Paul S

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1487436389' post='3239815'] Always happy to talk through interesting projects [/quote] ... or even some of my boring ones....

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1487153218' post='3237484'] It'd be cheaper to just go on stage wearing a t-shirt saying "Woo! I'm really mad and wacky, me!". Would give precisely the same message. [/quote] Maybe a Spongebob Squarepants T shirt, as it looks like it was made for that. Give me the Jolana any day, nice and sensible...

I really like it. I am a 5 string sort of chap now but a couple of years ago that would have been headed to the Essex Riviera for a new life.

I've tried lots and the two best for me are the Minotaur Deluxe Bass or Neotech Mega. Wide, but not too wide that they cut in, and padded.

In a search for a lightweight 5 string to use as back up for an expensive 5er I recently bought a Yamaha BB425 for something like £330 new. I don't know how they do it, frankly.

Deep Purple Mk II

OBBM. Superlative service, top quality materials, total gentleman.

Another Barefaced fan here, you really can't go wrong with them IMO/IME and have been using nothing but for a few years. I recently bought a Quilter Bassblock 800 and, for me, it is a better option than any of the class D heads I have tried. Couldn't be easier to use and set up and it has a fabulous inherent tone. It is also the smallest and lightest so ticks all the boxes I needed.

Peavey Fury. Made in USA, fantastic build quality, usually described as sounding like 'a Precision on steroids', really slim neck, both width and depth - similar dimensions to a Geddy Lee Jazz, I would say. Because it says Peavey on the headstock you'd probably have £1250 change, too.

I saw them last Sunday at the O2 Arena in Greenwich. Just because, really. I wouldn't have missed it but, as a performance, I thought it was rather patchy. Some songs were epic - Warpigs was just amazing. Others lack-lustre. Ozzy wasn't in particular good voice or form with some rather strange phrasing to the songs, like he was singing at a different tempo to the band. Screen close ups of Geezers hands showed some fairly bad arthritic bumps onm his hands - he must have been in some pain I would think. Even Iomi was off colour - guitar sounded very muddy from where I was. Massively long drum solo whilst the rest of the band had 40 winks - kind of split into 4 sections but he did pretty much exactly the same each time. All done by 10pm, too. I saw them a couple of years ago at Hyde Park and it was like a different band - just 2 years ago they had more of an edge, this time it was largely going through the motions. Glad to have been there but glad they are done. Support was Rival Sons - they were the business, I thought. Reminiscent of an early Led Zep (without the plagiarism).

I'm very pleased with a K&M boom stand I bought a couple of years back.

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1486046188' post='3228761'] These are mine .. E - Z - Fold steps. I use a pair for extra stability Flat for transporting Flip open for placing cabs on [/quote] I use one of these, too - having tried most of the rest of things these are just so simple.

Be strong, brother....

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1485904372' post='3227689'] They are Rotosound. [/quote] Indeed. Strings Direct chap said that to me when I bought some the first time and asked him the direct question 'Are these Rotosounds?'.

Collection only in Oxford. This will make someone smile for that money. Includes a practice amp and other gubbins. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SGC-Nanyo-SB320-Series-Active-Bass-Guitar-/302212221956?hash=item465d408c04:g:vd0AAOSwUKxYkdNo"]http://www.ebay.co.u...d0AAOSwUKxYkdNo[/url] I do not need another 4 string I do not need another 4 string...

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1485877220' post='3227429'] To quote the web site: [/quote] That'll teach me not to read and just look at the pictures....

[quote name='BassApprentice' timestamp='1485851574' post='3227113'] If you like to P/J route, Yamaha BB's are getting a lot of love just now, and they are a bargain at around £250 for a BB415 [/quote] I am enjoying my BB425 very much at the moment - I bought it as a cheap back-up 5er but it is actually so much better than that. The neck is fabulous if you are happy with tight string spacings, a very comfortable width and depth for me. It can do P bass tones, it can do the burpy P/J tone really nicely, plus it is its own thing mixed in, too. I think it would hold its own with a bass twice the price, and certainly for around £350 new it is unbelievable value. Just as an afterthought I'll add that I spent a lot of money on a particularly lightweight Musicman Sterling 5 string, spent more on it having lightweight tuners and even more having a Precision pickup put in it. Stands me in around £1600. It is brilliant. Is it £1200 more brilliant than the BB425? No. Had I bought the BB425 first I most likely wouldn't have bought the Sterling.

Not sure they are 5 string pups, though?

Big band is classic rock, with an alter ego that is 'Just Jovi' Little band is eclectic mix of rock, funk, blues, jazz, country, post-punk.

I had an Aguilar AG5P60 fitted to my Musicman Sterling 5er by Andyjr1515 and it is absolutely lovely. A really dark, warm, organic vintage tone to it with a bit of a growl. I am not sure it would be a direct fit into a Precision body, though, as the two halves of the pickup are equal sizes.

Little band always starts with 'Superstition' - usually with an extended lead in with drums/guitar riff while the singer/second guitar sorts himself out. Nice easy way to ease gently into the gig. Rock covers band starts with a condensed version of 'Kashmir' leading into 'Rock and Roll'. New incarnation of rock covers band, a Bon Jovi tribute, starts with the extended 'Lay Your Hands' with some back track trickery.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1485556338' post='3224991'] Am I right in thinking that the bridge string spacing on the BB5000 is tighter than on the other more recent BB fivers? [/quote] Yes - 15mm I think. I read somewhere that it was a 4 string neck that they used for the BB5000. [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1485563149' post='3225029'] Take my test - go into a music shop try all the fenders, and whatever else they have - then pick up the £300 BB424 they have and tell me it doesn't match or surpass everything twice it's price* [/quote] That would be interesting. My money would be on the Yamaha, too! Nothing worse than a recent convert! I am still in the 'evangelistic' stage So, all you BB5000 owners - someone must want to move theirs on....

I have tickets!