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The C2 and C4 are both 8ohm cabs, the C8 is/was available in 4 or 8 ohm variants. C series all use the 5" drivers, mine is the 4ohm C8L with the neo speakers and can very loud, like I said quite power hungry though.

Some people on here analysed the response of the Bam200 and Warwick Gnome (200w version), they're pretty flat with the bass and treble rolled back a bit and the mids boosted so they may be suitable for doubling on electric and upright, especially if you stich a Fishman or something in front of it. The Bam200 was also quite popular for jazz guitarists as a clean micro amp, when I was looking at them a while ago there were quite a few threads on jazz guitar forums! The smaller PJB combos are usually used for very quiet gigs, home practice and teaching. I think for gigging you'd be looking at a C4 cab (or a pair of C2) at least. A BG-400 would probably be a more suitable dual channel, low volume gigging combo, 18kg so not superlight though.

The front pocket on the TGI is quite large but pretty flat, just measured the depth and it can take items around 3cm thick. Depends on the dimensions of your tablet holder really, mine is quite bulky so I just leave it premanently attached to my bass stand. The best gigbag for storage would be the Gator Pro Go which has a very spacious front pocket with a padded compartment for a tablet or small laptop. Also has a large pocket in front of the headstock, can get my Fishman DI and my IEM pack in here. More rigid than the TGI with much better padding, also more than twice the price though.

The more capable PJB stuff isn't particularly light, especially for its size and output. The only one that floated my boat was the C8 Lite as it's light enough (18.5kg), very easy to move (wheels and a trolley handle built in) and can handle a low B at high volume. Can't speak for the other cabs but it's not particularly sensitive and likes a lot of power, my TC BH250 was running out of steam with it so I bought a BH800. The newer Rumble combos are very light (16.6kg for thr 500w combo) so if you like the sounds of them but want lighter/more powerful then maybe that would be a good option?

Battery charger for an IEM pack is a great idea, will be stealing that and having two sets of batteries on rotation!

Keep an eye out for a used Warwick Streamer LX. Try a modern Streamer in a shop first to see if you get on with the necks. Warwicks, Laklands and Ibanez basses all sound/play very different to each other so best going to a shop and trying a few first.

Really when a bass has noticeable age related wear, discolouration and surface damage it should just be sold as used, maybe with a mention in the description that it's an ex-demo instrument or whatever and pictures showing everything so there's no unfortunate surprises when you open the box. Can't speak for everyone but when I see something described as ex-demo I get the idea that it's basically a new instrument with maybe the odd surface mark or something. The only thing that would bother me with that bass (assuming the pot is replaced FoC) is the yellowed paint near the control cavity which looks really unsightly on a white bass.

Saw this video recently where someone was converting a Squier P and Strat into a doubleneck, when he chopped part of the bass body off it revealed a sizeable void in the wood, kinda put me off the cheaper Squiers

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We use one of these, the 3u shallow version as we don't need any drawers or other rack stuff in there: https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/3U-19-inch-Shallow-Rack-Bag-by-Gear4music/WNQ It has a small gap at the top and bottom so we just feed our ethernet and aux in cables through there. You can fit a 5ghz router in there (mine is taped to the back of the XR18 with 3M tape) and also a power strip on the back. For the power strip I recessed it into the case slightly with washers so anything plugged into it doesn't protrude. We also have a USB powered bluetooth dongle on the power strip (via a regular USB charger) which is plugged into the 1/4" aux ins so we can stream bluetooth music from a phone. These are also handy, hook round the back of the rack bag so you have somewhere to put your laptop or tablet: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006865252616.html

That's exactly what I did, was my main gigging bass for years until I fractured my left collarbone and could no longer do standing gigs with the 11.6lb Sire. Great platform for modding though, just takes them that little bit further.

I had two basses with the JAN 2 on, I think my record was 2 string changes before the first tab snapped off. I preferred the brass one on my Fortress, given the price of Warwicks they should just use those as standard.

Just had an email and apparently there's still one on stock so they've put it to one side and will give it the once over before sending it out, mine is being picked up on Thursday so hopefully I'll have the replacement next week.

Oh and the gigbag is decent too, not TGI Extreme good (and they're almost twice the price of the TGI) but still good.

Had a quick play plugged into my mini mixing desk (take it to work on NBD!) and it does genuinely sound brilliant, if you want a modern super Jazz thing with a really solid low B it's right up there with anything I've played and pretty astonishing for £749. I've put mine back in the box now, it did need the intonation sorting on the E but that's the shop's problem! Also worth noting that the 3 eq controls are the wrong way round - treble is bridge end and bass is neck end which is confusing, will swap them round if/when I get my replacement. If you get one without any issues you'll be delighted I think, hearing how it sounds definitely convinced me to go for a replacement over a refund. Mine was 8.6lb/3.9kg which seems fairly typical for these. You would think with basses that are around a grand (well outside of the sale anyway) they'd at least open the box and give them a cursory glance, the binding was one of the first things I spotted!

I read elsewhere (grain of salt, may just have been random forum gossip) but the effects in on the HB Block clone is pretty much flat response so it would make for an ideal tiny power amp that costs peanuts.

The annoying thing is apart from the binding it's extremely well put together. I'm not even a fan of bound necks really but the binding on these is quite subtle. Hopefully they can swap it for a good one.

Always fancied one of these, nice and light with crazy spec. Ordered yesterday from Guitar Guitar at the sale price of £749 and it arrived this morning, excitedly opened the box and immediately noticed some extremely dodgy binding. The most noticeable when playing is where it joins the fingerboard on the 5th fret here: However far worse is this on the fingerboard at the 11th fret, treble side: Ugh, very disappointing, how did this one get through QC? Had a ton of Cort built basses before and never seen anything like this. Aside from that the bass is beautiful to look at and play, no doubt it sounds killer. Booked it in for a return, hopefully they can source another to swap it for. What a pretty bass though

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There's a PJB Double Four on eBay at the moment with a very low start bid if you fancy a long drive.

Earlier this year I stuck an East Uni Pre in a bass I picked up for £130, gigged it and it sounds incredible. Did win the "cheap bass with a great low B" lottery wth it and the neck is fantastic so thought it was worth getting it to where I wanted sonically.

The older plastic JANs you'll encounter in the wild will also be loose because the retaining tabs broke within about a month of owning the bass!

Potential steal for someone though, around £400 ish new these aren't they?

Unfortunately that's exactly how most bass players rate amps, blame the companies that market them that way. It didn't help that the Superfly sounded a bit underpowered if just used with a single cab that wasn't particularly sensitive, so buyers with a less than stellar single cab would have been a bit underwhelmed with their new 500w amp. I got enough volume for rehearsals out of mine with a decent Deltalite equipped 1x10 but had mixed results with other cabs. At the end of the day they have to slap some sort of power rating on it and I think if you'e producing an amp that only gets it's max rating with a cab configuration most players don't have then it's safe to just rate it like they have done.