NancyJohnson

Gave this head a fairly long test drive earlier today at Andertons in Guildford. Gotta say it left me a little speechless. It's pretty, loud, lightweight and all round yummy and about the size and weight of a box of Shreddies. Tonally it's fairly transparent; with all the settings at the 12 o'clock position it took a feed from my Sansamp without any issue. Plugged in direct, equally nice in a clean kind of way. Aside from the obvious, the Tone Print feature is just the knockout punch here. I had my guitarist with me and when I dialled in a chorus via the Android app he didn't have the words to cover the awe he said he felt. Tried several Tone Prints, all loaded first time and all sounded sweet. I had about an hour noodling on it. A brilliant bit of kit. Just need to free up some swag (buy my Thunderbird someone!!). P

I suppose a lot of this is down to sale and demand factors. There does seem to be a load of very competitively priced used Fenders out there, but then there also seems to be tons of new ones about as well. From my experience of two other brands Gibson and Rickenbacker - the frankly ridiculous front end pricing (along with UK availability) of basses made by these companies is understandaby pushing prices up in the secondhand market. That said, it's like houses. Why should I sell one of my basses for less than the market price?

Fan early on. Only ever saw them once, while Muzzy was still a member - Town and Country Club maybe. To be honest, didn't really like the gig, too much jamming in the songs...they never played anything straight. While I have a soft spot for Vivid and Time's Up, I lost interest when Muzz Skillings left/was fired. Not doubting that Doug Wimbush has chops, but [they] seemed to change musically to accommodate Doug Wimbush more than continuing where they left off. I'd hasten to add that despite the backstory behind songs like Landlord/Cult/Funny Vibe, there was a bit of humour/fun in those first two albums that disappeared when Wimbush joined. (Personally) I don't think they've aged that gracefully either; the last two albums (Collideoscope and Chair In the Doorway), to my ears at least, just sound a bit tired and [i]doing-it-for-the-money[/i] rather than sounding like a band who are doing it from the heart. Believe me, I've tried very hard to absorb those records. I've often wondered how well these albums would have stood up had they come out a year or two after Stain rather than at the end of an eight or nine years sabbatical. .

I'm just going to throw something into the mix here. A few years ago, I installed a John East retro unit into a Jazz bass and experienced something similar to what you're describing. From memory I recall there was a couple of trim controls on the active unit to allow a bit of balance/parity between active/passive output - it was something as simple as adjusting a pair of tiny screws in the active part of the circuit. I know all these things are different...if it's working in both modes, perhaps you simply need to tweak the output settings (if there are some). Also, try a new battery! P

Umajets. Two albums, first one great, second so-so. The Merrymakers, pretty good; Bubblegun is brilliant. There's also a rarities collection available online if you search hard enough. There's other associated stuff. Bleu, Moog Cookbook, LEO. Redd Kross? If you want to hear stuff that sounds like Jellyfish, then check out Sensory Lullaby, Millicent Friendly, Mike Elgert, Taxiride, The JTG Implosion, The Superficials, Straw, The Tories. I would wholeheartedly also recommend the sadly defunct Sugarbomb as well...pretenders to the Jellyfish crown.

There's a load of good information elsewhere on Basschat...one post has a very long list of builders/techs. Umm, be a bit more specific as to what the issue is, what needs doing, what bass it is etc.and no doubt someone will be right along. P

Looks wonderful! Great job!

Wikipedia is your friend I just wish they would put their differences to bed and go out live again.

I remember issues with Spilt Milk being released over here. My parents got me a copy in the US...jeepers, my dad died twenty years ago today and my mum still reminds me not to forget I owe her for that CD!

Any Jellyfish fans out there? Omnivore Recordings, who are handling their back catalogue now, have announced [i]Bellybutton[/i] and [i]...presents Spilt Milk[/i] reissues for January 2015. I don't believe that these will contain anything that wasn't already on the Not Lame 4CD Fan Club set, but the remastering will be worth the ticket price alone. Omnivore actually seem to care about what they're doing...good label. Paul Here's the trailer: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIuJylga2FI&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop[/media] Spilt Milk period Ghost At Number One (from Later): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1SkB-Sny4[/media] and Bye Bye Bye (also Jools): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymPQ_LtRpTY[/media]

There's a ton of gear there. The buyers premium thing is a bit frightening...total of 41% markup. According to their spiel: Bid price 100.00 Buyer’s premium @ 17.5% plus VAT = £21.00 VAT @ 20% on £100 = £20.00 Total £141.00 I wouldn't have minded putting in a bid for a Crest Pro-lite, but there's not one!! P

The 550 and 800 are fairly recent...the videos were added to You Tube at the start of October, so a couple of months tops. You do wonder why the Gumtree guy is selling so quickly. Trader maybe? Paul

Sorry...I've edited this post completely! Right here goes. I'm curious about how transparent these amps are. While I love the size/weight and the concept of adding effects via the Tone Port, my front end/desired tone [dirt] is shaped by a handful of Sansamp units. While I suppose it's feasible that there may be a close overdriven effect available via the Tone Port, my preference would generally be the Sansamp RBI/BDDI/VT Bass units and I wouldn't want to drop them, As there's no effects loop, the Sansamps will go in front of the amp...these units all have independent tone controls, so my question is when the amp's tone controls (bass/mid/treble) are at the noon position are these heads tonally flat? Cheers Paul

Fancy a road trip? I'm not buying but it would be good to look at some different product. I can swing past Windsor en route!

I haven't found anyone else, so I guess there's a good chance they are.

I had a G3 donkey's years ago. Aside from some niggly issues with the electrics (intermittent cutting out), I have nothing but pleasant memories of it. It played well, balanced nicely, sounded growly. All good. I trawl eBay regularly and parts don't really seem to be that hard to obtain, but be patient and buy well. **Neeph is rescuing a Ripper BTW, not a Grabber...Rippers are a different beastie entirely; set neck, varitone control, two pickups, nasty three point bridge. Good luck with it if you buy it. P

I've played a couple in stores...really nice but couldn't get past how hideous the headstock design is.

[quote name='tonyxtiger' timestamp='1416128396' post='2607033'] Do it. [/quote] Bass Direct have a red one for 'only' £3K. I'd have to shift a couple of basses, but in truth I'd only go for the black model. I have an American mate who visits these shores on business a few times a year...that alone could save me a few ££s. Ack, we'll see. P

Nope! There's plenty of businesses that do parts - you could easily do a scratch build from one of these - but there's really nothing that offers the depth or off the shelf availability/customisation options of Warmoth over here.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1415792222' post='2603759'] [url="https://flic.kr/p/q2J9zt"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/pKn9PB"][/url] [/quote] I've never owned a G&L and profess that I've always been put off by the headstock...I didn't know until quite recently that the original headstocks were smooth babies like these. Now I'm getting a bit of GAS. P

If you do just one (other) thing, put a Mustang bridge on it...a Squier one will cost under £30. P