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Gotcha, thanks.

Just trying to get the full whack for £35. Did you buy it bit by bit or all in one?

Obv, I am already thinking CAR with matching headstock.

Sorry, someone just hit the BIN My daughter has grown out of her kiddie sized lurid gren with pink scratchplate Flea bass, so needs something bigger. For this price I can afford to paint it any colour she likes and still end up with a serious bargain. Thanks OP!

[quote name='Manton Customs' timestamp='1405273764' post='2500362'] You can say all you like about fancy burls and all that malarkey (and I am as much of a sucker for them as anyone else), but there is something VERY attractive about an honest piece of fairly close grained wood moving in waves across an instrument. [url="http://s1067.photobucket.com/user/Manton-Customs/media/carved.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote]

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1405416387' post='2501648'] Couldn't help myself this time round [/quote] That makes 2 of us.

Who are Thomann fighting with?

http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Finishing/How_to_strip_a_modern_poly_guitar_finish.html

Given the Limelight frenzy at the moment, I thought I would pop this up here http://basschat.co.uk/topic/192744-relic-j5/

There are those of us who crave the big F on a beaten up headstock. Obviously F have the copyright on that. There are ways to satisfy that craving an F aesthetic (and that is what it is without a doubt) without treading on their toes. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/192744-relic-j5/

Just logging thpughts here. I guess it would be useful to print a page giving details of strings/pickups etc so that we can easily log what combination of what does it for us (or not).

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1404027019' post='2488540'] Phil - as one of our resident experts in all things speakers... what's your opinion on DSP like the active power management in the TC amps? [/quote] DSP is everywhere. Everything we listen to unless it is live music in a sub 500 seater venue is processed. When you play through grown up PA systems you have been DSP to the max. DSP done properly is lush. I cannot speak for the TC stuff cos I have not experienced it. I have DSP in my rig and it is super-duper.

Gobs of power in reserve is where the tone is at. You can pluck harder and the amp does not complain or give up, it just gets louder. You can play LOW notes and the amp just keeps on giving. I used to bridge 1.8Kw with a Chevin A3000 into an Eden 410XLT. Not for the volume, but the authority of the grunt it created was totally the bomb. The modern smaller heads are all very clever with their this that and the other processing. My present amp is DSP-a-go-go, but there is something about a proper big power stage that just delivers. Crest CA9 amps used to be the power amp of choice. Would we choose to carry one @ 21Kg? No chance. Would we love to play through one? Believe it. I guess it is the same kind of power delivered in the big and heavy Aguilar amps which are constantly referred to as having depth and authority. I am wandering WAY out of my comfort zone now, but a big and hairy power stage is more likely to be able to control cone movement (less flopping around) by having better damping. Please feel free to correct me on this point. Gobs of power in reserve is where the tone is at.

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One of the ways people do it is to have a Fendre or something similar decal made. It is close enough to give us the Fender jollies we crave but not close enough to be counterfit. I just had a Ffendar one made and is ticking my boxes nicely.

Is it that obvious?