Totally agree with you. If i wanna buy expensive cable also, i look for the gaya gaya ones only... well not really, i look for ropes . Are ropes generally more durable than normal cables? My cables spoil so often, i need to look for really durable ones, not really good sounding ones, coz all that signal preservation watever nonsense really makes no sense to me whatsoever. So are ropes generally better? or u guys have any other Economical alternatives? .


wooooooo, the raptor is back!!! woohoo! we miss ur presence la, when u dont post, i also malas wanna post, chewah .
Btw, wat bass u sold off? (hmmm, i must not covet)

Raptor and his seductive tone...

Greetings! welcome welcome, . We're all pretty adorable ppl, so u should enjoy ur time here.
Do look at Warwick Corvette Std, too bad the swee lee sale had just ended 2 weeks ago.. . Don't worry, i missed it too.
Should be a great buy if u're getting it from singapore .
Another alternative would be a typical fender P-bass, maybe a japanese made one. I'm not good at giving suggestions, but i tried my best , assuming u were once a musicman dude trying to look at the world in a different perspective . Other threaders should have better suggestions, definitely, i'm absolutely inferior to all of them here .

u gotta compare 1 cable to another wit the same amp settings, same bass...
and hear the difference both in output and overtne, or unless u reli cant...


archangelmc : MM is the answer to ur new bass haha

as a hardcore fan of the precision tone, i would recommend any mexican P. U'd have to fork out about 1.5k for one but some of the mim ones are better than the mia ones. It's really worth it.

And no i don't own a P-Bass

Well, hoping for something under RM 2000, 5 strings, and with big pick-up like those on music man...

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Added on December 18, 2007, 2:00 amWow, Corvette seems interesting...honestly, now i felt that I'm a total noob in basses... all these brands I've never heard of before! what a shame on myself!

This post has been edited by Archangelmc: Dec 18 2007, 02:00 AM

pls no no to rockbass....even china people dunt support them...
im in china forum alot...

im using OLP, u shud try them out at JS music
my fren got his OLP upgrade to activ by Ng
he oni use 1.2k

Ibanez BTB205? should fit pretty nicely in your budget and still have quite a few extra cash left . But for me, if i have rm2000, i wud wait to see if anyone is selling a second handed fender precision or a fender jazz . do look at OLP also, they're really good, erm, well, some of them. I've tried one that is really really bad, one dat is OK, and one dat is really really good (so good, i almost accidentally took it back from the jam studio) . So make sure u try first. Do drop by @ JS music jalan imbi. The nicest music storepeople u will ever come across. . I'm sure crazychris would testify to dat.

P.S. back to my question, are rope cables like fender rope generally better in terms of durability? Or do they make it just for show? .

rope cables? u mean the redish california series?

err... when u say rope does that mean those cables that looks like cable seterika?? like some sort of woven exterior?

i have a couple of those i bought in the states... yes they are really durable... i mean they've lasted for more than 7 years... the only problem i have is that they are damn stiff so when they are tangled it's really hard to get them straightened up.... so now i switch to planet wave... the one with the shielded end... softer plus got that cable tie on it... hehehe... but maybe doesn't last as long...

Hi, I read from the OLP website saying that OLP is licensed by Musicman. Is it like Squier a licensed brand by Fender, like that?

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Added on December 18, 2007, 11:14 pmGreetings,
I went to Lepo (a local music store) today, but I can't find any BTB205. Those that cought my eyes are GSRX 305 (RM1395) and BTB 555MP (RM2750). BTB 555MP sounds great and nice to grip and play although I'm not really used to 5-strings basses. I quite like the outlook of the bass too, but would be nicer if got some other colour other than light brown. BUT, the price is RM2750. So, is BTB 205 something like BTB555MP? how bout the price? and do you mind to give me the full address of JS music, cause I'm not from W.Malaysia...Thanks alot!

This post has been edited by Archangelmc: Dec 18 2007, 11:14 PM

Yes you are right. Its just quite like Gibson/Epiphone ; Fender/Squier ; Ibanez/Ibanez GIO

erm, wow kuching

i tink if u can afford the money, get a gud1. always buy the best u cud get.
btw, if ur just starting out, i reco get the GSRX 1st.

its decent enuf

Haven tried any Ibanez Bass before

Actually getting a Yamaha BB is not bad also

Actually, while Fender owns Squier and Gibson owns Epiphone, Ernie Ball/MM has nothing to do with OLP. OLP pays EB a royalty fee to copy the MM design ... so they can market their product in US and Europe without fear of copyright infringement. And which is why OLP is more expensive than SX.
Last I heard, OLP was discontinuing making MM copies ...

yaya my fren wen to JS after i bought mine, den he was told
tony levin bass stop coming in dy, a hint its stopping

now
i want to sell it for an upgrade, lookin for buyers
urgent T-T

This post has been edited by crazychris: Dec 20 2007, 02:16 AM

Wa chris, upgrade to real Music Man already ah?

got an offer, need fas cash to deposit it

how much are you selling, and got pic?

yesh!! bass sold, grab a SUB5
deposit ady, need to work on the remainin cash...


This post has been edited by crazychris: Dec 22 2007, 09:05 PM

wow nice. Can let me test during one of these days?

come to my place den
bring ur bass as well la
il like to take a look on urs too
urs is exotic