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Congratulations, lovely name...and for God's sake don't get her a Rick*****ker, we'll never hear the end if it...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1375609024' post='2163299'] The OP jut asked about someone's tone - on a bass forum, of all places - and he's accused of having a lack of musical understanding? Get a grip. [/quote] +1

Hipshot Supertone. A better bridge all round.

There used to be a bloke (I forget his name) who went to the rock clubs in Manchester in the 80s (Jillys, The Phoenix, UMIST, Rockworld, etc) who did air-drummed/headbanged all night on the dance floor, and would do it at gigs, too.

Ah, now, if we're doing cashback, I'll just have the Dingwall and four lots of money...

A Dingwall 4 (go-to) A good P/J (fallback) A Fenderbird (rawk'n'roll) A BC Rich 8 (exotica) A coffee-table luthiery one (Shuker, or Overwater, Sei, etc) just for the look of it. Although the Dingwall would do just fine on its own.

Well, that's my DOB ('64) Thunderbird plans in the bin, then...

Wow, and I thought my Laklandbird had the Least Accessible Top 5 Frets In Christendom...

Top band: utterly, utterly over the top, overblown and everything on about fourteen, rather than eleven. Bought the first album when it came out, and loved them since.

Nope, sorry: not a thing, not even a t-shirt. You'd never know, if it wasn't for the basses lying around the place...

I use my Shure SE215s for everything headphone-related, including practising with my Streamliner. They sound really, really good.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1374586100' post='2150503'] That was even the case in Western music until 1650 or so. (A tradition carried on with the "Justice For All" album). [/quote]

I never understand this - I had a good-sounding P, I added a J, and now I've got a good-sounding P with added options. Adding the J pickup did nothing untoward to the P. Having said that, it's a Wizard Big P/J set, so they might be less susceptible to complications. Oh, and that P/P is one of the best-looking basses I've ever seen on here, even though I normally don't like relicing of any kidney.

...or even three: yours, mine, the truth?

Muse. Can't be doing with the vocals.

I always think of that cab setup as the 'surprised' MB rig...

My LMIII never really got on with my Stingray - it was good with my passive basses, but the actives, for the sounds I'm after, not so much. I had a Sansamp in front of it, but found I never turned it off, so sold them both and got a RH450, which I liked. I bought, played/gigged and subsequently sold several 'real' valve hybrids (LM Rocker, Ashdown Spyder, Mesa M-Pulse, Mesa Walkabout) which, while OK, never really did it for me, and I've ended up with a Streamliner, which is the best of the lot. YMMV, etc, etc, yadda, yadda. The feature set on the RH450 (if, as has been stated, you have the footswitch) is still the best out there, period.

The new Gordon Smith Gryphons are great basses, really good pickups.

^^^ This. As far as 'tonewood' is concerned, pick a light one that looks nice