Bigwan

Speak to OBBM. He's the Status necked 'Ray 5 man round these parts!

I always thought they were SERIOUSLY overpriced snake oil. Then I tried 3 different ones. That assumption applied to 2 of them. I would have given my left nut for the 3rd one... £4500. It was hard getting out of the shop and keeping my credit card in my pocket. It seriously rocked my world...

If they just want the look I'd have got myself a warmoth body/neck and tricked it out to look like the real thing buut sound the way i wanted if it were me... Compress/EQ and use the Orange/Barefaced would be my choice, especially since it's just for personal monitoring. Only way I'd ever consider an SVT stack is if i didn't have to carry it myself! Must be some band to have you spending that sort of £ on gear!

Other options could be bass collection or westone...

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1327652174' post='1514656'] Thanks for the offer. I had an ATK400 for a while and it sounded glorious but the neck was way too chunky for me :-( [/quote] Pity... I wonder how much a neck reshape would cost? Probably more than you would have spare. Yamaha is a good bet - one of the BBN, BBG or BB series. Or what about Aria Pro II? They're a good solid bass, and the 4 string necks are nice and slim.

I bought a well used/damaged but playable Ibanez ATK700 for £150 a couple of years back. I Intended to refinish it and keep it as my MM sound bas, but i haven't touched it more than twice - if it fits the bill you can have it at that money + postage...

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1327427904' post='1511087'] Bass bash my house at the weekend then [/quote] I'll be catching up on well needed sleep mate (9 week old in the house!), but an NI bass bash is long overdue! [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1327443687' post='1511465'] I personally think it's a fad but I've been proved wrong before. [/quote] Yes I expect we'll grow out of it, eh?

That's my point though - I've never played ANY bass where the strings feel more even across the fretboard.

It's not really a big step to be honest. I was a little sceptical, but it's totally true that you can just pick one up and play almost as normal. OK if you can't get on with a longer than 34" scale the 37" might be a step up, but I've never played more than a 35" and it feels easy enough - after all, most of the extra length to the string is at the bridge end keeping the fret angle pretty low towards the headstock. The string tension across the strings is pretty spot on - mine has a 95 gauge E, which I would NEVER play on a 34" scale! I'm a 105 man all the way! I'm super impressed and am trying to figure what body parts I can sell to order a super P... I've only had about 40 minutes MAX on my Afterburner...

Well my Dingwall arrived yesterday and I have to say so far I'm super impressed! I'm already GASing for a Super P though...

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1327261801' post='1508572'] Nope, I know it sounds silly but looks are a big part of a bass for me and if I don't feel comfortable with how it looks I'd find it hard to play it live. [/quote] Well we can't all play checkerboard jazz basses now, can we?! Just got my Afterburner from Mark at Bassdirect yesterday and it's a revelation so far... Being primarily a P-bass player following this thread could get expensive!!!

Slightly unrelated, but does anyone know if the EBS Classic 1x12 is front or rear ported?

I have an AB1 incoming and my wife's nephew is a Daniel... Surely I qualify? BTW Has everyone watched the Dingwall factory tour on youtube? It's a very interesting 20 minutes or so.

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Pictures like that do not help my GAS!!!

[quote name='Bassnut62' timestamp='1326573588' post='1499114'] Now this is getting more towards my ideal home rig. I had been thinking about an old Ampeg flip top; that Ashdown does look like a good take on it, but too expensive. As you say an original Ampeg flip top would be cheaper! Have you tried the Ashdown rig? If so, what did you think? My only few experiences of Ashdown have been that they are trying too hard to copy vintage US valve sounds. [/quote] Never tried the Ashdown rig, but it's on my 'to do' list!

Ooh, combo... Ashdown Little Bastard Drophead. Deep breath before looking at the price though!!! Otherwise an Ampeg Fliptop, but that could end up even pricier than the drophead... The LB head and matching 1x12 do look very nice though if you're not 100% restricted to a combo, and cheaper than the drophead. I've built/modded a few valve amps in my time and this kind of project is something I'd love to build for myself in the future.

[quote name='sixdegrees' timestamp='1326308263' post='1495310'] Edit - and the lack of 'oomph' is probably due to the inherent Ashdown tone that scoops all the mids, and life, out of the sound. [/quote] No I was always happy with the sound. It was the raw volume I had an issue with. Not all watts are created equal. My current no.1 amp is the Terror Bass. Comparing it to Ashdown's 500 watt offerings and there is no comparison...