Machines

Lovely pair, I like the good vs evil theme too .

You are quite right, it would be troublesome to get pickups to fit without extra routing/mess holes, but.. Why replace the pickups anyway !? the standard BB pickups are more than capable and I never felt the need to replace them in my BB614. If you want to spend as little as possible then buy a bass than doesn't require upgrading.

My Electric Blue hasn't let me down yet, i'm only selling it to get an ABM.

Around £180 I'd say for the passive model.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='74568' date='Oct 15 2007, 01:14 PM']Owned and played Ashdown happily for a number of years. Never had any reliability issues and really like the sound too. All subjective I guess, but if it was as bad as everyone says it is, I'd argue that you wouldn't see it on as many concert stages around the world as you do.[/quote] That pretty much sums it up I think. Perhaps a marmite brand ?

[quote name='tonyf' post='74438' date='Oct 15 2007, 09:27 AM']Will keep that in mind as the "kids" keep nagging me to let "Uncle Matt" to come over when "Daddy" is away. lol T[/quote] Well if they start calling me Daddy then you DO have to worry .

Yes it is.. Other cheap 5 strings to consider: Yamaha BB415 / BB615. Ibanez SRX Series (www.ibanez.com)

I had the pleasure last week of checking all of Tony's basses out. They are all stunning and i've offered to look after them for him when he goes on holiday .

They're not bad, what are you looking for in a bass ? We may be able to give some other options to you.

I'll go with Beedster, I reckon he's dodgy .

I think any bass with the right setup and technique is good enough to slap on. *Most* players choose 4 strings to slap on.

Looks a bit dodgy to me - the machineheads are way too close to the edge of the headstock:

You're joking right ? Here's a real one - work it out. [url="http://www.flying-v.ch/81vbass/fb81bass.html"]http://www.flying-v.ch/81vbass/fb81bass.html[/url]

An unnamed shop near me are trying to sell a Musicman Stingray copy (with headstock decal etc) for £400. They are aware it is fake as well...

WTF indeed ! He just did a slide and thinks he can play a different style of music ?!

Yes there is.. [url="http://www.musiclive.co.uk/exhibitors.php"]http://www.musiclive.co.uk/exhibitors.php[/url]

Looking forward to seeing you there Mark !

Consider a Yamaha BB415/615.

It's the standard looking bridge that makes me think it was a bit thrown together. Admittedly i've never even seen one to pass comment fairly..

Fancy checking them out but I don't think i'd ever buy one..