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Pretty much anything in that price range will be a great instrument. Make a day trip of it and head to a specialist bass shop and try lots. It'll be fun (and probably expensive).

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1432738833' post='2784449'] I find the distinction somewhat moot - is there such a thing as a great "bassist" who cannot compose good lines ?. [/quote] There's little guarantee that the great orchestral bassists are also good composers.

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1432730067' post='2784330'] oh dear, seams like i missread one of the controls of one of them… [/quote] Easy done, they're tiny

Like many other people commonly described as "great players" he is in a band that I find utterly unlistenable. I've never been one for listening to music purely to admire the technique so I don't really have much opinion on his skills.

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1432714676' post='2784098'] i doubt theyd keep the blend circuit if they werent using it. That or they both have the other control as an internal pot. [/quote] Don't understand. What "other" control? Both of them have identical controls from what I can see. Mix, Attack, Level, Comp.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1432713018' post='2784082'] Is the Harley Benton pipe bomb the same effect with a different name, or does it differ in some way? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_micro_stomp_pipe_bomb.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...p_pipe_bomb.htm[/url] EDIT: No, it isn't. Knobs are different, and the shape of the enclosure is different. At least. It certainly isn't a rebadge. [/quote] Given the rather unique design I'd be amazed if the internals weren't identical.

Wow, incredible work. What's the fretboard radius? Looks really flat? Also, how do you go about adjusting two truss rods so that they work evenly? Really impressive stuff.

Last time I looked there were about eighteen thousand second hand ibanez basses for sale here. They don't seem to hold their value all that well - if I was buying an ibanez it would definitely be second hand,even the high end ones are fairly cheap used.

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1432576600' post='2782902'] ...and the drummer sticks his kit right in the middle. [/quote] Unless I'm missing some kind of joke , the carpet is there for that exact purpose. Drumkits tend to slide away when you play them unless they're on a rug or piece of carpet.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1432649234' post='2783565'] I think it's good to have a few patches setup for specific songs etc and the way you can adapt them is superb. The only thing I wish it had was an AUX in for home practice. [/quote] It doesn't have a dedicated aux in but if you connect it to your PC via USB then I'm about 99.9% certain you can get the PC to use it as an audio output device and play mp3s or whatever through it.

The amp sims are very usable. I haven't noticed any tone suck but I've always used mine direct to desk and I'm no tone snob. You could use it like an amp head but you would need a power amp too. There's a really useful thread about doing this over at Talk Bass. http://www.talkbass.com/threads/zoom-b3-as-preamp.936505/

Personally speaking I would have no interest working with someone who was more concerned with what they sound like than what the whole band sounds like. A band has to be more than the sum of its parts.

I like the black one the best, with white a distant second.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1432276956' post='2779865'] While in theory having alternative instruments on hand for different sounds when you are recording can be a good idea, I would suggest that unless you are booked in for a week of tracking with plenty of time for experimentation you should work out which basses you want to use on which song before you set foot in the studio. I took 6 basses with me for my bands most recent recording session, but I has also spent the previous 4 rehearsals matching the right bass to each song that we intended to record. Also these were all my basses so I was completely familiar with how they played and sounded. Personally I would't want to be recording with any instrument I was unaccustomed to playing. [/quote] [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1432276956' post='2779865'] While in theory having alternative instruments on hand for different sounds when you are recording can be a good idea, I would suggest that unless you are booked in for a week of tracking with plenty of time for experimentation you should work out which basses you want to use on which song before you set foot in the studio. I took 6 basses with me for my bands most recent recording session, but I has also spent the previous 4 rehearsals matching the right bass to each song that we intended to record. Also these were all my basses so I was completely familiar with how they played and sounded. Personally I would't want to be recording with any instrument I was unaccustomed to playing. [/quote] ^^^ my thoughts exactly.

I love the sound of jazzes but jazz necks are a bit on the small side for my liking.

That's the one. I'm a bit worried it may weigh too much to be practical. I'm half wanting a giggable amp, despite not really needing one.

There's a Trace Elliot Series 6 GP7 Combo for sale near me. Any good? I can't find out much about them.

The 70s Jazz is available as a Deko just now: http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_75_na_vintage_serie_deko.htm

Thanks for the info. I've been posting over on that other thread too. I've got some Elixir baritone strings that are 0.012 - 0.068 so I'll give them a try. I also like bigger strings so I suspect like you I'll be going up again in future.

Cheers gents I had to turn the truss rod about a half a turn to get it playable but now it seems to be just about right. I'll leave it overnight and see how it settles. Now that its playable, first of all I have to say that I love the sound of the neck pickup. What a lovely sound. Suspect P90s will be going in my other guitar too now... Second of all, the tuners on it are utter pony. They'll be fine for mucking about at home but if I use this to record or play live I'll probably change them. I don't know how much of an issue this is but several of the tuners do not sit flush with the back of the headstock. I'll maybe try to fix them at somepoint. Second of all, it has the absolute classic Jaguar bridge problem of rattling saddles/bridge, especially on the thinner strings. Amplified you can't hear it but unamplified its horrible. I'm going to put different (heavier, I think) strings on it so when I do I'll try and sort the bridge out---any more precise tips on the process to follow to do this much appreciated. Overall, though, for £63 I am utterly delighted. A very usable instrument that sounds nice. Hopefully with a few tweaks it can only improve. Finally, now that I think its a keeper, any ideas where to source a trem arm?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1432045257' post='2777521'] Should be fine. AFAICS from my own experience and the discussion on the other forum linked to in this thread, the problem is simply a slightly misaligned bridge which doesn't allow for even string spacing due to the position of the intonation and height adjustment screws. I hadn't even noticed there was a problem until I re-strung it, and the guitarist in The Terrortones who used it during our recent recording session didn't comment at all on the irregular string spacing issue. [/quote] Well, its here... [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif] Cosmetically its in excellent condition, but it needs some setting up playing wise. [/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif] Any note below the 5th fret is choking out (on every string). Its bad enough that I can't actually sound the open 3rd/4th strings. I measured the relief by capo-ing at the first fret and fretting at the 20th---when I do this there is no relief at all so I assume the neck is convex. [/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif] What do you folks recommend? Tweaking the truss rod and going from there? Or something else? [/font][/color]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1432045257' post='2777521'] Should be fine. AFAICS from my own experience and the discussion on the other forum linked to in this thread, the problem is simply a slightly misaligned bridge which doesn't allow for even string spacing due to the position of the intonation and height adjustment screws. I hadn't even noticed there was a problem until I re-strung it, and the guitarist in The Terrortones who used it during our recent recording session didn't comment at all on the irregular string spacing issue. [/quote] Hope so... I guess I'm just paranoid that Thomann are devious enough to send out all the good condition Dekos first before sending out the ones that are actually unusable Paranoid, moi?

My baritone should be getting delivered today. Beginning to get serious "bet its a dog" paranoia

[quote name='Bassistclem' timestamp='1431990613' post='2777129'] In a seemingly suicidal attempt to loose business, dropbox has decided to stop supporting apple users who still operate older operating systems, or pre intel mac users as we're know. ...is it just dropbox naively shooting themselves in the foot? There are other options after all... [/quote] Suicidal? Shooting themselves in the foot? I realise this is irritating for you but pre-Intel Macs are probably less than 0.5% of their clientbase. Even Apple have dropped support for hardware that old. There have been five major versions of OSX since then. http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 http://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=11&qpaf=&qpcustom=Mac+OS+X+10.5&qpcustomb=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems