Bigwan

A second hand Lakland JO and either an on-board preamp (Sadowsky or Aguilar) or floor based pre. Might push your budget a little but worth the stretch in my opinion. I've only played one jazz bass that compared to my JO for me and it was a Celinder (the Scarbee Celinder that Flanker and CrazyKiwi used to own - used to be pictured at the top of the old Basschat forum page), and one of the finest basses I've ever touched...

[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1320152741' post='1422961'] Seems more Bugera than Ibby. [/quote] Based on...? Bugera don't have an equivalent product that I'm aware of, and that's not the way they work anyway. They straight out clone other manufacturer's designs. The HB brand function by getting manufacturers to supply the guts of their own products and repackaging them - the Epiphone Valve Junior being one example. HB just repackaged the guts of the VJr and added a tone control, but the PCB actually says Epiphone on it. There was another amp very similar to this one available a while back... Was it White Horse or something... I remember seeing a site where the guy who designed the Promethean discussing his amp designs...

3 year thomann warranty should allay any fears over quality - they're top notch to deal with. Probably made in the same factory as the Ibanez Promethean!

Sounding like a ray on a budget is as easy as A. T. K. - Ibanez ATK! Having owned 4 & 5 string rays (and a bongo until quite recently) even an ATK300 can get VERY close. Have to say the first time I played an ATK was in Guitarguitar in Glasgow and A/Bed the ATK with 2 different EB Rays (one maple board, one rosewood board) and the ATK was FAR superior... just my opinion... Doesn't look much like a ray though. A status ray neck will cost you more new than a used EB Sub and that's before you add neck hardware, let alone a body, bridge and electronics.

You were all robbed! Mine was £20 from a local music forum!

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1319472361' post='1414552'] individual, but thats one weighty price for a 3000 series . [/quote] Totally - I've just bought one, maybe in not such minty-fresh condition, but it was a third of that price!

I've played 3 that the Gallery have had over the years. One was the most awesome think I'd ever put my hands on at the time (5 string Emperor Dlx). The other 2 (both 4 strings of some description - 1 may have been a Vic Wooten 'sig' but can't recall) could have been described as mediocre at best. The next person along would have a different opinion, and rightly so, so it's horses for courses.

A P bass you say - Orange Terror Bass. No question. I tried a friends Streamliner 600, which is great too, but the Orange has that extra something even if it isn't as flexible as the Streamliner. Worth the trouble to try and find one in my opinion.

Yeah I'd be faffed-off too. Having said that Jon does excellent work (that I can attest to from 1st hand experience). I wouldn't have paid that much for it (Finished at just over a grand for anyone who hasn't clicked the link - double what Dr. Dave sold it for here last year... wish I'd bought it at the time!).

Hmmm that looks very familiar - It was Dr.Dave's and was for sale here last year. Listing doesn't happen to mention that Jon Shuker did the spalted beech top... It WAS an original 3000: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/109162-status-sold/page__hl__%22spalted+beech%22__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/109162-status-sold/page__hl__%22spalted+beech%22__fromsearch__1[/url]

If you decide to pass this on instead of tarting up the preamp, I may be interested...

I recently acquired a 1983 Squier SQ series precision bass in a deal. Would someone in the know be able to hazard a guess at what sort of money one of these basses may fetch in well used, naturally reliced condition? I know the JV series get talked about a lot, but you don't hear so much about these...

Will has just bought my Bongo. Great chap to deal with. Fast payment and great communications. Wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again!

I had one of these heads for a few years. It was reasonable, but not really good enough to leave a lasting impression. For a little more money you could do MUCH better on the second hand market (for example I bought an orange terror bass for £300 + p&p - sounds much better to me and is STUPIDLY loud/small - the Laney is sizeable, and not light either).

Just sold James my Warwick Corvette. Excellent, hassle free transaction. SUPER fast payment and great communications. Nice guy to boot! Deal with confidence!

I've just sold a 1995 German made Corvette Proline, wenge neck (more desireable than the Ovankol it would seem - much nicer profile than more recent models), bubinga body, passive MEC pickups in almost new condition for £350. Look further for your money. There was a chap on Fastfude (Northern Ireland site) who had a German made Ash bodied Corvette for sale a while back for similar money - no recent updates so if it's still there it may be had even cheaper. [url="http://fastfude.org/topic.php?id=44510"]http://fastfude.org/topic.php?id=44510[/url]