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Well - spent an hour noodling on it today at PMT. First impressions were its really nicely set up. Now normally I HATE roundwounds but this sounded really warm with them which really surprised me given the above comments. I played it through an Orange Terror combo (the isobaric effort) and it was really punch which I love. Long and short of it is....its now sat in my front room and sounds even better through my valve combo and quietly tested through my big valve rig it sounds great. Normally id just whip the rounds off and get flats on it straight away but with this im not sure, I recon a set of D'addario Halfs would sound mean on this thing! Will be taking it to rehearsal tomorrow for a proper blast so will report back

Thanks neepheid, certainly food for thought. I wasnt aware of the low output on the Cabronita, i was actually expecting a 'p bass on steroid' type sound, dunno why. They have one in my local Dawsons so i should really try one plugged in. On the telebass, ive seen several mods where the tone pot is push/pull that selects a single coild from the pup thus lessening the 'mud' as it were. Will need to have a shop around and ignore the burning sensation in my pocket

Righty oh then. Ive just sold my Epiphone Rivoli bass and that now leaves me with one (albeit the greatest bass i ever did play) bass in my arsenal. I dont really NEED a back up but id like to have one - plus my 2 year old has a fasination with "tars" and i dont want him getting to facinated with my '76 "tar". This leads me to start looking around with around half the proceeds from the rivoli at my disposal. My immediate thought was the Squier VM Telebass i had years ago, one cropped up in the local crack converters for £150 - well within budget and i did love my last one. Then a took a trip to PMT Manchester to see what they had and theres this bass - nothing like mny usual style, a bit 'quirky' looking, lovely glossy neck and around £270 - The Squier Cabronita bass. They let me play it through their usual Ampeg combo and it sounded great (well as good as you can with roundwounds anyway). Nicely set up, felt well made, a bit different to a lot of things out there and a maple neck (that i havent has for a while). So now im stuck - shell out a bit moire for the Cabronita, whack some flats on it and have fun or play 'safe' as it were and go for the VM Telebass (less versatile but fun all the same)

Having played both 610's i would say the ABM is miles better. Ive heard the CL speakers take a while to 'break in' but to me they just sounded cheap and undefined (and that was with a CTM300). The ABM on the other hand sounded full and warm. Just my two penneth worth

Second string deal ive done with Redstriper and this was just as smooth and effortless as last time. Deal with confidence fellow low enders!

Met Martin today in Manchester to buy an ashdown pedal off him. Not only that he chucked in a few free ashdown goodies. Top geezer, a pleasure dealing. Cheers martin!