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been going through some michael jackson, particularly thriller and beat it. I dont care what people say about him, he was a genius......evil genius maybe but still genius. He had some great bass parts and bass players.

thanks for the comments. I am looking at a few basses and one in the line up is an L2500 as well as the stingray. at the moment the G&L is coming out cheaper so wondering which to go for? the slim neck is what i like but wondering if I will learn to love a slightly bigger neck to save on some cash. I do love the versatility of the G&L's we shall see what happens. the musicman ends before the G&L so if it goes to hight I might just have to go G&L. Thanks again

wow this is probably one of the first posts I probably have a little experience on. I have a stingray 2-band EQ (I prefer it to the 3 band but both good). I always wanted a musicman, right from the start and when I was looking there was the stingray and sterling (this is pre bongo). I really liked the neck profile of the sterling and I would say it is a little faster (closer to a jazz bass profile) than the stingray (more of a P-bass neck). I also found it had a little more bark and grunt than a stingray but maybe it was just that one at the time, the sterling was maple neck, stingray was rosewood. The BIG issue for me was the size of both basses. I am quite big 6ft 1" (that one inch makes the difference to me) and Im not exactly stick thin and the sterling just looked tiny on me and a little silly. It sounds mad that size should be the deciding thing for me but you have to be comfortable. My point I suppose is that they are both great and if you try them side by side there are really only subtle differences IMHO. From what I know the Bongo is a very different beast and a lot more flexible but that is just based on others opinion. Sterling's seem to be going for a little more secondhand at the moment and Stingrays are slow sellers at the moment so it may be the time to bag yourself one before the fashion swings back around. I have sold and swapped plenty of bases but my stingray is never going anywhere if that helps......probably not.

hello, I have fallen for 5 strings recently and am looking around at the possibilities. Now I am not a small chap so something in the fender vein would be good, eg Lakland, MusicMan, G&L, and of course fender. I absolutely love the stingray 5 neck and find it one of the best low B's around but what are the others like? Is the G&L neck any bigger, than the stingray, and what are the lakland 5 necks like? is the DJ5 neck slimmer than the standard Lakland? Any comments or info would be great please.

Hello all, Im thinking about getting a stingray 5 from basscentral. Its about $1000 so what should I be expecting to pay in shipping and taxes? am I right in thinking the grand total would be around £650 - £700 I'm really happy some of you have successfully been down this route, makes me feel a lot better about it. Also How long was delivery? Thanks Nathan

You have probably already seen it but at long long last MusicMan have finally put up a brand new site with the brand new STERLING 5. Great site finally giving the instruments the web space they deserve. check it out: [url="http://www.music-man.com/instruments/"]http://www.music-man.com/instruments/[/url] Who wants a STERLING 5?

Well paid a visit to the music shop in Cardiff on saturday and tried out some Markbass heads. I tried the litlle mark 250 and the SA450. I also tried an ebs gorm combo to get an idea of the sound. I have to say I had my reservation about Markbass for some reason but I really really liked the sounds and the two funky VLE VPF controls were quite snazzy. EBS was good but didnt really give a good idea as the shop was noisy. Thanks for the input for heads, I have heard good things about the genzbenz stuff, trying it may be an issue though. I called Overwater on friday and the Iamp 300 is out of the running. All sold out and none in until July. I spoke to Laurence I think and he was so nice and helpful. He also offered me and EXTREMELY good deal on an Iamp 500, but it was still just a bit too much for me, but Top Top guy. So result is I am thinking about going for Markbass at the moment and am going to look around for a good deal.

Hello Ok so I know I had some good advice on power amps and now Im after some more advice but of a different nature. Very sadly th epifani went up for sale and hopefully should be gone by the end of the night. The problem I now have is that 1. I am amp-less 2. I have No idea what to buy I'm looking at small and light with an approx max budget of £500. so I am looking at: Euphonic Audio: Iamp300 or secondhand Iamp600 OPINIONS? MarkBass : LMK, little mark 250, TA450 (I think) OPINIONS? EDEN: I Dont know if there is anything available in my range IDEAS? I know Dood promotes the use of the MarkBass F1 (bit out of my range) but what do you guys think about these amp and do you suggest anything else. Will of course scount around the forum for opinions too. Thanks.

Thanks again for all the help, just a bit more detail, I am using the epifani and a Ashdown ABM 4x8 Cab which I think is around 500 watt? I basically want something around the 400-800w range I think. Does anyone have opinions on the Crown xs500? there is one for sale on here from SKELF. its £200 with gator case and I'm contemplating it. ARGHHHH decisions. I put the epifani up for sale in a moment of madness, but part of me just wants to sel it still and get an EAiamp or Markbass, so small and easy. thanks again

very very similar to one of the first posts but, about 5 years ago my band was due to play a wedding in a big marquee by a big manor house come posh exclusive hotel. We set up at about 8 ready to go on after speaches around 9:30. So we sat in the marquee and just after setting up someone came down to say there was food laid out and there was plenty of it so help yourselves (BIG mistake), secondly there was a bar in the corner of the marquee as well as a huge agricultural trailer behind the marquee full of ice and more importantly booze! So we went and had some food and went to the un-manned bar for a beer, not being too greedy at this point. So we waited and we could see the speaches going on through the window and it was getting to around 9:30. Playing time we thought......NOPE. 10:00 came and went, more food more booze, we were chatting and jamming a bit. 11:00 came and went more booze, (drummer half cut at this point. 11.30 everyone comes down pissed as farts screaming "lets get dancing". so a little worse for wear we crank up and bust out some Huey Lewis and the News, great. No kidding 11:50 the hotel owner comes down to say that we will have to bring the music to a close at 12:00 for the sake of the other guests. 12:05 we stopped and packed up. Father of the bride comes over and shoves us £1500 for four of us, and says "cracking band loved the music help yourselves at the bar and to food, plus there are some beers out the back help yourselves when you go. WHAT A NIGHT. On the way out 2 huge decks of Bud, my guitarist managed to put a wine bottle between every finger, plus a bottle of JD, vodka and two bottles of coke for mixer stuffed in the drummers case. We didn't even make a dent in the trailer, you would never have known we took anything. Wish they had all been like that.

Hello all, Thanks ever so much for the suggestions, got lots of googling to get on with this morning to check out whats been suggested. Dood, thanks for sorting out the other post, had a bit of a no brainer posting in the wrong place. I have read something about the QSC amps before and they look pretty tasty, and the digital Crown sounds cool too. BIG surprise was the powered Bergantino cabs.....never knew they existed BRILLIANT!!! Thanks very much so far guys, lots to think about.

Hey all, I'm really hoping with all the collective knowledge on here I might get some good advice. Here is the lowdown, I have an Epifani Quest preamp which I have been using with a big old power-amp for about a year. This hasn't been an issue as it hasn't moved but it looks like I may have found me a new band but transporting the set-up could be hard. Basically I would really like some opinions on power amp makes, models, that could go well with the pre. I have no idea where to even start looking. Something light-ish, not hugely expensive, quiet-ish as well. What does everyone else use/recommend? Any comments suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, Nathan