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Your signature says you already have a "Fender American Jazz Deluxe 5" so not sure why you are considering another? I've had several MM's - 4s and 5s. They do sound good but they are mostly heavy basses which is an issue for me - may not be for you. You'll get a lot more for your £s if you buy used via BassChat.

I'd suggest listening to Danny Thompson's playing with John Martyn, Richard Thompson and Darryl Scott's live album. These have been a great source of inspiration to me. Also, some of the early Van Morrison albums had some great DB playing. I'm looking forward to exploring some of the artists others have mentioned above.

Hercules by Aaron Neville. Great bass line, cool vibe, should suit your line-up.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1338076580' post='1669460'] Maple with black blocks looks cheap. Rosewood with pearl blocks looks classic. [/quote] +1

nice work guys!

I'm also very happy with my Streamliner 900 but can't comment on the Shuttle. I echo the suggestion of a trip to Bass Direct - Mark will give you the time you need to try both and decide. Also, search out the various threads on these amps on Talkbass.com - there's a huge amount of helpful info on there. There was some stuff about the Streamliners being better with cabs with 10s rather than 12s IIRC which may be relevant depending on the cabs you own.

That looks cool. I do like happy endings.

I used to have a TNT. 20 years ago, they were too heavy & underpowered. Have a look in the Amps for sale section of the site. I'd be surprised if you couldn't do better for the money.

Hmmm.... I was going to suggest the MTD Z's too. In that case, I suggest a visit to Bass Direct. He has a Ken Smith in and this should therefore enable you to use it as a yardstick to try out others & find something that suits.

[quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1334002357' post='1609552'] 25th to 29th July? [/quote] Before that would be best for me please. I go on hols for 2 weeks just then.

Happy birthday Rev. What a thoughtful missus you have.

....and a welcome from Croydon too. What styles of music do you play? Are you in a band? Paul

Day Tripper gets my vote too. Familiar but not over-done. In fact, I played it last night in a pub & can vouch that it went down well.

+1 My Sadowsky & Reverend sound great with my new Streamliner 900. I'm still working on getting the MTD to sound how I think it should. Hopefully, I'll get there soon....its early days and its fun trying!

My Mark Bass 121p combo (a LM2 amp in a 1x12 + tweeter cab) does all my upright gigs & smaller bass gtr ones too. All my basses sound good through it. Definately a keeper. My bigger rig is an old Mark Bass 3x10 cab which sounds ok & is light enough for me to carry short distances. It's probably my weak link. This is powered by an old G-K 700RB or a newly acquired G-B Streamliner 900. Both are keepers. I can see cabs being next on the shopping list although I would like a Mark Bass F1 amp too. PS - just spent the evening playing through an Ashdown ABM 4x10 combo which was awful. I just don't like em!

Well done Clarky. I'm looking forward to having a listen this evening.