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[quote name='6stringbassist' post='456396' date='Apr 7 2009, 01:52 PM']Martin at Sei basses charged me £130 to fret a fretless bass, that included a perfect setup. It took him two days to cut the fret slots by hand, the neck was bound and he didn't want to damage the binding. He did a fantastic job. My advice is this....if you can't afford to have it done by a professional like Martin, then wait a few weeks until you can. It'll be cheaper in the long run.[/quote] Martin at the gallery (sei bass) is the only guy i would trust, i've even had him replace two fingerboards for me, one on my wal & another on my warwick thumb nt6, both were fretted originaly & now they're both plain ebony fretless basses, his work is 2nd to none

Mr.T is a great guy to deal with, i have just recieved his trace stack & would say it is better than advertised & so well packed it took me 20 minutes to unpack it, (i think he must own a bubble rap company or something ) Thanks Again Myke,

[quote name='steve-soar' post='448910' date='Mar 29 2009, 08:06 PM']Has your drummer got one of those John Bonham Ludwigs?[/quote] My drummer thinks he is john bonham

Here are a couple of recent shots of me, it's a good thing that our camera get's confused by our lights

Why not look around for a trace elliot ah600smx head ?? you have all the tonal possibility's, all the power & you can split the sound running to each cab ( i think it's called biamping) & adjust the levels for each cab. i have this head running through two 4x10's & sometimes i run it through a 4x10 & 1x15 with awsome results,

It looks like it's been defretted & filled with a colour matched filler to me, i like warwicks but that just looks wrong

Most definately, i would go for a 400w cab to be on the safe side, are you sure you need a 200w hiwatt head, the dr103 that i had was a 100watt all purpose head & that was more than powerfull enough for any venue that i played, even the wedgewood rooms in southsea, the output rating seems to be totally different to any modern bass head that i know of, you need to try a hiwatt head next to another brand of the same wattage or higher & you'll see what i mean,

I played bass through an original hiwatt custom 100 (dr103) for around 10 trouble free years, what an awsome amp, to give you some idea of the power these things are capable of, i ran it up against a 400w rms peavey head running through 4x10 & 1x15 cabs so down to 2ohms (full power) the hiwatt was hooked up to a marshall 4x12 angled bass cab running 16ohms & made the peavey completely gutless in comparison, so i cannot begin to imagine the power of the 200 or 400 watt heads, I also started using a trace elliot gp12smx preamp through the hiwatt head with amazing results in giving me a more modern tone & a slap sound to die for, but this was an original 1970's dr103 so i have no idea if the new ones are the same

Hmm :brow: I love prog rock, Dream theater & arena being my favorites & i like rush & it bites too, in fact my favorite guitarist John mitchell who play's for arena also play's & sings for it bites, I have all the gear & know how but i live on the isle of wight, i dont mind jumping on a ferry to rehurse & gig but storing my rig on the mainland may be a problem...... any ideas??