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[quote name='JTUK' post='760664' date='Mar 1 2010, 12:55 PM']Happy birthday in 4 days time Gareth, You know what I am going to say....but I'll say it anyway. Commision a Jazz5 from Sei, pick your core woods and finish and I think you'll go for paint. East pre and Barts. I also think you would prefer a dark wood board, so get that blocked and bound. So, basically, a vintage vibe with a modern bite to the sound. If you are ever down my way, you can try mine. Fine tuning stuff would be to run the pre off 18v which I think is better, which pups, soaps or singles looking design and the colour of hardware which should be chrome. Maybe a subtle flame or birdseye neck, not too OTT, Side LEDS an option, but no one really uses them and I have no idea how long the battery is supposed to last anyway. Forget the money, you'll not go too far over it, IMV[/quote] A Mega +1 on that one....... I thought for a minute you were talking about my Sei Jazz 5

Maybe that's why there is such a small response.......I don't have a sense of humour anyway so I wouldn't have spotted the subtlety

Fair enough....Good luck then, as farmer61 says "Your call"

Yes someone who fixes gigs, sessions, musicians........

Maybe you use the bottom strap button and tie around the headstock just after the nut?

Any further news anyone??

[quote name='macmellus' post='757800' date='Feb 26 2010, 02:16 AM']Okay. I want to go on a world tour, all over the world. Never you mind. Bass, amp , speaker and leads. I think this is a question you should ask your teacher. I refer you to the answer I gave to the first question. [/quote] Not even sure a fixer would have enough info about you to fulfill your requirements

I PM'd him prior to my initial thread but have still heard nothing back....Maybe he's away for a while? Not sure i have a postie unless he's the guy or girl as the case may be, who stuffs the pizza flyers through my door

Well ok, ive been rumbled on this one and it was the latest, and yes, what a beaut, but i have to say as long ago as when the angel bass was about and the prices were still appropriate then, i had the same ease of playing and all of the stuff i mentioned before....Incredible.... I have to say, i didnt play it very well though [quote name='EBS_freak' post='755369' date='Feb 23 2010, 07:43 PM']Bernie's latest by any chance? Heard that you played it...[/quote]

This whole expensive bass thing is bcomming quite frustrating.... Yes i do own a couple, but i think back in the day paid reasonable money for bespoke bases, and they have been great tools for many years....However, I cannot get my head round the 4k, 5k territory that basses are commanding today. I know its fairly subjective, but I tried a bass recently and it was a bespoke bass again, by a well made luthier and, well what can i say, it was the most comfortable bass i had ever played, with little or no effort needed to play it, oodles of eq and practically any sound you wanted from it you could get. Price tag, absolutely reasonable and coming in at half of of what these these high priced basses are commanding. A good bass will make you play well but not as well as the person endorsing it may play........

Has anyone heard from phil the bassist or received their wish list stuff??

Ok, I think i need to investigate the options for sound card to see if it eliminates the compression thing then if not.....well I'll have to see how much i've got in me pockets !!

Ok, its an integrated soundcard on an Asrock Motherboard, all the basses that i am using are active , Wal, Sei for example so signal should be good enough.....I have to say i used a turtle beach sound card back in the days and never had this issue so does like you suggest point at the card. Its practically impossible to record in this situation as everything has that mmmmmwwwwaaaahhh thing going on, great for fretless well actually not i have to say.... Sound card suggestions, budget to start with is poss??

Does anyone here use Cubase VST Version V (or others), and have you experienced compression when recording clean bass directly through the input of your soundcard on the PC. Just curious to find out if its my soundcard auto compressing for some reason or something within cubase in the audio/ input settings?

Although i gave Tom my acoustic bass, i have to say that the unexpected two bottles of wine that he gave me were a great gesture even when he had driven so far to pick the bass up. Good bloke with lots of time for people........... Nice one Tom

Thats ok........ I have to say i pestered Benie for quite a while about selling me this bass and he just wouldnt let it go, so i really missed out.

who doesn't know what they are missing?? I missed out on the angel bass i have to say....About the only bass i have played in my long playing life that was, perfect in an instant and in all aspects, but unfortunately not for sale last year....

Just out of curiosity, did any of you basschatters become the lucky owner of the GB Spitfire 5 known as the angel bass??

All................. Bass has now gone