Bigwan

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='285592' date='Sep 17 2008, 09:42 AM']That's what I did - and you have the advantage of owning the bass to start with. Here's my 'before and after' for you. he 'after' has nice black chrome knobs too now. [/quote] My current threads in the 'wanted' section here, and on the statii forum, are all your fault Dave. That's a corking looking bass mate.

You don't have to look at it when you're playing with it Seriously - you get past the looks pretty quick when you get used to that glorious sound!

Hi guys, There's 2 'showroom condition' Peavey G-basses on ebay UK at the mo. One 4 string in metallic green and one 5 string in metallic red. Seem to be being sold by Peavey UK. Cheers Ian

It doesn't take long to get used to the 5HH pickups. And you're right Kev - everything flat is one of the best sounds these things produce. Fat and punchy. Loving mine.

You're all gits...

Ashdown ABM. easier on the back and the wallet... Although I'd say with an Ampeg 8x10 you're not too worried about your back!

:wacko: Every bugger's seen it but me!

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='281070' date='Sep 10 2008, 01:13 PM']You should've seen what I was originally going to post here!!! [/quote] Well now I'm curious!

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='281060' date='Sep 10 2008, 01:06 PM']I was up at Jon's early last week and saw your bass. The finish is fantastic and really catches the eye. It looks a lot deeper in the flesh[/quote] Not helping with the wait!

Well I was on the blower with Jon last night squaring up the remainder of the bill and organising shipping. The bass just needs a setup now and should be on its way to me on Monday. All being well it'll be here on Wednesday. I have to wait another week... so near... don't know if my nerves can take it... wibble... wibble... snarf...

You should try asking this question on the statii.com forums too. Captive audience!

[quote name='charic' post='279403' date='Sep 7 2008, 11:02 PM']the line6 is plenty loud enough. Its mre just a bad case of wanting summat new. I blame basschat![/quote] Yeah, this place is mustard for that!

Very nearly there! Only fitting the pots left to do. Should be in my grubby mits soon! I'm drooling here... More pics. The last one's were a bit light, these may seem dark in comparison, but the colour in these is closer to what I was after: [attachment=12903:DSCN4963.jpg][attachment=12904:DSCN4964.jpg]

[quote name='johnnylager' post='276186' date='Sep 3 2008, 12:31 PM']Buy my ABM & I'll let you know![/quote] Got one already mate!

Have to say I'm sorely tempted by the LH1000 myself. Lots of amp for the money. Wonder how they sound compared to an Ashdown ABM?

I've read a few guys on Talkbass comapre this to the Alembic preamp in tone...

BTW, has anyone ever youtube'd Roscoe Beck - the man is a friggin' monster! Listen to some of the Fender Frontline vids of him with the Koch trio. Awesome!

The Gallery used to stock them. Actually I posted a few years back about a mini Jazz 5 shootout that I had there by myself. If I recall correctly I quite liked the Fender Jazz 5 (which I was quite surprised at tbh). But it was a pretty distant 4th behind a Lakland Skyline JO5 (1st - I could get used to the 35" scale easily, but then I have pretty big hands), a Moon 5 (2nd, ex-Randy Hope Taylor, never seen another one in the UK like it) and a Sadowsky NYC 5 (3rd - only 'cos it was stupid money s/h - if it had been a Metro it may have bumped the JO). Worst Jazz 5 I played that day was a Fender Marcus Miller... just didn't feel as good as the others at all - that surprised me too as the MM4 is one of the best Fenders I've ever played! A Lakland Skyline JO5 with an East J-retro or Audere would be the best bet... or just leave it passive and get an external Sadowsky preamp/di pedal (or a Sadowsky Metro - they're starting to pique my interest).