Kev

My disappointment is unique to this one. First single was really good, 2nd was the best I'd heard from them in years, 3rd I have nothing good to say about really. Ah well, 1 week before everyone can enjoy pumelling the album 😉

Not a fan of today's release, guitar at the start reminded me of Venice Queen but nope, a complete nothing track for me, struggled to finish it.

Those new pickups sounded the best of the lot there for me, I like that BTB.

I guess the point I am trying to make, perhaps badly, is that if you have a 1 piece maple neck, a different 1 piece maple neck may sound just as different as a neck made of something else. The variation within just a species is huge, otherwise every Fender bass would sound the same. But to expect a specific tone shift from changing a neck, to the extent of changing its character in a specific direction, I'd just be very surprised. Stingray is a good example; stick a graphite neck on a 'ray and it still sounds like a stingray. Sure, some differences, but the character remains very much stingray. I daresay if you put a 1 piece maple neck on your Wal, it would still have all the character of the Wal.

I think though that you will find big differences in how the strings vibrate and how the neck feels even from Wal to Wal, be it MK1 to MK3, 4 string to 6 string, eighties to 20's, and yet they'll all have that Wal character in the tone, that same character. The neck may serve to enhance and shift what is already there, but I can't envisage a neck alone totally changing the tone of an instrument beyond recognition. My Wal (a nineties Mk2) had something about it that I've never heard close to in any other bass, but it wasn't its playability, vibrations or the feel of the bass in general. It was entirely the sound it made.

I'm not feeling that the neck wood of a Wal impacts meaningfully on that legendary tone. It's there, in spades, on every Wal i've heard, be it rosewood or ebony, and the almost infinite natural variation in the maple and laminates used. The weight range alone tells you how much the wood varies, but the tone remains. The only thing we know never changes is the pickups. For me, so much of the tone is from that recipe, fine-tuned by the preamp (but the tone is still there passive). Your bass sounds good in that video, but as you say, it doesn't really have much essence of the Wal character. I hope it works out, but i'd be astounded if a neck change brought you much closer to the Wal tone. Watching with keen interest if it does!!

Streaming now, video 3pm today!

That all sounds very promising to me! I don't feel like Josh era tracks came from jam sessions, so its good that the jam vibe is back.

Looks tasty!

The manufacture of the camera that took that photo deserves some kind of technological innovation award for snapping that shot without motion blur so cleanly before the headstock buried itself into the basement milliseconds later.

Nope, nothing about that does anything for me. The headstock is incredibly lazy and looks daft against that body. Always a bugbear of mine when you fit a bass with multiple humbuckers but offer zero coil switching options. It screams cheap, and at four figures it certainly isn't. Sounds dull and uninspiring too from the video, although oddly the black one sounds a bit more interesting when he uses that for a few seconds. But apart from that...

Me, again My band are releasing their third single from their upcoming album on 18th March 2022, would be HUGELY appreciated if any progressive metal/metalcore 'y type people headed over to the YouTube and subscribed/set a reminder for the premiere of the music video. It all helps! Shatter Teaser.mp4 https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/awakeneternity/shatter-the-prophet

The more I've listened to it, the more I love it. Really great 90's RHCP esque track.

Swear I've seen a post from you recently talking about a new Fender Squier you've bought.

It sounds nothing like anything they've released in recent years, and is probably their least generic single in nearly two decades.

The most One Hot Minute song they've released since Once Hot Minute. Such an interesting choice for a second single. Love how this album is so clearly what they want to do, rather than revisiting formulas that have brought them success. Bravo!

PayPal aren't going to assist if you've been breaking their rules and purchasing things whilst circumventing their fees. I don't blame them to be honest. But they should signpost the website more to spook people into not giving people free money in this way.

The "1 year later..." really adds to the entertainment level of that comment.

The build does look fantastic on it.

Interesting. Ill keep my eyes peeled on the Quad Cortex cloud for captures of these! Big price for a first stab at this area, but then again not so big a price for Origin. Interesting for sure.

Have to say, he seems like a complete asshat. But that aside, I see far more adverts for all female band seeking another female than I do all male seeking male. I'm not offended by it, I'd just steer well clear as clearly its not the gig for me. If he'd said no women because they are crap at guitar, whole different situation, but from the looks of it, he has a set image of what he wants the band to be, and I guess for him thats all male.

You'll probably regret selling those. Although they'll cost you a hell of a lot more to keep. Don't sell the 62 RI, not if its your favourite bass. The 73 may go up in value over time, but no more than inflation I wouldn't think, so itd be worth about as much to you now relative to income/outgoings as it would be in 10 years time etc, something people often overlook. If you need the money and the space now, nows the time.