Al Krow

The spec of the Hooky bass effectively makes it a modern day BB1200S i.e. active and with a reverse P. Except maybe it has a bolt on neck and not a neck through like the old 1200S was?

17 months, 30 days and 14 hours to go yet mate...

Quick everyone, lock up your Spectors before Cosmo spots them! 😁

And although @dave_bass5has pointed out on another thread that black basses matter, white basses are pretty darned tasty too and a Spector to boot!

Must be the virus going around which means I'm seeing double, or is it that I just can't count to one anymore? ...it's definitely going to be one of the two, right? 😁

Yup I love Spectors too. And Ken Smiths. And Yamahas of course...did I say just 18 months to make my mind up? 😁

Be right back in a mo with a decision...gimme say, 18 months? 😁

I can only manage to narrow it down to two. So I'm out for now!

Forget the shape. Just count all those knobs! 😁

Here you go:

Ooooh, that's very nice!

She picked it up for gig a good 15 or so years before I started playing! But it was a brief love affair on her part. Fortunately her old Aria was still lying around in its case ready for me to noodle on when a mate, who's a drummer, said he might need a bass player for his band...

Funny thing was that it was a PJ bass, and it was only a while after I had moved it on (the missus tells me she's not happy I did that, but she hadn't touched it in 15 years!) that I came to realise that the PJ basses are where it's at!

Yup that's exactly what I was thinking. And I do eat mine with a knife and fork (you'll be pleased to hear). Anyway back to the thread, 'cos black basses matter; here's my (well actually more accurately my other half's) first ever bass: It's pretty black, just needed to swap the bridge and the tuners!

Yeah, but just wait till I ask if you want to join me for a curry.

They do. Black basses matter. Ok quickly gets tin hat and joins Priti Patel on the naughty step.

@GisserD could this finally be the nemesis of your MXR BEF?!

If you spot another one going locally, which you are not going to buy for yourself, then please do post a link on this thread. As Andy said they're pretty rare over here in the UK and it's likely to be of interest to a number of BB lovers. The reverse P on the ma is a desirable alternative set up, for sure! Interestingly the Peter Hook model about to be released is also a reverse P.

Nah, but two BB 1000ma's is!

That's just greedy 😁

Yup, that's pretty much exactly what I was trying to say. Apologies if it was not clearly put.

I know you defend Mesa pricing over here on that basis. But pretty much ALL other US manufacturers manage to get their product to UK customers at broadly the £ equivalent of the $ price. Which given that works out at about 30% more than the $ price accounts for VAT, shipping, customs handling, distributor margins etc. Mesa products currently seem to then add another 25% to 30% on top, which kind sticks in the throat! And I say that as a huge Mesa fan. The WD-800 is a classic case in point and this issue was discussed at length on another thread: $999 /£785 in the US and $1,649 / £1,299 in the UK. A whopping 65% price differential!! Unsurprisingly there have been very few takers at that price, certainly here on basschat where folk are not averse to spending £££ provided they feel they are getting fair value.

Or treat yourself to one of these for £8 and never have to worry about a flat battery or getting rid of a perfectly usable one again!

They sound great to me: variable f control and half the price of a Thumpinator, whilst matching the below 30hz "crud control" of the Thumpinator. What's not to like?! I sadly share your lack of soldering skills and had similar experience with price quotes for custom builds for similar spec. The only hesitation on getting one is thinking that my Helix should be able to match.

I think Legends historically were bolt on, however the upper range "Custom" models had set necks (as opposed to neck through). Historically: TonePump (Euro) vs TonePump Jr (Legend) pups: EMG 40 (Euro) vs EMG 30 (Legend) ie better electronics in Euro as well as more expensive woods and better finish eg neck through. My Legend Custom was very good. But, for me, no question that my Euro LX is a step up to "outstanding". As @ead mentioned worth reviewing the websites for current range differences. My sense is the Legends have been taken up a notch eg I think I read current 2020 model Legends are also neck through.