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I have a 2006 US standard Jazz and it feels and sounds miles better than my mates GL Jap jazz, matter of opinion I guess and getting a "good" one or not.

To be honest the best sound coming through on the alien ears is the drums (Andre the owner of alien ears is a drummer), they sound absolutely fantastic, however I'm more than satisfied with the bass sound. I got an audiologist to do my impressions (I messed up the kit they send, its not easy) therefore they are a perfect fit and after a while I forget they are even in.

Ashdown have just brought this out , not heard it yet tho! http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=pedal&ID=277

Yeah triple drivers are the way to go on Bass and Drums. I got some AE3's from Alien ears and they are simply amazing, I wrote about them on here a few weeks ago and will do write up on performance soon. Sounds like ACS are a good company as well.

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I have a 90s, 2eq eb sting ray, sounds ace, I used to have all the pots turned up full but I fried my pre amp after about 5 years and had to replace, I back them off a bit now Never played an pre eb sting ray, on my to do list tho

Knowing allot of people and band members who work in music retail they always say get these... [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/voodoo_labpedal_power_2_plus.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ower_2_plus.htm[/url] Their expensive but all of your power requirements will be sorted forever. I've seen cheaper power supply units used in the past and at many venues you can/will get noise issues. I'm hoping to do the same soon and jump into the world of pedal boards, much easier when your on a multi band night and need quick change overs. Cheers.

Ace! I'll look out for a chin wag

Holla - we have three gigs over the weekend of 22nd June Just South Of Manchester 1. Fri 22nd - The Old Millstone, Macclesfield, Cheshire (8pm) 2. Sat 23rd - The "Mac", Macclesfield, Cheshire, Playing with the ace butterfly Jam (Remember Sub Sub, Aint No Love?) (7pm) 3. Sun 24th - Langley Fate, Macclesfield, Cheshire. (All PM) The first is full band and the next two are acoustic sets If your in the area bob in for a groove. Peace Out. Mikey. RT.

Well its been a while but I finally ordered some Alien Ears CE3's with the detectable chord and engraved case. Following the order I quickly received an E-mail with my "Interactive Invoice" and instructions on what to do next. Couple of weeks went by and I received my impression Kit, by which time the guitarist out of the band decided he was going to purchase he CE2's with the "Ambient Vent Feature" which I believe is a port into the headphones to increase or decrease outside noise, very snazzy! So we decided to do the impressions at the same time and save some money on postage. At this point let me warn you if your deciding to get Alien Ears, dont bother with the free impression kit unless you feel confident in doing it, we made a right dogs dinner, soon used up all the material and it ended up in the bin! Oh and it costs $15 + $50 delivery for a new kit! Not to be deterred I found a local audiologist who did the impressions for us, its cost us £35 each and they were perfect! So I would recommend going down this route and factoring the cost into your budget (Something I did not and I got a bit a grief from the missuses!) We sent the impressions back to the US and it cost £3.80 through the post office. I also put low a value on of £1 to avoid tax. That was a couple of weeks ago and checking the database on the website Alien Ears have now got the impressions and they have been accepted, the check does not provide an update of the actual manufacture stage. Looking forward to trying them out and I'll post another update on the performance Just wanted to share my experiences with everyone and hope it helps. I had no idea how this was going to pan out and after spending over £300 I was quite anxious. Many thanks. Base.

Excellent, I am seriously thinking of going for the Alien ears, i recon cost will be about £260/£270 factoring in sending the impression kit back which does not seem to cost that much, my only worry is any tax or import costs i may get hit on when the package gets sent, athough it will only be a small size. mmmmmm? Many thanks Mikey.

Hello - rest of my band use IEM's and i'm thinking about joining them, having looked around and read for a number of weeks now I want to try and get some custom fit ones... http://www.minerva-hearingprotection.co.uk/dual-driver-custom-ear-monitors.html Thinking of getting a set of these and just wondered if they will be ok for Bass playing? I know the triple drivers would be better but price is getting too much at that point! Any thoughts would be a massive help! Many thanks. Mikey.

Anyone ever used them, any experience? With me ordering from UK am not sure? Good price though and they send custom kit, i worked out will only cost about £10 to send it back. AE3's [url="http://www.alienears.com/"]http://www.alienears.com/[/url] Many thanks.

I've played that bass - I remember when he made it For a very short period of time I worked in a music shop in Mac and it was up for sale in there, so on lunch time I could not resist and had a go. He's a top bloke Warwick - today I always go to him for any setups or repairs, I'm about to ask him to do the internation on my Taylor poohstick. PS. my mates got one of these cost him around £750 / £800, mmm am not sure about this web site tho - seems too good to be true.... [url="http://oneclickmultimedia.net/product/fender-geddy-lee-jazz-bass/"]http://oneclickmulti...-lee-jazz-bass/[/url] Cheers.

Excellent - thank you for all the replies - I never thought of things like re-sale value etc.. so def food for thought. Apologies I prob put the order of reasons wrong at the top - I def want a 2nd bass for a different sound from the music man and a Jazz would really kick ass on some of our newer songs - finally it is a safety net in case anything goes wrong, touch wood but in 15 yrs my music man has never let me down apart from the odd snapped string. The Luthier is called Warick Stevenson - he is very good. PS this is a very nice dilema to have, i'm very lucky Kind Reagrds.

Hello, In March I will have enough cash saved up to purchase a 2nd bass (Around £750), my main reasonings for this... 1. I want a 2nd bass on stage in case anything goes t£$%s up! 2. I currently have a classic Music Man which is a great active, punchy, funky sounding bass but would also like a good passive sounding bass for those songs that require more growl and classic tone. 3. The 2nd bass will also give me more versatility in the recording studio So... up to now i'm really thinking about getting a fender Jazz which having played friends i know it will deliver what I'm after - there a great asset to have. However I have another option - I know a local Luthier with a very good reputation who for the same price will build me a hand made bass with the straight thru neck and passive electronics. Basically I was hoping to get other folks opinions, thoughts and experiences before deciding what to do... Many thanks! Mikey.

Ahh of cause, much simpler idea, nice one

Great, johnnyshredfreak is a cracking little find, I can get everything I need, power supply, daisy chain and power lead. What was putting me off the pedaltrain was the mounting cost once you start adding on the power accessories, plus I was wary of what fits underneath etc... But I'm keen now having seen that. The shop I was going to purchase the ashdown board from still have my cash so I may speak to them first and see if they have any in and if I can negotiate a deal. Many thanks!

Another options would be this... [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_pb1000_pedal_board.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_pb1000_pedal_board.htm[/url]

I do like the pedaltrains and I have seen them in action. What other powerblocks can fit underneath? Many thanks!