Paul S

£205 is very high. I got one recently for under £100 and am actually amazed at how good they are. The pickups are really nice - strong output and a decent tone. I'd kind of assumed they were a cheap cousin of the Thunders but they are their own thing and very nice too.

I have the absolute bottom end of the range Thomann T Bone model, coupled with Shure SM215 earphones, and although not exactly hi-fi it is plenty good enough for my needs. Then again my ears are knackered... I usually wear molded earplugs which protect my ears but make everything sound a bit woolly, so to actually hear a relatively clear sound and at decent level has been something of a revelation.

I have a Longhorn and DC bass - wouldn't trust either of those with just a gig bag without some extra serious packaging. The Wild Thing has even more twiddly bits, so just ripe for damaging I would have thought.

Nice. And still got the ashtray.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1435393058' post='2808301'] Me too! Warts 'n' all. [/quote] Never been much of a Motorhead fan, beyond Plate of Spuds I've always regarded most of their stuff as noisy simplistic plodding with some tracks a bit faster than others. Of course, all IMO etc etc. Saw them at Hyde Park and they were dire - although actually better than I expected - but Lemmy just looked like a sad old and very ill man.

Tbh you don't even need a soldering iron - a screw terminal block does the job, if less elegantly.

Excellent. Welcome to the club! Be interested to hear how much this one weighs and other vital stats.

After breaking a string once I always take a back up bass - often my little Hohner B2A cricket bat if space is restricted. I keep a back up amp in the car - in one of my bands one of the guitarist had his amp fail one gig at soundcheck, the other guitarist had a spare in the car. I have a Behringer BDI21 just in case), spare instrument leads, spare kettle lead, spare strings... never feel quite comfortable unless I have all this lot.

£75! Mine was quite a bit more than that... but worth every penny, I think. It is basically an A series MIJ Squier medium scale Precision, which are totally brilliant, but in a funny shape. Probably my second favourite bass to play, behind my A series MIJ medium scale Precision... (sorry Ted)

I actually find the body shape really comfy. No upper bout so my expansive waistline has room for, er, expanding. Nothing to chafe my forearm on when I start digging in. And, yes, medium scale and slim neck are perfect for me, too. And light as a feather without sacrificing a huge sound - it sounds to me *very much* like a JV Squier P I have but perhaps a tad more aggressive. It has become my bass of choice for a new 'rock anthem' covers band

Not last night but Friday - my band Illegal Tender played at The Bell in Castle Hedingham for the first time. Great village, great pub, great food, great gig! We really went down well - particularly nice as two people complemented me on my bass playing afterwards

I don't know it this is at all relevant but I'll trot it out anyway. I recently moved from 2 x Barefaced cabs (Compact + Midget) with a TC Electronic 450 head to a Supercompact and single head - either TC RH 750 or - my first choice - a Markbass LM Tube 800. So going from a less powerful amp and 4ohm load to more powerful amp and an 8ohm load. I did this mainly so I wasn't carrying so much kit around, rather than any aim to improve my sound which I was quite happy with. Despite the extra power in the new head(s) with the new set up I have less headroom and need to up the amp volume in terms of where the dial; is (over halfway now, used to be around 10 O'clock), so in effect I suppose I am driving both the amp and the cab more. I seem to now get a quality of tone that I was missing with the last set up - more guts, greater 'growl' or 'tone' whatever that is. It pleases me more than the last set up. Of course it could be down to the Supercompact being a better cab or that the MB LM Tube 800 in particular has the quality about it that I have been looking for (although I had a similar but not so marked improvement from the TC RH750). Either way I am really pleased with this unexpected improvement, although from what Alex said in post #40 this seems to be part of the plan It might be worth persevering with your single cab/existing amp set up.