The Burpster

Did you get the $$ to fill a specific need? If so the P wont fill those boots. P's do have a certain something that is hard to extract from other basses!

No excuse for it in my eyes with all the tech thats available - Makes then look very amatuerish too!

11 of course!

Yes indeed Neil..... How rude of me...! [color="#FF0000"][size=7]Thank You!x[/size][/color] :wub:

After the reworking of a Warwick Streamer for one of our new members I now have a hankering for a Rockbass streamer std f-less. I dont know why - but I'm hoping I've cured that buying another PRS......

Bloody hell its good...... I can see why PRS kept it in his private noodling selection for as long as he did. I feel honored to own this one!!!!!!!

[quote name='bassmanAzz' post='780208' date='Mar 19 2010, 08:50 PM']any suggestions where i could give one a go? or where i could get one from the net? [/quote] They regularly pop up for sale in the US on the 'bay...... Which is not surprising as thats where most were sold. eg. (you just missed one in California that sold for $999 (about £650) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380206585380&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url] As to giving one a noodle.... they are remarkably rare in the UK so finding one nearby wouldn't be that easy. I would very surprised if however you bought one and didnt like it. Besides you could always sell it and get your money back!

For £1k you could pick up a used PRS EB-IV - all the bass you'd ever need (unless of course you needed 5 strings) with a D-tuner!

[quote name='Jimelliottbassist' post='779360' date='Mar 19 2010, 06:38 AM']What's the best courier company to use?[/quote] Any one that doesnt mash you bass up. I beleive there are horror stories about most companies - but I have found you get what you pay for! DHL are very good transatlantic - Other than that I dont have lot of experience of UK ones although I am assured that DPD are reliable.

'scuse my ignorance but what is a silencer.....? I know what they are for cars, bikes and guns......but musical instruments.... And why would you need 0% for one...?

Should be here Friday, had a great chat with the g'tar tech at Abs Sols. (Robin) Top bloke and owns a PRS EB4 too! Double top bloke!

[quote name='Beedster' post='776523' date='Mar 16 2010, 06:21 PM']Please excuse my ignorance folks, but I've used mainly solid state amps until this year. Could you let me know the likely symptoms (on sound, performance etc) of a) an old valve that needs replacing, or a faulty valve. Thanks Chris[/quote] You'll know when one goes wrong.....! FWIW have a full set on stand-by. Expesnive maybe.... but better than waiting for a new set and being ampless! As said above they are not that fragile of treated with a bit of respect. (my guitard has had the same set in his MM RD amp for 30yrs and not so much as a pop)

Well its nice to know somthings work out in my favour. Seems the guy that pulled the trigger on this last week couldnt pay....... So it was back up for sale for a day...... Now its mine...... MMMMMMwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaahahahahahah!

Think you'll find they are std pitch 4-40 thread like most US bits. Available here at much cheapness....! [url="http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/"]http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/[/url]

Although not my 'thing' I'd say that was worth £200 of anyones money. Clearly alot of attention paid to the details, and whilst it may be a one off it is a very nice bass.

Yep sounds good plan. Be careful of getting 'ripped' with Mullard tho' they havent been made for a long time and all sorts of folks are claiming they NOS..... The Mesa tubes are selected Russian tubes but TBH I dont really care for 2 reasons. They are sold by Mesa so they come with thier back up, and they sound superb!

Thank for the detailed reply. I didn't even realise my carbine had 2 pre amp valves, I thought it had 1. I might give them a try, just for an experiment. Cheers thebassman _________________________________________________________________ Bassman, the Carbine series do only have one 12AX7 - The M-pulse series have 2.! Bob.

Mine is a walkabout scout 112. Same set up as the M-pulse 600 just smaller MOSFETs. It uses 2x 12AX7s in the preamp stage (same as the M-pulse 600 and Carbine series). The change was hard to describe, but if I said it makes it richer does that make sense...? Its sound was a bit clinical (hi-fi) to me before the valve change now it seems deeper, and thicker without feeling muddy or distorted. My gitar'd who is a complete tone freek (tone is everything!) just said "wow" and thought it had a voodoo hex cast upon it. EVERYTHING else in the chain was the same so its not down to a combination of changes. The best way I can descirbe is relating it to coffee... do you drink yours black? If so you'll undertsand this. std= Nescafe 12AX7SP = Columbian ground coffee from a cafetiere. Oh and I got mine from hotrox nottingham.

apart from, the silly ashtray it looks lovely and well made. Bit like a Shergold. Cheap as chips and very retro but if they are your thing- Priceless! Go for it I say!

I does make a difference what you put in. I recently swapped mine for the upgrade 12AX7SP Mesa valves and the difference was huge from the std valves. You kinda get what you pay for - or you might get lucky. You dont need to change them just beacause they havent been changed - you could just be throwing money away. If you want to experiment with the tone then by all means play. Always have a spare set incase one dies (which you'll know about when it happens ) My guitard has had the same set of valves in his g'tar amp for 25 years without so much as a pop! 12AX7s are not the type of valve that needs 'matching' - that is normally (as stated above) output stage valves that work better if they are bias matched.

[quote name='Golchen' post='771549' date='Mar 11 2010, 01:10 PM']Are you 100% satisfied with your best bass?[/quote] Yes - have been since the day I first saw it.

looks like termites to me........ off to repairs for you.