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One of the tags on this topic says Leyland. If that's a reference to the place then it's possibly very near me (other Leylands may be available). Will deffo keep an eye out.

My Cali II passive TT had the Sandberg pickups as original fit items. They were just a bit too smooth and rounded so swapped them out for some EMG Xs. These (for me) have been a really worthwhile change.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1474393931' post='3137681'] Considering some of the guitar-based garbage that gets on the show YES! [/quote] Good point, well made

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1474311811' post='3137065'] A lot of buyers have one eye on resale (not me actually) and anything other than one with the big F on it just doesn't hold it's value the same, we have pages of basses in the for sale section that cost £2500-3500 to have built for sale often for months for £1000-1500. Also the buyers are often 50+ guys that are treating themselves to a bass/guitar they lusted after when younger, the people researching xotic, sei, Roscoe, GB etc etc are in the minority compared to buyers of instruments with an F on purchased and never gigged. [/quote] I think much of this is true. However in defence of older citizens with custom-made basses, I would just add that the average new price of my ACGs is c£1,150 all of which are gigged regularly; a couple of hundred less than a new American Std bass give or take.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1474226373' post='3136386'] Stings tune(s) sounded like he ran out of ideas and sat & listened through the entire Police back catalogue for inspiration. Zzzzzzzzzzz................ [/quote] I think so too. I started wondering if he wasn't Sting and hadn't fronted The Police would those songs have had airplay?

There's a very nice Squier Silver Series Jazz on here for less than your budget so not in either category! It used to be mine but I foolishly sold it and then subsequently bought another one.

Well, I have 3 atm. A Squier Silver Series, a Sandberg California II with EMG X pickups added and a custom ACG with the basic SEQ filter preamp. All slightly different but good in their own way (successfully avoided answering the question there). [attachment=226959:SSSJ 01.jpg] [attachment=226960:LR Sandberg California II TT 01.jpg] [attachment=226961:ACG Standard J Type 03 lo res.jpg] If you made me pick one then I'd say ACG closely followed by the Cali II. Sorry, no idea why two pics are rotated?

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1472888559' post='3125009'] He has ALWAYS been my prog god. nice to see the world has caught up finally! [/quote] This

It's an interesting question. The electric bass has only been around for maybe 70 years or so and is therefore a pretty new kid on the block compared to some others. With my rose tinted shades on I'd probably agree with the OP but I think the variety of instruments available today and the leaps and bounds in amplification makes today a pretty tasty time. Whether musicians exploit this is a different argument I think,

Both basses now safely in my possession. Absolutely delighted with both of them, Alan has absolutely nailed the sounds I wanted (despite my medioce efforts trying to describe what I was after). Graham, not sure about the multicoil pickups, there's a lot of info on the ACG website but I did see anything specific about magnets although I was skimming the text pretty quickly. In case you haven't seen it, here's the link: http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/basses/pickups/ just go down the page a bit.

I started out as a Standard spec then I started asking for extras so it morphed into a sort of Custom/Standard hybrid. Picking ti up tomorrow so hopefully I'll get some quality bass time in the evening.

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1470348834' post='3105479'] Also has a bass boost on the push/pull on the active stack. Pull bright on the volume/tone when in active mode. Four options regarding bass boost frequency plus level selected internally. Yes it is a split coil and in this case with Alnico magnets rather than the ceramic I normally use. [/quote] Thanks Alan, I forgot about the configurable bass boost thing.

Thanks for the comments all. [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1470310698' post='3104968'] Ooh, lovely P... what are the controls? [/quote] It's a an ACG/East P Retro. So the first stack is volume/tone (active and passive tone); the second stack is more complex being a mid boost in one direction and a bass and treble boost in the other. There's also a pull for bright function and an active passive switch. [quote name='Painy' timestamp='1470310284' post='3104963'] That's a lovely looking pair! Fnaaar Is that actualy a split coil p-type pickup under the soapbar or is it just a humbucker in the p position? [/quote] It's a real live split coil. A bit over-wound too so very punchy.

Here we go peeps, a couple of pics of my new ACG Recurve fretless and the first ever ACG P Type. [attachment=224831:Recurve FL 01.jpg] [attachment=224832:Recurve FL 02.jpg] [attachment=224833:Recurve FL 03.jpg] [attachment=224834:P Type 01.jpg] [attachment=224835:P Type 02.jpg] [attachment=224836:P Type 04.jpg]

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1469985464' post='3102472'] There's a nice Japanese, Silver Squier, bass on sale on BC at the moment. Very nice, well put together basses. Edit - Actually there's two.... [/quote] This would be my call too.

Thank you sir, most kind.

Just acquired an ACG from Mark; what a top bloke. We had a good bass related chat over a cuppa too with intermittent bursts of playing and peering at the ACH website. What about the bass I hear you ask. Well, it's an ACG so it's chuffin' gorgeous. Just for the record three cats were in evidence.