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+1 for Gibson basses. I really want to love them, just can't.

Mockingbird. In lemon yellow. Nom nom nom.

I love my sadowsky mv4-hpj, which sounds like it's what you're after: the P-bass thump from the neck but the jazz brightness from the bridge? Fails on the 'probably passive' but has a pull pot for passiveness.

Was wondering, lonely, as a cloud.... Is there a single bass that has been the most traded amongst basschatters? I know, f'rinstance, that my recent acquisition: has been loundnclear -> NAS -> ___---___ -> me. There must be some that have done the rounds more than that? Any raises on four?

If you want tenuous - I can do tenuous! My H&K basebass 600 was owned by a member of the prodigy, and then given to a roadie, who sold it to me.

Eeek. Too much. Basses, GW + 2x Sadows (1 usa, 1 metro) + ray+ warwick... £5k ish plus a double bass. Then a les Paul and a peavey wolfgang... Mind you, as has been pointed out, less than the cost of my wife's car, and that's just going to depreciate. However, I look back at the £1k I spend on a 486 with 4mb of RAM and a 28.8k modem and that's where I've lost silly money. At least with the basses they don't depreciate THAT much

At the risk of repeating myself, I would sugguest you try [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/adam-a5-studio-multimedia-monitor-in-matt-black--50641"]Adam A5s[/url]. I did as this thread suggestest and A-B-C'd them (in Andersons, Guildford) with [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/yamaha-hs80m-powered-monitor-single--30741"]Yamaha HS80[/url]s and the [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/krk-rokit-rp8-g2-active-studio-monitor--51949"]KRK RP8s[/url] To my ears the Adams sounded the clearest and most transparent. The second set I use is the surround sound system I usually use for gaming & watching movies. The final test is always CD in the car.

Just got back from a 4 hour round trip to meet Adam in Suffolk, to buy a sadowsky. Lovely bloke, great communication, really positive experience. He even made me a cup of tea! Would deal with again in a shot.

[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='919646' date='Aug 9 2010, 02:15 PM']Those are good but the built in preamp on the channels aren't the best.[/quote] Do we think that this: [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-ada8000-ultragain-8-channel-a-d-and-d-a-converter--18218"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behr...onverter--18218[/url] is compatibile with this: [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/m-audio-profire-lightbridge-31-in-36-out-firewire-lightpipe-interface--36419"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/m-au...nterface--36419[/url] then? Obviously we'd prefer this: [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/m-audio-octane-8-chan-mic-pre-with-adat-optical--36422"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/m-au...-optical--36422[/url] but there's a good £300 difference...

It's probably a bit noddy given what's already been said in this thread and your potential budget, but I found the following really useful: I think a mixer is useful in the situation for impromptu recordings: I rather like the look of the projectmix. My preferred DAW is Sonar, but that's just because I know how to use it. I'm also a big fan of my Adam A5 monitors. I've had problems with Reaper in the past: but I was trying to get a fully featured DAW in Linux. At some point I keep promising myself to install the ubuntu studio build (http://ubuntustudio.org/) but it's always easier to record ideas on my existing set-up. Sounds fun. A build diary would be awesome.

It's sure get me in the moo-d for funk. I'm sure you can really leather it when the steaks are down. [struggling]

Well batted.

I've always had GAS. I just think basschat has expedited the process.

I got [b][i]such[/i][/b] bad GAS for an MS4.

Sold a bass to Greg. Painless transaction where we both ended up happy. Excellent communication throughout the whole experience. Enjoy the bass mate

I too was wondering: I've seen them on bass central (http://www.basscentral.com/2003/sadowsky.shtml) but nowhere else. I love my PJ.

I've had three. From Cheapest to most expensive: [b]Wish Bass[/b] Pretty much told Wish I wanted a stripy peanut with a purpleheart board, one pickup & a truss rod. Didn't go exactly to plan. Two pups, no truss-rod. Ended up replacing the bridge, finishing it in oil. Cost: $700. Would I buy anther one: No. Result: Sold on e-bay for £250. [b]Carvin[/b] It's difficult to buy a Carvin without it being a custom. Filled out a form on their web-site detailing the options. Didn't go exactly to plan; the neck ended up with a gloss rather than matt finish. No modifications. Cost: $1,400. Would I buy anther one: Possibly. Result: swapped on basschat for a fretless Warwick. [b]GW[/b] Probably spent the longest time speccing (and waiting) for this bass. Went exactly to plan. Grandon built me exactly what I asked for. Sadly it turns out I don't really know what I was after. Cost: $2,300 (including import duty to this country). Would I buy another: No. Result: Sits on my wall looking pretty. Draw your own conclusions. Is it worth it? IMO - Not really. As Davo says you have to really know what you want. Which I don't. My days of one off customs are almost certainly over. TBH, if you buy an up-scale off the shelf bass, second hand on here, you don't loose that much money if you decide to sell them on. Having said that it [i]is[/i] enourmous fun.

Give a guitarist, any guitarist, a bass guitar, and he can play Mustang Sally in five minutes. Give a guitarist a proper bass and... it wouldn't be pretty. It's a guitar.

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Chris and I did a mutually beneficial swap. Turned up when he said he would. Nice bloke. No nonsense. D.