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I didn't post on basschat up to now, and only stopped by from time to time for reading and looking for equipment in the market place - so a minimum post count would exclude me from the market place (as a seller), for some time at least. Still, I have to say I'd actually recommend it. I'm moderating the bass section in Germany's biggest musician's board, and we have introduced a minimum post count for selling at our market place some time ago. As far as I can tell, it didn't scare new users away - there were no noticable negative effects on the number of new users. But it did lead to a noticable decrease in user complaints about sellers from our market place section - of course a certain number of posts doesn't mean you can automatically trust everyone who has reached the minimum count. But 50 posts can actually help to get a better picture of the person you're dealing with, and peple who just sign up to rip others of in our experience mostly don't make the effort to participate that much. Some do, of course, and try to get the minimum number of posts quickly by excessive spamming - that's why we introduced a minimum time of membership as well, and quickly react to obvious spamming. That of course does mean some additional work for the mod team, I have to admit that But although I usally am very much against unnecessary restrictions, I have to say it really helped to minimize trouble with our market place section. And all that actually seems to draw new users rather than scare them away - 'cause the market place offers at least a little bit more security for buyers, and people often sign up simply to contact sellers ... and quite often stay and begin to take an active part in the community Actually I just signed up on basschat to contact a seller in the first place

Oh yes, pics would be great Just recently switched to Spectors myself, having only played Fender Precision(s) over the last years. The neck certainly is a bit on the "chunky" side, but being used to Precision necks, I actually found them surprisingly comfortable to play ... My favourite bass right now is an old Czech model as well, an old NS-4CZ. EMG-Hz PJs, and the former owner switched the electronics for an Aguilar OBP-1. Solid maple, quite on the heavy side - but a tone to die for, one beast of a bass Right now, I'm looking for another PJ- or JJ-equipped Czech Spector as backup ... Own an old Korean NS2000(Q4) as well, but with basswood body and soapbars it's just too different tonally - though a really great bass, and I got it damn cheap - for a stage backup ... Getting an old Czech Spector for just £150 is really a deal almost too good to be true - congratulations, I hope you enjoy your Spector as much as I enjoy mine

I've bought (and sold) a quite impressive number of amps over the years ... But the Ashdown ABM was love on first sight, well, no, love on the first note played, and it's a real keeper. Have tried several amps since, from various compact mini-heads to some Ampeg SVTs (always thought that for rock bass sounds I should go for Ampeg, but somehow haven't found one yet that I actually liked). Well, never was really satisfied with anything I tried until I got back to our rehearsal room, plugged into the ABM, and was glad I didn't buy anything else ... For deep (but not muddy) rock sounds with lots of low mids and just a little bit of tube grind, im my opinion you just can't beat the ABM! Mine is a UK-made ABM500 Black Edition, by the way ... How do you like it for funk sounds? I only need deep, dirty rock sounds, and the ABM delivers ... But would be interesting to try to get some clean funk tones out of it. Just recently switched from Fender Precision to Spector basses, and discovered that slapping (which never really interested me before) on the Spectors is actually fun . If you find a sound that works for you, it would be great if you'd post your settings