gary mac

I'd be worried, £850 is alot for what could well be a bitsa. Plus it will be a right pain for you if you discover faults with it once you get back home. Any warranty they offer you isn't going to be of much use when you are on the other side of the atlantic. So you will be paying for repairs/set up, unless of course you are capable of doing it yourself. Like others have said Fender P's aren't rare around these parts. You might have to look for a while to find a real good one but that's half the fun.

Come on then get the pics up

I see he has another one on there today

[quote name='bartelby' post='1069456' date='Dec 26 2010, 08:27 AM']Again, not the wife, but the sister in law got me the following books: [/quote] I was lucky enough to get both of those for christmas as well. Also a subscription to BGM.

DR Highbeams

My daughter has one (with the skull and cross bones), not to my tastes but it's really quite good.

This reallly isn't good enough, you still haven't tidied up that filler piece and you can't even use the excuse of having a dust free period anymore. Looking good though.

I like that very much, a very pleasing looking bass. Hope you enjoy.

I put a set of Wizard 64's in my vmj and would thoroughly recommend them.

I've got a VMJ and it's a very very good bass. I would advise you to try before buying though as the first three I tried were decidely ropey one way or another. Also some of them are very heavy, for example my daughters one is over 11lb.

I'm a DR convert. I've only tried the High Beams and think they are brilliant. Expensive maybe, but they seem to have a long life compared to others that I've used in the past.

I know this will sound like a narrow minded, ill thought out reply but to me the bass guitar is a four stringed instrument.

No effects for me. I did purchase a chorus pedal earlier in the year, can't remember why. Since sold and now pedal free.

Dave, glad it's a happy ending to this sorry saga. Time to enjoy your purchase now.

yes, been watching this one for a few days.

Welcome, hope you enjoy.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1060793' date='Dec 16 2010, 05:33 PM']Does a passive Wal actually "sound" like a Wal ... if you know what I mean?[/quote] Yes mine does as well

I think a BC'er recently paid about £1600 for one on ebay, which I think is probably on the high side.

[quote name='silddx' post='1059998' date='Dec 15 2010, 08:31 PM']Oh yeah? They've had some lovely carp out of Redmire very recently.[/quote] I think I've got to admit to having become a fair weather angler. Most of my adult life I've fished all year round and loved it, but this year I suddenly don't want to do it anymore. Getting my fishing fix with a daily dose of Matt Hayes on Quest.

Not at this time of year mate, the lakes are frozen and the fish aren't feeding.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1058255' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:08 AM']The stuff from Guitar Fetish has a decent reputation: [url="http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Bass-Guitar-Pickups_c_97.html"]http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Bass-Guita...ckups_c_97.html[/url] I've had quite a lot of stuff from Jay & I usually get it through in about 4 - 5 days. (and I have a nice Schaller 3D, including shim, in the drawer). G.[/quote] Have you tried these pick ups Geoff? Seem like a decent price, just wondered about the quality.

Like Jack said, finding the stuff is half the fun. That's exactly what I recently did with my P bass build. I was visiting this site and ebay a number of times each day. Got most of the bits on here, but had to resort to ebay for the neck. Just need a bit of patience and the time.