danhkr

Definitely sounds like he's specifically chosen it off his own back then and not just been approached by the company. It's surprising how many 'pro's' will use whatever gear their agents/labels get for them.

Good coup for them I reckon. Their endorsees tend to be more 'session-related' bassist types, so no doubt this will give them more commercial appeal. Also heard from a few sources that they don't give anything away, so if you see an artist using Markbass on stage, [i]apparently[/i] they've paid for the privilege.

I'm fairly certain ebay doesn't actually have access to messages sent between members. I'm not sure it's ethically correct for them to be able to snoop on their users PM's, so I doubt they would find out from them unless one party 'grassed' and forwarded the message to ebay themselves. Between them, ebay and paypal take nearly 15% these days, so rightly or wrongly it doesn't surprise me one bit that people cancel sales or end items early to sell them unofficially.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1352666636' post='1865936'] That's more than a bit naive. They are moving production so they can keep their previous margins, not to make the bass cheaper to the punter. [/quote] I'd say it's more than a bit naive to believe they're not hoping to make a few more quid on each one by moving production to mexico.

Nowhere Man is a personal favourite of mine. Bizzarly he's probably [i]the[/i] most underrated bassist ever, yet happened to be a brilliant, brilliant player in pretty-much the biggest and most highly-rated band of all time. I guess when people think McCartney they think great singer, great songwriter. Very few realise he was a virtuoso on bass as well.

Look interesting but is it me or do the foot-switches look a bit too close to the controls on a couple of them??

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1344175289' post='1760683'] Have they reduced the price accordingly? I'm guessing not....! [/quote] This is the key really. These days MIM classic series stuff is pretty-much on par with similar styled MIJ guitars such as the Geddy Lee. I'd be pretty confident if they are now MIM that the quality will be virtually indistinguishable, but as MIJ instruments seem to be so expensive these days, I'd certainly expect the price to drop. Production cost will be the reason for moving production, so it'd be a bit 'off' of Fender to not pass some of that saving onto the consumer.

Lots of talk and info on here about the pro's and con's of specialist bass compressors, but does anyone here use an MXR Dynacomp? Interested to know people's experinces of using one with bass are.

Use both fingers and pick equally and love the styles and tones connected with both equally as well. Yes, I'm in a very happy place when it comes to this debate

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1341324917' post='1717036'] +1 If you're using PA & you only need a monitor, then what you have is solely for your own enjoyment/ego. For general pub & club gigs with no PA for the bass, then most 2x10 rigs would be more than ample. [/quote] In theory true, but there's a wide variety of 2x10 combos out there and plenty (not all) would be stressed to buggery trying to keep up with what a 50w valve guitar amp can give out. Also an 8x10 doesn't usually have a bigger 'footprint' than a 2x10 combo anyway, so unless you're playing somewhere with a dangerously low ceiling, the only issue is transportation. Been able to wheel mine out the van, into the venue and a couple of us lifting it onto a stage, is a lot less hassle for me than carrying a 2x10 combo about.

Smaller shops may only buy single units at a time, so if they put them on display they have a responsibility to look after them and keep all the original packaging. However I wouldn't have thought this would apply to Guitarguitar. Anything that's clearly had a fair bit of use and/or comes in a battered old box with no real manual should certainly be advertised and priced as such.

[quote name='phatbass787' timestamp='1341335694' post='1717299'] How've you been getting on with this.....? [/quote]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1340370197' post='1703459'] Aside from the Ashdown you mentioned, the others aren't decent, they are just overpriced. I've been in examples of them all and they are sub Peavey build quality. Cheap Ashdown SS stuff is easy to work on and they send you the parts easily, the Ashdown valve amp I had was handwired to boutique quality. Orange amps are hot glued together. [/quote] Fair enough, but they sound decent It's this myth that 'because it's valve, it's top quality'. I think in a roundabout way, we are agreeing here. Interesting you mention the Ashdown valve amp, what model was that?