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I love Roy Ayres, seen him live at Ronnies. I love this vid for its humour and EPIC playing of there instrument. What a groove also.

20mm i would have thought

The V7 has 20 frets. If this is a V7 without the bells and whistles, but keeping that preamp, it will be a great bass. The only issue for me will be the pickup quality and the weight.

The pickups are different from the V7. Same Heritage 3 band pre. I actually prefer the bridge on these. I wonder if they come with D,addarios. Prob asking too much at this price.

why would it be incredibly difficult to replicate the feel of a vintage Fender neck. Take a great luthier, the exact neck dimensions , then sand and oil accordingly.?

The bass is versatile and so is he.

Thanks Tim. I emailed Sire actually. They told me that ash is usually lighter than alder. I always thought it was the other way around. But like you say, it probably depends on the cut of wood/density etc. They also said the V9 is a pound heavier because of the maple top, so that a non runner for me.

Hello all. I read somewhere (Talkbass I believe) that the newer batches of Sire V7,s were a little lighter, as they had shaved a bit more wood off the body and the neck etc, this could be nonsense. I had a V7 5 a while back but had to send it back for financial reasons. Also it was a little on the heavy side. Looking at getting another, or even a V9. But would really like one a little lighter. Has anyone hears this.? Cheers.

For anyone who might be interested. There is a Fender deluxe FMT jazz bass for sale on Face Book for £750. These are worth (imo) £1000 all day long. There quite rare nowadays.

If they look to good to be true. They probably are... £500.? They have Chinese garbage written all over them. Not that all Chinese basses are garbage, but there is a gamble to be taken.

I Have you looked.? I'e seen Delano preamps fitted into a few Sandberg's

I always thought he was a 4 string player mainly. ?

it begs the question, is he doing something different musically. why does he need a 6er.? Not that he cant do what he does on a 6 string bass, but I would so love him to do something different. Not that I don't dig what he does of course.

I suspect Mark would make playing any stringed bass look easy. What 6 string was he playing out of interest.?

Its got Mojo The necks been played in. If this were a 5 string I would buy it. Its got a bone nut. It was owned by blah blah Its a custom build.... Built by parts off the internet at home.

Awesome stuff from Lalah and Marcus with Poogie Bell on drums. Fantastic groove from Marcus and Poogie. The CD live album is epic.