Prime_BASS

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1334399271' post='1615612'] yup wouldnt blame the shop - my local shop here ordered me a 2U rack case for my head - took 4 months because of the supplier [/quote] I waited about the same for some DR's from bass direct as the supplier kept telling Mark next week, which is all he could have told me. I eventually emailed them directly and they washed their hands of supplier issues.... I buy most of my stuff secondhand, having only really brought my barefaced cabs new. I'm bidding on 2 sterlings at the moment both with a reserve that will no doubt be only a 100quids less than the BIN price, which for both is too high, for £800 I could get 2 brilliant secondhand basses of a similar quality. I paid £550 for my sterling, and I realise this is dirt cheap (even for the time) but I don't recall a Sterling selling secondhand for more than £750. I think some sellers need to wake up, people who really do want to sell or really do need the cash put the low prices on then you have to take into account if people really want something. There is a Corvette $$ on here atm for £400!!!! The retail is something like 3 times that.

If I had that kind of cash going spare I may take a punt on the new Epiphone thunderbirds with US pickups, that's if I didn't already know how terribly balanced they are.

Really want to get my hands on one these early FNA's but 4 string of course.........

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1334326328' post='1614626'] Cheap out option for more volume same tone is a dummy load and running the DI out into a power amp. But yeah, the BTA is the one for ABM options on a valve power section. There is one in the line with the simple preamp an valve power though. [/quote] I would do this. You can get a decent power amp for a few hundred quids and then have 'all valve' with a crap tone of power for very little weight gain. Other option is that little bastard 550 thing.........

I've worked on mods for a friends, and after changing the pickup (MM one) and adding a preamp it was a very decent bass. PErsonally the pickguard is horrible, so if I had one that would go. I also wasn't impressed with the finish in the neck, the frets were very sharp at the ends, and this bothers me the most with nay bass.

Personally my preference (if I had to choose) is the Jazz. It will safely do the precision sound, and any minute differences will be lost in any mix. My favourite bassist use's a P bass but he EQ's so much and uses so many effects it probably doesn't matter what he uses. I'll stick to my Musicman basses.....

[quote name='TraceAmp' timestamp='1334297538' post='1613896'] What about the Fender American DLX Precisions? [/quote] A fender bucker is not replacement for a Mussicman man(or good replacement) in the right position.... Even Wariwick's MEC in the postions they come in don't come close.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1326324373' post='1495642'] A few I remember off teh top of my head. Epiphone Thunderbird IV Epiphone Viola bass thing. Epiphone Jack Cassady Sig, sounded amazing with flats. Fender Jaguar Bass Fender Power Jazz Special (what duff's is based on and with the graphite layer in the neck) Fender MIM Jazz Std. Fender MIA P-bass Std (Chrome red, S1) Fender MIM Mark Hoppus Sig Fender MIA '95 Jazz Deluxe Squier VM Jazz Bits-a-Jazz (mainly fender US parts and Fender lisc parts) EBMM SUB Bass EBMM 95 Stingray 4H EBMM Big Al (custom order) Warwick Corvette $$ Currently Own: EBMM '95 Sterling Bass Amps: Orange PA120 (IIRC) Orange AD140HTC Marshall MB4210 (terrible but opened me to hybrid heads) Ampeg SVT III-pro Orange TerrorBass (500) MarkBass LittleMark Tube 500 (2 of) TC Electronic RH750 MarkBass F1 Eden WTX500 Genz-Benz Streamliner 900 Cabs: Orange PPC 4x12 (2 of) Carlsbro 4x12 Barefacsed Compact (2 of) Barefaced Midget Barefaced SuperTwelve T Ampeg 806HE I've only been playing 2 and a half years.... editted for amps and adding ones I forgot about haha, [/quote] Changes

I've used Shep's stageclix(IIRC) and it's amazing. Sounds how you expect it to sound, very quite and solid build. He'll be able to tell you more than me though.

My originals band have been offered a small tour due to the fact over the past few gigs for this one promoter we have brought quiet a few mates..... I even told him, unless the venue is down the road, it's going to be empty.

I'm still having trouble in getting the mobile site to work on my blackberry torch. The phone seems to refuse to see it mobile format and its a bitch to use the site in the standard format. I tried disabling fladh or some gibberish as suggested somehwere, and it just made the site unusable. What can I do??

my deluxe jazz has four knobs and a battery compartment.

This was really good, you don't see many people posting stuff on youtube that rock the crap out of pick playing. I will suggest though turning everything else down so it's more focused on the bass sound, but thats just me.

I have the protec one, it's still in amazing condition considering it's been used and abused for the past 3 years, IT's been out the house at least twice a week most weeks. It gets chucked in the back of a grotty ford transit, where it gets stirred for 25 minutes to rehearsals, and another 25 minutes back. The bass always arrives safe and sound and still in tune, the front pockets or pretty huge, although I wouldn't want to put a laptop or anything liek that in there. I've only ever had trouble fitting a 22fret necked jazz bass in it, even still it's flexible enough to push it in. Another good thing is that the straps go pretty tight so it doesn't bump against my back while walking, I hate that so much. The best gig bag Ive had though is a warwick rockbag, amazingly light and very well padded, not as secure as the protec but still solid, the massive 'metal head' zips let it down though.

I'd be in his band. I don't care for her voice much though.

I'm going to chime in with a markbass vote. An LM3 with one of the small cabs they do, probably a 1x15 job for me. Although obviously I will say barfaced aswell.

Played a few other instruments before Bass, including the tiny 6 stringer. Just couldn't find the instrument for mem, that lets me speak my voice within music.

You'd be surprised that a lot of people (before the economic crisis) went on holiday for two weeks. Although eBay and paypal only give 10 days to reply to issues. Subsiquently a buyer got all his money back (putting my paypal into negative figure) and he wasn't onbliged to send it back. When I did get back off holiday, I was more than welcome to ask the buyer to send it back...................... He neve replied to emails, neither did eBay. Or paypal.

Yeah Ive seena few people advertise a few different markbass heads qouting 600w. Sent a few messages, even got told I was a liar and trying to cause trouble...........Even after a sent a link to markbass website proving I was right, and only tryuing to help.

This is the oddest thing I've ever heard.