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  1. Hi all, Does anyone know a decent company that does Pedalboards with Flightcases that have wheels? I've found a couple but the boards are never big enough, going to be needing something around the size of a Pedaltrain Pro. Am I right in thinking the original pedaltrain pro flightcases had wheels? I can't seem to find any online... if anyone can recommend a company or place where they're available you'll have my eternal thanks!
  2. Played a Flea Jazz Bass in Guitar Guitar Camden today and was blown away by the sound and feel of it, even despite the really high action Fender seems to be shipping these with. Also tried out a Squier Classic Vibe 70's P Bass and was very disappointed compared to the classic vibe guitars I've played and owned before. To be honest, I didn't feel like Guitar Guitar had the greatest choice in the world when it came to basses. Especially not in the MusicMan Range. Still searching... this bass needs to end up being "the one" haha.
  3. Cheers for all the suggestions! I'll keep them all in mind. Aesthetically the Flea bass is more up my street than any of the others. I really love the shell pink finish despite not wanting to have the same relic as everyone else (I'd probably change that up a bit). I do also really like that Fender Deluxe P Bass Special someone suggested. Hopefully I can make it to Andertons this month to go try out a few as unfortunately not many of the Denmark street shops seem to do finance deals (I'm a poor student haha.)
  4. So I'm undecided on buying one of the following... At the moment I'm playing more pop stuff so I need something that will cut through the mix live but also be suitable for most recording applications, I've been borrowing both a 5 string and an late 90's / early 2000's 4 string Musicman Stingray, whilst the action was awful on both of those basses (not my setup), I could tell if set up correctly they'd be a joy to play and they sounded fantastic, they really blew me away. I've only had the chance to play the Flea unplugged a couple of times, one was set up a bit better than the other, but the neck just felt "right" to me straight away. I really don't know what to go for, the flip side is I could buy a sub ray and/or a classic vibe jazz bass... then reinvest the rest into my pedalboard. So I have four choices basically. I haven't had a chance to play either the classic vibe or the subray but I've seen both in person and they looked well built. Seem to have good reviews online too. Flea jazz bass Musicman Stingray Sub-Ray + Classic Vibe Sub Ray or Classic Vibe + Pedals. Any suggestions?
  5. Besides unfortunately Wunjo's don't do finance (which is completely understandable). As a student the finance options from people like Andertons or GuitarGuitar is always useful for me... otherwise I'd have had that one in a shot!
  6. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1484556062' post='3216199'] Has he signed it? [/quote] Nah just picked it up for a photo I think.
  7. [quote name='simonlittle' timestamp='1484235793' post='3213830'] I just picked up a beautiful second hand one from Wunjo's on Denmark Street. Absolutely beautiful instrument. They had a new one too but this one just felt right straight away; guess whoever bought it previously had it set up really well. Plays like butter... [/quote] Nooooooo I was going to grab this one haha. Was going to go for the one Flea was holding but couldn't justify the extra money just because he had held it for a picture haha. (Despite being a hardcore RHCP fan).
  8. [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1484215030' post='3213531'] I've no idea on how long the production run is. Andertons had some in stock when they released the video. I don't think they would market it and demo it unless they could order some more in, but who knows. I would personally jump on one if you can. They will no doubt be subject to yet another price rise soon. [/quote] I actually spoke to Lee Anderton the other day, he said he doesn't actually know himself and that it very well could be the case that it will just be a short limited run. GAK told me it had been discontinued already. I don't think anyone knows...
  9. [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1483975793' post='3211588'] It's far far FAR away from a normal MIM. Reasons: - Paintwork/colour/worn look/nitro, - American-made Pure Vintage ’64 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups, - V/V/T/T, - I presume some sort of vintage spec neck profile, - Tort guard, - Feel and weight. Mine, as I've noted above, is such great bass. I like my MIA American Standard Jazz, but I think the more growly/vintage spec pickups and different feel of the bass makes a huge difference. It is a very rare colour.... [/quote] Hmm I meant just in terms of overall quality / price point, point of view. Thinking about it I'd probably rather go Squier Classic Vibe than a MIM Standard... Either way I'll probably end up with one of these Flea basses somewhere down the line haha.
  10. I've played a couple of these unplugged and thought they were lovely, the neck feels perfect to me. However I'm facing a dilemma, I'm aware that they're very different basses but So I was thinking quality wise, is there a lot of difference between the Flea and a MIM standard? I've played a MIM a few times recently but I haven't had long enough on either to think which I'd be happier with, the thing that puts me off with the Flea bass is the price. It seems a lot to pay when I could probably get a MIM standard for £300-£400 second hand and upgrade it... Any advice from Flea jazz owners?
  11. I need a new main bass, currently fighting it out are the new Fender Flea Jazz bass, a MusicMan Stingray or an old Yamaha BB1200. Probably going to be more out of the first two. I also need to overhaul all of my rigs, tidy up my pedalboards, swap out a few pedals etc.
  12. For the more Pop stuff I'd ideally like to be running this in the new year... might swap out the chorus for something else, still undecided on whether I'd rather have the EHX Fuzz or the Wren & Cuff Tall Font Russian and the tuner would either be the Boss TU2 or a polytune2 black.
  13. I normally use a microkorg (or any midi enabled keyboard) triggering a variety of synths within logic such as NI Massive or when using Ableton, I use the drum racks assigned to the keys on the keyboard to sample/trigger the stems from the studio version. (It saves on CPU when performing live to do it the sample way).
  14. Seems so, I've noticed at least in the guitar range recently that two of the best classic vibe Strat's they make have been discontinued, also noticed a few of the best basses they do (again classic vibe series) have been removed from the Fender / Squier site. To be honest I can see why, to me at least they're better than most mexican Fenders I've played and on par with any American I've played (playability wise) so maybe Fender feel that they are a threat to their "higher" end products? Didn't they feel that way about the 80's Japanese Squiers that now sell for ridiculous money? It's a bit annoying, I love Squiers a lot, so I was hoping Fender would expand their range instead of removing a lot of it.
  15. Squier basses really are fantastic in the Classic Vibe and Vintage Modified range, the bassist in a band I used to play drums in had a CV, it was beautiful. I also say that when it comes to guitars the CV strats are my favourite strats by far, even against Fenders. The Tele I own is also one of the best guitars I've ever played. I'm gassing a bit for one of these now or just a CV Precision... What are the pickups like OP?
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