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Mój poduszkowiec jest pełen węgorzy ! Welcome to the forum .

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='924095' date='Aug 13 2010, 04:24 PM']Saw him live with Dream Theatre, and that has to be the worst gig I have ever seen - period. Talk about a band comprised of egos instead of musicians! sh*t![/quote] *looks for ban button* .

West Bromwich ?! Sorry, I will type slower for you . I'm just round the corner by the Scott Arms, small world !

I think you should get yourself down to a decent shop with an open mind and see what catches your eye. Bass Direct [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk"](here)[/url] would be ideal for this, they've got a huge range of gear you don't see in many places and what you're looking for (whether you know it or not) is likely to be there.

Hi Ryan, where you from ?

He must have thought it was something else, it's the only explanation !

My first thought is that you'd be better off saving up and buying a Fender Miller Jazz ! You should be able to get one 2nd hand for around £650. However, if you've grown seriously attached to that one then stick with it. If you do go for it make sure you keep all your original parts so if you ever do sell the bass, you can downgrade it back to standard as you NEVER get a decent price for an upgraded bass. Also are there cheaper options than the M-Retro or are you set on that look ?

[quote name='Chris2112' post='919920' date='Aug 9 2010, 06:52 PM']I must have got one of those when they first came out. It was so "first gen" that it didn't even have the Wilkinson pickups! The neck pocket was slightly shoddy, however there was some flame in the maple of the neck which was nice. It sounded pretty dire now that I look back, and played awfully as I strung it with Rotosound Steve Harris flats, which sounded crap and were unbelievably stiff.[/quote] Yep that's what I put on, it was very dull and they were like steel rods. I chucked them and put some old roundwounds on and it was a lot better, chewed the fretboard a little but was worth it for the tone.

Vintage V940FL for me. Unlined fretless neck and bubinga body, good concept but badly executed. The electronics were shocking, never seen such messy wiring in my life - they didn't even bother to blow the sawdust out of the cavity before putting the pots and EQ in. Neck pocket had a 1mm gap around it, terrible. That said it played well just sounded a bit weak due to the EQ.

I am also confused as to the point regarding 'a Japanese guitar'. My Bacchus is MIJ and is flawless.

[quote name='margusalviste' post='919433' date='Aug 9 2010, 11:33 AM']After trying a number of high end basses included Sadowskys, Celinders, Nordys, Alleva-Coppolas etc I still have to say that this NYC is one of the best among them. One of the best even among the expensive Fodera models I have tried so far. It's a true Fodera, even if they make it in Japan. Are they too expensive? One may think so looking at the simple design and short list of options. But considering the wood choice and the overall building quality I think the price is right even if these basses wouldn't have a certain butterfly on the headstock.[/quote] What do they start at, what cost for options etc ?

I'm quite sure it was Pantera - Cowboys from Hell.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='915630' date='Aug 5 2010, 08:58 AM']Hmm... Chrome handles all that fine fer me...?[/quote] I've used it on 3 machines (XP and Win 7) where it locks up and refuses to load a link (lots of different sites) until the Flash plugin is killed.

Same here with Chrome, no problems at all. Chrome does however struggle with embedded Flash, especially movies. Were they pages with youtube vids ?

Yuk, I can't see there'd be a massive appeal for it - but it might be what some people have dreamed of. It's the string spacing that really puts me off, like it was made for guitarists to play with a pick.

Believe it or not your PM's are not accessible without directly querying the SQL database (outside of forum software), which only me and phatmonkey have access to, alas I am too ignorant to know how .

I'd go for Mazetti on that as well.

You bought an Ashdown for something more reliable ? Hahahaha... think of Ashdown as the bass equivalent of Alfa Romeo. p.s. I am an Ashdown user and fan .