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Yay! Glad to see an Acorn preserved.

For the sake of your bank balance; leave the credit card at home and just go for a noodle!

I would like a Manta. Mmm nice. Can't see how much these Deranged things are though.

A Squier Jazz - don't think it was a special edition or anything, but it was light blue, looked nice but played awfully - the neck pickup crackled, the action was far too high, the strings were dead, and it was too heavy. At the same visit (Guitar Guitar in Brum) I tried the Peavey Millennium that I now own - for the same sort of price it was ridiculously better. Even though the action was still too high for me, I deemed this as acceptable (I mean, if we turned down every instrument the store hadn't set up properly, we'd have very little to choose from) - and comparably it was far superior in feel and sound.

That’s as mad as a box of frogs!!!

Although - I went to the site and err I can't work out exactly how the 3 differ. I mean - they do, a bit, but I am boggled.

That's a satisfying number of knobs. even Source Audio would look on in envy.

Lovely. Is it a 4 string? I have always admired the unique look of RA's Meeses - they look like a polished bit of tree with strings on. Is it as glorious unplugged too?

Ooh Helix stationery: it’s like school woodwork class again!

I have a passive millennium. (The one in my profile pic) It’s really nice: mine is barely 8lbs, good tonal variation from the J pickups. Neck is slim; Ibanez-like, and smooth. Made in Vietnam i believe. Tuning holds fine, metalwork good and a decent range of finishes. I got it new for £180 (i think).

Well - you came to the right place OP - there's more instrument building knowledge here than you can chuck a factory of MIMs at. I don't have the foggiest though. I suggest sandpaper, a sharp screwdriver and copious expletives!

You need to go on Scrapheap Challenge @Andyjr1515! You could compete with the A-Team to make a functioning Siege Onager from some wood and a few pins.

I can't stand Oasis. Any time it is on radio or a tv ad or whatever it's straight off. The level down from that is a host of songs or bands I don't enjoy but would put up with playing for a gig - e.g. With or Without You (although there's plenty of U2 I do like.), anything remotely ballady in fact. Gah. I would also, from the perspective of being extremely self-conscious and awkward, hate to perform anything with something approaching a bass solo, even a little fill would do me in. *twitch* Punters - bah!

Welcome! Nice gear!!

Nice - Mindcrime/Empire is possibly one of the best bass tones ever. Even on feeble car speakers it sounds awesome - such grind!

Why not plug a dual connector/daisy chain thingy to the speaker output?

I want a Combustion 6. I'll likely never be able to justify a Z, AB or even ABZ, so that would be just nice thankyou. 3 pickup, nice shiny colour.

Look on talkbass at the dingwall forum: more mods than you will know what to do with; esp around selector switching, Sheldon even gives wiring diagrams to help. nerdy : isn’t this an NG-5 3x?

Lovely progress so far.

I live in Halifax and concur with @peteb. there are a lot of towns round here so more varied opportunities; but with that comes a surplus of bands.

I loved Tower of Power and i am not a funk fan. The singer can realllly sing.