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[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1492333682' post='3279414'] I'm still waiting for an opportunity to try their cabs. [/quote] It's easy. Order one. You have a 30 day trial period and if you don't like it, send it back for a refund! Might cost you a few bob in carriage but otherwise not a problem. [quote name='Sean' timestamp='1492334491' post='3279422'] You can get the TWO10!with a 4ohm/12ohm switch. I had the first one. [/quote] With a switch? That's such a good idea. Why was this not mentioned to me... or this a long ago thing? Do not do the DIY conversion. Your hair will drop out and your wife will leave you. I am hoping to pay Alex to do it.

There's no doubt, Claber's cabs rock. To squeeze full watts from my throttled 210 - it's only got 12 ohm I gods - I keep trying it coupled with various other cabs - Ashdown, Vandekley - but nothing is so lovely as yer actual basic Barefaced noise. If I can persuade Alex to swap my gubbins for 4 ohms then I can use it standalone. And live happily ever after.

Totally a Dunlop fan boy

Thanks for the vid. Great piece of playing. How do you cope with that huge amount of backbow in the neck tho, it's looks like a banana!

Just think twice before allowing a 'guide' to take you to Stratford as apart of a quick tour of London. Stratford upon Avon is the home of Shakespeare and a lovely place but many miles north of London. Stratford is a dump in East London. I second most of the advice given above. Planned carefully you can see a lot of great stuff in London in a solid day, but you may need a lie down afterwards!

you may find it diifficult. wood doesn't grow on trees, you know

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1490730161' post='3267518'] I tried the NYXLs and ended up back with the EXL balanced tension sets that I have used for quite a while now, probably since they were introduced. Couldn't put my finger on exactly why but the NYXLs just didn't do it for me. [/quote] Now fitted and I see what you mean. Yes they do make my P bass sounds a good deal more flexible tonally and probably ideal for blues fusion. And yes they do have a nice tone. And yes they do feel nicer than new nickels. Are they worth the extra money? Reminds me of when a crazy clay pigoen shooter (me) paid £30 to a gunsmith to shorten his stock by 1/4 in 'because it might make all the difference'. Right.

Digesting all the above opinions it would seem actually a Sire would probably be perfect. Only Thomann took mine back because I was not worthy. Gonna try D'Addario NYXL strings on my Sqier P, it's cheaper.

[quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1490723321' post='3267424'] Just about to chime in and say a Stingray. An actual single pickup MM Stingray though, not a copy or a P bass with an extra pickup (in the wrong place). Plus the OP has been through every other type of bass so it's probably time! [/quote] You know me too well glasshopper

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1490693173' post='3267049'] Your Indonesian Squier VM P5 will do it all. [/quote] You mean the one I just had to sell because herself invoked the one in one out or no supper rule

For blues = P bass is my understanding. But if the idea is to do a bit more diddly diddly up the dusty end than is usual in blues, quick shake of jazz, plus maybe a dollop of funk, even (no, how awful) a hint of slap once in a long while, have you been down this road and come up with solid suggestions? P bass, J bass, 4, 5, 6 string, soapbar, splits or j bass pick ups? Before anyone rightly says 'whatever, any bass will do, just play the b***** thing', I agree. But if the bass rack is almost empty and the wallet open, which way?

Has anyone here owned an Ibanez SRSC805 single cut? If so, I'd really like your beedback on positives and drawbacks. Many thanks.

Thanks Richard. i must say it was a very odd longwinded altercation with Thomann, with them at turns being patronising, inisisting there was nothing wrong with the bass, telling me to return it, then saying they knew all along it was a design issue and then taking the bass and refunding without a 'by your leave', along with £26 worth of strings and straplock pins. Call me a clever clogs, but the way it could have gone was this: Me: Is it me or is it impossible to thru string a V7 4? Thomanns: It's a design fault. Do you want your money back? Me: No Thomann: Fine, sorry. I'm not going to be so stupid as to warn people off using Thomanns, but don't expect an ounce of intelligence if you need to deal with customer disservice.

As the OP I'd just like to say that I liked several things about this bass: light weight, smokey pickups, good B tone, good finish, including smooth fret ends. All that it needed in the end was a KiOgon loom to unleash its goodness.

Oh, I've done that. Sire shuffle their feet and change the subject "Oh, look there's a vole".

No, if the bass is correctly intonated the E (especially) and A holes are directly below the saddles, creating a 90 degree break angle. In fact the E hole is half under the saddle.

To tie up an issue that has been raised on here before and again by me recently, Thomann now admit you cannot through-body string a V7 4. It's official. They say: "The string through version does not work for the E- and A–string on these basses. This is a popular problem of this model. All Marcus Miller basses of this type have that construction fault. That is why we are sure that a new bass of the same type wouldn´t help you. We are sorry that It is also a fault that can´t be repaired." I'm well pee'd off. All I wanted to know was the above but they insisted on me returning the bass. Now they've kept it and refunded my money without my leave, meaning I've lost €30 worth of brand new strings and straplock pins. of course I've raised that with them now, but what a bloody hoo ha. It's no good having a thorough customer support system if its not cored on an ounce of common sense.

looks like you might need to raise the saddles a tad to cope with the new break angle