Legion

Back in 2010 this came up on Talkbass and got this answer after 11 pages of chat "Hi there, I asked a friend at Fender's. He confirmed the Fender CS built a P with T-bird pick ups. It's a one off and no more will be built" [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/halftime-show-pinos-bass.626707/page-11"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/halftime-show-pinos-bass.626707/page-11[/url]

I've got the Ritter bag and it's been really good. It's a perfect fit for my bass (3/4 Shen SB200), very snug and secure.

Paul has been waiting very patiently for me to move on my Rob Allen - and now the time was right and the deal is done. Great bloke and a pleasure to deal with, thanks Paul

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1430692220' post='2763830'] Both black I'm afraid [/quote] Thanks anyway, the red ones seem to pretty rare around here

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1430690727' post='2763818'] Good review - I must admit that I prefer the ceramic driver PJB cabs but I know a lot of people that prefer the Neos so I guess it's just a subjective thing. We've just received a pair of PB300's in part exchange so I must test one with one of the baby combos to see how it sounds [/quote] Don't suppose one of those is in red Barrie? Been considering the upgrade for a while now

[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1421929844' post='2666685'] having seen 2 of these in the flesh (including the shell pink jazz above which has been bought by a Basschatter) i'm really gassing for one, in fact my perfect spec has already been built it's no 119, a sonic blue 62/3 with a medium relic, anyone on here own it? [url="http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/sold_basses/limelight00119sonicblue.htm"]http://classicandcoo...19sonicblue.htm[/url] and for those lusting after the shell pink Jazz, it's better than you could imagine! Matt [/quote] This one was built for me to my spec - but unfortunately I never ended up buying it so it went elsewhere pretty quickly. Not sure where sorry.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1418982251' post='2635378'] Would widening the nut slot cause a problem if one were to go back to strings of a lesser gauge? [/quote] Yes, you can get some annoying buzzing noises etc

The Rotosound Tru Bass 88 strings are a 115 gauge E string, so I would expect you to need to adjust the nut to fit them. Be careful of using them as you are as there is always potential to crack the nut if you have a string that's too large, resting on a slot that's too small.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1418493409' post='2630687'] Ah, OK. vaguely know of him. Checking it out now. [/quote] Here's a nice sample of him [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChvNX8FLyFc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChvNX8FLyFc[/url]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1418478851' post='2630516'] That appears to have a Jaguar guitar mute. [/quote] Well spotted, its the Sean Hurley signature P bass

Nice, but I prefer this one (and its cheaper!)

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1417171017' post='2617695'] Can any of you good people do me a quick favour and measure your TI from the bridge to where the red silk starts at the nut end. This is on a long scale 34". Reason I ask is I recently fitted a set and the E string looks different to the other strings. The red silk is about an inch or two longer than the other 3 strings. Slightly different tone and feel across the set. Thanks [/quote] I had a spare set handy - 37"

I suppose one more post of my 2005 Pino Palladino won't do too much harm?

[quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1416917176' post='2614946'] I have a PJB Flightcase. Really like the sound I get from it. Not the loudest combo though (150watts) and 4 x 5 drivers. The Cub is only 100 watts, but I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be much difference in the volume. Funny enough the Cub was the first on my list, but a the flightcase came up for sale on here so I bought that instead. [/quote] Having owned a cub at the same time as flightcase (albeit a super-flightcase) there was a fairly big difference. Also be aware that the few cubs I've owned have had a noticible hiss. Some people either don't notice or aren't bothered, but it annoyed me and would be worth bearing in mind. The super flightcase is silent and sounds awesome so its a keeper

That's great stuff - I really like the way it resolves as the strings rejoin

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1416665434' post='2612461'] Does anyone have any experience of Tis versus LaBella flats? [/quote] In an unexpected way yes - it turned out the Pino originally had a Labella E & A and thomastik D &G. Seeing as they were all red silks I didn't notice. I thought someone had gone the extra mile and scraped the red silk off the ends of the E/A so that they didn't run over the saddles. It was only one day under close inspection I noticed that the flat wound ribbon winding was going in the opposite direction. Seeing as I loved the tone I thought I'd try a full set of the Labellas, but to be honest I wasn't so keen so I went back to all TI's. It seems a really worn in set of Labellas are nice and thumpy, but a worn in set of TI's are like musical treacle to my ears Once you adjust to the tension and break them in I think there's nothing better (IMO)

3. Looks like the green/gold could be helicore hybrids edit: almost certainly... [url="http://www.sharmusic.com/Strings/Bass-Strings/D-Addario-Helicore-Double-Bass-Hybrid-String-Set.axd#sthash.g5i211mk.dpbs"]http://www.sharmusic.com/Strings/Bass-Strings/D-Addario-Helicore-Double-Bass-Hybrid-String-Set.axd#sthash.g5i211mk.dpbs[/url]

1. looks like Thomastik Spirocore Mittels No idea on the others sorry

It made me chuckle - but I'm not going to be the one to bite