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starter amp, i have na Orange Bass crush 50... nice bit of kit

Those G&L shortscale, mustang esq are lovely , but expensive circa 1700 GBP if i recall correctly

I had a look at the b3n, admittedly a very quick one,  and it didn't appear to have a DI XLR socket and the prices I saw were around £260.. maybe I was looking at the wrong thing?

Thanks guys, I googled it after someone mentioned it was a zoom pedal, yea it's a multiefffect processor so not so comparable to a spectradrive in use cases or functionality/features.

Yes it's a multi effects processor and has no XLR out as I can see and it's also not far off twice the cost. So wouldn't be comparing apples to apples I guess one thing they have in common is the fact they are digital rather than analogue like the EHX Batallion for example.

They are completely different beasts... Comparing the two wouldn't be very useful.

What a stunning bass! Not in a place to buy a Bass like this.. but man it's beautiful.. have a bump my friend. 

What is a b3n?

Absolutely stunning bass!

2 minutes ago, ClassicVibes said:

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What's the year of manufacture? You should be able to type in the serial number on Fenders website it may give you that information.

Also I believe poly has been used since the late 70's, a Google is your friend here., Obviously there are exceptions to this such as custom shops,road worn signature models and the highway on series. 

42 minutes ago, CliveT said:

Update .............

Went for the SpectraDrive.  Cost a little bit more than other options but extra features like compressor and drive on top of EQ and headphone and aux in made my mind up.  And, it can go on my pedalboard so not just a practice tool.  

Nice one CliveT, what are you initial impressions?

Sealed pots in they are available, like this the are protected from dust and debris. I have had some success with WD40 contact cleaner on my Telecaster pots, in the end i replaced then anyway when I did the treble bleed mod.

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Cheers for the link, I have heard that one has to be wary when offered free shipping because customs will often charge you a fixed rate of duty on free shipping in addition to the duties you will have to pay, this increases the price of the instrument by around 30%. 😪

On 23/04/2020 at 19:57, stu_g said:

I have a Fernandes "The Revival" bass,lovely neck and solid wood its a good bass.

Lovely Pbass, what year would this be from, I have spotted at a black one within 2hrs of my place, just trying to find a bit more about them.

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Dom

Shame you don't have the mint green pickguard still... If I understand correctly these basses are nitro painted?

What's the neck profile like on a 63 p bass.. were some somewhat baseball bat like?

I have the 4 string version in this colour, it's my first bass... Comfortable to play... I wish they did 30" scale version too. 

GLWS

Yea I also looked at the dark glass and the GK Plex, but they are twice the price of the others I mentioned and more expensive than my my bass.. my first, Yamaha TBRBX 304.

Pay ya money take your choice, and get what you pay for to some extent... As with most things in life. 

I'm also facing the same choices... Been looking at the EHX Battalion, the Palmer pocket amp as well. I was attracted to the spectra drive because it has compression built in and of course there is the toneprint technology. So many these devices include overdrive but very few include compression, which I personally would have thought was more useful... Who doesn't need a bit of compression in their playing!?

If I thought I could do this instrument justice I'd be down the petrol station buying flowers for the Mrs as this very moment

5 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Mine had no scratch plate and wasn’t active 

otherwise it looks broadly similar. It’s not a bad price for a shop 

looks a lovely bass the Aria.. I couldnt find any info about it anywhere though.

Love the colour of this HB kit build, I plan to do one myself soon, just have a lot of other competing priorities at the moment.