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I've been listening to some Jaydee basses on YouTube and I'd almost forgotten what a gutsy sound they've got. It's quite rare for the characteristic sound of a boutique bass to be so aggressive. They're strident, but in a good way. I remember there was a review of a JayDee bass in Guitar Player Magazine back in the mid -to-late 1980's, when they first had a distribution deal in the States. What was interesting about it was that the reviewer was Rick Turner, chief designer of the Alembic bass. He was extremely complimentary of the JayDee, despite it being reminiscent in it's design to his Alembics, and what struck him the most was how the Supernatural had a distinct "ping" of overtones and harmonics in the sound like hardly any basses other than an Alembic can produce. I'm thinking about basses like Jaydees ect at the moment because I'm looking to buy a modern-sounding bass at the moment, and when I say modern I mean what was modern between about 1980 and 1990. I've got plenty of Leo Fender-derived basses, I want something more hi-tech and hifi. And I don't mean something with fanned frets that people play math rock on. Problem is Status are gone, Wal might as well not be trading the waiting list is so long, and it sounds like the same can be said for JayDee. That great triumvirate of British bass builders are effectively out of contention. I don't really want to fork out for an Alembic, but that's the only other bass that's the kind of thing I'm after. Even basses like Fodera are a bit too woody and organic sounding for the stereotypical kind of tones I'm after.

For sure. Just as Henry Ford did with the car production line (see longer post above).

Yes, I have to agree Terry. I'm certain the dull flat brown finishes hasn't done their sales many favours. Having said that they've also cobbled together a handful of exciting finishes - the 805 being just one of them IMO Thank you for the link. Sadly I have no £1300 spare at present. Having just splashed out yesterday for a week in Egypt and this morning the Wife's SUV packed up only to be towed off to the local garage (when I say local I mean a 40 mile round trip which in Cornwall is considered as 'local') which sounds expensive 😥. Hence the £500 budget for now 😳Oh, and thank you for giving me the heads up on the Ibby together with the link 👍

Bought some strings from Phill. They arrived quickly, well packed & as described. Many thanks

Its definitely replacing a skill.

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I can see the appeal if you already own a valve amp, and are tired with cost of replacing valves. A CTM-300 would cost $900 for swapping out power tubes. Ouch. However, in the guitar world, swapping out the valves in your 40 year old Fender Deluxe Reverb that you've had for ages is a more manageable $300. You then have the solid state reliability with an EQ and layout which you've grown accustomed to and presumably love. You're still stuck with valve preamps/rectifiers, but solid state versions of those exist as well. Maybe. Sound demos sound good. I don't own a valve amp, so this isn't for me, but I'm happy it exists.

I can see the appeal if you already own a valve amp, and are tired with cost of replacing valves. A CTM-300 would cost $900 for swapping out power tubes. Ouch. However, in the guitar world, swapping out the valves in your 40 year old Fender Deluxe Reverb that you've had for ages is a more manageable $300. You then have the solid state reliability with an EQ and layout which you've grown accustomed to and presumably love. You're still stuck with valve preamps/rectifiers, but solid state versions of those exist as well. Maybe. Sound demos sound good. I don't own a valve amp, so this isn't for me, but I'm happy it exists.

Yes it's a NAMM 2026 release. Andertons have one as per below link: https://www.andertons.co.uk/ibanez-btb805ms-fnl-5-string-multi-scale-bass-guitar-florid-natural-low-gloss/ Ibanez definitely could do with more exciting finishes like this in my opinion.

It’s not replacing anything, it’s changing how you go about doing something. Speeding up the process.

Hi All, For my current build i would like to use magnets for the cavity cover. I would like to use 4 magnets. Does anyone know what would be a good size and strenght of the magnets to hold the cover but also not too hard to get is off? Any experiences with this? Thanks! Ron

That's basically replacing a key requirement of what it means to be a musician. Although it will be interesting if it can do that in real time with other musicians and then improvise.

I don’t think it’s something I’d get unless it glows like this

Yes, I do. I like it very much. Not sure which MS model it is though. An 805 in natural florid gloss perhaps ?