GreeneKing

I can't find the link so don't know what you're looking at in terms of condition and cost. I've got one for sale in the for sale section, neck dive sorted too if you're interested, and it's shiny black. Never been rogered by an Entwistle as far as I'm aware. Peter

Is it possible that the bridge earth has come adrift somewhere? Maybe put a wire from earth on a pot to the bridge and see if the hum goes? Peter

A real improvement, now all you need is a maple fretboard!

Mmmmmm... So that's what the top horn is for

Hiya Edd You could always give Nick Carey a ring re a lesson. He's on here someplace and I've heard very good. Peter

Yo I bought my 97 Flea from Marcus and it's fitted with an Aguilar OBP-3 Pre -amp. It is of course the absolute untimate Flea ( ). I'd just like to add to the discussion that the neck is really good, 11 yrs old, no problems at all, no trussrod no worries etc. In fact good is definately an understatement. Clattery? The most single significant thing about this bass to my mind, bar none, is the fact that all the benefits of a 'perfect' neck are there with real warmth of tone. I keep on wanting to pop an ACG pre-amp in though, just to experience that incredible tone on the most playable of necks. Anyone want to make me an offer on the Agui? Peter

The 02 is quite tiny. I put one in a non Fender Jazz (Allparts?) body this week and had to mod the wood a little. The one in my rear routed Warmoth P has oodles of room. Peter

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170207699918"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170207699918[/url] I've messaged the seller to ask him if it's fretless as the frets appear ground right back to the board. He says they are indeed 'flat' and acknowledges that may make it fretless. I suggested he might like to add that info So, do you think that someone has ground the frets down or was it made that way? Peter

Good post BigRedX and your comments about the ACG pre are wholeheartedly +1'd. Do you have ACG EQ01's or 02's? This thread has certainly helped me straighten the whole thing in my head and the issue is about the quality of the pre-amp in the bass given the inherent limitations of power supply and space/weigh issues. [quote]It is an accurate reflection for the bass I mentioned (I wasn't talking about all basses).[/quote] I believe you Peter

[quote]which is why I am glad most circuits have a pull-passive,[/quote] I'm not so sure that's an accurate reflection on things. One of my active basses has an active/passive switch, out of about 14. I sense some confusion between active pickups and active basses. Most of my basses are active and none of them have active pickups. As I understand it, the signal from an active pickup is enhanced by the use of a power supply and this signal is led to either a pre amp in the bass or one somewhere else. Once pedals and effects are added into the signal path the whole active/passive subtlety surely becomes slightly incidental? So powered basses, is this the way ahead, get rid of the battery and get some stable and more powerful watts in there? Peter

I think that the key point here is the actual nature of the onboard pre-amp, or indeed any pre amp. Placing a pre in the bass must have it's limiting factors I suspect and maybe this is where some (many?) active basses fail to make the grade when compared with a passive bass amplified via a more sophisticated unit in the amp or wherever? Joe I assume that the Greengrove is onboard? Not like you to have exclusive gear It can be done well, I have no doubts about that. I think my initial point that there's no such thing as a passive sound is still valid to me (well there is but its VERY quiet). Peter