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I bought the Fender, returned it after one rehearsal as it sapped a huge amount of low end from the sound. At home volume levels it sounded good, like some compression was added and just regulating the lows, but with the band it was like there was a filter removing anything from 120 and lower, took all of the oomph from the sound, and adding bass on the amp didn`t really solve it. Shame, it was a nice bit of kit and as BRX says easy to identify the transmitter/receiver - one of the reasons I bought it as middle aged eyesight needs all the help it can get.

I played a mates one very briefly and was impressed, it just felt "right" if that makes any sense. And yes, thinking about it the Flea, Nate & JMJ are all Mexican reliced signature basses, and the ones that get rave reviews pretty much everywhere.

It’s amazing how that rattly driven tone sounds so warm & rounded in the mix.

Amazing the amount of overdrive/fret-buzz & rattling there is in the original.

Or have a change of thought on the role the bass takes in this particular band, moving to a more supportive instrument laying down a rock solid foundation with the drums. A band I really like that had keys was Rainbow and the various bassists although they played interesting lines they were def supporting the rest of the band really well.

Yeah about 80/20 neck/bridge does it for me, there’s still the thump but it’s not quite as bulky in the mids as the Precision.

I think the main thing for me is to acknowledge my TT is essentially a Jazz bass and not a Precision so get the best I can from it as it is, rather than chase what it isn’t. It was a good sound but much deeper than I’m used to, tho as the rest of the band said the overall sound was better, with the guitar really standing out.

Agree, for me it was about 80/20 neck/bridge that got me where I wanted to be.

Just got in from a rehearsal with my classic rock band, using my new Sandberg California TT SL. Went well though as it’s a jazz bass configuration I struggled a bit with the sound as am so used to a Precision type sound. However at the end the band said how good they thought the sound had been, with better separation on the instruments as my bass was lower/deeper. Was a dream to play though, and being 6lbs it was so easy on my back, don’t even feel like I’ve been at a band practice, was def a good purchase.

Just got in from a rehearsal with my classic rock band, using my new Sandberg California TT SL. Went well though as it’s a jazz bass configuration I struggled a bit with the sound as am so used to a Precision type sound. However at the end the band said how good they thought the sound had been, with better separation on the instruments as my bass was lower/deeper. Was a dream to play though, and being 6lbs it was so easy on my back, don’t even feel like I’ve been at a band practice, was def a good purchase.

Very tempting

You can play any music on any bass, and at the point of starting out as you are, getting the bass that feels best to play will only help you to get better. I don`t know anything about the Ibanez basses but fret buzz can be down to poor set-ups or needing a fret-level, which any decent luthier should be able to do.

Great opportunity, some of their basslines are incredibly good fun to play

Hi Pete No, with the way I move my gear on much (actually make that very much) has come & gone in that period. And much more to go too now I`m giving up gigging.

That amp has a real classic look. I remember reading about them and all reviews were good, so think you`ve got a good score there Pete.

It`s not too bad, I was quoted 24 months in April this year, Mark has been in touch and said it`s looking like Nov 2026 so that`s a good few months early. Will be a nice Xmas pressie to myself.

I’m now part of the club, a Sandberg California TT Superlight now in the house.

I like your style

For me I like terrace style backing vox and them to be loud, which given I do punk/Oi it`s pretty much a requirement, whereas some singers say that bvs should be a supplementary sound and remain in the background. I think really the levels need to be set to accommodate the strength of the voices - some people who do bvs have a much stronger voice than the lead singer, so you have to keep them down further on levels. I suppose really what I`m trying to say is set by ear.

In a punk covers band some 15 years ago we all ran amps with 412s - guitarists had valve amps, I had hybrids. But, and a big but, we only played to the level of the drums and the drummer had quite a light touch. So we had a very full sound, but not a loud sound.

That`s a good point Simon, with my old band who I`m temping for at the moment we always organise gear-share so each band bring one bit of kit, as you say without it you can end up with a mountain of gear and with nowhere to store it. For me though, and as I say I like gigging with just a Sansamp or equivalent, I just keep coming back to the the thought that some bands may not be used to this, and their performance may suffer due to it.

Coming from an H&S/Fire Safety related role the above doesn`t look good. Someone who is not an employee of the business, therefore with no authority to do so, asked to shut off a fire alarm, that person not having any knowledge of if there even is a fire or not, no! Anywhere that runs like that would be on my not-return-list, and given my albeit limited experience of fires I`d be considering contacting the fire authorities, not out of spite for being banned, but from not wanting others to be injured or worse should there be an actual fire.

Yeah a sound man did similar to my sound, I gave him JJ Burnel and he changed it to J Jamerson. I didn’t have the heart to be angry with him as he genuinely thought he’d worked hard to do me a big favour.