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not sure myself, but there's plenty of knowledgeable valve folk over on the musicradar forums who might be able to help you out

yeah, but have a look around, something will come up if you're patient. I thoroughly recommend that blazer btw.

Personally, having done a bit of shipping between counties, I wouldn't bother with shipping. £350 can get you decently setup with something playable from this forum. For example if I was going to get started today I would get this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/173768-1982-ibanez-blazer-pics-up/ and this http://basschat.co.uk/topic/138648-vox-escort-50-bass-amp-price-reduction-now-only-l100/page__p__1609489__hl__vox__fromsearch__1#entry1609489 sorted.

[quote name='thunderider' timestamp='1334693217' post='1619965'] they sh*te then??? [/quote] imho, sh*te yes... all of that range of Marshalls. but hey i'm just one guy.

I wouldn't bother with this head at all...

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1334596897' post='1618290'] Matamp are pretty much a different league to Sunn quality wise mind. Check link in sig, as I have a ton of amps that are suitable for these things, some of which can sell, but mostly to give you a general idea of what can work for the purpose. [/quote] cool blog man, but you should tag your posts by make / model / tube etc then have a labels menu! would make browsing hella easy.

[quote name='analogrowl' timestamp='1334571830' post='1617657'] Yup but i do fear that sunn is just so trendy since sunn o))) cast a light on this brand and are overpriced. This one is at the same price as a new ampeg SVT-VR so that sounds ok to me. [/quote] yes true, they tend to be overpriced. but they definitely do the sound well.

I would snap up anything Sunn... 300Ts are very highly sought after. Would be great for that sound and a good investment too. I'd like a link to anywhere sunns are on sale too

check out Tym big bottom, for nothing else than it's a cool concept.

Anyone played bass through one of these? thoughts?

bloke i know in australia just purchased one from japan, not sure what channel he went through though

kinda mosrite meets telecaster

would be interested to see how it compares to the schecter hellcat vi and the MIJ fender vi

oh they have just been announced: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eastwood_guitars_introduces_the_new_sidejack_vi.html

Only just found out about these, they retail for about £500 I think. Anyone played one? [url="http://cdn1.notreble.com/buzz/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Eastwood-Sidejack-VI-620x192.jpg"][/url]

very cool

went for £250 with a nice hard case! STEAL.

Would love one of these, but not in the market right now: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBANEZ-BLAZER-BASS-GUITAR-1981-VINTAGE-RIGHT-HANDED-/360445057040?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item53ec331810

Thanks, lots of good suggestions! from a brief bit of research i think my top ones are pickle pie, mxr fuzz deluxe, and depth charge. I love the sound of my setup now, which is a black big muff through a Tym Big Bottom (a great bass loop filter thing), but I just want something simpler and smaller. The Tym Big Bottom is fantastic - it splits the signal so that the low frequencies go straight through to the amp clean, while the mid/high frequancies go into an effect loop where you can put any pedal. So I get clean low end and fuzzy high end - amazing.