such

not sure what the "grind off and revise of body" entail, but the prices of trussrod replacing, strings, setup etc are not excessive. Try to get a quote from, say, Fender's CS for those same services

can one order it with the decal already in place?

"The Pork Loin incorporates two distinct tonal pathways that are blended together - a modern soft clipping overdrive and a modified British preamp for [i]clean[/i]" quoted from the Dunlop catalogue.

I believe that the MXR Bass Overdrive is a repacked Way Huge Pork Loin (having tested them next to each other), with maybe some subtle tweaks. The "clean" is not a blend of the direct uneffected signal, it's a clean channel emulation, as in guitar amps. So yeah, it does have an eq preset, and it does have a bit of hair too. I had high hopes, but so far, the BlowTorch remains my favourite MXR drive pedal. Those Darkglasses do look interesting though.

hmm, I might just walk up there tomorrow

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1368723855' post='2080764'] I know two, very heavyweight, serious touring pros who both have DB750/751's for their big gigs and TH500's for club type venues. If it's good enough for them. . . [/quote] I know one (probably same person as one of the two you know). I've seen him with DB750 (or 751, I'm not sure) and two GS410's, and I've seen him with TH500 and one or two SL112's. And also, most recently, TH500 plus TH350 and three SL112's on a metal gig I do hear the difference, so does he, but he says it's just too much trouble to carry it all around for some gigs when he can just pack the little rig to his little car. I personally wouldn't swap.

of course Stuart Zender also sounded very badly on first three Jamiroquai albums, if anyone could hear the bass at all Same with Andy Levy of The Brand New Heavies, Mike Inez of Alice In Chains and many others. One can not like the tonal signature of a W, but I haven't experienced a 5-string Warwick with a weak B. I don't think those artists would choose to play an instrument they consider bad, even if they got it for free. Other makers offer endorsement deals too, you know.

thanks, I'm looking to add a lightweight rig (based on two 112 cabs) to my big ABM stack and these are a serious contender. Didn't have a chance to try though, I hope they're not too muddy. Anyways, that Marcus looks really sexy, I will also be getting one if something even better of this (70s styling and pickup spacing, maple fretboard etc) type doesn't come up in similar price range.

pretty! I would like to know everything about that cab though

I haven't been to the Bass Gallery so far, even though I moved to London a couple of weeks ago. On Denmark Street, unsurprisingly, I like Wunjo (not only they were happy for me to try as many basses as I wanted, they actually tried to make me stay longer and try more when I decided it was time to go) and the one - can't remember the name - that has a bass room with Schecters, Bill Nashes, Mesa amps and MXR pedal in the basement. Westside Distribution it is, just googled. Nice and friednly place, a bit less proactive than Wunjo, they just leave me to it and tell to try whatever I want as long as I take basic care not to ding basses.

I'd go with Yamaha. In fact, the BB415 is my only bass at the moment. I'm very happy with it, sound-wise and playability-wise, and I do have a decent frame of reference, having own several american Fenders in the past, several German Warwicks and more. Prince's bassist, Ida Nielsen used BB414 as her main gigging bass for many years.

on the website now: [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/basses/precision-bass/classic-series-50s-precision-bass-lacquer/"]http://www.fender.com/en-GB/basses/precision-bass/classic-series-50s-precision-bass-lacquer/[/url]

there isn't *yet*, there is a rumour of one being introduced soon. Unless you go for a RoadWorn.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1365390092' post='2038920'] Isn't that just the new '63 American Vintage Precision model? [/quote] No basically seems like it will be an un-roadworn RoadWorn, which is pretty cool if the pricepoint isn't too steep. Reasonably priced Mendel sig allows some hope I hope they come up with more colours and do the same thing to the '60s and '70s Jazzes...

I've seen a rumour on talkbass about the MIM Classic '50s P being finished in nitro from now on (with a *new* price, which can only mean one thing). Also, supposedly it will only be available in black (?) Apparently some user there was told all that by a well informed Fender rep.

Yamaha BB!

yeah I know and I'm OK with that. I'll manage the woodwork and the paintjob. The thing I can't do is fabricate things out of metal. In worst scenario, I'll just put that frame on upside down (someone here has done it) for a while, it will just have rougher sharper edges this way, and the screws won't be flush. And your English is fine

does anybody know of anybody who would be able to custom make/machine one of those metal P pickup frames, but reversed? The spring is coming and as soon as it gets warmer and drier (well, -ish...) I want to get on with my modding and refinishing project on my BB415, including reversing the pickup, changing the bridge (not sure what will it be), putting string retainers on the headstock and most importantly, refinishing it in thin nitro - the lacquer now is f*kin 2mm thick and really hard.

There is that Squier jazz bass, it might be for sale, I might be buying it. Made in Japan in 1985, serial number starting with SQ, sort of cream-ish white colour, there is a "Fender" stamp in the neck pocket of the body. What would be a right price for something like this? I'm not sure if I am going to buy this, because that would mean deciding against another tempting option, plus the seller is a god friend and will probably be reading this, so don't want to screw him over, either. Any ideas?

Yamaha. New BB425 or anything second-hand, sometimes quite hi-end models sell within that budget. Schecters, Ibanez ATK, MusicMan SUB (the original American SUB)... if you like Warwicks, here on Basschat you can often find proper German ones within your budget - especially Corvettes or odd (but beautiful) models from late '90s like Streamer Pro-M or Fortress.

looks like it's the "normal" Squier Vintage Modified '77 or whatever it's called, with additional stickers/decals.