Muzz

Very very sad. The Ship Canal's a hell of a way from Heaton Park, mind.

I get all the sound I need from my 38lb cab (it IS a 2x15, tho), don't miss my big rig at all. It's about the tones, and I has 'em. I doubt you'd ever find a pic of my rig on any 15-year-old's wall, but then I'm not trying to impress 15-year-olds any more.

There's a Roland D-Bass 115 for sale on here at the mo which is in your budget, they're a great combo, definitely giggable, and not too heavy either. The ad's nowt to do with me, but I had one (and the 115 powered extension for a stacktastic setup) for a while, and it's a very underrated amp. Mine was nicked, I might still have had it had this not happened.

Just lovely. I'd thought my ABZ had killed off my bass-GAS (other than novelty buys like 8-strings, obviously). It appears I was wrong.

Mine's a regular T-bird! There's some pics somewhere...

Oh my Lord, I've just seen this. Fantastic. I'd posted on the Dingwall forum about ABs with maple necks, but not had much back. Wowsers, can't wait to see it finished.

Yep, John McVie plays some lovely understated stuff, great rhythm section. Billy Sheehan once said "My job in the band is to make everyone else sound good." , although I suspect his tongue may have been firmly in his cheek at that point...

For preference, hi-hat side, tho if I'm depping or generally getting paid, I go where I'm told...

Never liked Zeppelin much, despite being an ageing rocker, never liked Bonham, hate that slack-arsed sound. Someone once said he sounded like someone falling down the cellar stairs carrying a load of boxes, and I never got that out of my head.

Lovely - Jon's course is on my bucket list, pretty near the top.

There's a very unusual 8-string Masterman on Gumtree, but it's at an eye-watering price...

I found I never liked the sound of my Ray with my LMIII, I think it's a combination which just didn't work. My other basses sounded much better. Have you tried any other basses through the MB?

It depends on how you'd approach the project: if you'd enjoy doing it, go for it - you may find you'll end up with just what you want, with a personal investment in the process and instrument at the end, which can be very rewarding. I've modded several basses now, and I've found it's addictive: off-the-shelf cookie-cutter basses don't interest me all that much these days. If you're building it to sell, fair enough, you'll never recoup your money, but if you're going to start considering your hourly rate doing something you like, I'd suggest that's massively missing the point. Oh, and if you buy a Gibson, you might want to look at changing the bridge for a much superior Hipshot Supertone...and that's how it starts...

Have you played a Fortress at all Karl? I've got one you could try - different pickups, but you'd get the feel of it.

Nice bass, ropey vocals.

About par for the course at the moment, really - a possibly-seven year old dinged P-Bass with a damaged case. I've bought for less (and more) and sold for a bit more, but every one I've had has been in better nick. There's good Precisions and bad ones, too, and I think people factor that in when buying sight unseen from EBay. You can get a bass of at least equal quality (does that mean 'top table'?) from Warwick for a good chunk less these days, which is even more depressing.

Erm...yes...

Just popped over to Karl's to look at a bass - thorough gent, nice basses, top brew and very special biscuits! Deal with confidence, he's one of the good guys.

[color=#333333]Watching Bowie Night on BBC 4 last night confirmed three things 1. Back in the day, he was untouchable 2. He's done nowt worth mentioning for 25 years now and 3. Gail Ann Dorsey is fantastic.[/color] [color=#333333]Nice to see Jim Bowen getting some work as the Spiders drummer, too...[/color]

I've got mine moved to the end of the body, kind of on the end between the neck plate and the neck itself. I've seen them put on an extra-long neck screw through the neck plate, too.

You can get an official date from the serial number off the Ernie Ball website, plus there's [url="http://www.musicmanbass.org/"]http://www.musicmanbass.org/[/url] which has lots of info on serials, too.

Had a couple, never got on with them, didn't like the necks/spacing/string tension*, I'm more than happy using a Hipshot (got one on all my basses) and IMHO it's just not worth the mither for those 3 extra notes, which I've never needed to play. * The best I've tried were Dingwalls, but even then, well, it was still a 5...