Jonbob

Just checked out the red one, mighty fine looking!

Even the Harley Jaco clone is now lined. At Harley price I'd have consider buying a black fretted and a Jaco clone then swapped the necks, alas not possible anymore

How beautiful are these.... exactly what I'm talking about

I'm being harsh, Jaco is awesome, but of course there are others, Pino, Tony Franklin and a whole host of others who have dabbled and come up with something beautifully creative. My point is, however, that all "budget" fretless basses appear to think we want to be Jaco clones rather than individuals. The standard is, especially for fender styled instruments, has become the stereotypical sunburst jazz bass, now usually with a lined fretless neck. I like jazz basses, I like p basses, I don't like sunburst finishes and I'd prefer a non lined neck! Arrrgh How about a simple squier pj in black with an unlined neck? Franklin style? Or a Jaco noir? Red? Natural....Surf Green?.... don't know maybe I'm on my own here. I have a tatty old hacked about ibby roadster fretless maple neck in white, it's great but I'd like to match the rest of the collection somewhat as it stands out like a sore thumb...maybe a refinish is in order.

It went back....my old TC electronic BG 250 just eclipsed it volume wise. Blew it out of the room. It sounded great but could not cut it in a band situation.

I've just taken delivery of an ah900 Tone very nice indeed, all of my basses are very clear sounding through it. The nuances of each bass can be heard clearly. The compressor is so subtle but I'd say that's really good. No need to tweak the eq much. Compared to my TC electronic bg250 the low end is far better, much more depth and warmth I'm running it through a single 2x10 500w 8ohm hydrive hartke cab Volume wise, jury out a bit at the moment. It says it's 450 into 8 ohms, but I appear to have turn it a long way up to get it sort of twin guitar rockband loud so I'm a bit sceptical, but the tone is great all through. I'm not sure it's as loud as the bg250 combo which makes me wonder if the 450 / 800 is peak or RMS and there's little information to say. A rehearsal soon should tell. My wife kids felt it was very loud!