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Ha, beat you to it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=126675"]GK app[/url] Ive still to take the plunge and get another iRig. I had one before (with the Amplitube app) and i was very disappointed with it. I sold it about 30 mins after getting it. Apparently the GK one is much better.

It "seems" like the Butterscotch bass is now availible. There are a couple of guys on TB that have them on the way, and it was showing as available to buy on Guitarcentre.com (USA site) this morning, but its now out of stock.

Welcome to the club. Both my CV's came from Soundslive and both we very playable straight out fo the box, but of course i had to mess with it, it wouldn't be a new bass without a tinkle. Ive just put a black pickguard on mine and i much prefer the look of it now. Ive never really liked the Fiesta red and tort but stuck with the bass as its such a great player. Now its almost perfect.

[quote name='Platypus' post='1182822' date='Mar 30 2011, 10:38 PM']Can you not just fit a Thumper pup in the original Fender casings?[/quote] Not without filing the plate that holds the coil down. This was the first thing i tried.

Right'o, a quick update as ive now sorted it out. Ive now replaced the Thumper with a Fender 62 Original pickup and it fits perfectly. Ive looked at a few other pups and they are also slightly smaller than the Thumper. I know Andy said the case was Fender size (and im sure thats what he thought) but its definitely bigger than the Stock pup, all the Symour Duncans ive looked at, and the Fender i now have in the bass. No big deal, i think i might prefer the Fender pup, at least for now. I now need to get another PG as the one i have is looking a bit manky around the cut outs.

[quote name='danhkr' post='1181923' date='Mar 30 2011, 10:18 AM']Well if you can stand Matt Freeman's signature on the headstock - it's happening [/quote] Fantastic. I dont really know Matt Freeman but as long as its close to a standard P with vintage frets i'll get one. I guess it makes sense if its based on a 77 P. That would mean there is a CV P for each decade. Ive already got the Fender bridge for it and i guess ill drop the Wizard Thumper in it. I had a MIM Classic Jazz for a few hours last year and didnt like the neck. Very chunky.

[quote name='danhkr' post='1181899' date='Mar 30 2011, 09:57 AM']Only seen a small pic, but it looks great. Having said that, I am partial to a black/black/maple p-bass. I think it's going to be more like a CV than a VM with the high mass bridge and gloss neck. Probably going to be around £400 though.[/quote] If Squier brought out a Black/black/maple CV P i would definitely buy one. Ive not played a VM but im sticking with the CV's due to the vintage frets.

All this fuss over a Squier Yeah, ill probably get one as well.

[quote name='Muzz' post='1180651' date='Mar 29 2011, 12:08 PM']You could pick up a s/h TC Classic around that ballpark £, and for rock tones, I'd rate the Classic/RH450 above the MB stuff. The Tubetone works really really well - even better to my ears than the actual tube in the Shuttle stuff. Ticks all the other boxes re. small, light and LOUD.[/quote] No experience myself with the TC but from what ive read i would also suggest the Classic. In fact im hoping to replace my MB SA450 with one when i can sort it all out.

[quote name='aceuggy' post='1179644' date='Mar 28 2011, 03:45 PM']I'm planning on changing the bridge on my Fender P. I looked at the Badass, but frankly they are too expensive and quite difficult to source at the moment, so I have decided on a Gotoh bridge. I'm a little confused however! What is the difference, if any, between the 201 and the 203?[/quote] Old Horse Murphy is selling a USA Fender High mass bridge in the classifieds. These are really nice bridges and if i didnt already have a Gotoh 201 i would snap this up. For what its worth ive gone form a Squier HM bridge to a Fender vintage bridge and settled on a Gotoh 201 on my Squier CV P and didnt really notice any tonal difference but that could just be down to my rig. I've used BAII bridges in the past but i do think they are a bit over priced. You could also try the Wilkinson bridges, they do similar versions for around £15 [url="http://www.axesrus.com/axeBassh.htm"]Wilkinson bass bridges[/url]

[quote name='iconic' post='1180430' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:47 AM']nothing here.. [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/news/"]http://www.squierguitars.com/news/[/url][/quote] Nope, its not been announced yet.

