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Dv247 now have the solid state 450 for £99.

Excellent review, lovely looking bass, green burst looks great. Really pleased it's worked out, just need to get an order in for myself now! [quote name='All thumbs' timestamp='1432978824' post='2786698'] Hi all - I'm a bit of a latecomer to this thread..... I received my Emerald-burst Chowny CHB-1 on Wednesday. Straight out of the box it played amazingly! Most times when I buy a bass (new or used) I have to do a considerable amount of setting up before it plays anything like comfortable. The only bit of setting up I needed to do to make things perfect for me was to file the nut down a little. I've not purchased a new bass yet where this wasn't required so nothing unusual there. The overall finish is first class - looks very expensive!!! The colour if beautiful in the flesh. It's nice and light and acoustically sounded outstanding! Another massive pleasant surprise was there wasn't one single low or proud fret!!! No nasty fret buzz anywhere. Plugged in the tones are knockout - and FAR more versatile and usable in the 'real' world than a vintage Rivoli and the like. The sound is nice and focused with strong but not overpowering mids, even on the neck pickup, but that 'Chas Chandler' vibe is still there in spades if you roll the tone off a little!!! But as well as that vintage 60s tone, you can get some really 'contemporary' bright tones out of it. The bridge pickup does that 'Jaco' thing like you wouldn't believe and it's surprisingly got a knockout slap tone (pretty unusual in my experience for a semi). Speaking of that Chas tone - it sounded so good for that that I decided to take it the next day with me to Sweden where I was gigging with the Animals on a 24 hour cruise. All the rest of the band were knocked out with it, both visually and tonally! Those iconic bass intros to 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place' and 'It's My Life' sounded the best they have in the 2 1/2 years I've been doing the gig!! I should point out I've put flatwounds on it for a more authentic 60s vibe. I get s little bass solo feature in the set so I just whacked the bridge pickup on for maximum poke and the solo cut through brilliantly. I'm back in the UK now getting ready and waiting to use it on its second gig with The Animals at Concert at The Kings in All Cannings - [url="http://www.concertatthekings.co.uk/"]http://www.concertatthekings.co.uk/[/url] We're on at about 2pm just before Howard Jones if anyone local wants to give the bass a listen... I can honestly say this is the best semi-acoustic bass I've ever played (and I've played/owned quite a few). Stephen Chown has done us all proud with this bass and I feel proud to be one of the first Chowny Bass owners! [url="http://www.concertatthekings.co.uk/"][/url] [/quote]

Come on people, don't keep us waiting, how are the chowny's?

GAK have them

Don't know if its of use to anyone. [url="http://www.andertons.co.uk/product/secondhand"]Link here[/url]

Congratulations on your new bass!!

[quote name='epic576' timestamp='1430321518' post='2760281'] After receiving advice from people yesterday (I thank you) I am not the proud owner of a MIJ Fender P. [/quote] No, you are the proud owner, or is this a Not New Bass Day?

Excellent, cannot wait to hear/see/read how you have all got on.

Any news on the Chowny basses? How long do you all have to wait to get hold of them?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1429373953' post='2750939'] The assumedly real photo does look quite nice, IMHO. [/quote] Agreed, prefer the look of the bass uke in the links above

Looking at DV247 and found this: http://www.dv247.com/musical-instruments/jandd-uk-bm1r-4-string-bass-ukulele-natural--214222 Cannot find a great deal about it, but it looks like we have another cut price bass ukulele option. Not sure I like the look of it, borrows a little too much from the low-end eleuke solid body electric ukuleles.

Has anybody managed to try one of these yet, tempted to move to one of these from my BG250 208. I won't be playing live in a band situation any time soon, so this seems ideal for me, sensible home amp volume, small enough not to get in the way and it functions as an audio interface and MP3 bluetooth speaker too.

Have Rickenbacker put a stop to the Harley Benton RB-414CS bass? No longer for sale: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_rb_414cs.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...on_rb_414cs.htm[/url]

I had the combo really enjoyed it, but for me it was too loud for home practice use, no headphone out, and a little underpowered to gig with.

I like the purple. What made you pre-order, taking a punt or have you had some experience with them?

Thanks for the posts, all points raised were a concern, ten year old tech, possibly inferior effects etc. I just wondered if I could find a valid use for it, sucker for a sale :-)

Thanks very much for the info, looks like I could use this as a midi audio interface using a midi to usb lead. Cheap enough just for that.

I see DV247 have the VAMP pro available for £69, tempted by this, but is it any good? I have had mixed reviews, some say the amp simulation is good but the effects are rubbish. I know Behringer has a bad rep for reliability and quality but if anybody has had any hands on experience, what did you think?

Does the rumble 500 need the extra cab to put out the full 500w?