TRBboy

+1, never played a bad yamaha! If you can stretch to it (or pick a used one up for about £100 - £120), the RBX270 is quite a bit better for not much more dosh: Solid Alder body, better pickups, better tuners.

If you love it and don't desperately need the cash, hang on to it. At least you know it's always going to be worth something to sell if you need to. A lot of people seem to waste a lot more money than that on much more frivolous things!

Mmmmm..... It's difficult because I generally prefer a nice, un-effected bass sound, but I think "ooh, maybe that song would sound good with a little chorus/octave/envelope filter/wah, etc, etc. For some reason I've convinced myself that I should have some synth effects to hand too (although at present I've no idea what for!). I currently run a Boss LMB-3 clone into my MXR M-80 into a Boss ODB-3 (for the rare occasion I need some overdrive), and I get a great sound. Just a bit concerned I'll buy the Zoom, have fun for a week or so and then never use it again......

Aaaarrrrgggghhh! I've been talking myself in and out of buying one all week! Decisions, decisions....... Are they pretty easy to use then?

Can't see that you're going to change their outlook as well as their gear, so I think you'd got two choices: 1) stay, try to ignore their attitude and buy some good earplugs! 2) Leave (make sure you tell them why!) I think it's only worth staying if you REALLy like the music.

Just dropped a few coins in the pot...... I've been meaning to do it for a while TBH! Hope you raise enough quickly, BC rules!

Greg just bought my EHX Mini Q-Tron. Very swift payment, great communication, and seems like a thoroughly nice bloke! Buy/sell from/to with confidence. Thanks again Greg!

+1 to checking the intonation. The description of sharp and flat at the same time suggests to me that the intonation could be a mile out.

Would definitely be good to see someone stocking a good range of Sandberg basses!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1352738967' post='1866794'] Finding a decent five string has been a long term project for me , and it has turned out to be a much longer term project than I ever anticipated. To echo what Shuzznit posts , I have come across very few 5 strings that were any good , regardless of price . I cannot get on with 35 inch scale , so that cuts out about half the market before I start , and an incongruous low B is all too often the final outcome on 34 inch scale fivers , cutting out a whole host more. Music Man do a decent 34 inch scale low B , but the string spacing is too tight for me and , equally significantly , to even achieve that string spacing on a comfortably- dimensioned neck the have to place the top and bottom strings ( B and G) way too close to the edge of the fingerboard , rendering the whole thing useless in my book. Yes , I know you could get the nut recut , but then the already too-close spacing would be even more prohibitive. Fodera do a good 34 inch scale 5 , as do Ken Smith and Sadowsky , but I don't want to spend that much on a bass I probably won't use all the time. So I haven't got a five string. [/quote] Pretty much the same requirements for a 5er as me. You need to try my Sandberg!

Very nice! You must be very pleased with it! Can't wait to get my hands on my new Sandberg........ Dots and blocks are "standard" options, but a chargeable option nevertheless. If you wanted some sort of unusual inlays, that would be a proper custom option. Anything is possible, it just depends how deep your pockets are!