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I've recently converted from Aguilar DB112's to the, much lighter, SL112's. Very few of these around on the used market but I really like their sound and my back just loves the weight saving!

Phil from [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk"]BassGear[/url] is over in LA at Winter NAMM and a friend & I are 'minding the store' for him for the week If anyone fancies popping over I should be hear until Thursday between 11:00 & 17:00 As I'm on duty for the next couple of days it means I have an entire showroom full of Fodera, Alleva Coppolo, Ritter, Zon, Boulder Creek, Zoot, Aguilar, Bag End, MarkBass plus a stack of various pre-owned lovelies to play with! There's also some new Aphex Exciter pedals to try out. So far my 'early shift' has consisted of trying a lovely Fodera Emperor 5 through my 'reference' Aguilar TH500 & a pair of SL112's vs a powered Bag End 2x12. Sounds fantastic - especially the B & I'm really no 5 string player these days. Someone's coming over this afternoon to try the Emperor so thought I'd give it whirl just in case it sells later Now, what next to try. . .

Wow - look amazing! I might prefer it to be a bit of a darker blue but I'm a sucker for his kind of finish

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1326531077' post='1498391'] Even some proper musicians will probably ask why you can't afford a proper instrument like a Squier or a Fender [/quote] Exactly this happened to me once - I was playing a posh wedding using my new, and pretty expensive, MTD535. In the interval a bass player in the audience (who'd been watching me intently in the first half) told he'd just bought a new fender USA and that it was great. He then said that if I couldn't afford one that the Mexican or Japanese Fenders were pretty good as well. I sai thanks for his advice and said he should try an MTD some day but they were sometimes quite expensive. I pointed out that a new one was probably £3K but if he kept his eyes open he might find a used one for around the £2K mark. His jaw promptly hit the floor and he wandered off - I didn't see him again for the rest of the gig

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1326493537' post='1498144'] Works of art, but nothing I'd want to own or play. [/quote] I thought that until I played one - I am now several thousand pounds poorer, but a much happier bassist

Bugger me - he's sold three of the four in a day! These were only posted up yesterday and all four were for sale then. My favourite is still up for grabs though

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1326374084' post='1496200'] sparkly finish of the last one is gorgeous! [/quote] That's my favourite - would love to see this one in the flesh

I posted some pics of the new single cuts earlier if anyone wants a quick link to them [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/164864-new-jens-ritter-singlecut-design/page__pid__1496200#entry1496200"]http://basschat.co.u...00#entry1496200[/url] Three of the four sold in a single day!

I have a pair of SL112's with my TH500 an I think they match really well. I know BassGear in Tywford has some in stock as I saw them there on Tuesday of this week but probably too expensive to ship to Portugal

Get down to BassGear in Twyford - an awesome range of basses an amps in stock and they're always happy to matter about all things bass

Thanks Mark, I think the singer friend of mine found someone (referred through BC) - in fact you've inspired me to chase her, not literally, right now

So the, rather wonderful, Jens Ritter has released early pictures of his new singlecut, the R8, that he's going to be showing at NAMM next week. Looks pretty cool to me: I hear Jens is coming over for the London Bass Show and will be on the Bassgear stand at some point - maybe he'll bring one of these along I'm absolutely loving my new Ritter Cora and the R8 has the same, slightly shorter, scale length in a 4 string of 33.3"

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1326315617' post='1495472'] Ah, the JAN II strikes again. Yes, the nut will stay on with just the force of the strings. Prepare to buy a JAN III though. It's easy enough to fit and a vastly superior design. [/quote] I know someone who's just done precisely this. Order the III from Warwick and paid a decent luthier £30 to fit it along with a complete set up. Not a tricky job :£

I always think of the Ric as being a 'pick' bass. I know lots of people play them with fingers but when I owned one it just felt 'wrong' to me, and quite uncomfortable. If you're a fingerstyle player then you definitely need to try a Ricky first. Also, on the money front, pre-owned Rics are generally a fair bit more expensive than a Fender J. Obviously there a re lots of different models but a fairly stock used Ric is going to be £1,000 - £1,200 whilst a stock USA Jazz is more like £650 - £850.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1326051992' post='1491667'] plus another 40% for profit. [/quote] The USA price will already have some margin built into it - with the 500 selling at about £599 I reckon the 350 will be somewhere between £400 - £450.

[quote name='edster' timestamp='1326047037' post='1491571'] It's retailing at $499 on Aguilar's website which equates to about £325. [/quote] I reckon you can add about 25% to that price by the time you add shipping and UK VAT & import duties.