Machines

I'd say it's a good choice - I loved the SR505 I tried. Here you go. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_sr506l_bm.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_sr506l_bm.htm[/url]

I posted £10 to Mart for a Stingray pickguard, this was during the post strikes and it never arrived. I said to put it back up for sale as I didn't fancy paying £20 in total for it - he sent it to me anyway ! What a super chap !

I started on guitar when I was 18, got a bass about 4 months later.

I have 2Gb of RAM in my home PC, never use more than 50% of it, work PC has 1Gb and same applies.. I can't see you having any need for 4Gb, let alone more than that.

They list at about £600-£650 online, so £400-£450 sounds very reasonable to me.

Fender Marcus Miller Jazz or Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor..

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='53938' date='Sep 1 2007, 06:22 PM']let's not forget the fact that he made them 1 semitone short of a 4 octave range.[/quote] Yeah that really bugs me with my Jazz - at least he redeemed himself with the Stingray . Personally single cuts don't feel comfortable to me. I have played 2 Shukers (the doodle included), and though very nice, aren't for me.

The NS series are US made, hence the Czech ones having Euro in their name (except the ReBop of course). [url="http://www.spectorbass.com/NewFiles/usneck.html"]http://www.spectorbass.com/NewFiles/usneck.html[/url]

Yeah my '96 is a bit grubby - looks even worse when you take the strings off. The dirt does seem engrained into the wood, thus I feel the very light steel wool might be the only option.

The Stingray 2EQ I find well suited - it doesn't distort the natural sound of the bass only accentuate it. I've played a few Ibanez and been impressed, especially the SR505. The EQ on that was terribly powerful..

Oooh very nice Gwilym, what's the top ?

Here's my defretted Yamaha RBX775..

Dawsons is a bit dull. Expect standard Squier/Fender/Peavey/Yamahas and if you're lucky a couple of Stingrays. SC in Salford is definitely the best around however isn't walkable from the city centre - can't really get there without a car. Don't even bother with Forsythes, they'll probably have a bashed up dusty Squier Jazz at £220 and that's it.

I've played that Buzzard ! It's a tone monster - but that neck would be a handful for anyone.

Beat me to it ! I got my Stingray plate from there. It was a VERY tight fit at the neck pocket, took some persuasion to go on but it's fine.

My RBX775 has a fairly thin and shallow neck at the nut, it gets reasonably wider nearer the top frets and isn't too chunky anywhere. The BB614 I had felt fairly similar to a Precision.

Stunning. One hell of a piece of maple.. when we get soundclips ?

I got my Spector Q6 Pro from SoundControl on interest free finance. Paid it off on time and all was well - £330 in total. If I hadn't have paid it within the 12 months then it would have automatically begun a 3 year plan at about 30% APR that would have made the bass cost around £600. Be aware.