intentionally stick to basic bass lines on my tracks. Thankfully I get to noodle about a bit more on his. My only advice echoes everyone else - practice.

[quote name='mark_random' timestamp='1402317977' post='2472004'] Hi guys. Mark from GAK here. Thanks for the (mostly) great feedback. As for the issue of delivery to Scotland, I've been aware if this for a while and have been pushing to get this standardised with the rest of mainland UK. As of today (thanks to the power of Basschat) [b]we're now offering free delivery to Scotland on any purchase over £99![/b] Good work everyone. If you've got any more feedback that you think might be useful either leave it here, DM me or email me directly at the address above. [/quote] That's excellent work. My only other suggestion would be to proactively push people through from your website to your Telesales guys when an item is 'available to order' rather than in stock. You would only need to change the messaging to 'Call us on 0800 XXX XXX to order' but then you could have a frank conversation about the realistic delivery times, switch sell customers to similar products if they aren't willing to wait and avoid the hassle of wiping a bunch of cancelled orders off your books. I'm pretty certain your conversion would be flat if not improved as a result, and it's a much improved experience for your customers.

Is that a Pino sig? Or a real 60's relic?!

[quote name='Stealth' timestamp='1402329538' post='2472263'] What a pleasant surprise then to deal with Gear 4 Music bought 3 items by mail. Found 2 weren't right for me. Called customer service real person within 20 secs no question no hassle they will arrange for the goods to be collected at their cost and a full refund issued. Nice one chaps ! [/quote] I didn't have a great experience last time I bought from G4M, granted for the most part it wasn't actually their fault (faulty amp, courier no-show, and then they couldn't get me a replacement as quickly as I could buy it new elsewhere) but the chap I dealt with made it easy for me to be frustrated All that said, I'm glad to hear a positive review!

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1402317998' post='2472005'] I've got some GAS for the surf green. Might pull the trigger soon :-) [/quote] There definitely aren't many places that have them in stock now so I would move fast. I'm pretty sure Thomann and SoundsLive are the only shops that have them.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1402225776' post='2471085'] The white one is a [i]much [/i]more interesting proposition!! (ymmv, imho, etc). [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hb_60_vw.htm?sid=5f2f506e16f5bf748ce05ec69c1b30cd"]http://www.thomann.d...ce05ec69c1b30cd[/url] [/quote] This. The white is amazing.

Bought a combo from GAK, had to send it back because it was faulty but had no problems doing so. I would use them again. The one 'watch out' with their website is they occasionally list items as 'available to order' when said items are long discontinued or out of production. The website will still let you complete a full order including payment on these items - my suggestion would be to call them if you see anything other than 'next day delivery' next to the item you want. Otherwise you'll be out of pocket and disappointed!

I wish I could justify owning a fridge, but I think it would probably be overkill for bedroom rock

[quote name='Grissle' timestamp='1401973010' post='2468796'] 5w.....Solid State.....for bass? I could see 5watts for a tube bass amp, but SS, hmmm. Just looked it up. It's class AB, meaning tube amp I believe. It sure looks like it with all the venting built on top. [/quote] It weighs 440g which is far too light for a tube amp unfortunately. The 15 watt Ashdown CTM15 weighs 5kg by comparison. This is definitely solid state.