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Sorely tempted as a foray into sixers... anyone tried one out yet? Seem to be a few starting to appear online and in some stores like Andertons and Dawsons. Opinions welcome... especially the sound.

Blimey - that bass tone is fruity to say the least!

Hmmm... pretty shameless Pitched at the collector/Primus nuts rather than musicians. Admittedly there is the rarity afforded by the fact Carl Thompson doesn't build much any more (so I read). In practical terms, you wouldn't play it unless you were in a Primus tribute as in every other situation you'd look a Richard, it would be a financial liability and the wooden bridge would be troublesome. A relic from the age when custom basses exploded and makers were trying to out-Alembic Alembic. It's all Stanley's fault.

Sire definitely worth investigating...

So is 'Dragon skin' a 'snake oil' upgrade?

So good thread... Some comments: Dire Straits - BIA - John Isley didn't play on this I thought... Session bass players including Tony Levin? JI just did the tour. Jaco - above whom I love, could never be labelled as 'sparse' as per this thread. The ballad in question features him playing the melody line so whilst slow, isn't exactly 'sparse'. His occasional growls for the bass maybe... Winner!: I went to Sting's 'Walking on the Moon' too... maximum music for minimum notes....

Good heavens! *monocle drops out of eye...*

Cant vouch for the flexibility but having heard one in action in a jazz fusion setting, I can attest to their great phat sound. I'd love one... (in a 5...)

Sighs... sign of the times. A musical instrument designed to be click-bait... Enjoy looking at it 'cause you're sure as hell never going to hear it in a good piece of music (that you'd pay for, rather than click on).

Good thread with some really great observations... My take: you compromise for a good band mix in a functional setting but you get more personal and distinctive when getting creative - but risking polarizing your audience... Enjoyed a cracking function band last night with the blandest of bass tones who had everyone up dancing... I'll go home to my Two Notes acid-spitting cobra bass tone and please no-one except myself...

I have to say it appears not to the bass' fault but your reaction to it. To sell it without playing it is a very weird response to a musical instrument. (An investment maybe less so.) Play it... it could be 'the one' for you. You also shouldn't be spending £1k+ sums when you're obviously prone to fickle, possibly arbitrary decisions, "a week after purchase I discovered I should be playing a short scale"...

Erm.... Gary Barlow Then King Crimson... (I don't mean 'then King Crimson' one after the other on the same bill)

Bet it was sounding good though...

Mr Squire indulging in multi-string goodness. Would love to know what song he was playing... That headstock is a bit of a fruity proposition!

Man! Just heard this in action in a couple of vids.... It sounds cavernous!!! How much?

Andertons seem to be first to go through them... some goodies here:

Do this four in a five....

Fad. Will be an un-played curio in the music room in the click of the next Internet gear search. ** Cries - surprisingly good double-bass/fretless sound... yes and you'll look and feel like a Richard playing it**

Look pretty good to me... would like that FF in a 5... They'll have to go some to beat out Ibanez's range currently.

I think they have to to align with the string response at corresponding lengths over the compound scale. If they were straight, you'd risk uneven response. My guess?

Oh well that's not quite so exciting.... keep walking, nothing to see here

This could be good... Or you could buy a B7K and an NG3

Sad. A great man in a difficult situation. Not just his struggles for black rights and playing jazz in SA, in more humble circumstances he was the support act the first time I saw Stanley at the Manchester Apollo who promptly blew him off stage with a great Clarke/Duke show.

Golly! Looks like a high F? Is it wound? Does it sound ok?

Depends on your use then. I've not done a direct comparison so take this advice as a start point but from what I recall when researching my purchase, popular opinion had it that whilst fairly evenly matched as direct competitors, the Zoom beat out the Boss for live use and on-the-fly editing. So stick with your Zoom if you're happy with it. From what I heard on YouTube - It certainly does a good Darkglass impression...