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Hahahaha! Excellent! Anyone gonna check it out?

So far.... Stagg EUB Cort Curbow 5er (now sold on) Aria STB Jazz Warwick Fortress Incoming..... Small bedroom cab (for occaisional small gig use, to go with my Superfly) Another cheapo Jazz for messing around with Another Warwick Outgoing.... Warmoth fretless Hartke VX215

Hi Tony, good to see more locals on here! I'm just down the road in Cleveleys and there's a few others in Preston [spits] and the Blackpool/Lytham areas Welcome to the forum, it's a great resource, even though it's made me spend lots of money!

If you're after an 80s metal sound surely a Precision would be your best bet. As said, the Squier CV and VM ranges are consistently excellent, have a look at this one: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58325&hl=squier"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...5&hl=squier[/url] Even if you decide to upgrade later you'll get most if not all of your money back on this, plus it would be a dependable back up if you wanted to keep hold of it The best bet is just to go play a few and decide what you like. If you find a great bass for a decent price then buy it, you've certainly got an enviable budget! EDIT: Or this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=59113&st=0&#entry586155"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry586155[/url]

I actually have the reverse problem, it sounds quiter when i slap! I have quite a mid-heavy sound so some of this is lost when slapping. I used to use a mini volume boost pedal (like a Catalinbread) but now use the clean channel on my MXR M80 for a volume boost, it also has a 3 band eq too. I'd imagine you could use it to lessen the volume, although a decent compressor sounds like a good plan

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='585637' date='Aug 31 2009, 10:12 AM']Mine's totally original and pretty pristine. G.[/quote] That looks superb, the build quality looks top drawer on that one

[quote name='crez5150' post='583607' date='Aug 28 2009, 02:57 PM']The comments above are very unfair on Mike..... if he owes for advertising here then thats down to the Admin to sort out...... not for folk here to snipe at!!![/quote] Might get him pay up though? FWIW my Zoot is ace, awesome bass. Mike obviously knows how to make excellent instruments, he seems a little bit lacksadasical on the business side of things.

[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