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Glad you're such a nerd. Don't you realise that this sort of information is like gold dust to most of us pluckers and plonkers? May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back.

Hey everyone! If anyone’s after info on Blackstar gear, feel free to give me a shout. I’ve got pretty much every Unity amp here at my studio in Milton Keynes, I’m on Blackstar’s artist roster, and I’ve been gigging and recording with their amps for years, happy to share first-hand experience or answer any questions.

Sorry I'm such a nerd. There's a problem with all bass cabs and that is putting them on the floor, at low frequencies the floor reflects the sound and effectively reinforces the bass giving an extra 6db but only in the bass region. If there is a rear wall that adds to the effect and so does a side wall, when you get to this stage your speaker is effectively sitting at the end of a room sized horn. Just by room placement you can get the effect of cranking the bass control to full boost. At rehearsal try winding the bass control back to 3 o'clock and maybe even all the way just to get a feel of what that sounds like. In a really resonant room I've found I have to back the bass off startlingly. Most of those old Celestion drivers have a resonance around 70-80Hz so anything below that is not what you are hearing in Andy's tone, well not much anyway. I don't think it is a problem with your amp which is well regarded as being good at that sort of tone and to be fair I don't think it is a problem with the Super Compact. You can probably save some money by not rushing to buy a new cab. It might be worth going over to other parts of Bass Chat and asking if anyone else has nailed the Andy Fraser tone. Either General Discussion which is read by nearly everyone or Effects where the real tone monsters prowl would se you question and be able to offer more help. Also look in Events and see if there is a bass bash near you. It's a gathering of bassists who all bring along a lot of gear and we get to try each others kit as well as swap ideas. The South West bash is soon and there is one in the South East coming up. With so few music shops remaining its probably the only place where you will see such a wide range of basses and amplification under one roof.

My heritage is half Celtic. Have you ever had tatties and neeps? Have you ever seen a man with a bald heid? That is all.

Now this guy knows how to party! TBH I have been considering a second JMJ for a while now... Nice to see I am not the only one. Any differences between them at all? @Lozz196

Desire - U2

Lost In Love - Air Supply

This may help. Or maybe raise a chuckle. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

Well I prefered the construction of the L2, more of a resin with real density, I liked my streamline but just couldn’t bond with the shape, the S2000 was nice but I just couldn’t get the action I wanted, and having no truss rod there was nowhere to go in terms of adjustment (unless it went back to Rod involving heat treatment) it sounds cool all this no truss rod business but I don’t think they all stayed perfectly stable, and……i unashamedly cashed in on ‘Rob’s not making anymore’ hysteria🤣

I'm glad there are others with email addresses chosen in a moment of madness and still going decades later...

I think it’s probably 5+ However, I could be wrong

As a fellow Terror 500 user, have you tried rolling the bass back a bit and maybe upping the treble?

I was wondering about that. I've ordered some hex core D'addarios. But still, I must have been lucky with the other four strings.

You are not alone in the way you thought it was correctly pronounced. 😳 Mark

New toy.

I can't think why it took me so long to realise! Clearly the turnip-head in this instance is south of the border.

Bought a nice Trace Elf amp from Mick and all was good! Top BCer!

I can attest this is a solid bass - I bought mine 20ish years ago at university having never played bass before. It sat in a cupboard for about 15/16 years and I then joined a band, learned bass on this exact model with bubinga top. Well balanced not too weighty, nice action. I have replaced a couple of the tuning pegs through necessity but I have even gigged with it. Go for it I say! And yeah no mods needed. Bear in mind is fully active (i.e. it has no passive mode) so needs the 9v to work at all, but it is just one battery and they last a good while as long as you don't leave a cable plugged in the jack.

I actually put that to Ned Steinberger himself, and he said that for all kinds of reasons he will never be involved in reissuing that bass, and most likely no one else would either. It's a shame because if someone were to make a proper reissue of the original L2 then they could have my money, for sure. I'd be very interested to know how you thought the Streamline (and S2) compare to the Steinberger.

You have indeed stumbled upon the correct pronunciation. It is simply "neep" as in swede/turnip/rutabaga and "heid" as in head. A silly person, basically. I came up with it as my internet nom de guerre/plume because I was wanting a Hotmail address (in the pre Microsoft days, so around 1996?) with no numbers in it and I wondered what no American would think of.

I guess it depends on ‘U’ or ‘C’ P bass etc etc, I found the status to be shallow front to back as does my current bass (goodfellow) but as you say quite rightly all opinions eh? 🤷‍♂️