dave_bass5

[quote name='chrisAngryman' post='1196336' date='Apr 11 2011, 10:44 PM']i have a mid control on the solid state side and may give this a bit of a go as it does give more control[/quote] In my limited experience this happens if you boost the low on the bass too much, and even more so if you lower the mids.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1195928' date='Apr 11 2011, 04:39 PM'] Although in my defence, it was during the one PM per hour (or whatever the restriction was) phase [/quote] Wotever

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1195903' date='Apr 11 2011, 04:22 PM']Well, I recall a series of PMs from several people about the Wizard 64s in my Squier CV Jazz about a year ago and I think I recall one of them being from you Dave. If I did fail to reply then I apologise. I realise how frustrating unanswered PMs can be. Mind you, I don't feel I fit the description 'prominent member'.[/quote] LOL, thanks but it wasn't you. The culprit knows who he is and we have cleared it up. I was just having a laugh based on a comment made earlier. No big deal.

Dont sweat about it, its a friendly forum and no one seem to hold grudges 9for too long). Saying that, its coming up to a year since i PM'd a certain prominent member in this thread and never got a reply ;-)

I read this thread last month and have just come to see how it all went. Glad it worked out for the OP but i can see why a few are a bit disappointed. Seeing as the OP posted "after the eBay fiasco " in a new thread 6 days ago i would have thought there was some news to post here before today. Still, alls well that ends well. I've always fancied a Decade myself, what was the ebay guys name again ;-)

I see dots before my eyes.....so many dots :-(

I also like the machine heads. Although i use a very thin gig bag i dont find my basses go out of tune during transport, and ive never had a bass go out of tune at gigs. As they are something i rarely touch ive never even considered changing them. One on my CV Jazz was slightly faulty when it arrived (buzzing rather than slipping etc) abut a bit of super glue soon fixed that. So, new bass arrived?

Oh the excitement indeed. Fingers crossed he doesn't break down. I was tempted to order the Matt Freeman yesterday but im loving my CV P too much at the moment. Any mods happening to this one?

I think DFS are selling them as well Subscribing with bated breath. Finger crossed it arrives today Fran.

Ive often considered a P-Retro so ill be very interested in how you get on with it. I like the P tone, and my CV P seems to nail it perfectly, even better than my old Lakland Duck Dunn's, but i do need a break from it every now and then so keeping my CV Jazz on standby. I really love my CVP but do fancy the Matt Freeman P to replace it as i think it looks fantastic. Thing is i just cant get away from how perfect my CV P is at the moment. If i dont get the MF, and i probably wont just yet, i think ill invest in a nice maple neck like Fran's, although mine would be a Jazz neck. This is the first bass thats really helped keep away the GAS.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1191886' date='Apr 7 2011, 04:12 PM']The thread's several months old, I bumped it instead of starting a new one. I can't take the bass on board with me because we're on a really strict budget and avoiding all costs that we can (a flight case can be re-used indefinitely so it's not something I'd consider an issue with budget for one trip). Plus with a whole band going, there'd be too much kit between us to try and sneak it on, or potentially even storage if we did get it all on.[/quote] Oh yeah, silly me. I was going to unsubscribe but these threads are quite handy to keep track of.

Maybe someone on here could lend the OP one.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1191875' date='Apr 7 2011, 04:02 PM']Yes...shame the price is quite high [/quote] Yeah, it looks like Thomanns is still quite a bit cheaper.

I notice Guitar Guitar also have the Black Matt Feeman in stock

[quote name='Duarte' post='1191787' date='Apr 7 2011, 02:53 PM']HAH ...I am interested to see how pine holds up. If it's anything like my desk, not long.[/quote] Just dont go carving "Duarte luvs Basschat" on it

[quote name='Johnston' post='1191745' date='Apr 7 2011, 02:12 PM']Ahh when EBMM make something out of it and charge a fortune it will be more appreciated .[/quote] yeah but it will still have a weak G sting :-)

A guy on TB has already received one. It looks pretty nice in his photos. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/nbd-squier-cv-50s-butterscotch-arrived-757824/"]CV 50's thread[/url]

[quote name='risingson' post='1191279' date='Apr 6 2011, 11:46 PM']The no markers thing has never for to me but aesthetically I do prefer them definitely. Which Lakland did you opt for Dave?[/quote] Yeah, its more aesthetics for me. I just think they look plain without the dots. That day money was no object, i just wanted a good 5 string. I tried everytihng they had in the shop but really fell in love with the PM5. I went back twice to pay it but after seeing the huge gaps under some of the higher frets on the PM5 i ended up getting a 55-01, at half the price. I played 7 of them and they all played so well that it was a hard choice which one to buy. This was at the Bass Centre and probably the last time i was in there. I know you can order Sandbergs with fret markers/inlays etc but im sure these are extras and ive not seen many for sale second-hand with these on, other than a couple of horrible road worn basses (sorry, i hate this look).

[quote name='Duarte' post='1191074' date='Apr 6 2011, 09:17 PM']Doesn't Matt Freeman play a Tony Franklin signature P bass? What's going on there... That butter P looks so nice. I think it may be ESSENTIAL[/quote] Im not a Matt Freeman fan as i'd never heard of him untill this bass was mentioned, but in the interview he did for the Squier website he said his favorite bass is his 70's P (which this is based on) but he never uses it anymore as he is nervius about taking it out. He also metions he has had over 90 basses.

[quote name='risingson' post='1190741' date='Apr 6 2011, 05:51 PM']I put off looking at Sandberg's initially because I didn't like the look of them, but I was really stupid to because for the money, you simply cannot get a better bass. They are utterly superb. I would have got one recently had I not just bought a new Lakland.[/quote] For me its always been the lack for dots or markers on the fretboard thats put me off. Funny enough in the same day, at the same shop i played my first Sandberg and Lakland, and ended up getting the Lakland.

The first, ans only Sandberg ive every played was a Black burst PM5 and i loved it. I almost brought it but it had neck issues so i passed but i will have one, one day. There were a few doing the rounds on here last year IIR, and the custom model with the block inlays is very, very nice.

Thanks mark. I think im now going to go with what i have for a while. I really dont "need" a new amp and while that never stops us spending money i want to check out the new Matt Freeman Squier P bass first.

Mine is a necessity rather than following a trend. If i had a car i wouldn't care what size the amp was but having to travel on public transport, the smaller the better.