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[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1386092760' post='2295647'] Sorry to be pedantic but doesn't it also depend largely on the quality of the player - I remember someone on here saying they'd seen one of the top pros play someone's starter level bass and made it sound good. OP that's a great looking bass - nice score. [/quote] [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1386095340' post='2295709'] well yes. You won't find me disagreeing with that! [/quote] Now it's been cleaned, restrung, set up, action and intonation corrected and made playable it is a really nice bass, lots of fun to play and definately one of 'the good ones' rather than the awful fender qc dogs we hear about! My fingers can get all of the great jazz-bass tones out of it and I'm happier with it than any other jazz bass I've ever had (I did NOT expect to be saying that either!!)!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1386145141' post='2296256'] No sadly even if you have registered you still can't answer.... [/quote] Answers are by pm nowadays this reduces the audience for the cheeky adverts?

Alan just bought my pickle pie bass fuzz, instant payment, great comms, superb bc'er! Thanks again matey

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1386096534' post='2295750'] Major bargain mate - looks lovely! [/quote] Cheers matey! Sounding loads better now it's got a great new wiring loom in it too!

Another loom bought and installed, another quality, very swift and painless transaction with John, superb as ever!

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1385936860' post='2293950'] I cant see the pictures mate [/quote] Bug**r! Sorry bud! How about this? [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160023066/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160023066/]DPP_0114[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/andy_dye/]andydye[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160200243/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160200243/]DPP_0107[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/andy_dye/]andydye[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160080064/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160080064/]DPP_0106[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/andy_dye/]andydye[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160021525/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/11160021525/]DPP_0105[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/andy_dye/]andydye[/url], on Flickr

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The Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie B is awesome and flexible in tone! I may also be looking to rehome mine as it's not getting used anymore, if you're interested I'll do a proper for sale page so it's pukka-legit...

how are you getting on with this matey? is it still doin' the business for you, I'm really interested in one so wondered how you were getting on...?

I've tried a variety of the preamps out there and here are the edited highlights of my search: found the behringer sounded just a bit sh*t really (to me anyway) probably just didn't like my amp/cab combination or something, I also didn't like the 'wobbly plastic feel of it'; xotic bb was v nice but a bit too 'clean' in it's grindyness for me; catalinbread sft is a pretty good approximation of the valvey break up that my DHA vt-1 does; My conclusion...transistors can only go so far when emulating the sound of a valve and if you want a valve sound then a valve is what you need, when I tried a vt-1 bass drive it was all of the pedals I'd tried but with the actual sound I wanted, straight away, no faffing about to try and find the sound, it was just there... I picked one up very reasonably s/h too