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Hi Neil, Hope your well. I seem to recall Guitar Guitar having a splattering of Eden product around the stores, I could ask Steve for you?? I suspect Hindmarsh would prefer you to stick with Line 6 to compliment his new position...... I've owned Eden, drop me a PM if you want a further crack. Finest Regards Mick

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='304195' date='Oct 10 2008, 09:55 PM']well if Smith basses aren't his taste t'aint my problem...[/quote] Sorry, Been grafting away from home this week so wasn't really in a position to check the listing a lot. Smith basses, beautiful things! However the sale was intended to raise dosh for another purchase so thank you for your kind comments and interest. I've decided to hang on to the Fodera.

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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='302506' date='Oct 8 2008, 08:19 PM']Should have realised; Quality bass + NE area = Mick Butler [/quote] Thank you John, very kind.

FYI, My name is Mick Butler, anyone has any specific questions about the bass can get me on 07813 110071.

[quote name='Charla' post='266044' date='Aug 20 2008, 07:43 AM']Alas Arthur (yes he does look like Mike Harding) left the Band a long while ago, started a Band called East Bay with the impressive Dave Riddell on Bass. Nope I'm not an Alan, names Ian but everyone knows me as Charla: It's Spanish for talk or chat, which is what happens when I drink too much of Mr Daniel's golden nectar, but the name goes way back into the Dark Ages![/quote] Dave Riddell, Is that the guy who played with Buddy Holly??

[quote name='Marcus' post='239328' date='Jul 14 2008, 05:16 PM']The modern Overwater instruments are fantasticly well made and sound great... IMHO (but after a fair bit of exposure to both brands) they sound similar to a Fodera[/quote] Oh no they don't............

[quote name='7string' post='214158' date='Jun 7 2008, 12:26 AM']Yup, he's got a cool white one with black edges. I'm just amazed that I managed to get hold of one [/quote] Hey, You will not be disappointed I played a five string 35" for a couple of years and there fantastic sounding basses, a good friend was the Tyler agent in the U.K. at the time and I ordered it blind on the back of every six string guitar he brought into the country sounded bloody amazing so I took the plunge and hoped Jim Tylers magic transfered to the bass. My only regret is I ordered it with Lane Poor pickups which were very noisy combined with the Demeter preamp a problem I also encountered with Lane Poor in Modulus Flea basses. It looks a killer instrument if you drop me a PM I can put you in touch with someone who can probably shed a little history on the bass. The headstock is a real love/hate thing personally I love them, there was almost as much mass behind the nut than in front of it with my five string, anyway enjoy a very nice bass. Best Mick

Hi, Used one of the second generation ones (the type currently available) with a 1966 Fender Jazz for years now and swear by it. It's not a Marcus Miller in a box tone, but short of plugging it into an ash/maple J bass your never destined to get very close to that. What it is is a very usable good quality preamp, small enough to fit into a gigbag pocket and sounds great with a Fender bass. I've owned the Aguilar version and found the Sadowsky to sound better, the frequency centres are the same 40hz and 4khz. I also preferred it over my Avalon U5 finding the flexibilty of the Eq better than the fixed preshape variations offered on the Avalon, altough in fairness the Avalon wins hands down on sound when used as a DI to a mixing console. I chose the Sadowsky for the same reason of not wanting to modify my Jazz Bass with an onboard style circuit, its a good little box. Mick

My vote 1 Gail Ann Dorsey, as of Bowie, Tears for Fears, Gwen Stefani fame as well as her own material. Great player, great voice. 2 Lydia Kaboesj can be seen on numerous posts on YouTube, I saw her playing at the Frankfurt Musikmesse this year, she's fantastic. 3 Tal Wilkenfeld, she's in a rhythm section with Vinnie Colaiuta at 21 years old!!!

[quote name='Marcus' post='190033' date='May 1 2008, 09:28 PM']2 words....... ! Lane Poor looks bloody familiar..... why the heck didn't you buy mine !![/quote] Lovely looking bass, I've had three Flea basses in recent years. A five and four string silver flake, and a blue flake four string, the five was bought from SMART many years ago and Ian took the time to deliver it to the Plasa show in London for me when we were exhibiting there. A Really nice guy. The two four strings were loaded with Duncan pickups and IMO blew the Lane Poors away. More of everthing. I also had Lane Poor Humbuckers on a James Tyler 5 string bass (better known for his custom strat style guitars) paired with a very powerful Demeter preamp, on both occasions the LP's were noisy and unimpressive. Enjoy the bass.

Can't believe Jaco Pastorius is on this thread, bollocks!!!!!! He is neither my favorite player or bottom of the list but for gods sake he changed the sound of the electric bass. Unbelievable. My Vote: Mark King. Mark King and Mark King...

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='172319' date='Apr 8 2008, 03:24 PM']After reading through the Epifani vs Bergantino thread and talking to Ken Jung over on TB im pretty sure i wont like the AE410. I did consider it but i feel from the descriptions of both, the UL410 will be smoother. I really dont want an aggressive mid and the AE410 seems to have it. Not really sure about the Dr Bass cab. i couldn't see a 410 on their website but i have hear about very long delays in delivery times for them.[/quote] Dave, This is a very interesting point and one I feel compelled to throw in my two quids worth, don't disregard the Bergantino cabs without hearing them I was fortunate enough to try them recently and they are excellent. The danger here is taking someone else's description literally and spending your dosh on the back of that. Ken writes very informed, balanced reviews of his gear but to borrow one of his phrases your "tone goals " may differ from his, Ken's reference generally being a modern Jazz Bass tone playing Celinder and Coppollo basses. And if you look a little further he tends to optimise various amplifiers with different output topologies, with different cabinets in drawing his conclusion. So it's a combination of the best sounding amp and cab. Cabinet choice is so subjective and I think the tonal idiosyncrasies between two boxes of the quality of Epifani and Bergantino are worth checking out for yourself. On the Epifani front it's worth noting there's a big difference between original UL's and the current series II cabinets, I had the original UL 410 and UL 502. The series II have a rounder , open bottom end with a definite scoop in the mids compared to series I. I heard the full range of series II at the NAMM and Frankfurt music shows recently, if your used to hearing the first generation UL product don't expect the new boxes to sound the same. There's also a very interesting recent addition on the Epifani news page warning of UL cabinet compatibility with other manufacturers amplifiers. There quoting 2% driver failures when driven with Epifani amps, the remaining 98% is being attributed to overdriving issues with other manufacturers amplifiers or user error. The main issue seems to be smaller or artificially inflated amplifier ratings offered by some manufacturers driven into square wave distortion and burning out voice coils. Worth a read as some of the points are valid, however I also suspect that certain other bass manufacturers offering very good class d amplifiers at 30-40% cheaper than a UL 502 might have something to do with it! Mick