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The BP100 is very toppy. Might need a bit of EQing. I use a Shadow SH950 which has been great with no problems. I did use a Realist for a while but that gave up the ghost. As far as sound is concerned, if you are going to amp the bass I would think size won't matter. It becomes another instrument when it is amped up.

Someday I'll have a fretted Status S2 with a rosewood face on it. That would compliment my Quilted maple S2 frteless beautifully.

That's easy. Status S2 all the way. Fretted or fretless I have them both. I love the Status neck with the flat back, it just fits my hands perfectly. The body shape I have always loved, traditional twin horn design but in a modern style. For me a design classic. The sound from the soapbar pups is great, clear and sharp but with so much depth. There is no compromise in my Status basses unlike the other off-the-shelf basses I have. Something on each of them is a compromise be it neck profile, body shape, pickups, eq, you name it there is something I would change. Not on Status S2s though. Oh yes, and headless of course. Nothing more logical than the headless tuning system.

These last three basses shown are absolute crackers. Don't know which I prefer they're all just beautiful. Never mind Green Machine Technology, Green with envy more like.

My DB goes through a SansAmp Bass driver DI into Acoustic Image Contra. I don't need the amping to be too loud for the DB so it's there for support more than anything and it lets me hear something from the instrument. Contra isn't so good for electrics on its own so I have a Markbass 15" cab to go with it. That gives more head room with electrics, particualrly the Statii which are powreful.

[quote name='MB1' post='629884' date='Oct 18 2009, 09:53 PM']Love the SmartBass body shape, contempory but not kooky like the S2 or bloaty like the KingBass (sorry to happy owners of said basses, they're just not to my taste... unto each his own) MB1. ....Bloaty Kingbass?....What you feeding it?[/quote] Get your coat!!!

Well done, lovely. Green with envy! Hope you enjoy playing her for a long time. Graham

Just received the Markbass 15" cab from Matthew. Great condition and sound. Beautifully packaged too. Very smoth and trouble free deal. Pleasure doing business with you.

Silly money or not, it might also be seen as a marketing stunt for the shop. Look at the discussion it's created here in just a few hours. Now I know of another shop I've never heard of before. Can't pay for publicity like that.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='617108' date='Oct 5 2009, 08:52 AM']Not sure, Graham... But I think it roughly translates as, "I hereby bequeath all my basses to you, Brother!" [/quote] Like you don't have enough already!

Nice collection Rich. But, pray, what doth Brother Smith speak of when he endeth his writing?

I have a CR4M but I'm not aware that it came with Helicore Hybrids. Could be wrong though. It would certainly benefit from darker strings. Even in arco mode it's not DBish enough for me. But then they were not designed to be a replacement for DB.

One caveat that must go with Bob Golihur's advice is when he says [b]"most any 3/4 size upright bass string can be a candidate"[/b] certainly not all 3/4 strings will fit NS basses. Thomastic Spirocors for example do not fit. They are too short. Always check the playing length before you buy.

I'll endorse the Shadow too. I used to use the Realist but that gave up the ghost, as I'm told they are prone to do sometimes. The Shadow is even easier to install as you don't have to loosen any strings.

Lovely looking bass. I love the look of their 'Henzelli' bass. What kind of prices do their basses sell for?

So I take it from what everyone has said that all these shredding vids on youtube are actually the real thing. And there was me thinking it was just some dil overdubbing them to make them look bad.

I had a similar problem on my Spectorcore. That turned out to be the string not sitting properly into the saddle, the guage was too large. Maybe try using a slightly lighter guage of string. You could also try putting a shim of aluminium foil under it. I found that caused a little buzz though. Changing the strings sorted it for me.

I will defer to the greater knowledge on this forum regarding the various different types of DB. However, as a player of both DB and BG I can only paraphrase George Bernard Shaw and say they are two instruments separated by a common tuning. That's all they have in common whatever the scale length. Look on a DB as a new instrument and learn it as a completely new technique then you won't go wrong.

Well done Andy. You'll enjoy playing her a lot. Make sure you post these pics on [url="http://www.statii.com/forum/news.php"]statii.com[/url]

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='597717' date='Sep 13 2009, 09:29 PM'](actually, its the voices that make me do it - and of course, the basses talk to me `buy me daddy, please buy me - don't leave me' !!! * bank account! Nick[/quote] Oh, thank god I'm not alone.