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You can get flashing LED's but I think the GB controller and the variety of options it has is unique.

Steve has also been lucky enough to play my GB's. Mine were built for me like Russ. I got my first one, the black fretless, cos I wanted a new fretless to replace the Ibanez Musician I had that was a bit lighter as the Musician is one heavy M/F. Thats what Bernie built for me, the same neck dimensions, half the weight (even with 4 9v as I have side LED's). Its a beaut. Loved it so much I got the red one built but as I did not want to get just a fretted one the same I had a 69 P pup and EBS actives. Still plays and sounds fantastic. Cos I wanted light basses they are both made of swamp ash - that was my choice. I find it ironic that BGM reviews custom basses that have been built to a particular customers specification and then criticises those specifications rather than the bass.

Thats quite heavey. Like others have said you could try ultra light tuners (Schaller or Hipshot) and some light weight knobs but weigh a tuner and knob on your kitchen scales first (oh er missus). You are f***ed with the two piece bridge and planing the body is not really an option.

I know I am gonna get flamed for this - and picking on a newbie as well; but better at what?

I'll take your word on that ! Whilst I was banned I complied a list of lightweight cabs and amps over on finnbass - an extension of what I put in the wiki here. I took 26lbs as a definiton of lightweight so it could be soft racked and still come in under 30lbs and lots of Eden came in. But when I did cabs under 50 lbs only the D112XLT came in.

If you must

You mean god?

I may have mentioned before that I dont understand Eden's approach with superlight amps and heavy cabs. Like Josh I would suggest trying EBS or maybe Genz Benz.

Never have, never will. How long would I last ?

Don't gig ! Whats wrong with a DI box then ?

Mark King Wannabe?

Thunderfunk ?

That'll do it

I dont know enough about Orange as to why you amp is worth more than a new AD-200B but I'll take your word for it. Is it hard wired? Might be worth bearing in mind when you come to sell it. I think you can judge the popularity of the amps you are considering by the number of people using them - although the GK Fusion is quite new. Might be worth doing a search to see if anyone has posted reviews etc.

Try an ampeg SVT if you want heavy !

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='361416' date='Dec 22 2008, 09:14 PM']Just received the following pics from Bernie. Was hoping that it would be ready between xmas and new year but that seems unlikely now!! I am looking at other fingerboards as I think this one looks a little plain! The facings on the body look lovely when they are "wetted down" believe me. As soon as I have a better idea of completion date I will let you all know. Cheers Mark[/quote] I dont think the fingerboard looks too shabby. Dont forget a bit of lemon oil will bring out the figuring. If you want to add something more fancy Bernie does have some snake wood (or is it lizard wood ) but expect it to cost a fair bit extra. Maybe you should have stuck to your guns with the maple. Dont forget maple can be stained before it is lacquered.

See [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=34586&hl="]this thread[/url] And [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=33811&hl="]this thread[/url] Its a bit hard going wading through it all but there are some pearls of wisdom buried in there somewhere.

There are lots of reasons for using more than one bass. Fretted and fretless, detuned, different sounds.

I use Status Hotwires. All strings are available with double ball for those that dont like heads.

The radial is an interesting alternative to the others. I think Mark at Bass Direct is selling them. The 15v DC power is a pain though.

Thanks guys. It all comes down to this: You might not like the sound we like. OK. So whats the point in recommending something we like the sound of ? I for one will not, and never have, tell anyone in your position what to buy. You have to put in some effort. When I said go to gigs, I meant your local pub gigs not guys using washing machines for backline Geddy is just taking the piss out of everyone else that uses backline for props, like most big gigs where the bass is DI and the monitoring is in-ear ! And sounds on record are no help either. Another good idea is to go to a bash and if there is not one local try and organise one - you might even be lucky and get somebody to take over like I did with the SE bash. You can try lots of gear then.

Same as for all the others that have asked this question this week. Try and demo everything you can in your price range. Go to local gigs and listen to the bass. Buy what sounds best.

For once I am in agreement with kiwi - EBS MBII into Shuttle 6.0. I always plug into A and add the second channel on the MBII when I want to boost the quiet bass but there are loads of different ways of doing it with just the EBS. There are lots of other options. When I want to get really radical I adjust the volume on the basses so they are all the same Edit having read the incoming post. There are two approaches to using an active bass. The first is to set the active EQ flat and then add or cut B(M)T as required. The other approach is to just turn the B(M)T up to 11. One will have a big affect on the tone.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='360798' date='Dec 22 2008, 11:13 AM']This is solid advice, Ferrert - thanks. snip...........[/quote] The new nice Ferret has patience