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Your eyes will be sad, but your back will be overjoyed.

Another track from the Joe Lovano album, Landmarks', mentioned above. Marc Johnson plays that head with Lovano and then kind of underpins Lovano's solo with a counterpoint line rather than a conventional bass part. Fascinating stuff. I wish this transcription had been around when I first got this album in 1991. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/street-talk-joe-lovano/

Id like to see a Fender 5 string headless fan fret active with triple pickups and built in cheese board.

The Hornet VHS has been doing this for a couple of years. Granted it's not free, but will do most of the more popular headphone types for €11, including the ubiquitous KZ ZS10s

Yes I noticed the Octamizer too but thought that was more likely to be digital than a comp. The comp is based on the original smaller one isn't it... which I thought was analog. Maybe it is correct as you say.

That is a lovely P sound. Quite like the Pure Vintage derived "Coastline" one in my American Professional Classic. Very clean top end, but not too harsh or nasal sounding, and lovely and warm at the bottom.

And Bandcamp! They're good! https://theinevitableteaspoons.bandcamp.com/album/money-for-old-rope

Well, last night's gig with The Inevitable Teaspoons (we're on Spotify, by the way ) at Drummonds in Aberdeen was a lot of fun. Gigged my Cort Curbow for the first time since I replaced its guts with USA Bartolini pup and Glockenklang preamp and it is the bass it always should have been now. Sounded terrific last night - punchy and strong. To be honest, I didn't need to do any EQ on the bass, I just left the EQ flat and ran the pickup in series. The gig itself was a good laugh, maybe 50 folk there, hard to tell because some folk were at the end of the room up a level. Mrs. Neepheid came down to see us too, yay! She reported that she saw quite a few folk into it, not quite motivated enough to get up and actually dance but there was chair dancing going on in various pockets of the room. The crowd took a while to warm up, but we had a few folk up dancing by the end. I went walkies during "Shake a Tail Feather", that got a good laugh (and a dance with Mrs. Neepheid). I'm a happy boy. Gear was the Cort Curbow and my pedalboard - I love a "just turn up and play" gig with house PA and a sound engineer who knows what they're doing. Although I had some Trace gear behind me, most of my monitoring was through the house wedges in front of me.

I'm sure these will be very nice, judging by the constituent parts they've used, but I do find more and more that I prefer the OEM Fender sound (when you get a good one!) I'm sure I've either played or owned most of the alternative Jazzes, from the £63 Ash and Roasted Maple Fazley to Sadowskys and Lulls, and you know what? If you get a good Fender, it just feels and sounds right. I've been setting up an as-new American Professional II Jazz that I took in as a PX the other week, and it's just sublime. Also, I played in the house band at a reopened Jazz Club in Sheffield last night, and played my American Elite Jazz all evening. Pure bliss. My point? Sometimes only the original article will do.

Well done sir.

And seven! When will this stop? 😀

Bits of violin - tail pieces, rosin, fine tuners, all free

Self-confessed Aguilar fan-boi here - own four of their amps, two DI units and a mixture of their pedals. Having cogitated since first becoming aware of this one, the answer has to be no!

Nope i'm the same. Never used it. 6 now. Dave

just a heads up for Beyerdynamic users. Been testing this out for a couple of days. It seems to do what it says and is free. It makes quite a difference with my 700 pro X. It smooths the high end quite a bit. I didnt realsie how harsh they are until i tried this. Great for general listening but not as flat as i had hoped.

Just to refresh this thread, given that there are currently two Odyssey basses in the for sale section, and I was looking forwards to reading more about them. The ads seem to have been overlooked.

Sad day (well, week). After a year of no use and increasing pressure to free up some space, I carted my wonderful SVT and Fender Bassman Neo 8x10 off to BassBros. I don’t normally think twice about trading gear in, but I really winced at this one. If I could have kept it, and believe me, much man-maths went into it, I almost certainly would’ve. Very glad I started this thread a few years ago and got to tour a massive, over-powered rig. Nothing comes close. Time to join the other wedding band warriors with a Markbass set up! 😔 (Joking. I love my Markbass rig, just in a different way.)

So what's the main benefits from them. ? Why spend that much more than a good quality set of nickel strings. I'm just curious. I did have a mate that used them because he was allergic to SS and nickel strings so his reasons were understandable. Dave

If that new Doug Wimbish bass is only available in that relic finish then I won't be buying one after all. The relic finish they offered on the old new Doug Wimbish last year cost an extra thousand quid, and I don't like relic finishes anyway. I'm certainly not going to pay a premium for one. I don't mind the aged white colour, but the rest they can keep.

That looks fantastic. Congrats! Looks pretty much like my American Original Fender, but probably at about a third of the price! What's not to like?

This one @Cornwall Steve

If the top end is reduced too much, you could remove an area of leather under the bridge and insert a metal block/shim to ensure direct bridge to body contact. (As long as the neck joint is tight and stable, that isn't really any different to the plastic under-plate used on plenty of F shapes basses).