Cygnus x-1

i've got one, it's a Matt Freeman one in black, when I bought it I tried it against a usa P, this one,
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and to be honest the difference was very little except it was £450 less, if you want a P on a budget you'll strugle to get better value than a CV, IMO.

I see Line6 400 series heads and combo's are going for a bargain price right now, has anybody got either of them or used/heard them, any views & opinions?

IMO 99% of the audience won't know or won't care what it says on the headstock, the other 1%, bass players and musicians judge you on your sound and your playing. Play a Squier with pride.

I saw a band about a month ago, bassist was using a Fender Jazz (USA I think), for a couple of songs he changed to what looked to me to be a Westfield Precision copy, thing was, nobody to my knowledge noticed (same colour basses) and more importantly they both sounded good.

We should start a Basschat 'Animals' THE best PF album club.

Always dissapointed when most tribute bands ignore this great masterpiece!

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Animals is far & away my favourite Floyd album.
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+1,000,000 Animals by far my fav too.

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Not sure how I would pack it, the bulk of the hard case means l can't use a regular bass cardboard box, I wouldn't like to just whack a label on the case and send it as is.

I'm happy to hang on for a while to see if anyone nearby wants it, if it doesn't go in a few weeks I'll look into postage options.
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For a perfect cardboard box to fit round a bass case, go to Halfords or any cycle shop, they will probably give you a box.

Anybody seen Brit Floyd, if so what are they like?

I've seen 5 or 6 different Floyd tributes inc Australian PF, some were outstanding, some were OK, but I just noticed the price of a ticket to see BF is £27.50!!

I was shocked at that price or are they that good or am I out of touch? I've just bought a Glenn Hughes ticket for may this year for £20 and I can't remember how much Black Country Communion last year was but I don't think it was too pricey. Any thoughts guys?

bargain for someone.

Dave bought 4 fender tuners from me. Smooth transaction, good communications, pleasure to deal with.

Great bloke, wouldn't hesitate to deal with again, cheers.

Vintage Icon VJ96 fretless, superb for just over £200, even less used.

I've got the same cb100 amp as you, using a CV precision with it and mine sounds superb. There are loads of different settings on this amp and what works in a loud practice may not be the settings to work in a quiet practice at home. I would say have a good fiddle about before regretting buying this particular amp. Also a reasonable set of headphones is fine, I got a Sony pair for about £18.

As a side issue though, I bought an Ashdown Tourbus 15 for quiet practice just for its small size and lightweight, it can stay in the living room and is very easy to pop in the car for a jam at a friends house, this amp was a bargain IMO (£60) and I think it sounds very good, much better than other 15 watt amp I tried. Good luck.

welcome Nige,

Cort are great basses, i've had 2 in the past, very well made and good value for money. The downside with Corts if buying new is the poor resale value if you ever fancy a change, but this also means you can get a bargain Cort pre-owned.

I don't know what makes that particular bass a 'Ltd' maybe better wood/ electrics/ fittings than standard model or it could just be a name.

Not to be confussed with the LTD make basses which I think are buget basses made by the ESP company.

Confusing? do some searches on here for particular basses and there is loads of info, also guys and girls on here are great, theres some real knowledge and just about any question you ask will get answered, one big friendly bass family.

cheers B, just the info i needed guys.

thanks Dave

not sure what section to post this in, so if i'm in wrong one sorry;

I want to try Status hotwire flats on a Precision, do I need medium scale or long scale, wasn't sure as some Stutus's are probably 35'' scale.

Also if anyone has used these strings on a P that can answer the question, what in your opinion is your preference between 40 - 100 and 45 - 105 sets? thanks for any help.

down to the wood haircut helps:)

I've had the Squier fretless, but now have one of these:) http://www.dv247.com/guitars/vintage-icon-vj96-bass-guitar-distressed-sunset-sunburst--37370 personally I prefer the VJ96 from owning both basses.

NICE!!!

glad to help, i'd saved the link, you never know when you might need the info.

http://www.ozbassforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3672&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

this the one in question, guys?

IMO lots of good advice and some not so good advice:) when I bought my Squier CV precision (Matt Freeman model), I tried it against an American Fender P at £800 and a Mexican one at about £500.

The Squier CV at £345 was a lot better than the Mexican one and very close to the USA one, the shop owner who is a semi pro bass player also tried the 3 into the same amp and he said something like this '' obviously i'd love to sell you the USA P (I had enough money at the time) but the Squier CV is an absolute steal at the price'' saved £450 and got a really good P bass.

That Peavey combo for £20 is a bargain, you could use it for 12 months and still get your money back

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Heres one I had, this black one I did with a standard USA fit plate, just required a little sanding here and there on the neck pocket and a couple of mm cutting from control plate area, about 10 minutes work.

Re the bridge, Gotoh 201 works brilliantly as does a bridge sold on eBay (search, 'hard tail bass bridge') about half the price of a Gotoh. HTH.

hi. is there any guitar shops within walking distance of New St station please?

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