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[quote name='owen' timestamp='1471292656' post='3111952'] I have. It is a lovely piece of kit. The eq is very responsive making it really easy to dial in what you want, especially with the movable frequency points. They make it able to fit your instrument nicely. 2 channel presets means that gigging 2 different instruments is easy peasy. It is really well thought out and the fact that Bergantino have already produced a software upgrade means that they are clearly working the design. It is has plenty of grunt and is light as a feather. All this added to the fact that I have had truly exceptional customer service from Bergantino makes me a fan. [/quote] Someone please buy my stuff for sale ha ha ha!!!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1470815056' post='3108576'] I had an Aerodyne Jazz and went the same route as Duff McKagan, putting an STK-JB2 in, but keeping the stock Precision pickup. This worked really well, so to me the Jazz pickup needs to be more powerful than the Precision one, that way it can then hold its own. [/quote] Agreed! I've reviewed plenty of basses where I felt that the bridge pickup was there to support the neck pickup, but too weak to be used on it's own.

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1471281931' post='3111802'] It ain't cheap, I do know that... Sorry, I'm not helping much...it'll bump the topic up, tho... [/quote] Ha ha, no you are right there - but I think the feature set is very good even without the on-board cabinet profiles.

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1471281390' post='3111791'] Any analogue pedal will go 'exotic' below Ab/G. There were claims made the MXRs could go lower, they can’t.. I tried. [/quote] Excellent, thank you Would like to know which pedals can go low LOW without issue.

What's the tracking like on the MXR Octaves? How low can you go before it warbles? Which of the selection suggested above can head right down to the depths of the neck without giving out? Open E string territory (which I think I am right in saying won't be an analogue pedal - OC2 etc)

I'm interested to hear what people have to say about it!

The Uk is stil in the EU lol.

I'm a great big dirty Pro! Ha! My bass & music are my sole income. Ticking along and my accountant is happy!

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1470850703' post='3108965'] God, has it really been 6 years? Miss ya, daft old sod. [/quote] Six! I didn't realise that. We're thinking of ya.

Why not try the other TRBX models? The 304 is a lovely lil bass and i think the top spec is the 504. There are also five string versions too.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1470835151' post='3108810'] Yep, that's my thinking. If I get offered a gig that needs an SVT, I'll just get one [/quote] "Cash allowing" of course... I'm bust trying to sell stuff ha ha!!!

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1470834649' post='3108804'] Keep it, if only to hide it away and appreciate in value. [/quote] Do you think it will? I mean, I bought my SVT for a steal at the time for £1400, I couldn't sell it for £800 as the D Class revolution had taken hold.

I used to own an Ampeg SVT 2 Pro. I dearly loved it. It did exactly what I needed and never let me down. Recorded tone was always brilliant, even via DI. It did feel like lugging a dead horse around. My back agreed. The SVT left. I replaced it with an SVT Pro all valve preamp running in to a Powersoft D Class power amp - and to be be honest, cranked, there wasn't a great deal of difference in tone, especially in a band situation. (Powersoft is a different beast when it comes to D Class though!) So that's an option to save weight. I'm running a similar set up these days but the valves have left. A serious weight saving and everything still sounds big. My deciding factor is this: If I really wanted another SVT, then I can go buy one. Tomorrow. If I bizarrely sold my Shuker, it would take a huge amount of effort and there's a lead time to get another. I'd be in for a long wait and I couldn't get one second hand. - So, if it's something that you can buy another of, then you are safe to let it go (at the cost of realising you made a mistake!) There's always an alternative too.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1470814133' post='3108565'] {snip} Re the USB issues - are you using any USB peripherals on a regular basis? I have a scanner, printer, the Motu Microbook and a Wacom Cintiq (via thunderbolt) in there all the time. The Wacom works fine, the others drop out for no reason. Maybe the issue is down to my mac rather than the OS, but I'm reading lots of horror stories online. I've done an SMC reset, no change, might do a PRAM reset to see what that does, but other than that I'm lost.. [/quote] I'd been running some kit that didn't use an external power supply. The USB Interface I replaced, a USB MIDI controller, My mobile was often plugged in, an external 2.5" HDD and sometimes a hub to connect devices such as pedals or USB sticks. I then purchased a powered hub which didn't get much use which had two drives running as RAID set up by the Mac. Always on, in that case. The only time I had any problems was actually caused by one of the fans not running properly. Diagnosed the problem with a fan speed app, replaced and everything has been fine since. Really sorry I can't offer up any issues to compare! I'm intrigued as having not had any problems, I am totally unaware of the horror stories. Best I go see what's occurring! My Mac is a quad core i5 and I've maxed it out with available memory as well as a SSD for the system. I say this as these upgrades may effect the situation?

The Aguilar pickups are also very good. I love the DCB soap bars,