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Thanks Dood. I am thinking about getting one of these as a small combo to take to rehearsals with my acoustic band as believe it or not, lugging my MarkBass CMD121H combo every Tuesday and Thursdays is getting a pain due to its size and weight. Something even smaller like this EBS would be great. However, I am a bit worried that it will be a little under powered but even more that it might suffer from what i have found most low output combos suffer from and thats a thin nasally middy sound with little tone and definition. I have a 30 watt Laney and it sounds like a wet paper box. As soon as you try and add any bass it just goes boxy and muddy. Does this suffer from this at all or does it tonally have definition and character? Sorry for all the questions

Beautiful Nick. I had a 77 with a black guard but I do like the white one on yours. Would love to have a play of it someday.

I would love to one of these '51 Precisions and have it repainted in Olympic White to match my Precision but coated in Nitro so it gets naturally reliced quickly. Anyone got any ideas how much something like that could cost and know of anywhere that can do this sort of thing?

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1320265171' post='1424652'] You should check out Clarky's 51 P Bass mate [/quote] Will do. Cheers

Another thing that makes me think its new is the Butterscotch colour has gone from the options.

I was just looking at the Fender website and noticed that it now has a section under Precision bass called classic. In this section is the '50's Precision and the '51 Precision. Am I right in remembering that the '51 Precision was removed from the website and has now been put back in the Fender line up under this new section called Classic or am I wrong and it has always been there? Either way I hope it stays as I do plan to get a '51 some day.

I am getting a bit of GAS for one of these. They do seem very expensive though for what they are

Really enjoyed watching that. Great to see him doing so well and enjoying it. you must be very proud. My son is 8 and is currently learning drums and can't wait to be able to jam along with him.

Roger, really sorry to hear that. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1319122469' post='1410235'] I got my NXT for £450, I added a fishman platimun pro preamp and reckon it sounds close enough to my mates orchestral double bass when recorded that I'm happy with it [/quote] Excellent, thank you, just what I needed to hear.

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1319120722' post='1410197'] Well, that puts it in rather a different ball game - I was assuming you still had the Stagg. In that case probably better to get a Steinberger than buy a new Stagg if you have the budget. [/quote] Glad you said that. Gives me an excuse to get a new toy Thanks for the help.

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1319119916' post='1410177'] Having owned a Stagg (yours now Michael) and a Steinberger I feel that you will probably be just as well off with a bit of knob tweeking on the Stagg. Yes, the Steinberger is the better bass in terms of workmanship, playability and overall quality but in sonic terms not a lot, I feel. [/quote] Thanks Bassace. I don't own the Stagg anymore as I was spending more time on fretless. To start again, would it be better to pick up a 2nd hand Steinberger or not spend the extra and pick up a second hand Stagg? I have read some horror stories regarding the Stagg in terms of build quality. Thankfully our one was fine. I think you can pick up a Steinberger for aroung £400 second hand.

Thanks guys, might be worth me getting one to noodle around at home and to record this song then. Good tip on the reverb. Thanks.

I may have to record a song soon which I feel would really suit a double bass sound. I have a bit of GAS for an NS Wav or NXT which I may bring forward if it can give me a nice double bass tone. My old Stagg could easily do a nice fat double bass tone. Does anyone know if the NS Wav or NXT can produce an authentic double bass tone or does it sound like a glorified fretless?

Yes, my current band I am in this situation. They released an album back in Feb and I joined them in March. To be honest, the bass lines are not much so I have spiced them up and they said they so wished they had me on the album. Thankfully we are starting to record the second album in a couple of weeks so I can't wait for that. We are also going to record one of the songs from the first album as they prefer my bass line and how the song sounds now. It was fun learning the old album though and then totally changing the bass lines