silverfoxnik

[quote name='I am not excane' post='551484' date='Jul 25 2009, 11:24 PM']If you're referring to the flamed Hagstrom (next to the black one) then, no. Those are Hagstrom's proprietary PU's for those basses. They call them "H rails", they're passive and mediocre sounding. All of the other PU's (in my MTD's and Elrick) are Bartolini.[/quote] Ok, thanks..only they look like a Bill Lawrence designed PU that I had in a 1984 BC Rich eagle some years ago and that sounded superb!

Great set-up! Are those Bill Lawrence pick ups in the flame-top?

That is gorgeous!! and I agree with Nick; don't sell it.. I had a natural 1979 'Ray about 15 years ago and had to sell it because of getting divorced (sold it to Martin Peteresn at The Gallery) and it was a fabulous bass. IMO, the pre-Ernie Ball models do genuinely have something extra special about them.

We do 'Trouble' in our set and it always goes down well and is a joy to play.. I'd really love to see him live though not got round to it yet, but the BBC programmes are so good it kind of makes up for it.

+ 1 on all the positive comments above! When I started playing bass and gigging again after a break of 12 years, I bought an old Peavey Mk IV (1982) head & an unnamed 115 cab from someone on Bassworld as it was then, to start me off and it was great! At the time, I was using that amp/cab combination with an MTD passive 5 string that I bought for £200, so all in all, it was a £300 set-up..but our guitarist (who really knows his stuff where gear is concerned) was astonished at how good it all sounded! Eventually, I added a Peavey 210TX to that set-up to run it all at 2 ohms and that was even better and had no problems with running at all 2 ohms.. As well as that, I've tried the Session amp that Alex mentioned and that was good too, though a tad underpowered for me, plus a T-Max which was very good for the money.. and I've also had the 410 TVX which really does produce a lot of low-end and is excellent at delivering a low-B string! I still have the initial Mark IV head that I bought 3 years ago and have also recently accuired Barney's MKIII (1979) as well and, though I've just upgraded my rig to an Eden Metro, I will definitely be keeping at least one of the two Peavey heads as a low-cost/low-maintenance back up because they're just so good!

[quote name='crez5150' post='545985' date='Jul 21 2009, 08:15 AM']Cheers Nik, It was good to meet you last night... That Jazz bass of yours sounds 'bloomin lurvly guvna'!![/quote] Cheers.. As did your Status which really surprised me....

[quote name='crez5150' post='545987' date='Jul 21 2009, 08:18 AM']Nik was over yesterday and is now the lucky owner of my Eden Metro (Have I done the right thing??????) combo and extension cab. Nik's a great chap to deal with kept me informed all the way!! Good man! Jay[/quote] Thanks Jay!!

Just been up to the wilds of Essex this evening to meet Jay and, in exchange for giving him lots of pieces of paper with pictures of the Queen on them, he has given me his Eden Metro & Eden 210 rig which sounds absolutely fantastic! The cup of tea & chat was very nice too... Got to say that Jay was a pleasure to deal with and I'd happily do business with him again! Thanks a lot Jay!

[quote name='4000' post='544826' date='Jul 19 2009, 06:04 PM']I owned a Status 2000 which was all graphite and have played several Stealth 1s. I've played dozens of various Statii over the years and have never yet found one that works for me. One thing I will add is that the syntheticness I mention isn't just the clackiness, it's everything about the sound. If you dial in a smooth round sounds it still sounds synthetic to my ears.[/quote] I got a chance to have a go on Crez's Status this evening and I was really impressed by the sound of it! Wasn't comfortable with the feel of the graphite neck still, but tonally, it was possible to use the onboard e.q. to get a very wide range of sounds, including some of those 'old skool' tones (for want of a better expression) that tend to suit an old luddite like me. So, I must confess to having had my expectations very nicely challenged....!!