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I picked up a little clean boost pedal off here for £35 so it does pay to keep an eye out. Before that i used a Hartke VXL pedal which did the trick too I'd imagine the Behringers will do the trick, just don't stomp on them too hard or you might be getting a lot less volume than you'd hoped for!

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='409866' date='Feb 15 2009, 03:53 AM']for £300? are you kidding? if you can find one, link me! id be well up for buying one[/quote] I've seen a few go on ebay last year for under £350, one went for £320. Remember they could be bought new around 2002 (IIRC) for £530. I paid £580 for mine and as it's got a few knocks i'd expect it to fetch no more than £350 second hand Remember the new Rockbasses look gorgeous and the $$ Corvettes go for around £500 Keep an eye out on the bay. I saw the passive fretless version go for just over £300 as well and that was mint

For around that price you could get an active Warwick Corvette Standard. I've got one and it's a beast for slap. Also a very versatile bass

Be cheeky and ask if they can sort you out with a loaner while yours is being fixed. Aim for the most expensive bass in the shop!

Try a semi acoustic bass? Tanglewood do a version of their Warrior, Ibanez do one as do Yamaha and Aria (arabassist had a nice one for sale for a little over £100 a while ago). The one that struck me was the Dean Rhapsody (think that's what it was called...), they also do a fretless version too. [url="http://www.deanguitars.com/home-dean-basses.php"]http://www.deanguitars.com/home-dean-basses.php[/url]

[quote name='mrcrow' post='403423' date='Feb 8 2009, 04:05 PM']how many are familiar with acoustics and if so what kind of volume and tone do they have without using any onboard electrics and preamps recommendations would be fine in the mid price category and do they need bronze strings?? thanks[/quote] Most of the cheaper to mid priced ones lack a lot of bass on the low E, purely due to the physics of producing that low end. I've got an old cheapy (£160 ten years ago!) and it sounds pretty decent with bronze strings. Always fancied the Michael Kelly ones. There was a Takamine for sale here not so long ago, don't think it sold and it was a bargain

I always thought the epi pickups sucked too. Think the EMG HZ soapbar style pups would be a suitable replacement, great rock tone with none of the TBird mud

Ah cool, should be ok then! Cheers dude!

Ah i should be ok then, think the Lifebook Cs were P3s. I'm sat typing on an old Lifebook B2154 at the moment (it's a 450mhz celeron). Stuck Puppy Linux on it and it flies! Bought it for £29 and stuck a wireless card in it. Think it's a bit under specced for recording though...

Just Moving by the Southside Movement EDIT: Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall by Jethro Tull. In fact, any Jethro Tull!

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='401774' date='Feb 6 2009, 09:24 AM']I'm clueless about software like so a little help please. Can you run this as a stand alone or is it a plug in whereby you need other software to run it ?? I have a fairly decent pcmcia sound card on the lappy with a mic/instrument input which i sometimes use for jamming along to music.If i got this software will it run on it's own,ie with the bass plugged into the sound card.Also could i then plug the lappy into a bass amp ?? Told you i was a dumbass hehe.[/quote] What spec is your laptop? Wanna know if i can run this on mine: 1.6 Celeron M 360 2gig ram M Audio 4/4 usb interface I've always suffered latency so bought the interface (struggled with compatibility issues with my old Tascam) hoping this will sort it out

Mine cut out a couple of gigs ago and came back in 2 mins later. It's been fine since though and the venue is know for dodgy mains power. Funny thing is the blue light was still on, yet i tried my bass directly into the amp and still nothing. Fingers crossed though! Also i use decent quality kettle lead from an old bass amp I think waynepunkdude is currently running the black market in kettle leads so why not give him a shout?

Even if you don't like em you can blag them and sell them on here unused. Then put the money to some decent (IMHO) strings! Winner winner!

Bought mine from the pound shop too, it's rubbish! Here in Blackpool we have awesome pound shops (cos it's full of dossers), bought an optical mouse the other day and it's really good. A quid!

I've got a Hartke VX215 for sale for £90 500w @ 4ohms, 2x15" drivers Stick a LH500 on top of that and bob's your proverbial!

Bought my already much missed Jaco tribute, a pleasure to deal with and kept me informed throughout. Top bloke, lovely cat!