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That new T-Bird is sexy as!

They are great basses. You may be interested to know they do price matching which can knock some money off. If you're interested that is..

Mike Watt comes across as totally mad but in the best possible way!

I went from abm to root master via a gk mb fusion, couldn't be much happier. That said, if I drove to my gigs I'd probably get the abm. The sound is better but not massively, depends on how important portability is to you.

Agreed on that point. I love playing them but I can't be doing with the softer wood.

Knew it! You taking it Saturday?

Just back from a fantastic gig at the New Cross Inn, London. Unfortunately had to leave early due to work commitments but one of those gigs where everything comes together and truly makes you happy to be in a band.

One of us, one of us....

I'm always up for spending less money but i went to the yamaha store a few weeks back and felt the 1024 destroyed the 424 in every category.

Good shop, staff very friendly. They let me try a plethora of basses even though my heart had already been stolen in the Yamaha store!

I played one in GAK a few weeks back. Felt good.

Thanks for the contributions, given me plenty to ponder on.

Hi everyone, Looking for a bit of advice on getting a pedal or alternative to get a boost on certain parts of our tracks. I'm currently playing a P bass through a Ashdown RM-500 and am happy with the core sound. Certain parts of the song, i.e. when its a bass lead or guitar drops out it could just do with a bit of a boost. Being useless with pedals thought I'd put the question out there for knowledgeable people to clue me up! I'm not looking to distort the signal any further than I have currently, maybe just make it little more ballsy as if I'd turned the gain up a little? Is this as simple as getting a bass booster? Thanks in advance!

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/288434-coming-up-north-now-only-l450-ibanez-japan-prestige-sr3000/page__p__3093814__hl__ibanez__fromsearch__1#entry3093814 http://basschat.co.uk/topic/285408-sold-ibanez-sr300-strung-bead/page__p__3086750__hl__ibanez__fromsearch__1#entry3086750 http://basschat.co.uk/topic/286278-sold-ibanez-sr700-great-condition-with-ibanez-premium-case-bartolini-pickups-l350/page__p__3079854__hl__ibanez__fromsearch__1#entry3079854 http://basschat.co.uk/topic/286248-ibanez-sr600/page__p__3075157__hl__ibanez__fromsearch__1#entry3075157

Try loads of stuff, buy secondhand.

Updated!

I played one in Glasgow, loved it. Light and nice neck if memory serves. Been looking for a secondhand model ever since! I was in looking at precisions and the guy in the shop insisted I try them!

I went to the Newcastle outlet and whilst the staff were friendly enough they had bugger all in store!

I play in a punk band and have used Mark Bass and Ashdown in the past amongst other brands. Mark Bass tonewise seemed a little sterile to me but had plenty of volume and is obviously super lightweight. I moved over to Ashdown to an ABM, whilst I loved the tone I missed the portability of the MarkBass. Enter my current squeeze the Rootmaster EVO 500. Retains much of the characteristic of an ABM Ashdown sound I like but with added portability. I'm happy with it, haven't investigated the cabs as yet. Good luck.