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Quite a long time delay on the order books at the moment. Earliest possible delivery is August but could be longer

Your gigging bass is a 5 string version of mine (or mine is a 4 string version of yours!). Mine will be out tomorrow night There's an R8 on the way soon too. . . but then you already know that

My daughter regularly flies to the States purely to see her favourite band. She's flown in and out just for a gig with only an overnight stay and has also followed them around on 15 - 20 night tour.

The singer in a band I've been doing some work with is recording at the moment with Ben Mathews. He says he's a great player in the studio and everyone else in the band is in awe of him

I'd go Aguilar as well, I can't see the TC working well with the PJB C4. I know someone using an EBS Reidmar with C4s and that sounds really nice as well

These have been around since late '13 but I've seen very few reviews anywhere. I'd love to see one reviewed against the original MuTron!

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1424087192' post='2692358'] Perhaps it could be said that X-Factor, The Voice, the TV talent shows are a new culture. Not one that I particularly approve of myself, but they are widely watched and perhaps have hoovered up a proportion of consumers who otherwise might have been screaming at The Beatles. [/quote] Reality/Celebrity endorsed music must be the biggest sub-culture for a long time. There are hordes of people out there who only ever buy music from people who have appeared on these TV shows. Their concerts sell out in minutes and they can be huge exports into other 'territories' as well. It may not be very 'sub' but it's definitely a big cultural movement.

My first ever bass was a 79 Musicmaster. Bought brand new from the Soho Soundhouse in Leicester Square. Kept it for many years and, foolishly, sold it to buy a synth

I use a Compulator on my board but I actually think the Diamond is a better, more 'organic', sounding unit. My choice of the Compulator is simply because I know James Demeter quite well and think he's a really nice bloke (and an amazing engineer) so wanted to support him a little by using one of his pedals

[quote name='Drax' timestamp='1423944977' post='2690790'] Diamond Bass Compressor. Not the cheapest but an excellent unit. I don't think there's any UK stockists yet - Thomann have them. [/quote] We've been selling them in the UK for quite a while now

I met him a few times at Billy's, pre-Blitz era, when I was friends with George O'Dowd and Peter Robinson (later to become 'Boy' and Marilyn). He wasn't that strange then and seemed a decent bloke. Always had great clothes though! A lot of the original clubbers from that era said he was bit 'fake' but I always assume they were just jealous that he achieved some fame and they just remained strangely dressed nightclubbers

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1423682505' post='2687950'] I remember reading somewhere that the new German Pro Series are actually being assembled in different factories throughout Germany, rather than in Markneukirchin, is this what you mean? [/quote] All I think we can say at the moment is that there isn't any far-eastern manufacture involved. My understanding is that there's enough of the manufacture undertaken in Germany to have a 'made in Germany' tag as approved under EU regulations for both marketing and export.

The information in this thread about the Pro series isn't technically correct. I'm not sure if it's 'allowed' to be released yet though. I'll try and find out and update things if it's approved Prices are available as well (and have been for some time) but again it may be that Warwick are not releasing them to the public yet. I'll try and find this out as well.

We had one on demo in the store for a while. Worked pretty well and brought the combo up to a nice hight for control access but also for on-stage monitoring The horn on the cab has an attenuator so you can dial that out or down a bit if the pair of horns is too bright for you.

Unless you really must have a new one is be tempted to look for a good quality used one. MM values plummet like crazy from new and you should be able to save at least 40%!

We've sold a few of these and they seem to be well liked by their owners (I've certainly not seen one up for sale used anywhere which is usually a good sign). Lots of power if you are happy to run bridged into a 4 ohm load. Into a pair of 'regular' 8 ohm cabs they put out about 325w per channel. Not sure if we'll be getting any more in though. We've discontinued Carvin basses and strings now following a change in their company structure and looks like we'll only hold minimal stocks of the smaller BX700's in the future

I've seen them live in New Orleans a couple of times and, if anything, they're even better in a sweaty club live setting than on their recorded output

If you want something classy that will add colour without overpowering your core bass tone then the Lehle Boost pedals are really nice. Really, really well made and have a very high quality sound.

I see the poor creditors of the original version of DV247 are getting just 37p in the £ for the amount owed

Our stand is full now In instruments there will be Roger Sadowsky with some new Metros and NYC basses (depending on what we sell between now and then!) and Douglas Mullen from Eve with a special custom build plus maybe some more. For amps we'll be featuring Phil Jones Bass with a range of new gear - big advantage here is that all of the PJB amps have headphone sockets for quiet practice We've also now got Hermann Gerlach from Harvest Leather over from Germany. He makes some of the very best leather gig bags and straps in the world and they are used by lots of top pro players. He's also another bass player and has some good friends on the pro circuit so watch out for some these visiting us over the weekend!

I've had these on one of my basses and really like them as well. Designed by Dave Boonshoft at Aguilar to be as close as possible to the ones in his original '64 P.

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1422895355' post='2678011'] ^ Good to know, I'm starting to despair at the lack of info on the official website. If I buy a bass there do you think I can ask to have it shipped to me so I don't have to take it on the train with me? Anyone know if that's a possibility? [/quote] Some people will happily do this. We've shipped things and also taken deposits on things for payment at a later date. My guess is that it'll effect the sales price if you're after a mega-bargain. A few retailers / manufacturers will knock a bit extra off towards the end of the show because they don't want to drag things home with them.