Bigwan

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1485947555' post='3227874'] Oh dear I was afraid of that. I've been Gas free for a while now but that's not helping. The EQ had better turn out to be poorly voiced for bass or Mrs Painy is gonna be getting upset with me [/quote] Or easily have it revoiced. It's only a few component changes.

Just to play devils advocate. I've owned the Vintage, the b7k and the b3k twice. Couldn't get along with any of them to be honest, but I was sure I must be missing something since they seemed so highly praised which is why I kept going back. It's been commented by fan bois that folks who don't "get it" mustn't be using them correctly... Alas they just weren't for me. I like the way Doug at darkglass thinks, his support seems excellent and I wish him every success, but they are not all things to all people. I've continually returned to the Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive pedal for my distortion needs, but again it might not work for you. This and my modified DIY BJFE Blueberry clone make a glorious noise when combined.

No, but the top on my ACG (0249) has the next slice off the Tasmanian Blackwood block: [url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/portfolio/0249-recurve-5/"]http://www.acguitars...0249-recurve-5/[/url] That 4 string is the bass that tipped me over the edge into ordering mine...

Has his own line of pedals too. The Gremlin was one of his bass overdrives if I recall correctly...

It's a P bass, so no! Think you're thinking of the 55-94, which is the US version of the 55-02. Sound way better than a MM to me, but then I HATE the MM sound...

I liked it. Awesome Lakland neck. I owned it at the same time as the 55-02 which slightly edged the 64 in playability, but the 64 sounded fab. The only issue I had was it was heavy at 11 3/4 lbs. You don't see many of them around.

Oh now, let me see... In rough chronological order I've owned: Aria MAB20/5 (Still own) MM 'Ray 5 Lakland 55-01 NTMB Fender Roscoe Beck V MM Bongo 5HH Dingwall AB1 Lakland 55-02 Dlx Lakland 55-64 ACG Recurve Graft 5 Sire V7 Alder/Rosewood ACG Recurve Custom 5 (Still own) Yamaha 425X (Still own) Of them all I'd probably rank my current ACG at the top, but it's tough to say what I'd call a close second... Various other musings: Scale length means very little. I wouldn't own a MM again. Ever. Lakland necks are awesome. Dingwalls are easier to play than they look and sound good, but I don't like the pickup switching. Best bang for buck is a tie between the Sire and the recently acquired Yamaha. Both amazingly good value. I think the Yamaha just edges it, but if we were talking 4 strings I'd probably give it to the Sire. Next I'd like to check out: Spector Euro 5LX or Forte 5 Dingwall P5

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1485697869' post='3225856'] Yeah, the roadworn is fantastic as a deliberately reliced bass but it is still a reliced bass with a craftsman making it look old not genuine wear caused by years of love and gigging, given the spare cash I would have this one in a heartbeat whereas I am actually thinking of trading the roadworn out and sticking with my 50's classic and getting that nice and worn through years of gigging and love [/quote] If you decide to sell the Roadworn let me know!

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1485607098' post='3225255'] The other thing that I've had to 'fit' are the replacement tuners. Even though I would be surprised if the originals aren't Wilkinsons, the base plates on the Wilkinson replacements are bigger, requiring grinding away of the preceding ones to avoid overlap! From that I can only assume that the peg spacings on the HB are subtly different to Fender and Squier. Worth noting if any of you are thinking of upgrading a HB yourselves! Still, they look OK - almost like they were designed to do this : [/quote] Bugger, bugger, bugger... Wish I'd known this last week. HB 50's P, Wilkinson tuners and bridge incoming... I may get a file at the ready!

Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive (my standard response to this sort of thread) or EBS Sheehan Deluxe would be good ones to investigate.

No. Nothing comes to mind...

Another vote for ACG here. Alan's work is extraordinary for the price, you get regular updates and he sticks to his projected completion date. I bought one of Alan's cheaper "graft" series basses (now discontinued) from a local guy (Black Coffee of this parish) to check out his work, and while it was visually bland, the construction was top notch. That convinced me to go for a custom build which I've been very pleased with. I've had a custom Shuker built before but I fell into the old trap... I THOUGHT I knew what I wanted, but by the time the bass was complete, my wants, and more importantly, my NEEDS had changed considerably. Jon's work is also excellent, but his communications and projected completion dates are woeful.

Nobody conservatively rates class D in my experience (I can hear the worm can being opened!). The Orange Terror is the only one I've played that felt it was anywhere close. Haven't played any of the newer generation stuff though (700/800/900 watt offerings).

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1484909210' post='3219560'] I know the older MarkBass LittleMark's had a switch mode power supply right, but they wheren't class D? I'm really not very clued up on all this, but I think they were class A/B, and certainly sounded a lot nicer than their newer class D ones... Cheers, Ewan [/quote] You're right about the Class A/B and switch mode supply on the little mark, but I think it was still a fixed voltage. If I recall correctly you had to change internal jumper settings to change the supply voltage between USA and Europe supply ranges.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1484845555' post='3219054'] I'm extremely interested in the Origin amp. I get the impression that although this might be rated low by modern class D standards, I know that Mark at Ashdown isn't the biggest fan of class D stuff, so I'd guess the power section here might be something different, either that or an extremely conservatively rated (i.e. honest) class D effort. If this isn't too pricey, and assuming my thoughts on the power section are true, I'll be pre-ordering one of these! Eude [/quote] I dunno. Reading through some of the literature on other sites "[font=Roboto, serif][size=5]The Origin comes complete with auto protect voltage for global touring musicians" [/size][/font]screams class D to me. I don't ever recall seeing a non-class D amp with that feature. It also looks a little small for a toroidal tranny the size you'd need for an "old school" 300 watts.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1484871992' post='3219391'] Gotta say that seriously is incredibly small. [/quote] Said the actress to the bishop...

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1484834505' post='3218906'] The Origin amp looks ace but is missing one thing (IMO) which makes the headphone socket really useful - an aux input. [/quote] Yup. Why would you EVER have one without the other...

https://www.gak.co.uk/blog/ashdown-20th-anniversary/ Some interesting stuff. The ltd ed ctm30 looks nice, but I bet it'll be eye wateringly expensive. Interested to see more on the Origin amp...

Saw that this morning. Have to say I'm a little disappointed. I hoped they'd go with a more vintage style. A proper vintage spec P on a budget would have been much more appealing...

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1484684162' post='3217535'] You can tell the case is plywood.... [/quote] And?

Beautiful!

[quote name='pierreganseman' timestamp='1484385052' post='3215055'] just received my Jake 54 style P Butterscotch ;-) sounds better than my Fender JV , oups .... hah [/quote] Pics or it didn't happen!

Never seen a CV in Silver before. Looks rather fetching!

As I see it going from B7K to Clean to VMT needs 2 footswitch presses with Doug's implementation. With Your idea Kev you'd need 3 wouldn't you (one to go to clean, one to change between B7K and VMT settings and a third to engage the dirt). Personally I also think it's pointless as you're highly unlikely to want to use the B7K and VMT circuits with the same settings...