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It's gone! Advertised on here for about a week!! I was surprised you didn't bite at the time tbh!

Some people like the more subtle modern tort. Personally I like my tort to be as outrageous as possible! The AVRI is very nice though. Once the Chromes have dulled a bit I'd say the sound will be pretty damn close between them. Played the Ibanez again this morning. It's surprising me - really nice sound for the money.

Yeah, I'm sure a live video will happen I will post one up.

Well it's found a permanent home now. It's my chance to gig the 64 without gigging the 64!

I suspect it will Really pleased. It's borderline so good that I was almost slightly annoyed that it made my 64 look like a total waste of money. Not quite - but really close

The Ibanez is interesting. Weighs about 6 1/2 lb, and balances really well. It has a 38mm nut, but a pretty flat board. So whilst I'm not normally into thin nuts this one is really nice to play. Piezo pickup only. I was expecting a sort of clanky acoustic tone. What I got was a really woody thumpy sound that was quite double bass in timbre. Really surprised - I reckon it will be really useful in our band context. Build quality is top notch. I like it a lot, and it's going to get a good work out.

Whilst I was out the nice courier delivered bass number 2... I have been hankering after one for a few months actually, and when one was up on eBay from Absolute Music I copped it in their 20% off day. Retail on these is £609 - I got it for £412 Ibanez SRH-500-DEF

Made a snowy trip over to Chester to see @drlargepants - what a nice chap!! I've wanted a gigging bass that was like my 64 P without being my 64 P - just too much risk. Did the deal and came home with a 2009 Fender AVRI 62 P. It's really very similar in feel and tone to the 64. I would say it gets 95% of the way there - will be perfect for gigging! Most happy.. Spot the difference: 64P: AVRI 62P:

Thanks! I'm surprised more ppl aren't interested tbh. I think it's a genuinely good alternative to some of the more expensive preamps out there..

Mrs B outdid herself this year - she go me a Mono M80 for gigging duties. Very Chuffed. However, as a complete surprise she also bought me an Electro Harmonix Battalion Preamp/DI pedal. I swapped out my Ampeg SCR-DI on my nano board for it today. Plugged straight into the K10.2 via DI. Compression is pretty good. I'd say as good as onboard amp compression. EQ stage is very good. Responsive, adds some nice colour, and gives a really nice preamp boost. I'd say it's not quite Ampeg SVT, but it has shades of that vintage sound about it. However, the distortion/drive section is so much better than the Scrambler on the SCR-DI that it's actually a bit comical. More control with Level/Blend/Tone/Drive (and a selector so you can set it pre or post EQ or Dry with blend) and a proper level control for the DI out - it's usable. No, scrub that - that's doing it a disservice - it's very very usable. I really liked the warm tone I was getting with about half drive and 50/50 blend and 50% level. Really nice. I actually wasn't expecting much as they are one of the cheaper Preamp/DI pedals but I was more than pleasantly surprised by it. It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it really well. Thumbs up from me - it's staying on my board for now instead of the SCR-DI. I'll rehearse and gig with it and let's see if it stays on!

No, you just can't see past that sort of rarity

Grrrr!

This isn't helping my gas you know!

FTFY

What about them?

I wonder if he used a red pen to do it

Just so long as it isn't renamed starburst or something stupid like that!

I've asked our dog to have a look at the pic to see if she could spot anything. She gave me this look: That will be a no then.

Come on then, own up - who has one? Show us a pic - go on, you know you want to!

And I am now officially gassing for a marathon...

Must be custom then - the standard width on the Marathon was 42mm at the nut I do believe

Well this one was really light, resonant and sounded proper meaty. I was pretty gobsmacked to be honest

Do it.. it's a lot easier than you think. Plenty of advice on here as well. It's very satisfying. And a lot flippin' cheaper than a real vintage (ask me how I know )

Ordered some pickups - cheap and cheerful to get it up and running. If it plays well I'll get a set of handwounds made for it.. this one will be vol vol only.

A quick rub with some leather stain and then a bath in Lenon Oil and look what happens!