bassickman Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Thoughts and opinions, pros and cons of both basses listed above... Thanks, Bassickman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 [sup]Can't go wrong with either.[/sup] [sup]Xotic is more pricey but in my opinion doesn't offer anything playability wise over the Clover. Both sound great but the Xotic has a far more versatile preamp than the Clover range. Having said that, many may find the tweakibility a bit cumbersome compared to the simplicity of the Clover. Presumably you are looking at the Aperion range if you are comparing to the Xotics?[/sup] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassickman Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Funny you should say that... Originally I was but now I like the new avenger series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 What's the deal with Clover/Xotic and Sandberg, as bass direct seemed to lump them together for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I played this at [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/products-page/pre-owned/bass-guitars1/xotic-xj-1t-5-pre-owned/"]BassGear[/url] last week: Really nice 'refined' bass I thought. I'm not really a 5 string player but it looked really nice hanging on the wall so I just had to have a quick blast Some very nice touches, like the wooden pickup covers, and lots of tonal options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooz Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Ha, I´m living in Clover-city! Jörg Neugebauer have his company here. I just know a 5-string from the XPression series and an apeiron 4-string with that hybrid bridge pup. They were both crafted with outstanding skills, very very clean. Both sounds very good with an even and precise tone. What I don´t digged was the Delano hybrid-pup at the apeiron. It sounded pretty well itself, but don´t deliver a music man stingray sound. It might have something to do with the built-in position, which is not original to get any mm-sound out if it. If it were to me I would choose a classic apeiron. ;^) The avenger series might be very interesting too due to its rich switching options of the three pickups. I think it could outran there a Xotic J versality-wise of getting really different tones from each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassickman Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1339078290' post='1683305'] I played this at [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/products-page/pre-owned/bass-guitars1/xotic-xj-1t-5-pre-owned/"]BassGear[/url] last week: [/quote] If you aren't on commission already... you should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1339149705' post='1684316'] If you aren't on commission already... you should be. [/quote] I promise you I'm not Bassgear is a whole 15 minutes drive away from me so I pop in all the time for a natter & a play on whatever is in stock. I sometimes fill in for Phil if he needs to take a day out for collection or delivery - my favourite ever voluntary job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1339078290' post='1683305'] ......and lots of tonal options. [/quote] I should bloody hope so with that number of controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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