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I'd ask them if they think 9yrs is ok for it to develop a serious fault that they should put a warning on their sales information. 'Brilliant product - will work perfectly for up to 8yrs. Please take out a savings plans for anticipated repair costs.'

Not sure about Germany, but in the UK there is up to 6 years (5 in Scotland) to claim reasonable repair costs or replacement for a good; dependent on its value and how long it's lasted. e.g. My £280 TV has just gone pop after 3yrs. I've got no chance getting a free repair. But if you'd paid £1,200 for a super-spiffy washing machine and it packs in after 3yrs I'd expect a free repair or replacement, less reasonable deduction for 3yrs use. Of course the problem is deciding what is 'reasonable' both in terms of time and value, and unless you take the retailer (not the manufacturer) through small claims, you will get nowhere with after sales. How long have you had it? £8.5k for a Bass should mean it ought to last years - even if regularly gigged - that's it's job after all. If the repair is beyond economic value then they ought to replace it. I dunno about Warwick - but other German firms like Miele and Bosch take this sort of aftercare very seriously. Extended warranties are a con and standard 12mth guarantees are bare minimums if you ask me.

Mike Mills for the +1 here too. Awesome tone, (and not to go on about everything else he did in REM) just great melody in the basslines - plenty of songs have bass noodling while the Guitar is rhythm and then backing off when the solo comes in. Second, or is it third: Kenneth as an awesome bass line (pretty much anything on Monster actually). Also Man on the Moon, and Supernatural Superserious.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1449832156' post='2927253'] Peace Sells! Good choice. Nominated for 21st century grooviness: Uprising by Muse [/quote] Peace Sells ftw! Also - not quite an intro; more of a pre-verse ostinato thingy - but Five Magics. Love playing that.

Daylight Fading - Counting Crows Supernatural Superserious - R.E.M. Moonchild - Iron Maiden: Either the opening Acoustic chords or the Keyboards will do it! Red Sector A - Rush

I'm going mainstream: Book of Souls - Iron Maiden. Think it's the only one I bought this year that was actually out this year...

I got a THR10X (the green one with Southern Rawk noises on) last week after a lengthy trial in the music shop. Does anyone else own/use one? I haven't got round to plugging it in to my laptop to access the extra sounds and options available - but the amp itself is great; lightweight, loud enough for home practice, still holds great sound at low and high volume with some clever science. Also has a good array of effects to add colour: Tremolo, Flanger, Phaser, Chorus, Delay, Reverb (2 types) etc.

Let's see: A fretless 5 - possibly a Corvette or a/n/other, and I did like the Ibanez Portamento I played. A 6er of some variety - not sure what. A Dingwall (who doesn't?!) Some new pedals - have gone through some Source Audio Soundblox ones and am considering the One Series and/or the Nemesis Delay when it appears. A new amp - I've had the same TE AH250 and 1x15 for 17yrs and fancy a change. *and breathe...*

Sign nothing - trap!! Mmm Dingwall...

Mmm, Wunderbar. I am still at the fusion end of Jazz: Mahavishnu, Al Di Meola, and some Jaco in there too. I listen to some other Jazz and have to tell myself to stop wondering where the chorus is or when they'll just hit the V chord and relieve that tension. Got to admire the skill though: I'm not sure I have enough fingers; perhaps getting a Chapman Stick would open my mind enough to cope with it...

Hihi - welcome. All about the mids - you need a spare Wal!

Best. Band. Ever. (Comic book guy voice) Yeah - as a truly progressive band, picking a selection for a newbie is hard. I mean if you turn off the vocals you would be hard pushed to say that the same band did any two songs more than 3 albums apart. Hopefully Ged will still be pottering about musically, and Alex could always just be an acoustic guest on other albums (and appear in goofy movies of course). Neil will continue to write I hope. I have most of his output.

Peavey Millennium (as in my avatar) - 34", 2 Jazz pickups, through-body and -bridge stringing, nice and light (mine's 8lb), and good sounds available. £180.

£4!! I had an RBX270 and also a 765A (5-string, Active, lovely neck) Ah - memories...

Wow! What do the controls do btw? *mmm, excess knobs* Edit - ok; I went to the other thread and now know what all the knobs do. Wow. Awesome package. I can almost see Saltaire from my house (must resist GAS)

Yep - echo that: unique voice, great swagger. STP were an awesome band in the 90s, staple of my Uni days.

I have the AH250 and it's so good and loud. The Dual band compressor and 12 band eq is great as previously mentioned. Effects loop with level and high pass switch is a good feature too. Yeah - heavy... well protected in there!

Hihi - new member here. I live in West Yorkshire and have been a Bass player for err (counts slowly), well since last Millennium when I was at Uni. Actually - fess up; I was a guitarist first, having got one on my 18th Birthday. I thought I was David Gilmour for a while, but then a friend span Hold Your Fire for me and I decided I actually wanted to be Geddy Lee. I had several Yamaha RBX Basses before my current squeeze: a fairly wallet-friendly Peavey Millennium. Amp wise - I have the same head and cab I bought in 1998: a Trace Elliot GP12 SMX with 280w and a 1510 Cab. Loud enough for my bedroom (too loud, says the Wife!). I have gone through a few effects pedals, but really dig the Source Audio gear - endlessly twiddleable. Bass influences? Or rather Bass lines I try to play: Rush, Maiden, Dream Theater (ok, I don't play many of those, I don't have enough fingers....), the RATM/Audioslave/Soundgarden triumvirate, Megadeth (Dave Jr has a lot to answer for) and lots of other 90s stuff (showing my age). I also noodle a lot on the guitar to things like Floyd, Camel and Counting Crows. I was very briefly in a band at Uni. It went nowhere and I remain lamentably ungigged.