Matt P

as another owner of a VM fretless with a fretted p-neck (a sue ryder in my case) i have to echo Darkstrike, the pups have to be pretty close (as close as you can really) then they really sing. i wan't too impressed with mine in a band situation till i moved the pups, now it's just awesome. (but i am thinking of a preamp when i have some spare cash, probably a j-retro) Matt

i'd say that was a bit pricey, the hardware tarnishes pretty badly on those, i've got exactly the same bass but in red (with the tarnished gold hardware) they're good basses mind, where in the country are you? i might be prepared to part with mine for a lot less than that one. matt

yes i forgot about that, the echo park seems to object if you daisy-chain the power, i run mine from a seperate supply, some of the better power supply units can provide an isolated power output for this reason. that aside it's a great sounding pedal and can be had pretty cheaply. matt

i went with the line 6 echo park, has some of the features of the dl4 but smaller and cheaper, has tap tempo as well, picked mine up for 60 quid off gumtree, found it very easy to set and got some great sounds with very little fiddling. [url="http://line6.com/tonecore/echoPark.html"]http://line6.com/tonecore/echoPark.html[/url] Matt

another vote for the hiscox from me, i've got one for almost every guitar and bass i own, strength was proven to me when the guy inthe shop stood on it with my guitar was in it (before i'd even paid for it!) and there's one for sale on here at the moment! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=150629"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=150629[/url] Matt

just bought a loaded Jazz body from Paul, a top Bloke, he even dropped it off on his way to a gig. Matt

this also interests me, i'd love to fit a pre into one of my basses but don't have the cash at the moment (but have some soldering skill) i'd be incredibly surprised if anyone has the schematic for the sadowsky pre though (or any of the other aftermarket pre's). I'd guess that the exact specs of these are a closely guarded secret (hence the black epoxy over the circuit). but if anyone has a generic design for a preamp (2/3 band) then a link would be great, i'm prepared to have a go with building and tweaking and if i get anywhere i'll happily share my findings matt

i'd be surprised if he couldn't help and he quotes prices for most "std" pickups of around 50 quid (for a guitar humbucker), as they are pretty much all made to order (number of windings etc) that shouldn't be too far off, let me know what kind of price he quotes as i'm tempted to order some of these for my next build and it would be cool to have some custom pickups. Matt

how about this guy? [url="http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/index.html"]http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/index.html[/url] pretty much every pickup he makes is to order and the prices seem reasonable, i'd guess that he'd be able to knock up a pair of pickups that would sound how you want and look right. if you look at the specials page and the bass page it seems that he wouldn't have any trouble making you some great pickups. i should add that i haven't actually tried these myself but i've heard great things about them and am sorely tempted to have him make me some fat jazz pickups for a future project. Matt

i guess i must be a little luckier than some, i live just 10 minutes from the bass doc, popped in on tuesday and came away with all the bits i needed to finish my build, are you trying to get branded fender parts or just parts to fit? i'd say that fender branded parts would be harder to get. Matt

just bought my bronco from me, excellent communication and super fast payment, a great guy to deal with. trade with confidence. Matt

late 90's for me, bought a few Klotz leads from sound control in about 97, at least one of them is still working, although i bought a whirlwind in about 98 thats my absolute banker, it's just bombproof, it's a bit long (20ft i think) but i know that if every other lead fails, that one won't let me down, best 18 quid i ever spent all i've ever done was put a name label on it. Matt

i've also used the gift option on paypal (sorry if i broke the rules, is there a naughty step i should sit on for a bit?) but it was for items totalling about a tenner (which is the most i would be prepared to lose), personally i always prefer a personal meet up for an instrument but bank transfer is the next best thing (which i've used as both a buyer and now as a seller) Matt

Just Bought a neck from Mal, a great price and arrived safe and sound, great communication throughout as well. a very reliable person to deal with and reccomended to anyone. Matt

thanks Mal, the neck is perfect. Matt