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[quote name='Stu-khag' post='566968' date='Aug 12 2009, 04:47 PM']weren't the living end a punk band? From australia, I vaguely remember the bassist playing a chequered upright[/quote] Yep, great band, never made it as big over here as they are elsewhere for some reason.

I almost bought an Adam Black six string once, very good quality for the price, I just decided I didn't really need a guitar in the end or I'd have bought it.

With a Mexican Jazz Deluxe and a Korean Spector I'm more a Championship manager, I haven't got a lot to spend and I usually have to sell before I can buy, but I'm always looking for a promotion!

It's no use... I'm going to have to delete my ebay account! That's awesome. I want it. But I can't have it

Mine arrived in a week I think, may order another one!

Looks like the body is from a Guitar Hero LP!

I bought a copy of this at the weekend to read while I'm working away this week. Once I've finished it I'll add it to the circulation.

I've got a two channel amp, so it's one channel for my main bass and another for the backup. Nice and easy!

[url="http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=1594"]http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=1594[/url]

I'm not one for playing with my tone much, I just set it to something I like on the amp and leave it there, but at different venues I might not be cutting through or something, so it's nice to be able to boost/cut as needed. With my old passive bass I couldn't do anything about it except cut (as I always had everything up full). Now I keep everything centred, get the tone through my amp, then throughout the set I cut or boost whenever I need to. I'm sure there are people here who don't EQ on their amp and do it all on their active preamp, but that's the way that works for me.

I'd rather buy a new one AND a new bass!

Pretty sure it's an NS2000/Q4, waiting on confirmation from Spector though. But there's another one on ebay, not such a bargain though! - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spector-Q4-Pro-Bass_W0QQitemZ130321975618QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1e57cb8942&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spector-Q4-Pro-Bass_...id=p3911.c0.m14[/url] Oh... and getting this really hasn't done my GAS any good, I now want a Euro!!

They definitely did!

Should be able to pick a second hand B2R up for a decent price, think I sold mine for under £300 (about three years ago). Good amps, was loud enough for me with a 4ohm BSE410HLF and never let me down.

hm, more confused now... it's active, so it can't be a Performer either, unless someone's upgraded it. But the tone controls have centre indents, so it can't be a Tone Pump!

It's arrived! Pretty sure it's not a Legend though, it hasn't got the curved body. Possibly a Performer DLX 4, I'll need to take the plate off and see if there's a battery under there, but I've also emailed the serial number to Spector so they can let me know for sure. Either way, I'm happy with it!

[quote name='Tait' post='554481' date='Jul 28 2009, 10:02 PM']i think i read somewhere that when fender first made the mike dirnt precision every signature bass had the players name/signature on it somewhere. mike dirnt didn't want this, but he had a tattoo of a star somewhere (i think on his wrist) so they used that instead. eventually they got rid of it (i think its still the only signature bass without the name/signature of the player anywhere on the bass), but mike dirnt still has it on most of the ones he plays. so i guess they just decided to bring it back in on the squiers. btw what i just said may all be complete nonsense, but i think i read it somewhere.[/quote] I had one of the first Mike Dirnts, it didn't have the signature or the star. Was a great bass, but very heavy (the Squiers are lighter), and not as well made as it should have been, a few gaps in the fretwork and the pickup was loose.

I'd like a read of that afterwards please

I shipped a bass to Greece a year or two ago, wasn't even in a hard case, I just took the neck off, packed it really well and made sure it was insured. No problems.

I didn't know Chuck Ragan was in the UK!? Gutted, I'm already seeing other bands on the days he's playing, and I've only got tickets for one day at Reading... the day he's at Leeds!