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It's not new, Pete Cornish has been charging loads for ages now lol http://www.petecornish.co.uk/deluxeseries.html If you want an overdrive pedal with a blend, it's £536 Si

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1485954801' post='3227966'] Si - any thoughts / opinions on the afterlife (how it sounds with dirt, how usable the feedback is in a band setting, that sort of thing) - I'm quite tempted! [/quote] Effectively Afterlife is a great sounding, relatively subtle reverb that you can send into oscillation using the momentary second switch. What's nice is that you can set the volume of the oscillation and you obviously have your direct signal there too, so you can use it as a drone to play over, or set the oscillation volume to max and just insert some chaos Not the best example of the Afterlife itself (although the Reverb remains on after I loop the oscillation), but I did a video of it with a MOTH and Dwarfcraft Great Destroyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpNZ921ESFY Si

Love that Lakland! Si

I wouldn't necessarily say don't go custom.....but I do agree you're more likely to find something you really love if you can try it first. But that then comes back to making a list of what you like and what you don't like about yours, for example if you absolutely love the neck on your bass, if you have a custom and the luthier is UK based, there would be no issue in them measuring your Yamahas neck and cloning that on the custom build. So yeah......there's pros and cons (or perhaps pros and more pros depending on your outlook) for both ways Si

Yes, he fixed my DL-4 and was great. Highly recommended! Si

Personally there's not a lot to say about it I don't think, otherwise it's just a whole thread of "try this bass....try that bass because I like it". If you go down the 'off the shelf high-end' route, take your bass along to Bass Direct, Bass Gallery and/or Manchester Bass Lounge and try a LOT of stuff in comparison to yours. Even if they're a bit of a trip, they're all treasure troves, so worth it. If you go down the custom route, you have to ensure that the resulting bass will be as good as, if not better (hopefully better), than what you're playing now, otherwise it's a waste. Make a list of what you do like about your bass, and what you don't (and be critical). With any new bass comes some bedding in, especially after playing the same thing for 10years, but if you try for something that encompasses the things you do like, and fixes the things you don't, then getting used to it shouldn't take too long. Quite frankly, you may just find that you go with a really high-end Yamaha.....keep it in the family and all that. Enjoy Si

Did another buy.....just because I wanted to use it with the Afterlife after the fun I had with that combo at NAMM: [IMG]http://i64.tinypic.com/33mpjs1.jpg[/IMG] Si

[quote name='BassApprentice' timestamp='1485765020' post='3226408'] For some reason they have called it the Lightspeed when it's actually the Border Reiver but with a headstock (http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/standard-border-revier/) Not really sure why they had to rename it.... [/quote] Cos that's what middlemen do?! Lol Si

Odd though, in their 'About' section they talk about "cutting out the middle man", but that seems to be exactly what they are with their ACG built bass lol Si

It would do half the trick, as you mention. It might sound ok, but might not sound quite right due to the impedance mismatch. Might as well put the £39 towards the actual thing you need....a re-amp box. If you're handy with a soldering iron, there's quite a good kit available, easy too: https://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/products/l2a Si

Not too risky, but they probably don't have the headroom and so might sound a bit crappy. Just buy a re-amp box to go from line level to instrument and bobs your uncle. Si

Afterlife in the house!! [IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/2evc9rq.jpg[/IMG] Si

Over-priced is subjective Si

If I get a second (so so busy) at NAMM I'll pop by and say Hi to Adrian Si

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1484610063' post='3216896'] That's not a Fender J pickup, or any sort of standard J-type - so unless you did additional routing you couldn't put a different/better pickup in it. With the adjusting screws evidently at the ends, this looks like the sort used on some Aria J copies from the 70s. [/quote] Well spotted! Zooming in, it does look strange, the overhang on one side etc. Might be able to be modified by a luthier to fit a standard J replacement shape, but who knows. Si

The Antigua finish was pretty focussed with regards to years of production, mostly '78 and I think some very early '79. As previously mentioned, missing the correct pick guard, and it's modded with a Jazz pickup of unknown origin. So yeah, probably around £800 if it's nice playing/sounding and not too heavy. Si

So I plumped for the Bartolini 3 band pre, the full harness to be accurate (HR5.2AP/918), which is the NTMB preamp, vol (active/passive p/p), blend, treble, mid (250hz/800hz p/p), bass. Collecting from NAMM. This, combined with the USA built MK-1 replacement dual coils coming from Bartolini (via Elrick, also at NAMM), should be a very cool combination for the 55-01 Si

In any case, I think their target market are Fodera players (of which there a great many who happily spend the money), who want a P bass by Fodera. Not necessarily a player who isn't already 'in the fold' who's after a P bass. Si

Yet of course many people would spend the same money on an old Fender, same construction (although even Fenders then weren't hand-carved like Foderas are). Yes you might have some added 'mojo' or providence, but that's not important to everyone. If you went for a Masterbuilt Fender, you'd be in the same price territory. If you went for a Sadowsky NYC Ultra Vintage, you'd be in the same price territory. So it comes down to what sounds and feels best to you......are you really going to not spend that (assuming you have it spare) just because you could spend less on an instrument that might not feel/sound as good? FWIW, I'm less excited about the Emporer J, but the Monarch P sounds supreme to my ears! Si