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I've added a couple of preamps to different basses, the best outcome for me was adding an Audere Classic pre to a fretless bass. It lifted it to a much better instrument imho as I felt I could get more out of it tone wise. The other successful mod was a Kiogon twin stacked knob kit to my old Antoria Jazz - made a huge difference to the 'quality' of the sound, due I suspect to the quality of components and grade of wire used. I've put flats on a few basses but I'm not convinced that's a mod as such.

Looks great that. It's Friday surely you can claim time off on religious grounds. Or better still still a medical emergency......GAS. Edit. I thought I recognised that body, it was going to be mine until Alan waved the Dirty Ash J Type at me...

Raw cake mixture

I hope it's not becoming fashionable. I managed to spend most of my life trying to achieve an unsurpassed level of unfashionability and I don't want to fall at the last.

It's a nice bass that Warwick, Mr BB very kindly let me have a noodle on it along with a number of his other Warwicks. Enjoy the fretessness, it's addictive I think.

I think it's one of the classic finishes as per above contributions. Personally I'm really not a fan. I like natural wood, it's has so many varieties, colours, grains and textures it just seems a pity to cover it all up - unless it's cheap and nasty of course

I've never tried Gumtree or Preloved. Easy to use, any good? Slight thread hijack, sorry Mr BB.

+1 for the new CD here.

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1376515396' post='2175447'] I've had more luck in selling, at higher prices to boot, on eBay recently. [/quote] I have noticed this too. I can't really rationalise this, as my perception was that the prices on here had been higher than ebay, as well a not having the fees to pay on BC. The last few basses I have sold were on here for ages and then sold almost instantly on ebay despite me jacking the prices considerable to cover the fees. Yes the buyers may be less well informed on ebay, but I suspect that this is not the case so much now. Maybe BCers are expecting too much of a bargain in these economically challenging times.

ACG. You'll probably have a few hundred pounds change too.

Cheers boys

A couple of family snapshots [attachment=141388:ACG family 01 small.jpg] [attachment=141389:ACG family 02 small.jpg]

Their new CD is pretty good too. BBT that is.

Here you go, pics from Alan to wet the appetite. The Finn with the new SEQ is really good, so light too, and whichever muppet abandoned their order for the Dirty Ash J Type bass has missed out big time. [attachment=141210:ACG Graft Finn Special 03.jpg] [attachment=141212:Graft J Type 4 Dirty Ash 01.jpg] Sorry about the double hit ezbass, I'll go to confession on Sunday

NBD x2 today. Just collected the Finn and the Dirty Ash J Type from Alan. Both beautiful in the flesh. Pics up in a day or so... Rather foolishly tried the grunge black fretless too

There's an used [sfx] H1 for sale on here.

I must decalre an interest as I'm a serial ACG abuser. To my mind it's an upgrade / update on the classic (in my case Fender basses). I think the core designs Leo produced were groundbreaking but not perfect and I personally don't have a problem with innovation and improvement. I'm sure with the right wood choices etc you could get the exact same sound if that was the goal. For me the most disappointing thing about Fender is the lack of development / R&D. It just seems like a load of re-issues coming out and escalating prices to accompany them (you'd think they that would have cracked how to make them by now). One issue with custom basses I think is the resale value were you to move them on. They are by their nature personal things and thus a buyer might be harder to find. If you're buying a 'preloved' Fender J or P you pretty know what you're getting and I think second hand values reflect this. Not an issue for me as mine will not be for sale! It is a very personal thing and probably divide opinions in a marmite type way. I have owned an MIJ Jazz (fretless) and an MIM P and tried a couple of MIA Fenders, but imho the fit and finish on the luthier made basses leaves them for dead. The weight and balance is considerably better too. The Graft bass spec would provide a person with a hand crafted bass with more love and attention to detail than Fender US have the time to languish on their output, for less than £900. I am picking up what is essentially a J bass tomorrow (the neck p/up is a single coil) except for the overwound bridge p/up and a slightly different control setup of volume / tone / pickup selector. http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/portfolio/2881/ I am also fortunate enough to own a full custom spec J type fretless which cost a good chunk less than £2k and is outstanding in every possible way (imho of course ). http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/portfolio/0120-custom-j-type-fretless-4-string/

Yeah go for Martyn's fretless. I've had a twirl and its a lovely bass to play.

If the little town of Disappearing-up-my-own-bottom is anywhere close by you are most welcome to come and try my ACGs out.

If it doesn't have to be a Fender, my ACG is very portable. The Graft range are excellent value too.

Massive fan here. Can't remember how many gigs / lineups I've seen but definitely most of the combinations. There should have been a law passed (a bit late now) that every Genesis gig should finish with The Knife. You have to see it live to really get it (sorry old git here). My personal favourite albums are Trespass, Foxtrot and Nursey Crime only because I grew up with them playing. SEBTP, the Lamb also excellent. Favourite less well known ditty - Twilight Alehouse.

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1375815265' post='2166122'] You know about BJ's on a Thursday bud surely ?? [/quote] Yes I know the Hop Pocket, and peteb I'll do my best to get there on 5th Sept. Sadly Thursdays are rarely good nights for me which is a bit irritating. I'm always interested to find more places as I'm entirely hacked off with large Venues (the Apollo is about as big as I'll go to) and watching Bonamassa w@nk fests, as in look how many guitars I've got. I've set myself a mission to find some new-to-me bands to follow now (particularly blues bands as it's a genre I've always loved) and am looking for good clubs/pubs in which to discover them.

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1375787226' post='2165499'] Some very good blues venues in the northwest, a very good site dedicated to this is this, [url="http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/"]http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/[/url] if you check out the map it will show you a good selection of the NW blues circuit. [/quote] Thanks that looks great. Still not sure why I didn't find that via Google - almost certainly user incompetence

That's odd, maybe it's just me but I love going to see blues bands play. Don't seem to get enough of them in small clubs and pubs in the NW - unless I'm looking in the wrong places. Maybe you BCers could point me in the right direction?