Andytre

i love my Genz Benz shuttle 12.2, tube and FET channels, which are mixable, its got 2 600watt out puts so you can do 350watt at 8ohm or 600watt at 4ohm from one output or use both to get all the way to 1200watt (although these are Class D watts but they are loud enough for me) also mean you can use 1 cab or 4 depending on how big you van is or how many roadies you can hire! i went through every amp they had at bass direct at the time (mark bass, TC, Aguliar) and the genz was the one for me!

[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=4]i have the artec SE-2A in my one of my Franken P's and for the £20 it cost i really like it. it has bass and treble boost/cut on a stacked pot so you can use the existing 2 holes in the pickguard. i'm only using a cheap stellah pickup but the tone out of it is really usable. probably not the hottest output but i've never had an issue with volume levels. i think they also do others with mid control and such but for the price its a great way to dip your toe into an active Precision [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]EDIT the Artec SE-3 has mid control and is £15 on Thomann[/font][/color]

Iv got a Boss tuner and a cheap chinese one. cant really fault the cheapo one its got a nice bright display and does just as good of a job as the Boss at muting the signal and tracking. it probably wont last as long as the boss as there pretty well built, but for the £16 i spent its spot on

i have a cheap and cheerful Peavey microbass i got for less than £20 its only 20watt and tiny in size but i use it at home with under a quarter volume, and have taken it out and about for acoustic gigs. its not the loudest so depending on what your doing it might not be the best but i love the sound of it with a bit of overdrive from a pedal

Iv got an old non fender BBOT bridge its a bit knackered but the hight screws are okay. I can send it you for the price of postage

Cheers! Appreciated

is there a model number or anything? so i can do a quick search to see if it'll fit my golf

Anyone tried these strings on a fretted bass? Iv got a set on ny frettless and love them, anyone know how well they perform on a fretted bass? in this case a Fender precision

Can't go wrong with Neutrik we must have 500+ Neutrik connector cables where i work some have been going for 15 years

Gone!

got these to get some cheap strings for one of my backup P basses. put them on Thursday evening, only had about 10 mins use but i'm not a fan not quite zingy enough for me, so if anyone wants them there more than welcome. can post for a couple quid or you can pick them up from Leicester (evening/weekends) Nottingham (9-4 weekdays) still got the box i think put ill pop in a random strings packet if i cant find them Heres a random link to some info http://www.tmart.com/Ziko-045-Professional-Alloy-Bass-Strings-Set_p203940.html cheers!

Just finished one today, the body and neck are well made, and fit together nicely, the electronics are okay. Pickup sounds fine but the pots are cheap and a bit crackly. Tuners, bridge and and chrome parts are all cheap but for the price they do the job. Think the whole thing cost £80 including paint, so could of of just got a harley benton but i wouldnt of got to chose the colour or had the fun of building it!

i did actually wire up a PJ as tone tone vol as it was a particularly slow day! it worked and was a nice experiment as you could have the J pup with tone all the way up and P pup all the way down and vice-versa to get different tones, but changed back to vol vol tone when i realized i'll have the tones all the way up in the end anyway!

i like them, we have them on the basses at the college i work for, we get them as we have 7 basses that the students use for band practices so don't need to be the best quality in the world, pretty zingy and stay that way for a surprising amount of time and nice tension, i bought some for my active bitsa PJ and i think they sound great on it!

I got all the bits for my 4 bitsa's from ebay and harley benton deko guitars, gota be careful on ebay i've had some bad parts, alot i get from chinese sellers and turn out to be pretty good!

I've always liked the look of Peavey Zodiacs and get a bit of GAS every time i see one, do i really need another PJ?!? maybe if one turns up for a very good price i'll pull the trigger and just buy it!

I've considered getting rid of mine a couple of times and again as soon as i plug it i know i cant live with out it it! i gigged with it for years and retired it when i started preferring P bass again. mines the Teal 4 string version with a clear plate now (still have the chequer plate one) it'll be its 10th birthday this February, i should throw a party

http://www.ipass.net/davesisk/music/other/BassPlayerStringReviewDec04.pdf have a look through this

I've got many many Bitsa's and have gotten pretty good at building guitars, basses and setting them up. i just love building guitars and for less than £50 i cant complain it'll be a nice project over my Christmas break! but i agree that if your just looking for a cheap gig worthy bass a second hand squier is a solid choice as is a Harley Benton or one of the lower priced yamahas! i wouldn't go for a kit bass if i didn't love the whole building and modding process. it also means i can put a ridiculous colour scheme on it!

that's what i was thinking, even if just the body is usable id be happy but a workable neck and usable hardware would be nice! ill let you know my thoughts when it arrives in the next couple of days!

i was flicking through the recent amazon sales for Christmas presents when i noticed upon this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cher-Rystone-0754235504986%C2%A0Jazz-Bass-DIY/dp/B00UTL9L28/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1480348239&sr=8-6&keywords=cher+rystone+bass (how i ended up looking at basses when i should of been looking for presents i'll never know) i thought it was a good price at £76 for alder body and PJ pups kit and it was even better when there was an Amazon Warehouse special one up for grabs which i ended up paying £43 for! apparently the box is open and a small dent on the rear of the body. has anyone had any experience with these? or even seen them before? i cant find anything about Cher Rystone guitars but some things about Cherrystone guitars (guessing there probably the same). I've already purchased it but was inquisitive on whether anyone has actually built one up!

i work in a FE/HE college and after changing the strings on the college basses just leave the old ones on my desk for any student to take, they go surprisingly quickly and there isn't much life left in the strings, so students will bite your hand off for some semi bright strings!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1473662173' post='3131963'] Other than going for the branded bridges, Northwest Guitars do some great bridges for little money. [url="http://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/bass-bridges/"]http://www.northwest...k/bass-bridges/[/url] [/quote] Iv used these http://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/4-string-electric-jazz-precision-bass-guitar-bridge/ on a few bitsa basses and have them on 2 of my precision, there a direct replacement screw holes all lined up nicely. very good for the price and iv found some near exact ones on ebay from china for around £5, proper bargain if you don t mind waiting a month for delivery! (it is free post) the silver/chrome ones seem to be a bit better finished than the black ones, but still nothing to be sniffed at and look very stealth on my black/black.rosewood franken P

always play with P basses live main rig - DR J Sparrow to TC mojomojo for extra dirt into Budda chakkra into a Genz benz shuttlemax 12.2 and 2xGenz 1x12s acoustic rig - markbass blackline 250 into one of the genz 1x12 tiny rig - peavey microbass combo (for when i play to my dogs in the living room) used to swap and change my head and cabs all the time but since settling on mainly genz gear iv not had a reason to change..... yet