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[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1505167737' post='3370011'] But does it go up to elf? [/quote] Nein, nur zehn

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1504947540' post='3368451'] ^^ Oh, and Dave there at GB Music has this one for sale, with 3 more coming in next week... [/quote] Just like buses - you wait 6 months for one the 4 turn up at the same time

Sorry, should have read the OP properly (brain-fade) - I'm not techie enough to know whether that 2.7ohm setting also accommodates 2 x 4ohm cabs.

My Genzler Magellan 800 is switchable down to 2.7ohms to run either 3 x 8ohm cabs (which I do) or 1 x 4ohm + 1 x 8ohm. It's also a blindingly good IMHO and not as expensive in the UK as other popular US amps.

You'd also get a decent used Hofner Club CT for your budget (I had a lovely one for a while). Similar sounds to the violin bass but maybe without the 'Beatle-McCartney' connection, which can attract a bit of a price premium.

My list would be more like 20, and the only ones I haven't managed to try yet are an Alembic EUB 1, a Rivoli (pref Chas Chandler's), one of those cute little Warwick s-s Corvettes, and (bizarrely, as I love 'em and have had lots of opportunities) a Ricky 4001.

[quote name='LITTLEWING' timestamp='1504351402' post='3364290'] I got two basses on the wall on hangers for those quick 'working things out' moments and two sitting in hard cases ready for gigs. I couldn't relax on a journey if my basses were in gig bags, however much they're padded. I can always see something falling over and cracking the neck off. [/quote] Exactly the same here.

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1504357912' post='3364365'] Also with the different woods used & one being active & the other passive, I would imagine you could dial in any tone you want from one or t'other. [/quote] That was in fact the plan - and it's worked out pretty well for the two completely different bands I play in (classic covers and singer-songwriter original, multi-genre stuff).

OK, so let's get the numbers up a bit with my 2 short-scales! http:// http://[url="https://ibb.co/iULhOa"][/url] My Mensinger Cazpar was the standard passive model except for the eye poplar capper being a bit thicker to allow for the deeper arm-rest chamfer I requested (I wasn't charged any extra for this mod!!). The Elwood active was made to my spec including chambered body, Hipshot lightweight Y tuners and alu bridge, Haeussel P-JJ with mini series/single/parallel switch for the HB, Delano 2-band electronics with 3-way pup selector toggle and pot's for volume + active/passive (push-pull), bass and treble/passive tone. Two very different basses but (to me) equally beautiful. Have to say, though, that the (much!) cheaper Cazzie is the star player - I've never found anything like it at any price.

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1504299070' post='3364052'] The necks are just amazing on these basses - so playable. Both mine have a 14" fretboard radius & I like that flatness! Low action & no fret buzz either. [/quote] Love the neck on mine too - but my Cazzie is even better

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1504262655' post='3363730'] Do we need yet another J-Bass copy? [/quote] I'd say there's a bit more to it than that.

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1504025942' post='3362206'] Definite incoming now... [/quote] How gorgeous is that?! Love my Elwood btw.

[quote name='Marty Forrer' timestamp='1504086979' post='3362537'] It depends on what you want to hear. [/quote] You've hit the nail on the head there! I found my Gen 1 Midget T was a bit too transparent and light at the bottom end. From what I can gather, the latest Midget with the current 12" driver is still transparent but more substantial.

Very 'Spiders from Mars'!

Import duty might be the explanation for the high price: China>Japan>EU??

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1504107107' post='3362731'] If I was after a shorty 4, I'd go straight to the Ibanez Talman. I often wonder about a headless conversion on one of these, for a super-compact travel bass. [/quote] +1 - I had one and it was really nice. At the price, they're an absolute steal. Shame that, as Mr Ford once famously said: "You can have any colour you like as long as it's black." Didn't stop me as I quite like black basses - but the antique white shown on the Ibanez website looked really cool (Thomann had one in for a while).

Seems stupid expensive to me.