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[quote name='Merton' post='143883' date='Feb 20 2008, 06:11 PM']Being a pedant, that's not infinite. There are still maximum and minimum positions, therefore a finite number of in between positions, even if you're saying a 1 micron movement means a new position! [/quote] But then you go smaller than a micron .

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='143877' date='Feb 20 2008, 05:58 PM']"The pickup can be 'wiped' through an infinite number of positions.." Hardly infinite! It would be interesting to hear how this bass sounds.[/quote] Strictly speaking it is infinite - there is no limit to the smallest movement possible to attain a new position. Sure it won't be noticeable but it is a fair claim.

That's really... clever. But i'd rather just have a bass with 2 pickups .

I've got a year old set of D'Addario Chromes on my Jazz, they suit it wonderfully and have that lovely thump without being totally devoid of higher frequencies. I tried some Thomastiks on tonyf's fretless Stingray and they were lovely - very flexible and reasonably low tension in comparison to the Chromes.

Welcome back, hope things are going well. Are you still in a position to offer a cheeky discount to BassChatters ? I believe it was 5% ?

I think you're the only person on here with a Klystron... what do you think of it ?

It has been removed - dood check mods forum for details.

G&L basses are pretty well known - they're Leo Fender's last venture. Have a look here for some history: [url="http://www.glguitars.com/"]http://www.glguitars.com/[/url]

[quote name='OldGit' post='142726' date='Feb 18 2008, 08:46 PM']Did you get one? At £170 it could be a world beater [/quote] I've been lazy with reviews in the last few weeks so will wait until i've got more time ! There's an interesting twist to my current review bass..

Should be ok then - I wouldn't (personally) gig it though.

So bi-amping with your MAG basically ? Personally I wouldn't do it - you're still sending a bass signal to the guitar amp which wasn't built to handle the lows (could easily rip the speaker cones at decent volumes).

I like the BBs but that looks horrid to me. It's like someone drunkenly played around in photoshop and then decided to put it into production too.

Yep they've had a compressor added, along with the Electric Blue range. Ashdown initially did this same thing a year ago but seemed to drop it for a (I assume) a QC issue. Looks like they've cleared it up now.

White perloid would look good there !

Welcome back. What's with the kisses !?

Hah ! I played that very bass 6 weeks ago. Beautiful instrument and you will be happy with it.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='141977' date='Feb 17 2008, 04:59 PM']Hmm... we'll see. By the way, what's going on with Ashdown's designs at the mo? A lot of the new stuff they're putting out looks awful...[/quote] It is a bit strange. They seem to be veering off-tangent from the typical head/cab designs we're all used to. Props for originality - but I don't think I'd ever choose a lime green / bright orange head.

[url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/section.asp?section=labs"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/section.asp?section=labs[/url] Just spotted these on their site... they kept them quiet !

I'll wait till it's in the shops in a week or so .

I'd love to do a review for you Dave, the VTX-400 would probably suit me best. I'm not in a buying position at the moment but it would be a bit of an insight for people who are. Let me know if you're interested. Matt

Yep.. a bit like a Fender Squier.

All StingRays are active, SUBs can be either.

[url="http://www.stringbusters.com"]http://www.stringbusters.com[/url] are cheapest for me.

I like them - have got some chromes (50-105) on my Jazz at the moment and usually put XLs (45-105) on the StingRay. I used to use Prosteels all the time but did find them quite coarse on the fingers plus they seemed to not have the same life that the XLs do.