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No joke here. For the price of HB instrument you can buy 4 packs of strings. Or 2 packs of strings and 2 instrument cables. Or nice octave pedal by Boss, MXR or Valeton with pack of strings. That’s good value for money.

There is no quality in Harley Benton instruments other than low quality and poorest value for money. I was curious enough to buy their 51 precision and had to bypass the volume and tone pots to get some kind of low and thin signal pass through from the weak pickup. The fretwork was poor, the body had two sets of holes for pickguard. I also tried their JB and it looked and felt like a Squier VM but before “final touch” - sanding and smoothing the curves of the wood. Terrible. Maybe I had bad luck, twice. But I wouldn’t buy that as a tool and expect others to pay me for the “job done“. It’s like serving premade microwaved dishes in the restaurant. But we are drifting away from the topic, so we either end here or move to bass or food section

I admit, maybe I overreacted since I'm getting kind of frustraded seeing that a lot of players sacrifice the quality and tone for pure convinience. Today I got Peterson tuner for the price you could get a beaten-up Boss TU-2 few years ago. I see pro SWR or Eden gear people are unable to sell for pennies, just because the amp weights 10-15kg not 2-5kg when indirect comparison those amps will deliver way better tone through cabiet and most of the time through DI than most modern lightweights. I stupidly tried to sell my AMP BH-420 dirt cheap - without any succes - and I know I can put it against any modern produced solid state amp and deliver clearer tone, better dynamics, better headroom and less noise (mechanical since it is passive cooled and electrical). I see a lot of great instruments people are unable to sell, just because there is Sire or Harley-Benton hype. We should aim for delivering the best, not the easiest As I stated above, my reaction might not be totally fair. But I've never had any problems with MXR products and while it's not my favorite brand, I consider them solid and high quality. Also - many problems with effect pedals are caused by poor and cheap power supplies - especially those without transformers inside (the ones that look like phone chargers) or daisy-chaining. Maybe I'm just lucky, because my main dirt pedal for now is Pro Co Juggernaut, well known for being the worst and most problematic dirt pedal ever created for bass - and mine is dead quiet in operation and switching (most problems other people had with loud pop when switching). But I also use some cheap gear - like my Behringer monitors - without any issues. I also have some riddiculously overpriced and very low quality gear like Sovtek Big Muff (black russian - I paid about 50 pounds 10 years ago for brand new and it was a fair price, sold it for 35 and got it back for 100 recently) or Sovtek BassBalls which I love but I don't use because of quality issues. In conclusion - my apologies if I offended anyone. As mentioned above - I just thing we should not sacrifice tone and quality for convenience - and money saving

I was referring to the quality rather than being a copy. For example you have many version of Jazz Bass: vintage Fender (old Boss), modern build Lakland (MXR) and of course you can buy from aliexpress (valeton) - for the price of 5 packs of strings it’s up to you whether you can hear the difference and pay for the quality and durability or choose cheap (even good sounding) gear. for me - I’m too poor to buy cheap.

MXR M280 Vintage Bass Octave is made as a copy of vintage, MIJ BOSS OC-2 borrowed from Janek Gwizdala. I'd rather choose MXR rather than cheap, chinese Valeton OC-2 rip-off.

My friend is selling here his Euro 5, god how I love this bass. He is a metal guy, so we are both surprised every time I play this Spector I get instant "80's Pink Floyd sound"

I really liked greasebucket in Am. Special P I had at home for a few days. Can't see anything wrong in it. I have vintage spec. P with .1 cap and it's unusable mud city when tone knob is closed for more than 1/3 of range - with a lot of volume loss. I've modified it to more modern specification (.47) and was much better, but eventually few months ago got back to original - I love this bass just as it is I use it with 10-years old LaBellas 760 FL. But removing sould be fairly easy - just throw away everything that is not a pot or cable and put .47 cap in the right place The capacitor costs less than a single bubble gum, you can buy a few and experiment

Jap Fenders are tricky. Their build quality is always top notch, but sometimes you can find a bass with basswod body - especially in their 62 and 57 reissues with small tuners. What can I say - basswood is OK, but in my opinion a little dull sounding in classic P or J. It's also lighweight to the point where bass looses it's ballance on strap (getting neck heavy) - that's why they used lighweight tunning keys.

Best sounding modern all tube Amepg Amp.

Pretty loud mf. a friend recorded this video: astonished by the sound and loudness. Only complaint - the highs are centered pretty high. Warm tones are not for elf, a

Twice since 2006 (regular gigs since then). One time the sound guy fried my Kustom Groove head - and then did the same thing with my Sansamp. Next, few years later my 3pro started to blast fuses in the club - luckily I had a spare Fender amp. Last time I had to borrow an amp when I took my Ashdown LB-30 to the gig and couldn’t connect it to Aguilar fridge since it was connectable only by using two cables.

I assure, it’s not any less stable than this:

Hercules mini not for jazz basses? More like not for lame users.

Hi there! I've recently put my hands on two new basses (not mine) and decided to record some short comparison. Fender Precision Lyte This one was made in 1986-87 in Japan. It's very light, quite comfortable. The preamp is not as rich in options as the one in the Sire, but no less versatile. The sound is in the "80's" style - clean, polite, with much high-end that can be tamed easily. Wonderfull for slap. Had very much fun playing this one. Has it's own character, sits nice in the mix, can do much but it can't do a classic P or J bass sound at all. Sire V7 I totally can't understand the hype. It's a very well made JB, with a little bit too chunky neck. The craftmanship is top notch - as almost every asian made bass nowadays. It's a solid instrument, that fills the gap between more expensive Squiers and cheaper Fenders. Great for "cheap donkey working musician" - like wedding or "Top 100" gigs. The preamp is very nice, but in passive mode this Sire is quiet, dull and liveless. Fender US Vintage '62 Precision Well - it's a P-bass. Not the best I've played, but it's mine and always will be Samples recorded using: Both pickups - neck pickup - bridge pickup - slap. For '62 P-bass it's: playing over the pickup, near the neck,near the bridge. Via AMP-BH420 line out (post very light EQ)

I have Fender TBP1, which is the preamp section from this amp. Great, but tricky. Flat eq is 2-10-2, so don’t be afraid to back up bass and treble and set the mids on full. This is a passive tone stack. The overdrive is quite useless. The parametric mids are great The room control Is amazing on difficult stages.

You can safely buy there an amp, but I'd be extra caution about the cabs. Their gear is refurbished, amps are pretty industructible but the speakers are often non-original.

Try CTM-30. Same amp, different look

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1460933364' post='3029992'] Is it two cheeky to suggest my VS212? [/quote] Have you considered shippment to Poland? :> I was looking for this for a year until I settled with 610. But I still need something for medium sized gigs and my VS 112 is too small for that...

I use mine with ABM 610 and VS 112. Both great with this little beast

You just have to remember to push "shape/flat" button in ABM heads, because it has to be in "on" position to get the flat response...

Its a typical car bulb, you should be able to get it in any gas station or car service.

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Why shoul I care about 5lb amp when I still need to carry 20-30 or 40lb cab?