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I am deliriously happy with my RedSub 5110 combo. I have used it for gigs, in the combo for quiet gigs and out into my Zoot cab for bigger stuff. I have used it in the combo at a band practice against a voice, guitar, keyboard, saxophone, trombone and drums and it has made itself heard (and I had to drive it quite hard). I have used it outdoors. I have used it to amplify my laptop when we're watching films. I've had it since March and it has never let me down. There's your glowing report.

At lunch time I had a fettle with my Guild B402-A (*cough* which is still for sale btw *cough*) - truss rod adjustment and a bit of a noodle. Tonight I did some practice - used my G&L Tribute L-2000 to play some previous band stuff and some ska/2 tone stuff. Good times

Excellent thread resurrection! I've gone a bit BBonkers lately. I had a BB614 but decided to sell it on because I didn't like my universal backup/rough/outdoor/festival bass being active only, and the chrome surrounds were a bit too "blingy" for my tastes. So I replaced it with a BB300. What can I say? It's simple but highly effective and the neck suits me well - it's chunky enough. Since then I've picked up a somewhat battered BB350F (reverse P/J) to have a wee go at fretless and am in the process of reconstructing a BB450 (regular P/J). Here's a wee pic of the BB300 next to the BB614 when they were briefly together: And here's the BB350F I'll post up the BB450 when it's done. Currently at Rich's getting a new nut made

I'm not sure there is such a thing as a left handed bridge. Just string it up "upside down" and readjust your intonation accordingly (reverse the position of the saddles as they are now. If your badass has grooves cut then you should physically remove them and swap em round too so the grooves match up with the intended string (swap E with G and A with D). Hopefully everything will line up ok.

As a relative oldie I would say that I generally don't try to offer people "the benefit of my experience" unless it's asked for. Let the music do the talking.

I don't know who makes Hartke bass strings and I don't care - I love how they sound, how they feel, they have no silks and they're ridiculously inexpensive

Electronics? Not much. 1 split Precision style pickup, 1 volume control, 1 tone control, 1 output jack. Passive.

They can go poke themselves for using a courier that charges me almost double for postage because I live north of Edinburgh? I'm on the f'n mainland! Get it right up ye.

I am going to have to re-investigate these - I tried one in a shop a while back and left rather unimpressed. Must have been the amp, because I've seen a few vids now with these basses sounding rather good.

It's impossible to pin down, and my opinion is just as valid/invalid as the next person's, therefore I won't bore you or further muddy the waters with it.

I've only played (I mean noodled) for about 5 mins so far this month. To be fair, I was away on holiday and I quit my band when I came home, so I haven't really been in the mood.

Why would I need one of these? Do you use one in case of having no amp? Feed the output of this into the desk/PA and hope that whoever is operating said equipment can give you something back in the monitors?

Ditto - why do you need to remove it? It's designed to fit over the top of the front insert. I did have a problem on my RD where the front insert was the same size as the others. I ground out the recess in the bottom of the bridge with a Dremel until it fit over the slightly larger insert.

Play what you like, on what you like. I did raise my eyebrows once at a player who took a Warwick Infinity to an open mic night and thought it was a bit showy-offy but now I'm thinking "whatever makes him happy" and "a bass is a bass at the end of the day". I don't know if any of my basses are considered "fancy" (they're certainly erring on the unusual) but I take whichever one I feel like to whichever gig I feel like. The material I'm playing at the time has no bearing on deciding which bass to take, because apart from the fact that I don't (and can't) play "fancy" stuff, I honestly believe that apart from a few serious listeners and a few bass geeks in the crowd, no-one else really gives a monkey's which bass you're playing as long as they can hear it and feel it. The only exception was when I played at Belladrum festival this year - I took a somewhat ratty Yamaha BB300 with me on the grounds that it didn't cost me very much and it wouldn't be more than slightly irritating if it got nicked/lost/broken.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1347485890' post='1801631'] Oooh - an SG-Z - I was amazed when they first came out - kept the magazine review of it for a very long time and was SO close to getting one, but the ex-SWMBO said it was too like the custom I'd just got. Are the taps original? I didn't notice them before. [/quote] Yeah, the coil taps are standard. It's pretty subtle, but it's nice to beef up the bridge pickup in series and then balance it out with having the neck pickup in parallel or single coil.

Glad (for me) and sorry (for you) to report that I've had no problems with my RedSub BT5110 (the same combo as yours, with a different badge on it). I've had it since the start of March and I've used it at numerous gigs and even more rehearsals, driven it pretty hard on its own in the combo at practises and used it out of the combo with my cab and it's never let me down. I hope you get your issues resolved to your satisfaction.

It's worth noting that there is a band called The Dangleberries who are a well established (since 2001) band in Scotland who seem to appear at just about every festival there is up here. While they aren't my cup of tea, I don't believe that they are the band (read - loosely affiliated group of musicians who have ideas beyond their capabilities or readiness) that is being referred to here. Link: [url="http://www.thedangleberries.com/"]http://www.thedangleberries.com/[/url]

I epoxied the lifting inserts in an Epi EB-3. That told them. Just remember to not put glue on the bit where the bridge wire touches the insert nearest the controls.

The only one I've had a major aversion to is Gibson's "Fireburst", which can be pretty horrid (IMO):