Cygnus x-1

Looks similar to a Jap P copy I bought in 79/80, truss rod adjuster was like that, mine was white but if I remember correctly the only colour choice for mine was white or sunburst. Mine had no name on the headstock, but was a quality bass and sounded good, unfortunately the only pic i've got of mine is a bit grainy from a distance, am following this thread with interest. Someone once told me who had a strat from the same series that they were prototype unbranded Jap Fenders but I never found out if there was any truth in it (probably not), or just somebody trying to big up the instruments at the time, 82ish.

I have a Ashdown Tourbus 15 for the very same purpose as you are wanting an amp for. Really glad I bought it, nice tone (for a small amp) well made, light weight and IMO very good value. I paid £70 with a five year warranty.

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Or buy a cheap used Squier Precision and Jazz, swap the necks, sell on the Jazz & P neck as a bass, keep the other. If you stick with VM's or CV's you can't go wrong. I've just put a CV neck on a VM body, fit damn near perfect. Total build cost me about £175. Edit; there's an American site called Talkbass.com. on there are sections called 'tricked out Squiers' and 'Squier perfect fit replacement parts' there is a guy who put a VM maple/blocks neck on a fiesta red CV precision body, it looked very nice, do a search you may find it. HTH.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1344453411' post='1764888'] The above, but is it possible that the inside of the gigbag is acrylic fabric and not as smooth as it should be? In that case it would cause some wear, like a very fine sheet of sandpaper, when the bass moves inside the bag. Is the tarnishing localised, or equally evident all over? [/quote] Bridge and control plate mainly on the CV although on his cheap jazz the bridge and control plate and tops of the 3 knobs were I think tarnished. He says he cleans his bass after use, he doesn't play a lot of gigs and is not a 'mover' wouldn't have thought a lot of sweat.

A friend of mine asked me this question today and I had to admit I have no clue to the reason. ..........He bought a used pretty cheap no name Jazz about a year and a half ago, it came with a nice black canvas padded gig bag from the seller. After a few months he noticed the chrome on the bass tarnishing, nothing too serious but losing it's shine all tne same. Anyway about 4 months ago, he traded the no name in for a Squier CV jazz, he kept the gig bag, so the Squier has lived in it since new. Now he's noticed the chrome on the CV is starting to tarnish aswell, again nothing serious but tarnishing. The gig bag is clean inside and out, immaculate condition, doesn't smell or anything, just an ordinary gig bag, I would have no problem using it. My mate asked me if I thought it was just a coincidence or could the gig bag be possibly causing the tarnishing? anybody have any idea? cheers.

A friend of mine had one for a time, might still have it.... haven't seen him for a few months. The last time I played it I was very impressed by the bass, it was the tribute model aswell. Obviously it depends on price of which I have no idea but half an hour searching the net should give you typical new/used prices and reviews. From my experience, id say if you like it and it's a fair price go for it. HTH

sold a scratch plate to Will, have dealt with this great guy B4, top notch again, highly recommended to trade with...

I don't know what bass you should buy....but with that buget IMO you should try as many different basses as you can and then...have a good think. There's alot of good stuff in your price bracket. Re second hand, you can get more or less anything with a grand and if you decide you don't like it you will probably recoupe most (if not all) your outlay. You would probably be pretty safe buying S/H on here, ie getting a good one.

thanks Gary..

A Question I hope someone will be able to answer because I can't find out. Is there a scratchplate available that is a perfect fit for a Squier VM P? .....I want a torty one, I can't imagine the black plate on this bass is unique. Anyone changed theirs? what model did you use, perfect fit, all holes line up? Any help appreciated.