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[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='584026' date='Aug 28 2009, 09:02 PM']At that price its worth putting up with the stiffy/viagra jokes that will be inevitable when playing it. [/quote] Have you seen my avatar bass? I get enough of those already!

Sounds like you were pretty happy with the GK and Schroeder! Why do you just want a combo, for portability and convenience?

[quote name='alexclaber' post='583325' date='Aug 28 2009, 10:46 AM']Or find a Black Russian like mine which benefits from loose tolerances! Alex[/quote] +1 My Black Russian Muff kicks ass!

The price is pretty decent, although these are the forerunner to the Rockbass range. I had one of these and didn't really like it, pickup sounded a bit weak to my ears, certainly looks nice though. My Corvette absolutely spanked it when it came to sound and playability One thing i would add is that it's the standard size Warwick cavity rout, so if you wanted to add an active eq and change the pickup there's loads of room to play with and you wouldn't need to actually do any routing. I was thinking about sticking a MM sized humbucker and active circuit in mine but ended up flogging it for about £200

[quote name='pal1972' post='583501' date='Aug 28 2009, 01:11 PM']Git!!!! i emailed for some pics as ive git one already and wanted a second one for while! oh well you snooze you loose!! hope it works out for you these are amazing basses and i'd never part with mine for anything!![/quote] Yeah i was gonna email him first but thought it wouldn't stay there long. You don't need 2 anyway, that's just greedy! I've been GASsing for one of these for aaaaaages, missed a few very good deals (one cheaper than this one, although a bit battered) so hopefully i've finally scored one of my 3 favourite bass shapes. Only a Tobias to go now!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280390313094&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url] No pics but have emailed the seller for some as confirmation. Too good to be true or a genuine bargain? I've been after one of these for a while (at the right price ) and jumped on this one straight away, even though i don't usually buy stuff with no pictures. Paid by Paypal anyways in case anything goes awry Does this look ok or a bit dodgy? Hopefully i've cured a long standing GAS problem, at worst i've lost the £20 postage fee Cheers Steve EDIT: Heard back from the seller, seems pretty genuine and sent me some pictures of the bass. There's a scuff mark on the back but other than that it looks sweet, i have a strange appreciation for well used Warwicks anyways! I'm assuming this is active 2band based on the fact it has 4 knobs? If not, what do they do? Ta

That is one shoddy pickup rout. I think i could do better with a chisel!

I had the USA one and found it lacking in low end, sounded miles better with guitar than bass. Bought the Russian (black) one and was well impressed, very meaty sound and can sound smooth or nasty Bear in mind you'll need a battery adapter if you want to run the Russian one from a power supply as it has no DC jack. Either that or wire it to a DC jack from Maplins and use a polarity reverse adapter (the Russian Muff is centre+ve, most pedals are centre-ve) I use the ZVEX Mastotron now as it's miles smaller but gives similar sounds and loads more options. Still break out the Russian Muff every now and again though, it's one of my favourite pedals for loud and leary bass

My housemate has a Zoom multi FX in the loft, think it's the one with the expression pedal. I'll ask him if he's up for selling it if ya fancy?

One little niggle i have with my Diago (£45 2nd hand btw, not payin them prices!) is that the edges are raised quite high on the base section, forcing you to keep some of your pedals away from the edge (so you can plug them in) and losing valuable board space. I actually think a homemade board in a flightcase would be a better and more practical option

Dear oh dear, what some folk try to pass off as a custom instrument

[quote name='Spoombung' post='582163' date='Aug 27 2009, 08:56 AM']Of course I don't mind - I'm looking forward to the commission fee Mike promised to pay me if he got any business from my build thread. [/quote] Would that be like the advertising fee he still owes the admins on here?

You can get adapter cables like this one: [url="http://www.diago.co.uk/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,39/category_id,3/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,206/"]http://www.diago.co.uk/component/page,shop...art/Itemid,206/[/url] Pricey though, haven't seen a cheaper alternative either. I just used to use a seperate power supply when i had my Blowtorch

[quote name='Rich' post='581285' date='Aug 26 2009, 12:51 PM']The words 'smurf' and 'awesome' do not belong in the same sentence.[/quote] Smurfette had her moments...

I have used a couple of EV bass bins at a gig when my old cab failed and they were great, couldn't complain and if they weren't so heavy and cumbersome i'd have looked into it. We paid £210 for both of them too! I also used an old Carlsbro sub our drummer had (a 2x18 4ohm 800w monster) and went lower than any cab i've ever tried. Again if i could be bothered to move it more than 5 feet i'd have used that for gigs

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-FENDER-PRECISION-JAZZ-BASS-USA_W0QQitemZ120462689103QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c0c22c34f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-FENDER-PRECISIO...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Worse than his butchered Ripper and the dodgy Fortress put together

Just do Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday", that's ace! It's one of my guilty pleasures and is guaranteed to make people dance like idiots

Just like to add that my Superfly hasn't had a single malfunction since i took all the outer casing off it. It may have been overheating (you wouldn't believe the amount of 'orrible metal i took off) plus it weighs a damn sight less now and also looks nicer IMO I got the idea from someone on here, can't remember who but cheers anyhooow!

It wasn't just the Superfly heads that went kaputt. My local music shop stopped stocking Ashdown stuff (mainly the MAG stuff) because he got so many returns. He switched to Hartke gear and didn't get one broken amp or cab back I do think the lapse in QC was limited to a brief time period though, however a reputation like that does stick.

[quote name='iamapirate' post='578205' date='Aug 23 2009, 02:20 PM']The Jim Dunlop 105Q Bass wah pedal - just doesn't go far forward enough. Really bassy and I dont like it.[/quote] Turn the pedal's tone control up!