All Activity

I don’t think any of those guys employ 200 plus people with all the associated marketing, shipping, infrastructure costs. Their exposure to import costs, supply chains and currency fluctuations will also be less severe. ( US importers will be dealing with the 10% plus import tariffs as well as 10% decline in the value of the $). This has to hurt. I dont know the breakdown of Ernie Ball profits but I suspect strings (most likely made in the far east) are the most profitable items. I agree that US made instruments like Fender, Rickenbacker, Gibson, Martin, MusicMan are expensive (there seems to be a thread a week pointing this out) but they have a long history of producing iconic and some really good instruments. I think it’s a challenging time and if price point is the main motivator then their future may be uncertain. Personally I think that it’s a great looking bass and I would love to try one but it’s out of my price range.

Interesting philosophical question - the non-limited edition One may be had in fretted and fretless forms. Seeing as any purist worth their salt will point out that Pino played a fretless, is there any reason why the Pino basses shouldn't include a 5-string if they can include a fretted 4?

So why would a handmade bass from Alan Cringean, Jon Shuker, or Martin Petersen cost less than a CNC-made bass from a maker with enormous purchasing clout?

FTFY

I normally don't like maple on maple neck/fingerboard combos - that thing is OBSCENELY beautiful!!! I too am on a mid-life 'straying from Precisions path', mostly stuck on Jazzes and Rays. Always had a G&L on my radar but never found one I absolutely loved. I could see me falling in love with a bass like that though! Well done! If it plays half as good as it looks it'll be an absolute monster!

Jimmy Cooks - Drake

Did a dep gig for The Bonnevilles at bike night at Darley Moor. All went well and I suspect they'll be rebooked at the agreed higher amount (and the regular bassist will benefit!). Forgot to take a long lead and my MS-60B fell off the amp so finished up going Sei Flamboyant fretted 5 -> Lekato WS-90 wireless -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. My leather waistcoat with all the bike badges on has shrunk. Feets were encased in Caravelle memory foam trainers, as always.

The Grill From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto

I would hate to contradict you but an ex Pino signature Stingray fretless (his spare one) sold via the Bass Gallery for getting on for that figure. I think they’re only making 15 of the exact copies of Pino’s bass. The other ones (fretted or fretless) are not relicked but are to the exact same spec as Pino’s bass, as it was when new and at the lower (£3700) price.

Actually, “they” have - available via the configurator on the Custom Design Experience for a year or more! However…… only as a Stingray Special. The Pino Palladino one has the 2 band preamp, of course.

Sunset Grill - Don Henley

I'd like to try one. I'd be interested to see what the asymmetric neck feels like. Bit of a cheek not supplying a hard case for that price.

His one of my favourite!!! Just finished watching this and came to share. Glad you shared this gold of a video.

Bake It With You - Bread

In my experience, they pretty much always do...!

Pedulla MPV 5 string fretted pj. Would be very difficult to replace, even if I could afford to.

Big Pino Palladino fretless player fan here, and for those who are astonished by the use of poplar as body wood, CLF who were building the Music Man instruments up to very late 1979 (November), when Leo Fender left (CLF), have been using poplar intensively back then, just like they were finishing the instruments in nitrocellulose, polyester and polyurethane finish upon what was available... So a quite ugly multi pieces unmatched poplar body was the norm and Pino's signature model has it ... sadly.

Post an example of the type of overdrive you're after, it'll make it so much easier to make suggestions!

Marmite Told Me Not To Come - The Stereophonics

Believe it or not, Smoke on the water 😂😎. Last time i played it in public i was at school.

Ive always thought it makes sense for the band members to call the final shots over the monitors. After all, they are the ones that will be using them.

I have the 115MkII, which works fine for practice and small club gigs. MkII has two freely configurable tone print slots but only one of the can be active so I can select 1, 2 or none. As I understand the MkI you can select 1, 2, both or none which is one combination more. Which is better depend on your needs. The BG250 115 sounds fine an is reasonably light and reasonably loud.