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Let us know - but i'd double check - but if not that's a sweet deal and i might follow suit - tho - a new cabinet might be first on the list

Thomann have reduced the Katana-500 Bass to £499 - it's still 20% on top duty to UK- hoping some UK shops will see this and make theirs sub 600£ - read a comment about the mute button doesnt mute the DI - which seems daft and the fan is a bit noisy - but still like the idea - as some of demo sounds have been great from Bass the World video

I’ve heard good things about the 400 series (thinking of possibly one down the line) but I wanted something of a sure thing after having last 2 brand new basses both have faults and was a really good deal - I have a superb Japanese Fender Jazz bass and in fact have never had a bad Japanese made bass - whereas I’ve had some mediocre MIAs - so after the short experience with the 734a, I’m pretty confident that the 34 will be fantastic… hopefully

Yes same pickups same everything except the IRA sound treatment and made in Japan as opposed to Indonesia - and better case. But yes love the passive tone. I used the 734a in passive mostly - I love a sunburst which I’ve gone for but the cream and the midnight blue are nice too- wish they did a natural finish though really looking forward to this one - got some gigs coming up

Ah it’s going back tomorrow as truss rod doesn’t work and the passive circuit cut out at rehearsal for a few mins - so yesterday found a new BBP34 on Black Friday sale which arrives Tuesday - apart from the faults the 734a was good - loved the neck and clear tones

my guitarist said the same - i think my jazz has set a hex on any other bass that's the last 2 - i had a run of good basses until trying to but new ones!

got 734a on Weds, rehearsal last night. - passive circuit died for about 3 mins - weird - might have been temperamental switch - but it's going back as allen key doesnt fit into truss rod - no purchase - so 2 strikes within 48 hours - going back to Yamaha - how they can send one out like that i dont know - but has put me off an otherwise great playing bass - if i get another will be from a guitar shop that will test it first - pah!

Got the BB734a today. I get it now. Great bass. Got TI flats on. Rehearsal tomorrow 😎

They accepted wasn’t my fault and 10% restocking fee £95 - bit steep but fair enough

There was a dent on the neck when it arrived and now merchant city music are trying to charge me £150 for something that wasn’t my fault. Fighting this claim. 😟

Ah I’m sending it back. I just can’t get on the edges of those pickups. I wrote to Reverend they said to stick tape on. And I thought hold on over 1k with case. No mate - make a better bass. Apart from that thought it was great.

Cheers I’m going to stick a bit of electrical tape over the edge of the neck pup - can’t wait to hear it through main rig tonight

will do

just orderd this as Thomann confirmed you can just put regular amp cable into unit -so that's good for me and i needed a little more room - then can add one more pedal

Thomann confirmed you can plug UK eurocable into the Spaceship unit -so just ordered one

yes was looking this or just the iso 5 unit - i'm pretty tempted by the new board. - if it's like the ISO5 then it's supposed to be properly isolated

Great advice on this thread - anyone recommend a small pedal board (4 pedals) with built in power supply? Ive seen a few but all need plug adapter - I plug into wall on a PSU daisy chained but always get noise from chorus (bass clone) rest of pedals just SD comp and MXR80 and tuner are all silent - so thinking powerboard with built-in unit will be easier just to plug and play - currently the bass clone is after the MXR80 but ampless for festivals will be before MXR80

yeah thanks mate, i think if it sounds great in the mix tonight - i'm keeping it and look to mod - our guitarist is a fixer of all things technical so he's bringing some bits of rubber along - ideally i'd find someone to make a thin casing for it - i have played it quite a lot over weekend as i had long weekend off

Had this over the weekend - the playability is brilliant and so are the selection of sounds - i got more time to play around and immediately pos 1 and 3 jumped out but over time i've found i'm liking 2 and 4 as well - a lot of choice The big downside to mine is the sharp edges on the the pickups - my natural playing position for fingers is right where the neck pup is - fine when playing plecturm which i do for my cover band - but it's really irking me and taking away from just playing - i'm taking it to full rehearsal tonight up agains my MIJ Jazz (which has the best neck ever) and i got the Triad for the tone capability - I'm 30% thinking of returning it - unless it blows me away tonight - i'm bit torn on it as ergonomics is a large part of expression for me Anyone else find the pickups bit sharp or do you get used to it?

Got mine yesterday- shop put on some TI flats but DG we’re way too low and we’re buzzing but not too much through amp. So tweaked it. Played it for a few hours yesterday… the good: the clarity of the notes right up the neck balance of output over the strings very playable neck lightweight and balanced great even in a slim strap 2 great positions straightaway- 1 and 3 seems like a P and a Ric - looking forward to rehearsals loud the bridge is great not so good: about a 1mm gap between neck and body - see pic I small ding in the neck at 7th fret the fret ends though can’t feel them when playing just don’t feel finished - are these basses plex-ed? also resting thumb on jazz bomb pups feels not that comfortable - might have to invent a small rubber whatsit to sit on it the nut is everyone’s nut slightly angled? Seems like a good idea I got a feeling tho after rehearsal it’ll be a keeper

Got some white triangle flow dunlops. Much better ta for the tip

Ordered! Ta