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  1. scrumpymike
    Just found these studio pic's:
  2. scrumpymike
    MIJ KenKen signature model signed by hand on the back of the headstock. IMHO this bass is uber-cool, especially the colour in a semi-translucent finish and the mirror-backed clear-plastic scratchplate! Hand-built in Japan by this top 'boutique' manufacturer, it has a 30" scale, a lovely maple neck and is extremely lightweight at 3.4kg/7.5lb. It has active EMG pick-ups and electronics, Gotoh hardware, and was recently set-up with new La Bella flats. Build quality is pretty much as good as it gets, so if you're looking for that elusive premium-quality s-s J bass, you won't find better. The bass and its OE gig-bag are in immaculate condition and as far as I can tell would cost around £2000 to buy new if you could find one over here (UK importer Bass Direct have a new standard-scale Jerry Barnes signature at £2499). It's only up at this price because I got it cheap on here. The flash shot below is the best I could manage today but I'll take some more pic's in natural light when weather conditions allow. Price is collected but I'm happy to drive a reasonable distance from Taunton for a handover or pack for collection if buyer arranges and pays for delivery.
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    Sorry guys, just realised I forgot about this! Amp is fine now after amp tech Pete did the mod advised by Leszek. I don't know what that was because Leszek didn't copy me in to the email he sent Pete. I did ask Pete to let me have a written explanation I could share with you guys (he explained it when I collected the amp but it just went over my head). Not received anything yet so I'll remind him. He charged me £50 for the repair, which I think was reasonable considering he had to ping a few emails across to our Polish friend and had already started to try and locate the fault himself by the time Leszek finally sent the info.
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    Things have moved on since then! I'm not saying the £500 Indonesian bass was bad but mine was virtually unplayable as received with a stupidly low action and nut slots cut way too shallow. I could have fixed those things myself but the bass turned up in a Fender Squier box with internal polystyrene packaging that didn't hold the Vox securely and had virtually disintegrated in transit. As if that wasn't bad enough, it was obviously a dusty ex-display model and the advertised gig bag wasn't there! Basically, I just didn't feel like PMT deserved my money so I returned it - at a cost to me of £12!! I was so disappointed that I decided to phone Vox UK for a whinge and they ended up offering me a twin pickup active MIJ Artist at a massively discounted price. With a RRP of nearly £1400, this is in a completely different league. The differences are subtle metallic finish rather than solid black, premium Gotoh bridge and lightweight machine-heads, gloss maple neck, maple fretboard with mother of pearl square inlays, brilliant Aguilar AG 4J-70 pick-ups and OBP-2 pre-amp. It arrived today and it's the best s-s bass I've ever played.
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    Even without the fish puns, this has now reached an unacceptable scale.
  6. scrumpymike
    For alyctes and any others who haven't been, the buffet is finger-style. You can also take your pick.
  7. scrumpymike
    Just make the decision and stick to it - don't crumble! (I see you've read the topic so I'm chancing an an in joke)
  8. scrumpymike
    But unfortunately not the value ☹️
  9. scrumpymike
    Dohhh! I was so hooked up by the playing and the player that I didn't even notice it was the H1. Here's a much less entertaining video of the S2. Vox Starstream S2
  10. scrumpymike
    Hi Bernard, as you can see from my last two posts, I've been and gone and done it again! ☺️
  11. scrumpymike
    In my next reincarnation, hopefully! I'll certainly be able to have some fun playing with myself 😉
  12. scrumpymike
    Just pulled the trigger on one of these puppies! I love quirky stuff and this sits right at the top end of the quirkiness scale. Vox Starstream S2
  13. scrumpymike
    That's a great combination you've got there.
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    I had the white one of these for a while - extremely impressed, honestly couldn't fault it, maybe should have kept it! Moved it on for no other reason than it was my third bass (i.e. backup to my two custom-built gig bass keepers), which I change whenever I spot something else I fancy trying.
  15. scrumpymike
    According to Amp Tech Pete, yes - but I haven't collected it from him yet. Full update in a few days when I've got it back and had a play.
  16. scrumpymike
    Breath-taking - and that's from an apprentice!
  17. scrumpymike
    Just as an aside, I find that my life as a total flats player is made much easier because my basses have 3 pickups (selectable singly or in any combination) and my amp has 2 channels. I don't do pedals but my set-up gives me a massive tonal palette without ever losing that more substantial/thicker/rounder/warmer/fatter (pick your own word!) character that's built in to flats.
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    That's one very lucky potato! Speaking of just sitting and gazing adoringly at basses, I've always been like that with Rickys. Started the first time I saw Pete Quaife of the Kinks playing his, so it's strange I've never even tried let alone owned one after all these years. Always out of my price range back then and I'm a short-scale/compact/lightweight kinda guy nowadays. Still top of my eye-candy list though, always will be.
  20. scrumpymike
    Hi Rich! How strange, it's just the opposite for me. Maybe half-rounds or I seem to recall GHS Brite flats had a kind of semi-rough feel.
  21. scrumpymike
    Never tried Cobalts but I wouldn't say my TI flats are "brighter and closer tonally to rounds". The GHS Brite Flats I tried a while back are nearer what Linus27 is after but I seem to recall they were high-ish tension. I don't think 'bright' and 'low tension' go together.
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    Thanks enjoyed that. Nice bass playing and tone.
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  24. scrumpymike
    I love that marbled pick-guard!!
  25. scrumpymike
    For me, the perfect bass is the one that means I have no need to keep looking for anything better. Mine started life as a Fender Rascal and what made it perfect was having it re-bodied by our Andyjr1515. Apologies to those of you that I've already bored with this on other topics. My only excuse is that it REALLY IS my perfect bass and I just can't shut up about it 😐
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