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Passive for me, I like the simplicity of use on stage, the natural sound of the bass and the lack of a battery. I've tried actives and owned many, Warwick streamer s1 5er, musicman bongo and stingray, trace T-bass, Shuker single cut headless 4 and possibly more. I found them mostly lacking personality, with the exception of the ray. They were too clean and clinical sounding. I like things a little rough 'round the edges. People talk about the output of active basses, and yes it's higher than most passives, but there are plenty of people who'll make you a high output passive pickup. That said I am currently inexplicably also drawn to the troy sanders bass.

Orange AD 200 and orange OBC 8x10. Sounds killer but class D is calling me.

Pics would help hugely

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1379439987' post='2212782'] The Squier is really good, so I'd imagine the Fender will be the absolute cherries! [/quote] I'm hoping so, it sounds pretty mean in the videos, just hope the pre amp is voiced nicely.

I'm dying to try the fender.

Still fugly.

I had a JB66, CAR with matching headstock and dot and bound neck. It was beautiful, should never have sold it, the stock pickups were a bit weak though.

ESP make good stuff in this price bracket, they're stereotypically a "metal" brand though, quite genre specific, so maybe best avoided if you're a country player. The 4 you've posted are probably largely the same build wise, and look like they have the same (roughly) electronics, EMG hz soap bars and either a 2 or 3 band eq. They'll sound similar too I imagine. Play them and see which shape you prefer and if you like the tone. They'll be quite clinical sounding, very modern.

There are corvette $$s on here for less than that

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1379236259' post='2210024'] I thought the AD200 had separate inputs for Active & Passive basses? [/quote] It does, my point is that active sound distinctly average through it to my ears. Could it be that I was over complicating my signal by having an active preamp in the bass running into another preamp (sansamp) running then into to AD?

Just noticed the Washburn is an 8 stringer. Don't see many of those around.

They're all Japanese built, 80s, high quality instruments! The Washburn especially I think, seems to have di marzio pickups in it. A fine armoury to inherit sir! They won't fetch a huge amount if you sell them, but they will serve you well if you keep them.

I'd suggest a Steinberger type, you still have the 34" scale so no muscle memory problems. I'd also recommend an iRig if you have an iphone/ipad/ipod.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1377528433' post='2188488'] They look lovely! This is what I found online: [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/ABZ4_Nat.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/ABZ4_Nat.html[/url]. Even though that's new it's over £1000 out of my budget and most likely at least £500 out of my budget used I can't comment on the fanned frets until I've tried them, could go either way! So, still to try:[list] [*]Squier VM Jaguar [*]Fender Modern Player Jaguar [*]G&L SB2 [*]Several Yamahas, Ibanez's and Peaveys (T-40 if poss) [*]Warwick Streamer Stage 1 (even if it's out of my price range I just really wanna play one) [/list] [/quote] If you want to take a short hop over the bridge you're more than welcome to play my T-40s (I have both incarnations) and anything else I have that you take a fancy to.

I got my AD200 a few years ago, before it I had an Ampeg SVT-4 pro and although I owned a fair few basses my favourite was my Stingray. Upon receiving the AD it became quickly apparent that the ray didn't sound that good through it, my Jazz and T-40 however sounded amazing. The same was true of other active basses I had at the time, Trace T-bass, Bongo, a deluxe P I was borrowing. So much so that I flogged all the actives. Just wondering if anyone else has found this or indeed the opposite. I'm currently GASing after a certain active bass and am worried that it will be a waste of time.

Thanx

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1379089303' post='2208597'] In here Troy says he believes it's going to be made in Mexico: [url="http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/mastodons-troy-sanders-talks-signature-fender-571655"]http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/mastodons-troy-sanders-talks-signature-fender-571655[/url] but the official page on Fender's website doesn't say at all. I like it, especially the dirt-cheap-yet-probably-great Squier but the Squier's active only and I'm looking for a passive bass with single/split coil pups in it. [/quote] Does the fender have a passive tone control though? I love it! Just not having a passive tone control would seriously hamper the likelyhood of me getting one. Not that I have any beef with active basses.

Possibly the most endorsed man alive?

It's a good looking bass, but I can't get around the £400 more it costs than the standard, what do you get apart from gold paint and gold hardware? For me the Pelham blue reverse body one is the best looking of the current crop, and the cheapest, and from what I can gather there is no difference in construction. Looks like a cash grab to me.

It's nice, but don't forget it's only the finish that's any different to the normal T-bird. I reckon a 50th anniversary reissue model would have sold more and been better, in every possible way.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1379052663' post='2208076'] My streamer is about [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]3780g - which is about 8lb 5oz. (same as fionn's) I used to have a Peavey T40 - great bass but I remeber realising it was just under twice the weight of the streamer[/font][/color] [/quote] Was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention the T-40. I've never weighed mine but they are pretty substantial.

These look pretty sweet.

As long as its the dark brown tort I think it works. Red tort looks cheap in my opinion.