Rayman

Yeah, I didn't get my last copy with Trujillo on the cover either. I emailed to complain and got the copy a couple of days later. Followed a few days after by the new issue. Maybe BGM are having a few postal problems. Bloody irritating though, when Borders have it in store, and I, as a subscriber, still haven't recieved mine in the post. Hope it all gets sorted soon.

Don't be going there, buy Alan's from the for sale section on here, superb bass. I had a rosewood board one in LP blue, Alan's is black/maple. Both of them had Aero's and I couldn't hear the difference. However, it is true that some rosewood boarded bass are darker sounding generally, and maple is brighter.

Mu - Jah Wobble. Massive Attack meets Robbie Shakespeare, what more could you want? Brilliant.

I had one of these, it was a great bass, superb range of tones from it, and excellent build quality too. I found the string tension a bit high for me strung through the body, so I reverted back to strung through the bridge and found it more comfortable, but then I like some flex in the strings, some don't. Any road up, top quality bass that, enjoy.

Yeah, I think it looks a bit like the ASAT too, but I think the ASAT [i]body[/i] is nice, it's the headstock I can't get on with. As far as this prototype MM is concerned, it looks really good to me. I'll look forward to developments.

Superb collection. I always fancied an Anigua Precision for some proper dub vibes.

You can't beat a nice 'ray......and that [i]is[/i] one. Good score.

I used Black Labels for a couple of years in a rock band, and loved them. They last ages, and keep a good punchy tone throughout. The only problem I had was that I found them quite abbrasive on the fingers, but you get used to that. They sounded great on a Thunderbird, Marcus Miller Jazz, Precision etc. I've ended up going back to EB Super Slinkys, because I just prefer the feel of them, and I like the tone. Just my preference.

Basses like this are possibly worth a few quid more to the fans of the players that used to own them. To everyone else this just sounds like a slightly tatty Precision. [i]If it was me[/i]...........I'd be buying an old Precision because I liked how it played/sounded/looked. I'm not precious about damage to any of my basses as long as they tick the aforementioned boxes, so dings and scrapes are not an issue to me if I like the instrument and the price reflects the condition. At the end of the day, Musical Youth are not one of the great names from musical history to me, so I wouldn't expect the bass to be marked up because of its history. However, if you [i]are[/i] a fan, and you like the bass, go for it, be happy. Just don't get starry eyed and ripped off.

Last minute disaster, won't be going after all.

Cheers Alun, yeah just found it.

What time are the doors open?

Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones, IMO best value for money at that price. Going in a slightly different direction tone wise, I think the Marcus Miller jazz is right up there too.

One of these for instance: [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=9341"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=9341[/url] Check out that colour too, superb bass.

Depends how much you want to spend. A good Squier is hard to beat, and of course Mexican and Japanese Fenders too, if you can find a good one, they're often better than the US ones IMO. How much dosh are you talking about?

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm. Fairly simple bassline, but keep it up all the way through without loosing the time. Good practise.