Graham

Cheers for all the input guys, i ordered a Hiscox case yesterday, sorry cyber didn't see your post until too late

I love the Lindy Fralins in my Lakland, they just sound like a precision should, however i can't say if they're any better than any others so not a lot of help there i know. I'm also very keen to try Bare Knuckle's '58 and '65 P pickups

I'm after a hardcase for my Lakland Duck Dunn or G&L L2000 depending on which I'm using - so simple traditional shapes - I've been looking at Hiscox's STD EBS or Gator's GPE-Bass-TSA is either particularly better than the other? Or is there not much between them? Or, is there another I've not considered? Hiscox [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/hiscox-std-ebs/3087"]http://www.gak.co.uk/en/hiscox-std-ebs/3087[/url] Gator [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/gator_gpe_bass_tsa.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/gator_gpe_bass_tsa.htm[/url] Cheers, Graham

I have a de-fretted jazz copy from the 70s by Avon which you can have for £100.00 that has the 'lines' where the frets have been filled in PM me if you're interested

Lovely, i sadly need to downsize my collection after moving to a flat so i'm thinking about selling all my basses apart from the Lakland and using the money to buy a good 5-string - does anyone know ballpark prices for new and second hand USA L2500s?

The metal band I'm in play in drop B but as I'm awkward I play in B standard and just shuffle everything that isn't on the bottom string up two frets - has made for some tricky fingering occasionally when open strings have been involved but it's never caused a major problem

That's the first Parker bass I've ever liked the shape of

Do you have to make any mods to it to make it run on UK power or can you just use one of those adaptors that sit on the plug you can get at the airport?

Cheers guys, i would like to own a bass with a non-lacquered maple board one day, presumably there's a way to get them clean

My G&L has a lacquered maple fretboard and it occoured to me the other day that I haven't a clue why - is there some tonal or playability advantage or is it just aesthetic? If it is just aesthetic it's a shame as I prefer the look of maple necks without the lacquer and it must cost more to make a guitar with it

[quote name='Gwilym' timestamp='1328048739' post='1521076'] ah yes, I'm actually not that bothered about the Q, so anything with a semi-parametric EQ that goes down to the bass frequencies would do. [/quote] In that case the EBS Fafner has a semi-parametric mid which I love - I tend to leave the bass and treble more or less flat, boost the mids and use the frequency control to tune it to the room. I think fully parametric eqs are less popular as a lot of people don't really know what the Q control does and so ignore it or mis-use it, both of which will make it sound a bit sh*t. Like you say it's not that complicated but it's not something a lot of people are familiar with

I assume you're after heads with fully parametric EQs with the Q control?

Can't persuade you to move to Sussex can I? Good luck sounds like a blast

I found that when I was playing an Ibanez K5 - two active humbuckers with a 3 band eq which had a semi-parametric mid so buckets of tonal control but really only a few usable tones and tbh by the time I finished with it and swapped to a jazz I only really found 1 tone on it that I really liked.

I played oned of the J-type Lodestones at the Birmingham guitar show a copule of years ago on the Ashdown stand, I really liked it - the neck was very comfortable and while the EMGs aren't everyone's cup of tea seemed to work really well in that bass