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I live on my own so don't have to worry about domestic harmony & damage!! I tend to have a bass/gui**r/amp in whatever room I'm in (except the bathroom & kitchen) . I have a few of the single stands around the house for when they're not being played. Though I do like the idea of hanging them on the walls.

Oh, I wasn't aware "Thumper" was a BFM builder (Though knew he had built one for himself) interesting if I did go down that route in the future. I do have my heart set on an Acme though, 'cos I am ultimately after a full range "flat response" rig, that i can colour through the pre-amp/efx.

Mmm.. My faves are; YYZ/Freewill/Digital Man/Middetown Dreams- Rush Save a Prayer/Rio- Duran Duran Lemon Song/Gallows Pole- Led Zepp Disposition/Schism/Right in Two- Tool Love Foolosophy/Too Young To Die/Runaway- Jamiroquai Silly Love Songs/Paper Back Writer- Sir Paul. Running Free/The Trooper- Maiden Cold Cold Heart- Nora Jones Prototype- Outkast Distance- All saints (think its Stu Zender) Turn It On- Level 42. Reach Out/Bernadette- Four Tops Lovesong/Lovecats- The Cure Money/Hey You/Time- Floyd Could You be Loved/Waiting in Vain- Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bare knuckle Pickups. ( [url="http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk"]http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk[/url] ) They dont advertise the bass pickups they make, but will hand wind to customers specification. Hopefully if they get some more support from us bassists they can make the bass pickups more prominent.

All the usual suspects for me! Rush's new album (err, some bloke called Geddy Lee), Porcupine Tree (Colin Edwin), Tool (Justin Chancellor), Jamiroquai (Lucky to have several brilliant players, Paul Turner gets amazing tones) Also, lot's of Bach, what a left hand!

I managed to get all three on the bed! Top to bottom; Ibanez RD605, my main "band" bass, Conklin GT7, strung low F#-high C, and my first ERB, a Hohner BbassVI. Not as exotic or expensive as some of the collections here, but gets me most of the sounds I like to cover, though I'm seriously thinking about an ACG filter pre-amp for the Hohner.

I use my zoom B2>zoom G7 which has a USB connection to my imac, I can listen to music and play bass/gu**ar through my Senn hd650 'phones.

Mental money that its gone for! I'm pretty sure when they start building again they will cost less than that.

Hi, yeah I have looked at the BFM designs, they look like a fantastic option, but I have no tools etc to make one myself. I do have a cabinet maker 20 yards around the corner from home though, so may well look into it in the future. A nice omni 10 + tuba 24 would probably do the job (of annoying the neighbours) !!

Just browsing ebay and noticed two basses next to each other, for all you Rush/Geddy fans; [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WAL-BASS-5-STRING-MK-3_W0QQitemZ140128330018QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WAL-BASS-5-STRING-MK...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2006-RICKENBACKER-4003-JETGLO-BASS-near-mint-OHSC_W0QQitemZ320125736239QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2006-RICKENBACKER-40...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Then they're would only be the jazz & steiny to get!

Sounds like they're for me then! I've been doing some shopping around and some calculations, and have worked out that a Low B2 cabinet will cost £450 all in at the current exchange rate. ........So it's a couple of months off the beer to pay for one!!

Thanks again for the advice Alex. My drummer is pretty dynamic, not a huge kit; we play pop/indie stuff (I know ...7 strings, overkill, ...I do a lot of chording.) At the moment I'm using an Ashdown EB combo+the hartke cab and it keeps up fine. (and sounds great)... but I'm wanting the sounds i get in my home studio, live. Probably too much too ask, Just seems Acme is the place to start.

Cheers Alex & Alemboid! informative as always. I was thinking of a 700-1000w power amp to drive it, as i am well aware that deep bass needs real power. Most of the pa amps (mackie etc) have sub (30hertz) filters, so would employ that. Another question(s) though, I already have a Hartke 2.5XL cab, would this work ok with the B2, or is its higher efficiency going to nullify the benefits of the Acme? Can the B2 handle small/med gigs w/o pa support (my band has just vox & guitar in the pa). Cheers Pete.

They are now available at thomman at £32 a pop. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_black_label_dark_lord_set.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_black_lab...rk_lord_set.htm[/url]

I know of only one uk user (alexclaber) who uses these, would appreciate some info from anybody about the cost of importing etc. I have done my own calcs based on the few imports from 'states , also how they might do in the "real world" with a 7, tuned low F# up. (I know the maker recomends low B as a limit).

I play an Ibanez RD605 with my indie band, but all my home recording projects are usually with my Conklin GT7.