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I[quote name='BigJim' timestamp='1317908055' post='1396052'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7onS0r7Sow&feature=player_embedded#[/media]! Only 250 watts though! [/quote] It's like a TC450. But with added honesty.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1317907463' post='1396039'] My only worry with custom is that, in all honesty, I don't really know which luthier I'd choose. I also don't want something that will lose a lot of money should I have to sell it. [/quote] Don't buy new.

I've had the full site on my iPhone for a while, but entering text is still as laggy as heck, and the whole thing is generally sluggish.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-fender-bass-/280750183462?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item415e03d426#ht_500wt_1413"]No affiliation[/url]..

Go for it. FWIW, none of my Fenders have what you would call 'precise' neck pockets. They all sound great, though.

I appreciate all your points, but I get the impression that you will never be happy with a production line bass. Next time, stick with a UK-based luthier - that way you know what's going on every step of the way.

[quote name='3rdUncle' timestamp='1317893157' post='1395777'] I think I'll get away with it. Spanish airports aren't as hellishly pedantic as they are in the UK. A few mates have brought laptops over and if I get one that I can carry in a laptop bag as hand luggage I think I should be OK. Maybe declare some daft wee things and maintain the head is mine. I'm going to chance it. [/quote] I hope it doesn't develop any faults...

I'm really tempted to go and see this just for the crack, but as I despise tyre kickers, I keep fighting the urge...

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1317657118' post='1392839'] The medium to high end Fender copy market is is out there making millions of dollars every year producing thousands of basses. The fact that they don't want any part of that market indicates there are some very lazy business brains sitting around the top table at Fender. [/quote] Maybe you should email Fender and and let them know where they're going wrong...

[quote name='krazy_olie' timestamp='1317651305' post='1392705'] Fender do make some top notch basses, just a shame they can't be bothered to apply their skills to something genuinely new. [/quote] Truth is, they don't need to.

Ha... that would be a fair assumption.

IMO the only place you [b]should[/b] be able to buy them is in pubs for at £7.50 for sixteen tiny fags which are dry and crumbly and taste like they've been in the machine for ten years.

I've no doubt it's rife in the industry - it'll be interesting to see whether EBS is bucking the trend and being honest... or the amp actually has a 60w module.

Shamlessly C&P'd from AlexanderB over on TB: [quote] The swedish bass gear company EBS launching a new product - the Reidmar micro head. 125W RMS @ 8 Ohms 250W RMS @ 4 Ohms 3,2 kg Seems it will cost about €520 in Sweden. Not yet in their homepage, but is included in the 2011/12 catalogue I got yesterday. I have no affiliation with EBS. /Alexander [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/report.php?p=11552351"][/url] [/quote] I wonder if EBS were ever tempted to take the TC route and declare it as 800w, or something... (I'm joking, Kind-of).

Cuh.. typical Fender. Never offering people options. Just the same old boring Js and Ps...

Y'see, I'd leave it 'burst. I have visions of this.... Yum.

Go to the forum concerned, pop your search term in the box at the top-right, ensure the grey button says 'This forum' (if not, click it to select from a list), press return or click on the magnifying glass Shazam!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1317215381' post='1388172'] Sorry Michael - didn't mean to imply that the vendor claimed it as "all original". He doesn't. I meant that the bass is far enough from "all original" that it will surely be of little/no interest to any serious collector. [/quote] No, no.. that wasn't aimed at you. I didn't read the ad properly - I thought they [i]were[/i] advertising it as all-original... hence my 'That's a bit cheeky' comment. I take it all back.

I can hear the haters sharpening their knives already: '[i]Boring old Fender.. never doing anything out of the ordinary![/i]', and '[i]Eeew... they look too weird![/i]'. [url="http://www.rockpalace.com/de/Produkt/Fender-Modern-Player-Tele-Bass-2-Tone-Sunburst"]Modern Player Tele[/url] [url="http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=3e11ef3d2806fe23cbd3870f086c355e&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkbass.com%2Fforum%2Ff8%2Fnew-fender-series-modern-player-809920%2F&v=1&libid=1317215053451&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockpalace.com%2Fde%2FProdukt%2FFender-Modern-Player-Jaguar-Bass-Black&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkbass.com%2Fforum%2Ff8%2Fnew-fender-series-modern-player-809920%2Findex3.html&title=New%20Fender%20series%3A%20MODERN%20PLAYER%20-%20TalkBass%20Forums&txt=Fender%20Modern%20Player%20Jaguar%20Bass%20Black%20bei%20RockPalace.com&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13172153106052"]Modern Player Jag[/url]

Nice! The front has faded just like my P - all the red has gone.

Lovely spec! I'm looking forward to seeing this one....

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1317156579' post='1387539'] Seeing that drummer reminds me ... a tank top revival is WAY overdue. [/quote] Here's me and that drummer... all his tank tops were safely stored backstage. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsTP543lpqQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsTP543lpqQ[/url]

[quote name='Ashdown Engineering' timestamp='1317141831' post='1387304'] Happily build you a totally made in England MiBass but doubt on the whole people would want to pay the price difference, sadly that's what we are up against these days and to be honest after working with our china factory for 10 years now the quality of our Chinese made products is so good would you want to pay a large premium simply to have made in England on it? If you do want to buy British we still make plenty of high end totally made in Essex products and offer a total custom shop service too... [/quote] A different factory to the one that built the Superfly and the LG, then?

..and then try Chrome or Firefox. It'll take less than five minutes of your time.