Kev

using the moog expression pedal would not have damaged the syb5, i dont know much about what type of pedal it needs, but id suggest either you have the wrong one, or the unit was already possible faulty

your fingers or style are worth more than anything you could buy

maybe if this was £250, it could be worth looking at, but for £500, no way, its not stock, the only basses to ever come out a factory with a musicman pickup are musicmen, its just a frankenp, and who's to say how good the mod was...

i'm about to pull the trigger on a barber LTD special recipe, anyone got any experience with one?

his reply: Hey, its a genuine musicman passive humbucking pickup Thanks, Westy619 judge for yourself

they are on the xp100, and just as good quality anyone that buys a bass whammy for that kinda money, imo, is a complete fanboy idiot anyone that has one for the £100 or so they are worth, nice one

no im sure it could be a perfectly legit bass if that pickup is made by fender, however if the pickup in that bass is made by musicman, it did not come out the factory like that, as ernie ball ONLY distribute their pickups and indeed all their hardware on new Musicman basses.

iv emailed him asking about it if the reply is 'yes, its a genuine musicman pickup', then we know that this is certainly not a stock bass, and therefore a marker to stay clear.

ah, well thats that sorted then! keep a close watch on ebay mate, patience is a virtue

blue dawn finished are pretty damn hard to come by, so the US is likely to be your only option there, although the 2007 model, isnt that the one with the horrid 2007 inlay at the 12th fret?? if so, id forget that and try and find an earlier blue dawn finish, they ran the colour in 2000/2001 too (thats the period my blue dawn stingray is from). its an expensive affair though if you want to buy new, at current musicman prices, i dont think id recommend anyone to buy one brand new, they lose 1/4 value at least as soon as it leaves the shop!

xp100 does the harmonies that the bass whammy can do if i was gunna get another whammy, id choose the xp

graphite is the only way to go! +1 on status

it wouldnt happen anyways, ernie ball dont sell their musicman pickups to anybody

i could be wrong, but i really dont think this is a stock bass and im pretty much 100% the pickup will definitly NOT be a genuine musicman pickup

the WH1, XP100 and WH4 all work great with bass iv never tried the xp100, but the wh4 and wh1 i have owned. the wh1 is far superior in sound quality to that of the wh4, but of course you have to decide whether its worth the extra money. from what iv read, i think you should give an xp100 a go, get ebay watching

i cant justify the 20 odd quid train fair to guildford, but i still wanna go, i can't believe noone from bristol is goin??

you [b]don't[/b] like block inlays?!