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Yeah I did google but I was more after an honest review if I'm honest.

So I was in my local music shop the other day and I noticed a wall full of what appeared to be gretsch White falcons and town and countries and everything in between "crikey" I thought. So I went for a look. Upon closer inspection they were not gretsch at all. They were branded "peerless" and I could not believe how well made they were. Definatly on a par with any of the ibanez and epiphone hollow bodies, every one of them was sporting a real bigsby and was beautifully made. I'm just wondering if a they make basses and b if they are as good as they look. I've long gassed for a hollow body but never seen an eb2 I could afford and there's something about the ibanez ones I don't like the look of.

Yeah it's lovely. I'm tempted but I'm holding out for a thunder 2. The temptation is 100% there though.

I'd like to see them too. They look lovely. I just think they miss the point a bit.

The original needed no improving! I'd love a ripper mind. The grabber definatly has it's place in my heart and deserves it's place in the hall of fame, not as an alternative to a p but of it's own accord, the early greenday records have awesome bass tone and were recorded on a grabber, ed from thrice works magic with his too. Never under estimate the power of the grabber

I do like a nice bolt on mind. It's a cool looking bass, and a short scale. I'm suffering terrible matsumoku gas at the moment so westones and arias are pretty high on the list. Is the trem on yours an addition?

I wish it had a 4 up Kramer head stock. Then it would be like a more metal looking pointy modulus for a fraction of the price

Cheers dude. I'll hold off on this one and see if I can get a twin pup I reckon. I'd just never seen one before and it caught my eye. What would you say was a fair price?

So there's an aria tsb (Thor Sound Bass) on eBay that's tempting me. I'm just after some info on them. What's the tone like? What's the quality like? How does it compare to an SB? Has anyone got any experience with them?

I have an original example in maple. In honesty it's the best sounding bass I own and I have a lot of variation in my armoury (trace t bass, peavey T-40, aria sb, cij 60s jazz) it's s one trick pony though, there's not a massive difference in tone no matter where the pickup is.. With a fresh set of rotos and a sans amp it has the most beautiful warm vintage tone you could imagine through my svt-4 pro. Stick a guv'nor in the mix aswell and you have some seriously dirty death from above 1979 style grit/snarl/growl. However, it's prone to intonation problems in hot venues. If I move around too much (which I do alot) it has a habit of going out of tune (in an average set it does normally go from drop c to drop d to standard 2 or 3 times mind). It's quite a high output pickup, feed back is very easy to achieve and control. It's biggest problem and the only reason I tend to pick my jazz up over it is it's neck dive issues, the body lends itself nicely to agressive playing styles and it's feather light so long sets are no problem. Finding replacement parts is a ball ache, the bridge is sh*te and no one makes a direct replacement that I know of (if any one does please let me know, the tuners are pretty bomb proof though (schaller bm's I believe). With all this in mind I say get one. If you don't like it you'll have no problem shifting it to me for all it's short fallings it really is a loveable rougue. I'm sure it will bring you great enjoyment.

They come up every so often. I didnt technically buy mine so i couldnt give you a price. They're not expensive though in my experience.

Flat Eric. Can I come visit? You have all my favorite basses. I'm quite jealous.

I hated my jazz at first. The best thing I ever did was mod the tits off it. I think fenders just need modding.

Wow that's a clean blazer. There's one on eBay tempting me at the moment which I can't really afford. I'd love a black eagle. Coolest jazz(ish) shape I've ever seen. Shame about the ott pickguard.

Anyone got a Black Eagle? I'd love to see pics

I spent over a year trying to convince a guy I know who doesn't play any more to sell me his 80 something ric 4001. It had been sat at his parents house for years. The day I finaly convinced him he didn't need it any more we went to pick it up and his mum told me that she had given it to someones 12 y/o son from her church imagine how that felt