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    Money talks.
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    Gone.
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    I know it's a bit more, but i'd be getting one of these: http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/LW_VL5_FR_Amb.html
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    I've had 4 EBMMs, all 2nd hand and still great.
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    [quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1501667855' post='3346348'] Ibanez ATK series get a lot of love and are supposed to be very MM like [/quote] I have an ATK, it's more of a Stingray. In fact it does a better job of the SR tone than my Bongos do (pickup position the reason).
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    I rarely run mine on full volume. My usual preference is bass/treb in the middle and scoop the low mids and boost the high.
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    [quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1501368562' post='3344343'] Double humbucker, maybe a spector legend? [/quote] Not even close.
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    I have a 4HH, it's brilliant. A 2004 model in graphite pearl, the best sounding and playing 4 string i've ever had. Only reason it's not my No. 1 bass is the 5 string HS I have, but doesn't quite play as effortlessly as the 4. That aside, what else can do a Bongo ? Nothing really, the 4 band EQ I see as the crucial part of it's flexibility. A bass that's as versatile but sounds nothing like it would be a G&L L2000 or M2000.
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    [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1501164852' post='3342994'] More basses for sale within a forum. [/quote] Then no. BC has been here over 10 years and established the largest and most diverse independent marketplace in the UK, if not Europe.
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    Define 'better'.
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    [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1499184677' post='3329800'] Bloody hell !! Your timing's terrible I'm stuck in "no basses for the rest of my life" mode. Always fancied the DX model ever since machine's review on here. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/9244-vintage-v1004dx/"]http://basschat.co.u...intage-v1004dx/[/url] Sold my spalted maple 4 string last year and it's 5 string cousin went in May. Cracking basses, Vintage set their sights high when they released these. GLWS [/quote] Good review that.
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    I haven't bought a CD in over 6 years and all the ones I had I threw away. Spotify is my only collection now and I can use it anywhere. My car doesn't even have a CD player, I just stream via Bluetooth.
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    My 5HS is modified with a scallop after 24th fret to end of the board. This has helped a lot.
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    I played a Stingray in a shop where the EQ wasn't working but it sounded great flat. Then I checked and there was no battery - so it CAN can work without.
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    I've got Jaco Pastorius's 1984 Musicman Bongo for sale, PM me for good price very much.
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    Lakland prices have gone up nearly 50% in the last few years on GuitarGuitar. I wonder if this more recent change could be to blame Now at £1450 for a 44-02, I remember them being £1250 a few weeks ago and under £1k a couple of years back.
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    UM BONGO

    Machines replied to Machines's topic in Bass Guitars

    [quote name='only4' timestamp='1495966975' post='3307778'] Just wondered as I received a bass from them a few years ago and was quite disappointed with the overall cleanliness and condition compared to how it had been portrayed in the blurb. I guess that's the risk when you buy without trying first! [/quote] Basically. I think they wipe down and make every instrument playable but a full setup and clean ? Haha no.
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    UM BONGO

    Machines replied to Machines's topic in Bass Guitars

    [quote name='only4' timestamp='1495963878' post='3307749'] Looks lovely, just out of interest did the BassDirect advert say that the bass was fully cleaned and setup with new strings? [/quote] Setup yes strings no. They were utter crap. Setup is personal anyway but only needed a truss rod tweak for me.
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    [quote name='ixlramp' timestamp='1495833654' post='3307021'] But ... these are just yet another Fender copy series. And they have dropped the Curbow which was the most interesting design they ever made. All their basses are now P or super-P with little character. They have become bland and boring. [/quote] Supply and demand. Like it or not Fender inspired instruments sell by the bucket load.
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    [quote name='dood' timestamp='1495741638' post='3306315'] I noticed that the preamplifier diagram for the GBxxJJ models on the Cort website is labelled 'Sandberg', which could suggest a suitable upgraded circuit. [/quote] That could make the difference. I'd say that if you added a coil tap it's essentially a Lakland 55-02 but half the price. Made in same factory I'd wager.
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    I had a GB75 for a couple of years. Upgraded to Aguilar pickups which helped alot. But something just didn't take me. Sounded good flat but preamp really shoddy compared to other brands (massive hiss in treble and bottom end too boomy). I tried for so long to love it but eventually never did so sold it. No regrets.
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