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[quote name='GazWills' post='742055' date='Feb 11 2010, 01:32 PM']i used to have a similar psu from maplins. should run your pedals fine, but in my experience noisy as hell, as not isolated. there's a reason it's cheap![/quote]


Our old guitarist had one of those, it struggled to power all of his pedals as he had quite a few, also it was quite noisy


Maybe worth using a daisy chain lead until something comes up 2nd hand? I picked up a nice Dinosaur brick on here for £20 and it's still doing the job

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='741739' date='Feb 11 2010, 09:05 AM']but the MM necks are better & the tone is richer.[/quote]

That's a matter of opinion though. Personally i can't stand MM basses, i've played a few and found the necks awful and the basses generally clumsy. Warwicks are much more my thing, IMO their necks wee on MM necks from a great height.

Warwick necks aren't for everybody, i bought my 1st Warwick based on the sound i could get out of it (again, IMO much better than any MM i've played). The neck didn't take long to get used to and i was converted pretty quickly.

I'd say a Jazz and a Warwick are the only two neck profiles i feel at home on

It's dead easy, as said just remove the screws and you're there! I found the outer screws very flimsy and they can rattle loose when you're using the amp causing all sorts of horrible noises.

Under all the extra metal it's the same case as the Little Giant i think.

If you get rubber feet you can screw them into 4 existing holes with slightly longer screws, i also ground down the corners as they're really sharp. It's been really reliable since it's facelift, used to cut out all the time but it's been fine with no problems being run for a long practices, touch wood.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='740305' date='Feb 9 2010, 07:43 PM']Don't some Hofners have zero frets?[/quote]


Yeah i can remember playing an old Hofner classical guitar that had one

Also it does have jack outputs. See that hole in the middle of the speakon socket? That's it!


Took me ages to find on my Superfly!

Soundslive have an ex-demo LG1000 on their site at £219 Geoff:

[url="http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Ashdown_Little_Giant_1000,_Ex-Display/ASH-EX-LTG1000"]http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Ashdown_Li.../ASH-EX-LTG1000[/url]

It's been on there a while though so may have gone. Express have one for a tenner more with free delivery:

[url="http://www.expressmusicstore.co.uk/products.asp?code=80910"]http://www.expressmusicstore.co.uk/products.asp?code=80910[/url]


They look scarily similar to my Superfly (it's had the extra casing removed), same box and apart from the eq section they have the same front and back. I hope they don't have the same reliability issues!

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='740229' date='Feb 9 2010, 06:15 PM']I think it's fairly well known that the Fleetwood Mac rhythm section combines Mick Fleetwood playing slightly ahead of the beat and John McVie playing behind.

May not be everyone's mug of cocoa, but I happen to rate them as a damn fine pairing.[/quote]


Aye i think i read that in an interview with John McVie in the old Bassist magazine, i always thought they had a great feel

They do weigh an absolute ton, not over the 30kg limit with PF though. Also the case is very long as these have huge headstocks

I had an RD Artist '77 in maple. Eventually sold it for around £470, was on eBay with a reserve of £600 and didn't get one bid!

I thought Warwick were still owned by Hans Peter Wilfer, same since the company started in the early 80s?

[quote name='poptart' post='740034' date='Feb 9 2010, 03:01 PM']If you want one from me, I will sell them to Basschat members for £42 inc delivery to UK mainland.[/quote]


Wish i'd known that last year, spent £53 on mine including delivery!

There's this one from the eBay thread:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GALLIEN-KRUEGER-2001RB-BASS-AMP-HEAD-AND-410-RBX-CAB_W0QQitemZ300394786710QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item45f0ecaf96"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GALLIEN-KRUEGER-2001...=item45f0ecaf96[/url]

In brighton though

May also be worth looking at a different strap design that spreads the weight evenly across your back and both shoulders, planet waves do a comfort strap:
[url="http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=50DARE000"]http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=50DARE000[/url]

I also remember one a while ago that went over both shoulders and had a sort of cross brace at the back, can't for the life of me remember what it was called though

EDIT: Something like this:
[url="http://www.amazon.com/Slider-Straps-Shoulder-Strap-Black/dp/B0002CZSX0"]http://www.amazon.com/Slider-Straps-Should...k/dp/B0002CZSX0[/url]

Thought i'd ressurect this thread as i've recently finished my £45 Aria Jazz. Got a nice tortie plate for a tenner and stuck some better tuners on that were left over from upgrading my fretless.

I wanted a Timmy C style Lakland and as the headstocks are quite similar i stuck a nice logo on there. The old one left some pale marks on the wood where it had been but i didn't want to sand it down as the wood had gone nice and orangey

Gave the fretboard a clean and its come up really dark, looks nice and sounds great too

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' post='738109' date='Feb 7 2010, 02:21 PM']Couldn't you get something from Warmoth? Specify a light weight body (swamp ash/sugar pine/Pawlonia/basswood) and a maple neck to your size requirements? You might need a set of lightweight machines to stop neck-dive, but as it's a custom build then no probs.[/quote]


Warmoth necks are always really heavy though, they have the steel support rods so this adds to the weight. With a really light body this might affect the balance of the bass, light machineheads or not. Also their Jazz necks are chunkier than what i would describe as a Jazz neck, unless they've changed them in the last year or two.
Mine was spec'd as a Jazz profile but was a real handful, amazing quality though.

Somtehing to bear in mind if you go down that route

A guy round the corner from me has a very nice Sadowsky Metro, that was quite light (felt about half the weight of my Zoot!) and balanced well, a 5er too so i imagine a 4 would be a shade lighter

EDIT for spelling

[quote name='Linus27' post='737747' date='Feb 6 2010, 11:42 PM']I use them. Have done for 23 years. I always use Elite Stadiums 45 - 105. Love them, great strings.[/quote]


+1 These are what i've been using for years. I've never had a bad set of Elites and they're usually around £15, i've paid £30+ for strings before and got the odd duff one

They are quite coarse but i find them really easy to play, great for RHCP style lines and they respond well when you dig in. They're also tough as hell

Some matchsticks will most likely fix the holes for the control plate.

That's not the Jaco fretless i (and also Dr. Dave and Moosh) used to own is it? If so, nice bass! Potential bargain too. If it is the one i had then the Pickups and pots are from a USA Jazz, i imported them!

What sort of trades are you looking at?

Didn't you say the seller had to fiddle with some wires to make it work? Maybe a simple loose connection, you can find the wiring diagram here:

[url="http://www.warwickbass.com/media/manuals/Rockbass/wirings/SP_RB_127R.pdf"]http://www.warwickbass.com/media/manuals/R.../SP_RB_127R.pdf[/url]

My mistake, the passive one apparently has a 2 band setup too, weird!

If it's the one with 4 control knobs then surely it'll be active? Therefore it's puzzling that you can't find a battery, maybe the seller had switched the original electrics out for a passive set up?

What sort of bass is that Geoff? Looks gorgeous!

Get Prosebass to build you something?

There's some on eBay, not original i think:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARKBASS-T-SHIRT-XL-+-MARKBASS-HAT,-BASS,-NECK-ID-*NEW-_W0QQitemZ330390561166QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091229?IMSfp=TL091229168001r37113"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARKBASS-T-SHIRT-XL-...229168001r37113[/url]

EDIT: They have done em though:
www.markbass.it/risorse/allegato.php?id=156

Aye i spotted that a while ago, looks really meaty!

If it's got 4 knobs then it's active, same electrics and pickups as the German Corvette i think

I tried one before buying my Warwick and was impressed, good score for that price

Good deal, they sell for nearer £200 on eBay although there's the odd exception.

Is it active or Passive?