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[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1377626939' post='2189641'] Here's my DMZ4001. Nearest thing to an active bass I've ever played...and it's passive! Sadly, have to say goodbye to it shortly, if anyone's after a prime 1979 example. [url="http://s92.photobucket.com/user/mickeyboro/media/DSCF0285.jpg.html"][/url] [URL=http://s92.photobucket.com/user/mickeyboro/media/DSCF0288.jpg.html][IMG]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/mickeyboro/DSCF0288.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s92.photobucket.com/user/mickeyboro/media/DSCF0289.jpg.html][IMG]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/mickeyboro/DSCF0289.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] Could be into that, price dependant

Roadsters and T-40s are fairly vintage instruments. Your best bet for them is eBay/gumtree/ for sale section

The bass doc on here makes pick guards.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1377376491' post='2186952'] I thought about those or Ibanez Roadsters....so many nice basses! [/quote] Where abouts are you? You're more than welcome to come play my two. Roadstars are a good shout too. Both represent unrivalled bang for the buck.

I know it's not a fender, but I'm gonna suggest you have a look at a Peavey T-40

Done that! I keep going between though, mine looks something like this. Vintage ray copy Epi T-bird Fender 78 P-bass Peavey T-40 Warwick Streamer stage 1 5 Fender P-bass Fender J-bass Gibson Grabber Aria SB-2 elite Shuker elite single cut headless 4 EBMM Bongo EBMM Stingray 2eq Ibanez Blazer Trace Elliot T-bass Peavey T-40 Fender P-bass Status Energy Matrix Lakland Bob Glaub Of all of these I still have a p, the bob, two T-40s and the blazer.

I quite like it

I don't like 5ers. But I can vouch for the Lakland Bob Glaub, especially with flats on. There's been a few on here recently. They're fairly cheap too. I'd say try to get one of the older ones with the Lindy Fralin pickup.

Yeah it is! That's sort of where the idea came from. I love the sound of a Jazz, but can't hack the spindly necks.

Does anyone make one or would there have to be fettling?

The jazz version looks pretty tasty too!

That's under £500?!

Yeah they aren't light. Not at all and neither is the amp. The sound makes it all worth while though. I've toyed with the idea of getting rid of the amp and getting a Bass Terror and smart power cab, but it just looks so cool!

The black n gold is the same as the elite and the r-80 just in different colours.

Lovely looking bass! That's either daphne or lpb though, sonic isn't metallic I had a mexi Jazz with strat knobs too.

[quote name='umcoo' timestamp='1375643539' post='2163846'] [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0018_zpse2ca9118.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/goat_punisher/DSC_0018_zpse2ca9118.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] Love the weezer bass!

Here's a shot of my two flanking my rig. The left is a 1978 'toaster' and the right is a 1982 'blade'. Both have their advantages. The toaster is a little more mellow in sound, but the blade is a more sculpted shape and has more clarity to it. [IMG]http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h373/ashrome/2017960b.jpg[/IMG]

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1376348086' post='2172759'] I've owned several of Jimmy's basses, maybe 5 or 6 over the years and every single one has been absolutely superbly finished and I'm more than happy to vouch for his build quality. I've met him a couple of times and he has a, near obsessive, desire to build the highest quality instruments that deliver not only amazing tonal qualities but also, near perfect, aesthetic original design ethics. I genuinely don't think there's another builder out there that comes remotely close to Jimmy when he's on his game. He really cares about his customers as well. I recently bought the 2nd bass he ever made and the owner had removed the original pickups and replaced them with, rather nasty, Seymour Duncans. As soon as I told Jimmy he offered to replace them with his own hand wound originals completely free of charge - this is not the type of guy who screws with his customers and doesn't care about after sales service! I find the fact that he hasn't replied to this thread somewhat revealing and wonder if there's something kicking around in the background that we don't know about and that he doesn't feel a public web forum is the right place to respond. . . [/quote] I wouldn't respond if I'd built that and sold it to an unsuspecting player for 5 months wages.

Well that's one brand I'll never be buying.

Loves me some vintage Peavey. My two T-40s are incredible basses. I don't know why anyone plays anything else. Never played a modern one though, with the exception of a milestone III. I also hear great things about the Fury basses.

I know a guy who has one, and another guy who has a tele by them. Both are pretty sweet!