Delberthot

If you want the best bass combo then you're going to have to buy a Trace V-type. Not your average ladies lightweight, I'll have half a shandy combos there, just pure grunt and one of the best sounds I have ever had, certainly the best of any combo I've used: 1) Twin valve preamp - none of your pretend one valve warmth nonsense or Ashdown grind knob - this will overdrive to buggery 2) Its a Trace Elliot so its louder than it says it is and reliable as they come 3) It has one of the simplest but easiest to get a fantastic sound preamps I've ever used 4) Linking a 1518 cab to it will have the back of your trousers flapping 5) Its manly )0 it has a line in for your iPod There are others who will back me up on this but this is, of course, my own personal opinion on combos.

Parcelmonkey as long as its not too big although they do eff it up occasionally but three times out of about 40 shipments isn't too bad. Interparcel for bigger stuff but also try out click4parcels. I recently sent a humungus wheeled flight case for a 4x12" down south for £41. Interparcel wanted around £60 due to the size.

back in the day I ran a 7210H GP7 combo with a 1048H. It was only putting out 200w put it was plenty. More recently I ran a series V AH150 at 8ohms so it would've been putting out about the same as your combo on its own - I was using a 4x12" however so I actually had far more volume available than I needed.

For me personally I can get Bruce's tone with anything. We do Town Called Malice and I've played it With many different basses - most recently a VM Jazz fretless and I can still get it. I have my bass setup so that if I play lightly, or normally as most would say, my bass sound sounds normal but when I dig in a bit I get a really dirty, aggressive tone - even with a fretless Oh and I play it with fingers as well I've got to give it plenty to get the sound right though for this tune.

sounds like the odd speaker is rated much lower than the rest and is about to pack it in. They should be moving by about the same amount.

Everything I've read so far points to applying several thin coats. I'm not sure if I could get a thick coat on very accurately

I have a shallow Gator for my GK 700RB II

I was on Stringbusters website tonight and a set I was looking at were available with low B or high C. possibly Warwicks

Funny how Bernard was always associated with a Stingray but every clip seemed to favour some kind of P bass variant

Thanks for the replies so far. Its given me a lot to think about. Since the bass was relatively inexpensive, I'm looking to do this as cheaply as possible to may well got for the surfboard repair pack as it seems the cheapest, just need to make sure it contains enough. The only thing I've bought so far is a radius sanding block as I already had all the sandpaper and stuff.

I am looking to epoxy a rosewood neck that I am in the process of converting to fretless. I know how its done, what tools to use but a quick look around B&Q reveals hee haw and i don't exactly live in a large boating community to ask anyone What kind of place is likely to sell it in the relatively small quantity that I am going to need? i thank you

[quote name='Sibob' post='852676' date='May 31 2010, 02:56 PM']But I do believe that all Export JV's were Squier! Si[/quote] yes but there were higher end JV Squiers that were domestic only but I think they were mainly Strats and Teles. I'm glad that everything is straightforward in Squierland

[quote name='Sibob' post='852553' date='May 31 2010, 01:05 PM']But all the Fender decaled JV's have a small Squier logo on them......[/quote] Here is an example of a JV series Fender - not a Squier [url="http://www.guitarsjapan.com/1982_Fender_JV_PB-95_Precision_Bass_3TS.html"]http://www.guitarsjapan.com/1982_Fender_JV...n_Bass_3TS.html[/url] I'm not into where they were made, if it was the same factory for both or if one was made somewhere and the other somewhere else or if they used the same parts or not but Fender JVs and Squier JVs are two separate things. A 'proper' Fender JV series bass does not have the Squier logo on it. The first Squiers had a large Fender logo and small Squier logo but confused many people who thought that they were Fenders - that is why they changed from that to 'Squier by Fender'

not necessarily - Fender also made basses with JV serials. I have also seen examples pop up for sale from time to time. JV just means Japan Vintage as the early models were designed to copy the original '57 & '62 original ones. SQ = Squier - hence the reason why MIJ Fenders tend to go from having a JV serial to an E one. There may be SQ ones but I've never seen one. Could the seller have a Fender and has sanded an area of the headstock to make people think that it may be a Squier? Values go up and down but I sold one in very good condition a few years ago for £400 - the serial number was in the low JV13**** range, just after they did the logo switcheroo

[quote name='LeftyJ' post='750509' date='Feb 19 2010, 09:24 AM']They're not really twins, the one on the left was born two years earlier so the one on the right is the evolved version, but both are MC924's: [/quote] The problem with these basses is that there's not enough control over the sound so which knob switches the telly on? very nice basses.

There's a Trace 800w @ 8ohms 4x12" floating around the for sale section somewhere. You could use this with almost any amp without PA support for almost any situation you may find yourself in. I'm using the lower rated 500w 2x15" version which is the same size through a Gallien Krueger head so its putting out something like 300w at 8 ohms and its mental loud. I use it for every gig no problems at all there's also a Trace AH150 or it may be 250 and contrary to what you may hear elsewhere this could drive the cab no problems at all as the older trace stuff is generally very underrated powerwise

I'm no expert but possibly putting to much power through the drivers causing the magnets to heat up and affect the sound?

Gallien Krueger are another company that say their amps can be used without cabs attached - I recorded my band's demo with the amp right into the desk with no cab

000 grade steel wool is not going to damage your bass. Try it - you can buy it in B&Q. It is like night and day and absolutely no chemicals are needed to get you the smooth finish All it does it take the sticky sweaty crap off and make the neck feel like it has been coated in chicken grease