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[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1332537674' post='1589891'] It's not Mesa, it's Westside Distribution. See the new Mini Rectifier...$999 in the USA, £1099 here. [/quote] Yes, but presumably Mesa have some say over who distributes their products. FWIW, all non-US pricing is extortionate, not just the UK...

I bought an amp from Jon - great amp, great communication, great packaging. Thanks!

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1332512777' post='1589434'] Awesome sounding gear, but too expensive and I have seen too many basic design flaws/electronic issues to justify their prices. My MPulse 600 for instance had some extremely dodgy inner wiring (bought NEW), after it was corrected it was an awesome amp... but clearly QC was not great. [/quote] I'm not denying you had a problem with your MPulse, but generally speaking I don't think Mesa have a reputation for poor QC...?

Yip... Mesa should be tied to a tree and flogged for their overseas pricing policy.

Tyneside? Northumberland? Cobblers. No-one round these parts pronounces it [i]b-Ass[/i].

The BG 250... [url="http://www.tcelectronic.com/bg250.asp"]http://www.tcelectronic.com/bg250.asp[/url] It begs the question - in real-life, is it 250w... or 125w? Not that it matters...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1332257916' post='1585680'] What's the big deal about this bass - just the rarity? I would have thought that if it was actually any good there would have been a re-issue (probably from Japan). [/quote] It's been said they had a more aggressive tone than other Ps. I have no idea if that's true, and if so why. As for a reissue... there's been a custom shop RI. Apart from that, I suppose it's just too obscure to be worth it. Besides, who would want a slab P? It would be uncomfortable...!

Yeah - situations like that where you have lots of sonic space is lovely. I think lots of engineers do have a fixed idea of 'bass' and fail to adapt if it's not a J with rounds. It is strange, because these are guys who are otherwise spot-on. Of course, Joe Public couldn't care less....

They're not[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1332235531' post='1585082'] Have you thought that they [i]are[/i] getting your sound? [/quote] No, because my tone isn't an undefined thump... :-)

It's just me, then. :-)

It's an opinion formed over the last 5, 10 years or so of gigs and recordings. IME, some engineers 'get it'. Most don't...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1332175295' post='1584318'] What rubbish studios and engineers are you using these days? Do they ever stick their heads into the live room to hear the sound coming out of the amps? Name and shame I say. [/quote] Really, really, really good ones, albeit ones who have a blind spot of flatwound strings on a bass. It's so strange.

[quote name='lapolpora' timestamp='1332172954' post='1584265'] Bunch of random bods auditioning to be in the latest group put together by a puppet master - not authentic. [/quote] It just goes to show... I think this is pop music at its most authentic.

...do most engineers these days, in the studio or on a live environment, struggle with bass when it's strung with flats? They seem to think 'Oh.. flats. I must EQ it into an undefined thump.', or they EQ it like rounds, and it sound crap. Rant over.

Do you mean authentic or credible? I'm not sure how pop music could ever be authentic..?

AFAIK, Dunlop wind their own in a factory in Califormia.

Mrs. WoT has had quite a bit of luck at car boot sales - nice nearly-new Hohners, etc. Take a chromatic guitar tuner so you can check it's in pitch (and relative pitch). Hold one half of it and let the other half drop to the floor, to check the bellows are air-tight. The slower the other half drops, the better. If there's a leak, it'll fall more quickly. As mentioned above, don't buy anything exotic that looks like it should be nailed to a pub wall.

I've played Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Psycho Killer at the wake of a biker who died in a crash once. It felt utterly weird, but the next-of-kin wanted us to, so... we did.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1331976154' post='1581552'] Did they use those machine heads as early as '82? I thought they were later. [/quote] Yeah.. They came about for the Elites.

It's probably just an early 80s 'parts bin' bass. That era threw up some odd combinations.

FLs.