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[quote name='tayste_2000' timestamp='1470131612' post='3103405'] Literally paid 4 quid for it the other day, gutted [/quote] Mere months later and it now costs £17.99! I would have happily paid 4 or 5 quid but it now looks like I won't be getting this any time soon. Especially since I'd only be using it once in a blue moon and more for fun than anything serious.

They are both calling my name! The P shall take priority for me though I reckon.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1492085100' post='3277805'] If it were my dosh I'd get a Yamaha BB1024 or 1025 depending how many strings you want. I'm a bit in love with Yamaha BBs at the moment. [/quote] This x2! Although if you don't want to stray too far from the classic Fender shapes I'd steer you in the direction of a Sandberg TM4 - they have an MM pickup in the bridge position for a bit of a change to your typical jazz sound. Can't fault German build quality either. You should be able to get a nice one for under a grand.

Was checking these out on Thomann a week or so ago and hovered dangerously over the "Add To Cart" button for a second. They look very good.

I've got the full sized Flashback and don't think I'd ever sell it. By all accounts the mini is great too. And they have the ingenious tap tempo workaround which I love.

I think I'll be following in your footsteps at some point Noir, and at the moment the Bass Station 2 is top of my list with an Ultranova in a close second place. My toss-up at the moment is mono vs. poly, which is a bigger deal for me as I won't have another synth to take poly duties...

There's a lovely looking Ibanez BTB1605 for sale on a Facebook that I'm a member of. Selling for less than your budget too!

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1490798534' post='3268135'] Precision Simple, great in a mix, has a distinctive slap tone, and if you're not convinced it can 'do fusion' or 'diddly diddly' stuff, just check out Michael League But as you quite rightly suggest, pretty much any bass will do, it's what is comfortable and sound good in your hands that matters. Si [/quote] I was about to chime in with "Yamaha BB" myself, but Sibob makes an excellent point here.

Wow! I imagine that put quite a dent in the old wallet?

Cool setup you've got there. What size pleasureboard is that? I guess the vibrations don't freak the dog out?!

Looks like they've ditched the VLE and VPF controls in favour of the new amp modelling stuff?

Disaster. My search was indeed a dead end

WHAT. Now to trawl google image search for pics...

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1490271223' post='3263771'] If you had bought it, you'd have sounded fine by now... Just sayin' [/quote] Ha! You are no doubt correct, but "the fear" set in and there was just no way I was gonna walk out of the shop with it. One day in the not too distant future though

That's a thing of real beauty. Congrats!

A little while back I was close to pulling the trigger on one of the ibanez portamento fretlesses. Really loved the sound and was enamoured with the idea of learning a new technique. Picked one up in Wunjo Bass (Denmark Street) and immediately panicked as I sounded awful on it! That was enough to temporarily deter me from parting ways with my hard earned pennies but I'm sure I'll probably bite the bullet and buy a fretless at some point in the future.