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I have been gassing for a BVV3000 for years - never see them come up. Suprised you found one.

I'm having 'nam like flashbacks to a gig in Leamington Spa and my Carlsbro BG150 stack developing a dry joint mid set - saved by a bass player in the audience who ran home and returned with his own head for me to use (and told the Singer and guitarist what a pair of cnuts they were for giving me so much grief for it in front of the crowd)

Picked up an Ampeg SCR-DI from Fleabay via those well practiced destroyers of gear, Gear4Music. £50, described as "having a hissing noise" As it turns out, after much testing and stressing, what they completely failed to mention was it had NO noise, in fact no sound via the inputs, and indeed no power socket as it had been smashed into the body. Fortunately I had the remains of a dead Behringer BDi21 which had the exact same 9v socket on it. Unfortunately the trace pad that the third connector (which bypasses the battery when a power lead is connected I believe) was trashed. Fortunately the +ve and -ve pads were intact. So now I had power - but still no sound. Then discovered the ribbon cable between the input section and main board had two broken wires. There is no way I was going to attempt to desolder and trim back the whole ribbon cable, so I placed two wire jumpers across the two broken sections of Ribbon cable. H ey presto fully working Ampeg SCR-DI. The mind boggles how exactly the hell they managed to breeak the power socket so spectacularly AND break two Ribbon cable attachments on a 10-wire ribbon cable when everything inside is so well attached to the frame! Pedal looks like it had been on someones board so I guess they broke it and sent it back and the returns departement were to lazy to check it. So despite thinking it was initially well beyond repair, I know have a fully working (apart from the battery section) SCR-DI. The DOWNSIDE is I thought it was completely FUBAR so I ordered a new one.. so I will shortly have TWO... lol

The Frankenspector (with my CK-4)... factory reject Spector Performer Classic (the curved body) body and neck, Fretmarker overlays, Gotoh707 tuners, Schaller 3d bridge, EMG40DC's and a Michalik BP4 preamp. And of course "The Dood" - 1991 Samick Squier neck, unknown origin body, Allparts Omega badass clone, Greco Lawsuit Pickups, Wilkinson 70's style tuners.

Onset of Spondylosis forced me to lighten up - ended up with Warwick LWA 1000 and two of the matching Celestion loaded 4x8 cabs.

ITS.ALL.IN.THE.PICKUPS.AND.STRINGS.AND.THE.WAY.ITS.PLAYED. Any "difference" is so minimal its barely defineable. And impossible to detect in a mix. I hate the sound of the EMG P/J's on my Spector CK4 when Im just playing it solo through an amp. But then I drop it into a recording and it sounds epic. Jazz necks are a matter of prefference for playability - me, I just dont get on with them - my ideal is one of the early 70's 40mm nut A style necks on a P bass.

More likely because lots of us go on ebay and report it as a fraud.

To clarify - I have absolutely no issue with Squiers. I own one and a half (the half being a bitser featuring a 1991 Korean Samick made neck that is equally as nice as any P bass I have owned - the other being a cort made 1996 P bass). Both of my Spectors are "budget" models (MIK)- the three Warwicks I have owned the same (Rockbass), and the two Thunderbirds I had were both Epiphones (a Thunderbird IV MIK and a TBird Pro IV). Personally I think Fenders (and many other brands - don't get me started on Ric's) are overpriced too - for a mass produced instrument. The nicest P bass I have owned was a parts built bass using new Fender parts, but because it was screwed together by a chap in the Midlands not a union shift worker in california it was deemed to be much less valuable (though in my humble opinion it walked both the 1976 I used to own and the 1993 MIJ 62RI Photoflame I also used to own). Seriously regret selling it. The "Black Logo" first run MIM P bass I had was also a magnificent bass - but "looked down on" because it wasn't "'a "propper" fender. If people are happy to spend upwards of £900 on one because it has a mystical JV serial number on it - thats their choice. To me it is very much "emperors new clothes".

Squiers can be fine instruments. But I will NEVER part with 700 for one. Emperors new clothes to me.

I have to say I prefer this to my Cort made 96 squier. It's lighter, sounds lovelly. Also find myself picking it up more than my two Spectors - the CK4 costing about 6 times what it cost to asemble this.

On a serious note - Black Crowes supporting The Stones at Wembly on the Voodoo Lounge tour. Stones were amazing (though there was a really nasty atmosphere in the crowd.. not experienced that before) - Crowes were in their "jazz"phase.. musically ok but boring as frig.

In the 1980's a work colleague took his then girlfriend to see Rory Gallagher. He was not disapointed - however his girlfriend (who hated heavy music) was though. she misheard him when he asked her and thought she was going to see Rory Bremmner live....

Considre it payback for the uplift your unpretentious laid back, informative video's give me when I watch them

Sometimes I think Meth would be cheaper

errr... 😬😏 early birthday present.. until Friday it had a cheap chinese no-name maple board neck on it - perfectly serviceable but... the Jones's kicked in (before I saw the blinking black schaller 3-D 5 string bridge in the classifieds. I have owned (to my vague recollection) about 14 p basses over the years - and of those I thing about 2/3 I put together from parts on a whim and a moment of impulse spending "well.. I bought a body so.... may as well get a neck.. and pickups.. and tuners.. and a bridge..." Yep I have a serious addiction. "P Bass Bitsers Anonymous" anyone? My past NOT self built were.. 1976 US refinished in Purple burst (I miss it so bad) 1996 MIM "Black Logo" in black 1990's MIJ 62RI Photoflame in Blueburst 2012 US FSR in hand stained wine red (reappeared in the classifieds a month or so back) 1996 MIK Squier in Midnight Wine SECOND 1996 MIK Squier in Midnight Wine (it may be the one I sold in the late 90's above... cant remember the serial number but some dinks look VERY familiar!) 1970's Maya Lawsuit copy One of those German Copies with the "butcher board" body and the wierd plastic plug on the back (name escapes me...) 1988 Encore Thats just the P's/ Add about 4 J's, 2 Spectors, Three Warwick Rockbasses (Vampyre, 5 string Streamer LX and Streamer standard), Washburn XS4 and XS5, Cort action 3/4 size, Some odball Charvell copy, A couple of Ibanez (1980 RS900 and SR305B), Two Epiphone T Birds (Thunderbird IV and a Tbird Pro IV)... I DEFINITELY have a problem.