dangerboy

Robbie's a pleasure to deal with. I hope he has lots of fun with his new Sansamp!

I want one SO much.

I know exactly what would happen if I bought one of those SVT-style pedals - I'd play with it until I got my "sound" - ie the sound I get out of a Sansamp now. But I'm still tempted to buy one! Tech21 are absolute teases. Ditto the 6-preset monster - I only use one preset on my programmable BDDI now, but still I'm dreaming about 3 extra banks to not use. I am a weak man.

I find things work best with mine when I use it for long held notes, and make sure it's tuned to the key of the passage where I'm using it. Then it sounds great. Unworldy, but great.

£150 is too much cash. Hold out for one here or on the 'Bay for nearer £100. They're wicked basses but no point spending too much for one.

BRX, Currently 2 Beans (don't ask why...), the 450b and the Kramer/Longfellow bydrid up above. Love them. Love them all. OG, Yep, the Kramers dive. The Beans don't. The aluminium tone is definitely different to a classic wooden one.

[quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='136532' date='Feb 8 2008, 01:42 PM']dangerboy, thanks for the offer, but unfortunatly im only after the neck. i plan on getting another body built for it. but after your post i just realised, aren't all the aluminium necks thru necks? so it wouldn't work would it? matt[/quote] Hi Matt, The Travis Beans are through-necks. Kramers had bolt-on necks on wooden bodies (and aren't as sought after for that as well as other reasons). The rout for a Kramer neck is very different from a Fender - so you'll need to either buy a used Kramer neck (I got one off eBay and used it to make this: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84144792@N00/sets/72157603263405555/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/84144792@N00/...57603263405555/[/url] ) and get a body made for it, or get an alu neck made to fit a Fender. Of the alu luthiers I've come across: I'm pretty sure Electrical (http://www.electricalguitarcompany.com/) will do you a neck. Last time I asked Greg Bailey (http://www.baileycustomguitar.com/) he didn't have a long enough lathe to do basses. Pete Longfellow (http://www.longfellowguitars.com/) in London might be worth a shout as he casts his necks rather than machining them. Go read www.metalnecks.com to discover everything.

Hooray! My specialist subject! I've got 4 alu-necked basses at the moment. If you're after a Kramer, I have a lovely 450b I could be persuaded to sell. It's made of walnut and looks like this: [url="http://www.valvette.us/rique/21486.html"]http://www.valvette.us/rique/21486.html[/url] I used to use one of those Hartke necks on a P-bass, and because the aluminium isn't bolted to the body, but all the string tension runs through it, it started pulling itself out of the neck by wrenching the fingerboard off. Not pretty.

I have never seen 'AFAICS' before. Two rounds of applause for Mr. Roady for adding a cool new acronym to my life.

VFB-2 will change your life. Every crummy pedal that sucks bass... Now no longer sucks bass. I've been playing with all sorts of mad boutique guitar fuzzes using mine.