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Noted. I'll ask for Philips head in the future. I thought we had resolved the issue by going from M4 to M5 after I had the same thing happen with a guitar neck I was fitting. It's next to impossible to test metal density of a screw without fitting a neck.

This would replace the entire bass side of my pedal board. Currently using the BDDI v2 at the end. very interested to try it out.

Just back from a great night at The Brook, Southampton with the Phil Collins tribute, used my newly acquired yammy TRB5P.we got about 400 in tonight which was pretty respectable i think. Always go down well there and last night was no exception. 😊

I watched the Peter K Lee video earlier today. Maybe it was just the stalls he visited but heehaw interested me. Plenty burl tops in evidence and bold colours ; all on the same old standard designs we had for decades.

I have an original one of those. They weigh a f**king ton. Hope these are lighter and better balanced.

Right? All the reviewers I've seen that approached this bass was with trepidation and caution, only to be really impressed with it. Yes, it may just be a Jazz/Precision bass, but every review I've seen of it have all been positive with particular mention of the range of tones that it can produce. I'm just really curious about them, and I don't hate the styling of it, it just needs to come in at a good price and I'd get it. Mark

Hey guys! Yes, it’s another one of those tone chasing threads. Sorry about that. Last month I discovered the band Nothing More and I completely fell in love with the bass tone. I’ve been trying to achieve a similar sound but haven’t had much success so far. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could get closer to that tone? I know that Daniel splits his signal between a clean and a distorted path, but that alone doesn’t seem to be enough in my case (i'm a newbie in that kind of stuff). The bass I’m currently using is a Harley Benton MB-5. I know it’s not a Music Man, but it’s the closest thing I have at the moment. For those who don’t know the band (like I didn’t until last month), here are links to three of their songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TWr2pj6kqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo5fE-Zl-V4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHupH9HcnDg Thanks in advance for any input

Many thanks for your reply Mark Interesting you should nominate the Jackson X (let's just call it that because it's model title is too long - even for me 😳).The on line reviews seem positive and favourable but, like you say, you very rarely see them up for sale. And that might be because bass players have bought them and don't want to sell them, or nobody has bought them in the first place. Not sure its what I'm looking for exactly, but I'm curious probably because I'm a sucker for anything quirky.l

Holy NecroThread, Batman! And an opportune moment to mention that I have spent the last 5-odd years kicking myself for not buying that Fernandes P/P when I had what was undoubtedly the only chance of my life. And I bloody knew I would be...

Just putting this in a few of the relevant places… in a few days I will have a few of the ‘latest and greatest’ preamp/DI offerings (Mantle, Luce) in my studio for at least a few days, plus a bunch of the classics and a few wildcards. I’m going to recording a few comparison clips in different contexts, mostly for my own curiosity but also as a resource for anyone who would find it useful. If anyone has any particular things they’d like to hear feel free to make suggestions!

Just putting this in a few of the relevant places… in a few days I will have a few of the ‘latest and greatest’ preamp/DI offerings (Mantle, Luce) in my studio for at least a few days, plus a bunch of the classics and a few wildcards. I’m going to recording a few comparison clips in different contexts, mostly for my own curiosity but also as a resource for anyone who would find it useful. If anyone has any particular things they’d like to hear feel free to make suggestions!

Agreed. I like the Caveman preamps for that reason. I think the magic comes from using both a transformer and a tube though (which I think you may have said in another thread). My clean pedalboard is a Cali76 with a transformer and a Noble, and my main board is a Caveman into a tube compressor, so a transformer and a tube each time. Some of this may come from me not being adept at stacking tubes though.

Love that finish - very rare & something I've only seen on TSB550s - apart from this, which might be a refin for all I know. Not sure but that & black might be the only solid colours Aria used on through-neck body wings.

Welcome AQ.

Nice one Michael! Coming back from tonight's gig, part of me thinks: "why am I not the least bit surprised to hear you saying that?!". Probably the same part that is loving the baby brother of your GX100, and finding it's delivering a core sound and some fab fx I'm really happy with in my band mix.

Oh dear, looks like I'm going to be a late submission on this one. I still need to do the drums, and work out how to make my bass sound like a baritone sax. Bear with!

I just did a search to see if anyone had identified it and hit this thread. Just been watching and got this far: Sunburst 5 string bass Maple fretboard & neck Chrome hardware Stingray-looking headstock, 4+1 with a downwards point No scratchplate (hurrah!) P (neck) and reverse P (bridge) pickups Controls are three in a horizontal straight line, with three in an arc below them - my guess is V/B/T (treble cut) on the top, bass/mid/treble on the bottom I would guess at Sadowsky as that's their headstock shape and they do custom FSOs, generally avoiding the cheap look of scratchplates, although their controls tend to be in a J-sloping straight line.

Adore the look. Will pass on feature set for the price.

I think you handled that very well indeed. You were 100% straight and got all the expectations out. I agree with the thoughts about how sax should be handled as far as set lists go too.

I now used the board and power supply for several gigs and rehearsals. No problems whatsoever. Now on to the MK2,