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[quote name='cocco' post='1151141' date='Mar 6 2011, 08:32 AM']....anyone else detecting a hint of Vigier around the horns?[/quote] Er... No? It's a pity, because Ibanez try so hard and release some (relatively) different basses (EDA, Anyone?) Alas, they never quite seem to get it right often enough, and the genuinely good models tend to get ignored as a result. Their more conservative efforts are generally better regarded (ATK300/305/400, SR500) and are very good value. They [i]have[/i] given us some good stuff in the past (Musicians/Roadsters/Icemen) and I hope they don't stop experimenting with designs. It's still prettier/less anonymous than a Warwick Katana!

[quote name='KevB' post='1165763' date='Mar 17 2011, 02:05 PM']Closest thing to those I currently have is this; Not had it too long so still experimenting with it tonally but it's capable of some serious output! I picked it up S/H for only slightly more than the OP's Mexican new price. One of the pots is a bit scratchy so I have one on order from Fender, otherwise no quibbles about it at all. The neck is a P rather than jazz (I have a uS jazz in same colour from same year (2004) so it's an easy comparison. At the moment the S1 jazz is still my first choice but this is creeping into my affections too.[/quote] This is what I'd have aimed for. I liked the (Now sadly gone) Bridge JJ pickup.

Have I missed something? Have Warwick now outsourced all their production to the Far East, or are they running some sort of three-tier model range; Rockbass Korean std German std Presumably they're keeping Der SuperExpensiveKustomShoppe in Germany? Geez. The times they [i]are[/i] a changing.. I'm fairly sure I've seen (German) Thumb BOs with both Ovangkol and Bubinga Bodies and with both Wenge and Ovangkol necks (depending on [i]when[/i] they were bulit) Corvette BOs definitely come in Bubinga, so I can't see why you couldn't/wouldn't make a Thumb BO in the same material..

Love the yellow hardware... Funny thing is, the subject matter cheapens what I'm sure is a very expensive bass. Ask the man in the street, and he'd reckon it was a cheapo far-eastern bass. Give it one of Jens' more usual finishes, and I'm sure that'd alter their value perception. Did I say I liked the Yellow hardware?

I don't use anything live or at rehearsal. There's no need. At home I may tinker with the odd effect from the Korg Pandora, but that's just for "fun" and/or trying to replicate other people's sound/tone. I've nothing against them, but YMMV....

What I find interesting about Fenders is that (for a long-running, mass-produced item) virtually no two are the same! In terms of features, fit, finish, timber/parts, they all seem to exhibit some differences, and that's ignoring the place of manufacture, strings and any other aftermarket bits and bobs that have found their way onto them (Scratchplates, Bridges, EQs, etc.) I have a 2004 MIA S1 Jazz with a nice 2-piece Ash body in Translucent Sunset Orange. It has thru-body stringing via a BBOT bridge and a rosewood fretboard. I bought it new for £650 a couple of years back, and still consider it one of the best Jazzes I've played and also consider it to have been quite good value. It's been strung with DR Sunbeams and sounds lovely. It easily justifies its place in the collection, even though it's outnumbered by "better" basses. In the end, you just have to seek out the right one for you. Fortunately, there's so many and so much variety that there's bound to be one that's ideal. Unfortunately, there's so many and so much variety that it may take some time....

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1168022' date='Mar 19 2011, 10:30 AM']Get cheap [b]basses[/b] or expensive [b]basses[/b]. It doesn't matter so long as they're the right [b]basses[/b] for you.[/quote] Excellent advice, but it needed just a lil' [i]adjustment[/i] You're always allowed more than one!!

A sad loss indeed. RIP.

[quote name='tom1946' post='1166799' date='Mar 18 2011, 10:40 AM']Is this the one on ebay? If so it's home made.[/quote] +1. Does look like a home-brew, albeit a good one.

£1K? Seek out reasonably-priced USED examples of; Warwicks(!) MusicMen Fenders Laklands G&Ls Sandbergs You might even score something a bit more exotic. Money's tight, and it really is a buyer's market out there. And try an SR505!!!

[quote name='redstriper' post='1165825' date='Mar 17 2011, 02:49 PM']Why is this bass so 'crap' ? Have any of you experts actually played one?[/quote] Not so much that, but if you buy [i]anything[/i] (instrument-wise) online, it's always a bit of a lottery. You can't try before you buy. If you know what you're looking for/ at, then you could buy an unknown marque for next-to-nothing and bag a real good 'un. I, like many others, mentioned Yamaha/Ibanez/Cort/Squire as their QC is generally very good indeed. I've nothing against SX / Benton and so on, but I'd hesitate to buy one without trying one/some first..

[quote name='sk8' post='1166026' date='Mar 17 2011, 05:26 PM']Thinking of picking one of these up. Anyone using it without flats?[/quote] They come with a puncture? That's no good!

Serves him right, but still not as good as Kris Novoselic's near self KO when he threw his bass into the air, gravity did its thing, and it hit him on the head on its (their) way to the floor....

[quote name='Commando Jack' post='1164943' date='Mar 16 2011, 08:28 PM']I would laugh out loud if you turned around and said "Sorry mate I didn't ask you to try it out, I asked could [b][i]I[/i][/b] try it out..."[/quote] I'd have waved m debit card under his nose, and said; "I don't want it now [i]you've[/i] played it..." and left.

More of the same; Squier, Ibanez, Yamaha, Cort. But maybe second-hand. Check out the superb "Pingray II" - once a BB414- in the p0rn section...

Bog? No. And now I see why the EBMM boys called theirs what they did. Can't believe I didn't realise sooner!

Got a couple of years to go.... Uh-oh.

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1162469' date='Mar 14 2011, 09:58 PM']I don't like lager. Can anyone recommend a bitter that has these free straplocks on them?[/quote] No, but some upmarket oilve oils come in bottles with them on the caps. Don't go drinking it, though!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1156261' date='Mar 10 2011, 09:28 AM']Result. Now take your Allen keys and bury them in the garden. [/quote] Should've bought a MIA Fender, then your (probably metric) ones wouldn't fit...!

Quite so. Sorry! missed that one...

[quote name='TimR' post='1160669' date='Mar 13 2011, 04:44 PM']Iron Maiden doing their best tomfoolery. [/quote] Notice Adrian Smith [i]not[/i] messing around... Mind you, he did write "Wasted Years" IIRC. @ Dave Murray with the bass, though!

If you need thumbrests, you either; need to alter your technique to compensate haven't got enough pick-ups in your bass Don't have enough frets (and a long enough neck to penetrate well into the body)

[quote name='ras52' post='1157128' date='Mar 10 2011, 08:14 PM']Another BB fan here. Currently have a BB350F fretless, love it. I tried a white BB414 a couple of months ago and it was hard to walk away from it - one of the best sub-£500 basses I've played. I'm a big fan of passive P/J, but for active you might like the 614 - I think they're £500&something new so would fit nicely in your price range S/H.[/quote] +1 on a s/h 614 or 615. All of the 414s and 415s I've played have been pretty damn good.

[quote name='Fettsman' post='1156658' date='Mar 10 2011, 02:24 PM']I use a Trace dual compressor and love it. Does the job pretty well and well built. I had an Ashdown one for a while but couldn't get on with it.[/quote] Are they [i]very[/i] different, then?