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I recently bought an Ibanez AGB200 semi acoustic which is a 30 incher and have toally and utterly fallen in love with this scale. I currently have this and the Controversial P-bass which is 4/4 and a Ric 4003 which is just a wee bit shorter than full scale. I almost cannot put the Ibanez down It seems to fit me perfectly and feel so natural when playing and it's not as if i have particularly small hands or arms, as a matter of fact, my knuckles almost scrape the ground and friends are always saying that i could tie my laces without bending over, my hands are bigger than average too. It's not just the size that makes me love this bass though, the sound is great for an instrument selling for less than £300 quid....lovely tones when both pups are used...sounds almost like an upright at times. There's no disguising that it's a budget instrument when you look at it though, the gold hardware kind of cheapens the look for me. The tuners are pretty crap too, a bit too much play and the white plastic adds to the cheap look. Fingerboard and body are very nice however and the frets are nice and even. It's still got the stock strings on but i intend to swap them over for some D'Addario Flatwound Chromes. It's a keeper for sure, this one! Unfortunately it's opened a can of worms and has resulted in me ordering another short scale bass. I've gone and ordered a Gretsch Thunder Jet which i've read really good things about but have never played... i think that i'm gonna stick with short scale from now on even if people do call me a sissy/pantywaist/girls blouse etc

The Insider The Big Blue Black Hawk Down Walker The Virgin Suicides Thin Red Line The Pianist A few of my favourites and all original scores...unlike Oh Brother Where Art Thou, American Graffiti (which i have in my collection) et al.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='236152' date='Jul 9 2008, 10:55 PM']I hope you had the good manners to thank them ...[/quote] I was too busy falling over and being sick.

If Mark King was Chinese his first name would be Wan. Level 42 turned me to drink.

My maple fingerboard doesn't have laquer on the frets...it's Custom Shop P bass.

Jim Lea used a P bass TV shows in Germany but it was borrowed rather than owned. Jim Lea is a severely underrated bassist as is Slade as a rock group...fecking Xmas single!!

This is my new favourite...but i'm bidding on a 4001 c64s so who knows what the future holds I just love the sound of Rics and the neck is just right for me...pity the manufacturers are so up themselves Can i play it? i'd say that in terms of talent i'm better than Vicous but not quite as good as Dee Dee

I would definitely buy it if you have the cash...but i wouldn't bank on selling it for too much more if you do...there's quite a few on ebay at the moment and people seem reluctant to part with a decent wedge for them...probably cos of the economic climate at the moment. I recently picked up a 2003 Montezuma Brown 4003 for a good price myself...though nowhere near as cheap as you've been offered your friends. i love playing it as it's sound suits me down to the ground and it's much lighter than my Fender custom. I have my eye on a 4001 on ebay at the moment but have a feeling that the seller is going to be looking for silly money for it

SLADE!!!! and no, i'm not joking...I love Jim Lea

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='220085' date='Jun 16 2008, 06:04 PM']I don't think it was a "fair" critique. I think it was rude of him. It's started an interesting discussion (you've posted, so you must think so!), so why shouldn't she have posted it?[/quote] I think it's a case of 2 wrongs don't make a right. By posting what this, admittedly, socially inept guy has done the OP has shown herself to be almost as rude as he was. As for it being an 'interesting discussion' because someone has posted, well that's not an excuse for ripping the piss out of someone you don't know on a public forum even if they are as subtle as brick through a window. As others here have pointed out it all seems bit like gang mentality.

I use refined monkey sp**k...it's pretty hard to get hold of though...both the monkey and the sp**k...little bastards squirm like no-ones business.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='218194' date='Jun 13 2008, 11:38 AM']My views on Warwicks are well documented, but I must say, that is the nicest looking Warwick I've ever seen. I almost think its OK (its still firewood obviously, its a Warwick). The rest of the range is designed with the mulleted, wannabe 1980's session musician in mind. This has a tiny bit of style.[/quote] More or less what i was thinking...i've seen a lot uglier.