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='1179775' date='Mar 28 2011, 05:29 PM']If any of the music shops available to me had anywhere near the level of customer support that Thomann offers, then I'd have no problem keeping things local. I've even gone as far as having basses made locally to support business here. But when you're dealing with staff that won't order flatwound strings because 'they're crap and no-one likes them' even though you're standing there requesting them.... well, all of a sudden that £10 shipping charge and online buying seem pretty unbeatable.[/quote] If it wasnt for Thomanns i wouldn't have had 2 Lakland Duck Dunns or a Fender 2008 P5 in the past. No one store over here (not even the Gallery) had a Duck Dunn at the time of my first one, and when i tried to order a Fender P5 from 2 stores that were advertising them on their websites i was told they were a special order and i wouldn't be able to send it back if i didnt like it, even though they didnt have them in stock and so i couldn't try one. Thomanns told me (via a call to them) "if i wasnt 100% happy please send it back as they value their customers and only want them to be happy". Ive also had to use Thomanns last week to order a Fender pickup as no one over here had stock, other than one place who wanted £95 for it. Thomanns might be undercutting the small shops but they got where they are for a reason IMO. Its no wonder they are popular with service like this.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1179560' date='Mar 28 2011, 02:40 PM']Their prices have gone up some because they get moaned at by manufacturers who get moaned at by UK dists. It's fair though.[/quote] I remember when they first started advertising over here, there was uproar but i felt it gave our market a kick up the backside. No longer were we held to ransom by over priced music stores.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1179448' date='Mar 28 2011, 01:29 PM']so the prices they can offer are below most UK retailers because they pay far less than retailers do. I know it's business etc, but it's not fair on UK retailers that they get undercut so badly and they'd be forced to make a loss to compete. The problem is that they have such a part of the market (because of the prices) that manufacturers can't afford to not sell to them because they're bringing so much business.[/quote] I dont think they are that much cheaper any more. In the past they were but judging by a few basses ive looked at in the past few weeks Thomanns have been dearer than,say, Soundslive.

[quote name='icastle' post='1179396' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:56 PM']Gotta say, if Thomann were to open up a UK operation and keep those sort of standards up then there'd be a lot of very worried UK online retailers trying to raise their game...[/quote] There was a thread on here discussing this. Apparently Thomann's were doing this but ive not heard any news on it yet. This must have been at least a year or so ago 9probably longer) so it probably didn't happen. EDIT: Here it is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21773&hl=thomann"]Thomann's in the UK thread[/url]

I know this is an old thread but i just wanted to post about Thomanns CS. We brought a LED light off them end of Jan this year. It cost £45 inc postage. It seems to have developed a fault so i emailed them yesterday to see what can be done. As its outside the 30 days send it back period we were going to weigh up the pros and cons of having to send it to Germany. I got a email this morning form Thomanns saying they are trying out a new returns system and would i like to participate in it. The email also contained a PDF with a prepaid label and all i need to do is pack it up and take it to the post office. I must say thats pretty good service. I think the total postage (both ways, twice) must come close to the cost of the light.

[quote name='phatkat' post='1177097' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:58 AM']Hate to rain on everyones parade but the text of that add states that its a LPB so I suspect thats a mockup! [/quote] I think its obvious that the text isn'tisnt talking about this specificific bass so you could be right, but there has been a lot of talk about this on TB and apparently Musicians friend might also have put this pictureprematurelyerly as they have done it before. Time will tell.

[quote name='watchman' post='1176102' date='Mar 25 2011, 04:14 PM']That's exactly right. I have one or two of these circuits in instruments. Actually, with careful selection of components and tweaking, I prefer the ordinary tone control. Then again, I play a fair amount of reggae and I'm a passive instrument codger so having a little low boost available via the tone pot is very handy.[/quote] Im with you on that. Its a nice idea but sometimes that extra little bit of low end boost makes all the difference. Just before i got my last HW-one i started a thread asking how to re wire the bass to put it back to how Jazz should be wired. As it turned out i didn't mind the GB circuit as much as i thought i would, but that was a Jazz. On my old HW-one P i did feel it lacked something when the tone was backed right off.

Although its not been listed or released by Squier, it seems there "might" be a new colour model coming out. No one really knows whats going on but there is plenty of speculation. Hopefully if this is true they might also update the CV 60's P colour as well. [url="http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Squier-Classic-Vibe-Precision-50s-Bass-Guitar-?sku=519743"]Real or Photoshop?[/url]

I decided to order from Thomanns after all, just to save a few £. Inc delivery came to £66.34. Pretty happy with that. Wont get it until next week of course but i suppose its best i don't start tinkering with my Bass on the day of the gig. Thanks for all the help, fingers crossed it fits.

If its just to amplify a signal maybe this will work. It doesn't have any mix function though so if you have music just on one side its probably not ideal. Ive got one that i use with my PC and the quality is very good. The FiiO is battery powered and could clip on to his shirt etc. The battery lasts for ages and its charged using USB from any PC/Mac/PS3 etc. [url="http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/16164088/FiiO-E5-Portable-Headphone-Amplifier/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518|cat:16164088|prd:16164088"]FiiO E5 headphone amp[/url] Ive got a Behringer Xenyx 502 mixer and its very good, nice and cheap and would probably work perfectly.