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  1. Glad you mentioned that AT.

    The body shapes are very similar,horns are longer and slimmer on the HB. The HB is about 3/4 inch taller
    and the neck/body is less severe ie it's longer,wider and shallower. The V1004 is more a step down to the
    neck than a gradual slope.

    It's the necks that have me thinking,well the headstocks. The HB angles up and the Vintage down with the HB
    having a slope. Here's the two side by side but its the peaks behind the nut. It thickens the neck at it's weak
    point.It makes me think there's a connection,differences sure but could be cut from the same cloth so to speak.

    I'll get some time tomorrow to compare them.I updated Amplitube recently and my presets are all to hell, so
    no playing tonight,I'm ground floor flat.

  2. That really is lovely AT. It must be almost twice the size of my 4 stringer :D

    I'd say we made a wise choice on these or we just got lucky.Out the box I found mines sounded fine like you say nothing out the
    ordinary but not bad sounding maybe the Nexus will change that.I see yours is strung through the body the 4s not,easy mod to
    do though.

    Well I'm off to play for a bit

    Happy New Bass Day

  3. Got this about an hour back.
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    What can I say apart from "Yeah". I'm a sucker for thru neck and natural finish and under that high gloss is a lovely sycamore front and back.
    Sounds like a bass should,good bottom end, no hiss or hum. Good weight to it and solid construction. Necks slightly thicker than my Cirrus
    but not uncomfortable.

    I can't fault it, Thomann have delivered the goods yet again.Another welcome bass to the KB clan and I won't even mention the price

  4. I try not to think about my old Wal. Bought it in Monkey Business Romford 88/89 2nd hand for £500.
    It was passive,leather scratchplate, xlr and standard jack.Sold for £250 plus a 76 SG.

    Contacted the Wal owners group last year to see if they could shed any light on it.They reckoned it was one of the 1st 44 made
    and they can account for 37 of those.Mine being one of the MIA.

    Ouch

  5. Hi Lonestar

    There's another TL 5 up for grabs ATMO. Timing is lousy my contract has been put back 2 weeks so I should be
    curtailing bass buys.

    If you're stuck for parts in future try over on TB, a lot of Peavey owners there strangely not
    so staunch MIA as owners of some other brands. Sure someone there could help locate parts.

  6. No Ray I'm on a HP laptop running Windows 7. 1st thing I have to do is get another USB cable or see if I can get it to work with Amplitube.

    Thanks for the reply.

    Got it working with Amplitube using ASIO . Just need to play with settings and latency things

  7. Just pick one of these up cheap on eBay. Came with the software and that so it's installed and all the updates
    are done, drivers etc but the damn thing won't work.

    Keeps telling me the USB cable's not plugged in though the green light's on saying everything's fine.

    Anyone had any luck with one of these?

  8. Spotted this today

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Washburn-Force-ABT-B20-lefthanded-bass-/301274856392

    As stated in the listing prefect for a hair-metal band.Though I've one of these,same paint job too, the chances of me and hair-metal are slim.

    I'm bald as a coot.

    Bought one of these in Ivory White in 88 then sold it along with a Wal I had no business owing in 90. Got another a few years back to go with
    the fretless B-10 and the 5'er B-105. Decent enough basses, like the look with the right handed neck on this.

    Is it time for a hair metal revival ?

  9. Think I was £140 delivered for the Grind and I jumped, never regretted it, seen some T40's recently asking £350/400

    Older Washburns though, Had ABT B-20 when they came out round 87/88,paid £299 in Machinehead Music Harlow
    yet picked up ABT B-105 mint last year £65.There's no logic to prices.

    AT I'm glad you spurred me to pick up the SGC 310, it's MIJ 883608 so I guess made in 88. Must get some contact spray tomorrow
    and replace the 9v but what a neck. While I'm kinda struck on the Peaveys the SGC is some bit of kit, easiest bass to set up ever
    change of strings, drop in action, few turns to set intonation, maybe 20 mins played a dream. Slimest and Thinnest neck I've got bar the Ibanez.

    Get it sorted in the morning and I'll post my thoughts on both.

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