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To my view these Peavey basses are unsung bargains. US made, quality woodwork fit and finish. They can be picked up for 1/10 of big F USA basses of same vintage. What is not to like?

I struggle with mine(Pod and Zoom B2?). Despite being an engineering & Physics technical type I no longer have the patience to faff and sort them out. As above I just plug into the amp and play. I would suggest 'borrowing' from mates and trying before buying if possible.

Look out for the bargain 'broken' valve amp and get it rebuilt to taste. Carlsbro 100 ebay yesterday £136. Seems a fair price for 100W transformers, etc. Sound City amps still appear for little money, can be made into good Hiwatt clones.

[quote name='BigGuyAtTheBack' timestamp='1411455353' post='2559577'] Just about to gig a £40 Peavey Milestone 3 from evilbay. [/quote] I have one of those that came at the same price. When you look at the spec - alder body, maple neck, single coil pickups etc etc and compare it to the big F there is little difference. The body is an excellent design. Is my USA G&L x15 better - very debatable.

Am happy with my Soundcraft 16 channel, however with power amp (mid weight), driverack and well built flight case ... it is now too heavy. Watch the weight, and size as you have found.

Guess the threads were within a gnat's cock of being actionable, which is my all time favourite description of a guitar setup carried out by said same adjuster.

I did but the 1/4" jack split the case wide open, it would not go in easily Seriously thanks to Stoo as this is of considerable interest with phone and slab.

[quote name='Magic Matt' timestamp='1410365239' post='2548616'] The local timber merchant stock Birch Ply. I asked if they stocked "void free Baltic Birch or similar" and got this as a quote... 12244122BIRPLY 12mm 2440 x 1220 Birch Plywood BB/BB £31.49+VAT Not sure if that qualifies as really cheap stuff, but the ends looked pretty good. I've not bought it yet - I probably wont until I know what size panels I need, as I'll need them to slice it down to get it in the car. [/quote] Check the surface of this, it may be Birch that is surfaced with a very thin set of outer layers. Not as good as Wisa / true Finnish where the plies are all the same thickness. Good enough for a first build. Mr Fitzmaurice's plans work well, the circular saw sled is a really useful bit of kit. You will need plenty of clamps, Polyurethane glue (like all others) needs the work pieces well clamped. You can of course glue and screw, removing screws after if you want. Enjoy

Cheap basses they get broken, stolen or whatever - get another one. Quality of cheap kit is very good these days, not like my youth - Columbus, Jedson, Woolworth's K basses spring to mind.

Warwick Rockbass corvette - can be picked up for £150, quality is very good and fingerboard is ebony.

Guess I must be lucky with my DB, I use the Schaller and have not had any feedback problems playing with some fair volume (Barefaced Dubster plus 700W Peavey). Not an acoustically faithful tone but I quite like it.

If you are planning to build a cabinet using this you could take the easy option - use the Eminence design(s), [url="http://www.eminence.com/pdf/Basslite_C2515_cab.pdf"] http://www.eminence.com/pdf/Basslite_C2515_cab.pdf[/url]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1410027782' post='2545554'] Now discontinued but the updated version, the TB10, is expected in stock at Thomann 30/09/2014 ... [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/takamine_tb10.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...kamine_tb10.htm[/url] [/quote] Just need the first user discount applied i.e. find one on BC at sane money.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1410018784' post='2545458'] This one is a fully hollow Takamine B10 ... [/quote] That is one gorgeous bass, now where do I find one?

[quote name='Stompbox' timestamp='1409777540' post='2543361'] Just had my new Lamborghini Aventador delivered - negligible bootspace, but hey, it's a nice drive so will have my bass, amps & cabs delivered & set up onstage by a contractor as required.................. [/quote] Not using the helicopter, how disappointing I had expected better

Cheapest place is here - BC. Get some used flats - TIs crop up regularly. My first set running at 8 years just fine. Nothing to worry about with used flats

Find one (dealer, friend), take bass case, try. Have done this in a different context buying a van, it is the Engineers 'in service' test.

[quote name='rayjames' timestamp='1409408321' post='2539440'] ...... try out lots of different amps until you find one you like. The only problem might be that what sounds good in a shop (and at home) may not stand up so well on a gig [/quote] Forgive the pun but that is very sound advice. It is also the combination of speaker cab and amp (stating the obvious). I found Peavey amp (Tour 700) much more to my taste (tighter, less wooly low end) than either Marshall VBA 400 or Sound City 120 with both of my Barefaced speakers.