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I can’t remember if it was Guy Pratt or another celeb bassist who lost the will to live and gave up on Basschat after a previously heated debate on here about compressors. I recall several weekend warriors telling a pro at the top of his game that he was doing it wrong. Why is the use of an effects pedal so contentious? perhap we should stick to less controversial issues like religion, politics or pick V fingers.

That’s pretty much why I like my Spectracomp pedal. Usually on the default setting with the knob between a quarter and halfway up. I kind of understand compression and the parameters, using the stock compression plugins on Logic Pro extensively, but I’ve never felt the need to faff around with these on my Spectracomp when playing.

That looks pretty good. Depending on your budget and how this auction goes I’d also recommend the Squier VM Jazz fretless if you can find a s/h one

Love Lee Sklar’s videos Check out his play alongs with James Taylor snd Carol King. Perfect examples of playing to serve the song.

Jedson Telecaster. My first bass too. ca 1977 also £30 from Wing music in Bromley. They told me it was an Arbiter when I bought it. Brought it home on the bus with no case or bag.

Dr John at Cambridge Corn Exchange. Probably mid or late ‘90s. He was probably great but the sound was so shite that we gave up and sat in the bar. It sounded marginally better but was so disappointing.

I hummed and haah’d over of those too. Very nice But didn’t buy it though

They are a good weight. the only changes I made were a set of DR fat beams strings and replaced the Mexican pots with a lovely new wiring loom supplied by Kiogon on here.

I have one of these. Great aren’t they ?

Love it it was a bit of a punt on EBay about ten years ago. It had been stripped of the lurid blue sunburst colour and oil finished so could potentially have been a a bit rough but was nicely done. It was a bargain as there were no other bidders.The only issues I had are the stacked pots were a bit knackered and hard to find to replace. I managed to change 1 of them. Peavey US sent me the last one on the planet I think but one of the tags had snapped off. It all works ok though. Have been think of swapping out the preamp for a while but I like the sound as is , despite the dodgy pots.

I have one of these. It was an EBay bargain. Heavy but a great bass.

Try DR lo rider nickel wound

I photographed this tour at Wembley https://www.gettyimages.dk/detail/news-photo/photo-of-david-bowie-performing-live-onstage-on-glass-news-photo/84899816

I had a Kay precision copy in the mid ‘70s. it weighed a ton but after I changed the bridge and upgraded it with a cheap jazz bass copy neck it wasn’t too bad. Scroll forward to the mid’90s and I traded it for some lessons from a guitar teacher who was also a brilliant luthier. He de-fretted it, stripped off the varnish, added a decent pickup and drilled some big holes in it to reduce the weight. It became a really nice bass. It started life looking like this one.

And you get somewhere convenient to rest your thumb

I love my Spectracomp. Tend to just use the default and occasionally a couple of the presets. Works just fine for me and haven’t done anymore than just briefly look at the tone editing page on my Mac and left immediately

I had those on my FSR mex precision. They are really nice on there too. These I think: https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/string-sets-c865/bass-guitar-c34/fender-super-bass-7250m-nickel-plated-steel-bass-guitar-strings-45-105-long-scale-p928

So have I

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I also really like the DR nickel plated low riders. They’re stiff, bright but feel nicer on the fingers

I’m a big fan of DR Fat beams and buy them direct from the US

I understand that Fender branded strings are made by D’addario snd are quite a good price.

New York Minute Don Henley great Pino bass part. I recently covered it on a Squier Fretless VM Jazz like yours

That’s pretty much my approach with my Spectracomp 1 knob pedal too, and I’m very happy with it.I looked at all the tone mapping options after plugging it into a MacBook and quickly unplugged it and went back to the default setting. All a bit too scary for me.

My experience too Merton. I had 4x10 + 1x15 stacks for years as that’s what everyone else did. My 2x10 combo on top of a 2x10 cab does it for me these days.