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That said the micro synth doesn't have any issues tracking as it manipulates the bass signal instead of tracking it and reproducing the wave form iirc.....might be wrong but i think this was one of the reasons why i didn't go for it in the end.

I've not tried the mirco synth so can't comment only read mixed reviews and sound clips and to me it sounded very analogue and just like an overly distorted bass - and wasn't as synth like as i wanted. I've no idea how it'll far through a big muff but in my mind it sounds like everything will be garbled and hugely distorted.. When i was looking into synth pedals i was going for the pure synth tones and wanted something a little more versitile using muse tones as inspiration i was looked into an akai deep impact (this was before they got to silly prices and were about £200 ish). But the tracking issues and reliability problems stopped me from getting one. In the end i got a Korg G5 bass synth which to me did exactly what i wanted. Tracks amazingly well super reliable and sounds similar enough to the deep impact (if not better in some cases imo) Huge amount of sounds, can save 9 custom presents, double up on waveform sounds 3 banks of 3 - which for live stuff allowed my to organize me tones so i could switch between a couple at a time in a song. Add some delay and you got a huge synthy keyboard sound - on its own i can almost nail the hysteria sound i'm sure adding a big muff will just take it the one step closer to perfecting it. There is also new mark bass synth also looks like it could be something special but i've yet yo try it - but it should be worth a look at! - from the comments i;ve heard from people its a very good synth pedal. All the projects where i was using my Korg G5 have pretty much stopped so i've got mine up for sale for £200 - I can get some clips up of the Korg G5 for you if you want, but my advice would be to really hunt around youtube and try and find clips of all the pedals as they all are different and appeal to different people. If you can find some to try that would be even more ideal and really give you a sense of what you want.

Spent a day in bass direct 2 weeks ago and tried out an ABZ - while for me the fanned fret thing didn't work (2 breaks in my left arm + plates and 2 operations mean the wrist rotation needed for hitting the 1st few frets was a little beyond me) they are very well build basses. Very nice jazz bass type sound as well (to my ears), but i'm very much a pbass style guy and the sound for me was just a little to delicate - although very even and beautifully precise. Definitely worth a try.

The marks don't look too serious to me and i can't think of a reason why it would affect the tone.

Its a shame a visit to shuker is going to be a little too far out of my way. I've had a chance to play some precisions now. Boy am i gad i did! Turns out i really don't get on with the necks, most are far to wide for me - i'm use to 38mm of my warwicks and 44mm and even 41mm is just too uncomfortable for me to play So with that in mind and a precision like sound in my head i took a trip to bass direct and pretty much played everything in the shop! Huge mix of basses. After being in the shop for a good 5 hours i successfully killed any gas i might have had for a jazz bass - just not my tone its too delicate for me. I also wasn't hugely taken with precisions as well. However PJ basses is a completely different story! By the end of the day i had i narrowed down to a G&L SB 2 and a yamaha BB2024x. Both extremely nice basses and both sounding amazing and yet each was different. Although my heart was probably with the yamaha as it just had something about it, my head was with the G&L and at the end of the day out of everything i played the G&L SB-2 is the only bass that has ever ticked all my boxes and played the nicest and while not as wild as the yamaha BB2024x the sb2 was way more versitile and gave me the tones i wanted right out the box. Allround it felt more of a working mans bass where the yamaha BB2024x played more like a wild beast (sounded like one as well - very tight and thick with a lot of grunt and strength behind it). For me at my playing level a working mans bass that i can rely on to do the job in hand every time is exactly what i need. As for the maple FB - every bass i played with one ended up too clacky for me liking! turns out rosewood was the way forward for me after all, amazing what a good playing session and trying many different basses does for you! TL:DR - I'm now the proud owner of a G&L SB-2 in white with a tort pick guard (my favourite color) and am still finding sounds out of it that both myself and mark at bass direct never thought the bass was possible of doing with just Vol/Vol controls. A yamaha BB2024x is now on my 'If i ever have 2K+ spare and want another bass' list...