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I had the USA one and found it lacking in low end, sounded miles better with guitar than bass. Bought the Russian (black) one and was well impressed, very meaty sound and can sound smooth or nasty Bear in mind you'll need a battery adapter if you want to run the Russian one from a power supply as it has no DC jack. Either that or wire it to a DC jack from Maplins and use a polarity reverse adapter (the Russian Muff is centre+ve, most pedals are centre-ve) I use the ZVEX Mastotron now as it's miles smaller but gives similar sounds and loads more options. Still break out the Russian Muff every now and again though, it's one of my favourite pedals for loud and leary bass

My housemate has a Zoom multi FX in the loft, think it's the one with the expression pedal. I'll ask him if he's up for selling it if ya fancy?

One little niggle i have with my Diago (£45 2nd hand btw, not payin them prices!) is that the edges are raised quite high on the base section, forcing you to keep some of your pedals away from the edge (so you can plug them in) and losing valuable board space. I actually think a homemade board in a flightcase would be a better and more practical option

Dear oh dear, what some folk try to pass off as a custom instrument

[quote name='Spoombung' post='582163' date='Aug 27 2009, 08:56 AM']Of course I don't mind - I'm looking forward to the commission fee Mike promised to pay me if he got any business from my build thread. [/quote] Would that be like the advertising fee he still owes the admins on here?

You can get adapter cables like this one: [url="http://www.diago.co.uk/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,39/category_id,3/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,206/"]http://www.diago.co.uk/component/page,shop...art/Itemid,206/[/url] Pricey though, haven't seen a cheaper alternative either. I just used to use a seperate power supply when i had my Blowtorch

[quote name='Rich' post='581285' date='Aug 26 2009, 12:51 PM']The words 'smurf' and 'awesome' do not belong in the same sentence.[/quote] Smurfette had her moments...

I have used a couple of EV bass bins at a gig when my old cab failed and they were great, couldn't complain and if they weren't so heavy and cumbersome i'd have looked into it. We paid £210 for both of them too! I also used an old Carlsbro sub our drummer had (a 2x18 4ohm 800w monster) and went lower than any cab i've ever tried. Again if i could be bothered to move it more than 5 feet i'd have used that for gigs

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-FENDER-PRECISION-JAZZ-BASS-USA_W0QQitemZ120462689103QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c0c22c34f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-FENDER-PRECISIO...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Worse than his butchered Ripper and the dodgy Fortress put together

Just do Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday", that's ace! It's one of my guilty pleasures and is guaranteed to make people dance like idiots

Just like to add that my Superfly hasn't had a single malfunction since i took all the outer casing off it. It may have been overheating (you wouldn't believe the amount of 'orrible metal i took off) plus it weighs a damn sight less now and also looks nicer IMO I got the idea from someone on here, can't remember who but cheers anyhooow!

It wasn't just the Superfly heads that went kaputt. My local music shop stopped stocking Ashdown stuff (mainly the MAG stuff) because he got so many returns. He switched to Hartke gear and didn't get one broken amp or cab back I do think the lapse in QC was limited to a brief time period though, however a reputation like that does stick.

[quote name='iamapirate' post='578205' date='Aug 23 2009, 02:20 PM']The Jim Dunlop 105Q Bass wah pedal - just doesn't go far forward enough. Really bassy and I dont like it.[/quote] Turn the pedal's tone control up!

Pretty much anything played by Billy Gould, if i had to pick one i'd say The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. BEEEEEEEEEEEEF!

[quote name='BurritoBass' date='Aug 23 2009, 12:48 PM' post='578164'] I think I'd prefer a "toilet seat one" given the choice. Which one, the Bongo or Stingray?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='577949' date='Aug 22 2009, 11:48 PM']He still hasn't paid for advertising he had on Bassworld.[/quote] Eeeeek. Maybe not so much love for his business practices then? Here's my Zoot bought off eBay: Walnut body, Macassar Ebony facings, Maple and Walnut neck with Ebony and Maple stringers. Hipshot tuners with drop D, Hipshot bridge, Brass nut. 2 Aero pickups with Aguliar OPB-3. 3 band eq, passive switch and low pass switch, mid sweep on the respective knob.

Nice old Roadstar: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-bass-MIJ_W0QQitemZ320415050185QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9a39a9c9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-bass...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] £160 BIN, he wants £25 postage though, grrrrrrrrrr

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2009-Musicman-Ernie-Ball-25th-ANNIVERSARY-5-Bass-HH_W0QQitemZ120461396023QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item1c0c0f0837&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2009-Musicman-Ernie-...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Never seen one before, doesn't look like a toilet seat or a hacksaw job so i don't know if you can actually count it as a Musicman. I always liked their guitars and not the basses. Anybody wanna buy it me?

[quote name='Jase' post='576248' date='Aug 21 2009, 12:03 AM']Fretless can be used for any music [/quote] Agreed Just get a cheap but decent fretless. There's plenty floating about on here, if you don't like it just sell it on! A default reccomendation would be a Jazz bass with fretlines, i learnt on a Jaco copy and it was great, loads of tonal variation based on a good core sound. The VM Squiers are around £165 - £170 second hand. I bought a great fretless off here for £130, sold my old one for £120 FWIW i used mine in a party band playing pop and rock from 60s to present, it doesn't need to sound like a fretless if you don't want it to!

Alternatively the guy who sells imitation decals on eBay (just search bass decal or fender decal, ignoring the mototbike stuff!) can knock up really decent ones at good prices. I got a Jazz bass logo from him and he offered me several different versions, very helpful guy too