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Im in New Romney now. Fancy giving me a lift on the 30th Andytoad!?

Good to see I have been of some use! Im still here, just use the forum for reference more than anything...

Think his Miss put a stop to it...

Hi Jake, welcome to BC... full of very helpful people!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1219075' date='May 3 2011, 07:53 PM'] Always up for a beer...thursday is better for me, tho. Best ask bob as well as it is his thread..!! [/quote] Thursday. Beer. Queens head @ Kingsnorth... easy!

[quote name='ras52' post='1218943' date='May 3 2011, 06:18 PM']If you're in Kent, have you visited "Bassworld" in Tonbridge: [url="http://www.americanguitarsuk.com/"]http://www.americanguitarsuk.com/[/url]. I'd be interested to see what you make of it - I went there once, I was the only customer in the place and the guy there didn't seem at all interested in selling me a bass! I was trying an active bass and asked what a switch was for - he said "dunno" and went back to plahying with his laptop :-([/quote] Ha ha! Man, you are really encouraging me to visit that place Seriously though, i may be popping up there next week, so will let you know if its improved!

[quote name='alanbass1' post='1218936' date='May 3 2011, 06:10 PM']If you are looking at long scale basses, you ought give these a try as they fit nicely in your price range: [url="http://www.ccmusicshop.com/yamaha-bb424x-tobacco-sunburst-pid-948519.html"]http://www.ccmusicshop.com/yamaha-bb424x-t...pid-948519.html[/url][/quote] That link isnt working for me... Now it is!

Own hair and teeth - yes, thank you. Oh my god Britney looks good in a Celtic catsuit! I am playing in an Ashford based band, The Prince Regents... some of our stuff is floating around online. Currently on the look out for a new frontman. You in a local band JTUK?

Hi Dan! Welcome!

Good stuff... its looking more and more like the G&L L2000 will be my bass of choice. Is there a UK distributor that anyone can recommend? Perhaps some good examples on the classifieds?

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1217375' date='May 2 2011, 11:38 AM']Looking at the For Sale Section, this may be worth a look: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127324"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127324[/url] Fender Mustang. Short scale, 7.25 lbs.[/quote] Think i have ruled out short scale basses now. So that narrows the list down a little!

[quote name='BassBunny' post='1216823' date='May 1 2011, 07:50 PM']G&L , No Contest, unless you can find a Cort GB74. Cort make G&L and Lakland and Ibanez and some Frnders and wouldn't mind betting they make Stirlings as well. I would persoanlly go for an L2000. THE most adaptable bass on the market. I ended up putting a very expensive boutique bass away after Set 1 last night and got my trusty G&L L2500 out. Have never failed to get a great sound out of it. You should be able to score an L2000 Tribute for a decent price. G&L was Leo Fenders last company in partenship with George Fullerton, so he took everything he learned with Fender & Musicman and built the G&L range. I've had 3 L2500's, (only to get the right combination of Blueburst/Maple), and would add to the collection in a heartbeat.[/quote] Just been round to Andytoads and grabbed his L2000... will give it a go for a couple of days. If i like it, i then have to consider if it is worth shelling out for a USA model?!

Thanks for all the help... I have spent nearly all day looking at various basses online and im going out of my mind! These suggestions have opened my eyes to some basses that i never even considered before... I am trying to narrow my findings down to a short list of a couple of basses that i could track down and test. Currently interested in - ESP ltd as mentioned at the start (question marks over it being a LTD?) Gibson SG (are they all short scale?) Stirling Musicman (no idea how good these are, but i like the look!) Fender Jaguar (cant find any for sale!) G&L Tribute SB-2 (i dont know a lot about G&L but did enjoy playing one last week) So there you go... feel free to comment on any of those!