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Littleal - gorgeous and befitting your talent! Mine is a 2002 Mk2 in Walnut (talent utterly un-befitting of the bass)

Absolutely lovely - always been a fan of the better Antorias. The binding is extremely impressive!

You're probably going to need a Hiscox STD-EBP at about £70 - few cases fit the Ripper/Grabber range and I'm pretty sure the standard Hiscox EBS doesn't [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=STD-EBP"]http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=STD-EBP[/url]

I've bought an igig, mono and protec contego in the past three months - I'd have to say that whilst they're all excellent bags, the contego is my favourite as it offers the greatest level of protection. They're available at thoman for about 90 euros - much less expensive than an igig

Just bought a Mono gig bag from Dave - really friendly, accommodating and communicative. A really fast deal - great packing, great item and rapid arrival. Fully trustworthy and generally a great guy!

[quote name='Musicman20' post='969150' date='Sep 27 2010, 09:24 AM']Lightweight amp heads. Whether they be A/B or D.[/quote] I'd agree but go further - the DI box (a favourite tool towards the end of my 'career')

I've had the great pleasure of seeing the LPB and Burgundy Mist Js and the fretless P - very beautiful basses all! Indeed, a very lovely collection

I'd take a look at an Epifani UL112c - I really can't imagine why I sold mine - the most versatile, sweet-sounding, pro combo I've witnessed (and light too). Unfortunately, they're not too easy to find (and they're expensive too - you're paying for quality design and execution here). If you decide to go for a pre, I'd be thinking seriously about an Alembic SF2 - extraordinarily versatile and ultra-high quality (often thought of as Series II electronics in a box but actually more than this)

A significant amount of invention and incremental innovation preceding the Steinberger system (hardly radical, but a major disjunction) then more incrementalism in the period since. I'm not discounting some real progress (neck through, filter-based pres, neo etc.) but it has to Steinberger for me

I had and very recently sold (no reflection on the bass) a '90s re-issue. Playability was phenomenal and the bass is incredibly light. I wasn't a massive fan of the core tone but with decent eq the bass was capable of a big round bottom-end and fairly crisp highs (maybe a little twangy). I'd certainly recommend the '90s reissue if you can source one at a decent price

I love them all, just to varying degrees

I received an IGiG bag from Scott yesterday - it was advertised as being in 'as new' condition and it certainly is. Packaging was excellent and delivery was super-rapid. Communications were great. I'd can thoroughly recommend Scott - an outstandingly honest and efficient member of our community.

Absolutely outrageous! Both stunners - I wonder if the week can get any better.

I agree with much of the advice above on experimenting with pickup mix and tone control. I think you'll find the J works very well in the intended setting but may just take a little while to get used to. If you're really lacking deep thud, you can mute the strings with foam in the bridge cover (some early J's had foam or felt mutes installed). You can also experiment with the eq on your amp or with an external preamp (stompbox version - there are some really good ones around and they can be fairly inexpensive). To answer your question, I think that you've made a very good decision and one that will offer some versatility - I played a Squier J recently and was very impressed. I wouldn't say that it was capable of a full-on P tone, however, there was no lack of rounded bottom-end and the bass was very comfortable to play.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='945667' date='Sep 4 2010, 08:16 PM']This one? It's a stunner for sure. The nicest one I've seen had a quilted birch top though. I would have bought it if I'd had the readies but the owner wanted pretty much the same figure for it.[/quote] That's the one - absolutely lovely and now sold. Prices on these are staggering (even by Alembic standards). Clarky - absolutely beautiful - the walnut makes me go wobbly!