Paulhauser

My Thumb NT5 was the strangest designed instrument I ever had. I'd go as far as call it a "faulty" design, because the 1st position is just so far, and I'm not a short guy (and neither are my arms short) If I knew that all my gigs would be seated I'd consider a Thumb NT6 because it died sound really good, unlike the Thumb NT5 that was not great. The soapbars in the 6 must be the trick.

I had a couple of dozen basses travel from/to me within Europe in the last few years. ( I live in Hungary ) In most cases I organized the shipping and I use TNT: Not the cheapest but they are reliable, offer tracking ,insurance etc. My advice is to pack the bass well. Hardshell case is better than a gigbag, but I had basses that were put into a gigbag, bubblewrapped AND the put into a carton box then wrapped with black vinyl foil and they made it w/o problem. Source a box, some bubblewrap and some tape and pack the thing. Takes about 10 mins and gives a great piece of mind. And always add more packing material than less. I have to say that so far I never had any shipping damage either way.

Nice comparison! I'm partial towards Spectors but all the three others are great sounding instruments. Ww was a bit of a surprise as it sounds way beefier and stronger than my Ww Thumb NT5 from '91 did. Must be the soapbars.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1453840909' post='2963383'] For 6s, you're going to struggle to get anything much more than 17mm unless you go the custom route. [/quote] MTD Kingston 6's have 18mm spacing, Yamaha TRB-6II have 19mm, Warwick Streamers have 20mm I believe. But you are right, there isn't a great selection.

Ibanez SR, especially the ones from the Prestige series are very good sounding and comfortable instuments (SR3005, 5005 or the neck-trough 1005) and they should fit into your budget. They are 34" scale lenght . Another option is the Spector Euro 5 models. The recent ones have quite slim and narrow neck, 17mm spacing and very punchy and useful sound. They are 35" just like the DJ5.

Congrats! I've always wanted one of these and the plexi (?) ramp makes the playability even better. Good job!

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1452541743' post='2951030'] Just finished setting the zon up to my preferences. Lowered the bridge saddles about 2mm. How some people manage to play on action that high I really don't know... So... Action is now nice and low, plays smooth and fast. No truss rod so no further tweaking needed. Loving it so far, nice fat growly sound with boatloads of substance to it. No regrets selling the Warwick SS2 and getting this Zon instead. [/quote] Hope that this kicked the sh.t out of your migraine. I have that sometimes too and hate it.

[quote name='Ceedubya' timestamp='1452465909' post='2950262'] Due to a nasty touch of the old arthriticals (!!), I am struggling to play my trusty Warwick Rockbass. Does anyone out there in Basschat land know if it's possible to swap my neck for a short scale neck and where I might buy one. Is it that simple? Cheers [/quote] As said above it is NOT simple, more to the contrary. I see no reason whatsoever for a mod like this given the fact that there are a couple of nice shorscale basses just in the BC classifieds alone. Also do you think that a short scale bass is the only remedy for your problem?

I'm quite surprised that Spector came up as late as the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/276466-searching-for-an-angry-bass/page__view__findpost__p__2949604"]#[/url]38 post. I've used Stingrays, but my Spector Euros have more variety to the sound, can be a lot more gritty and angry but can be tamed, too. For the record I like the Stingray's sound, too but found out that Spectors deliver what SR's do AND a lot more (for me)

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1451845950' post='2943974'] I feel the same but I think that's a combination of the 16.5mm narrow string spacing and the neck profile. This Singlecut model (for some reason!) has gone away from the spec and has 18mm string spacing... That alone would put me off! Love the look of it but owning an SR605 and playing the BTB 6 string models regularly (17mm spacing on 6 strings), I wouldn't want anything more than 17mm. Shame as I REALLY like the look of it!! [/quote] Well, let's wait and see. AFAIR they always did the usual 16.5 mm on 6 string SR's, one exception being the Adam Nitti sig that comes to my mind. The last thing I need is another Ibby sixer but life is too short for contamplating how many basses I REALLY need.

I hope there won't be a six string version as I'll have to have one. Never been big fan of Ibanez except for their six string SR basses, especially the Prestige's. Those fit me like no other sixers did/do.

Andy, what do you mean by warped? english is not my native language, but I'd imagine warped means that the fingerboard is kind of twisted. Due to the pics you have posted I have a feeling the there is a bow in the neck which should be easily cured be adjusting the truss rod. While there is a tension difference between the strings (and it depends a lot on what kind of strings being used) I would never think that a lefty change would twist the neck. Causing different tesion and making truss rod adjustment neccesary yes, but not twisting.

What is v2? I had two Sandbergs, a TT5 and a TM5 some years ago. Did they upgrade the body style? Can't seem to find much difference now that I look at the models at the Sandberg page....