fretmeister

Don't clean the tone away!!!

I haven't. I've got a Fender Urge 2 for comparison but that's neither a P or a J! I'm with you on body size. I think a J shape balances better, but the size of it is just silly.

If there is a difference then that's just in the manufacture - aside from the sig models they are just supposed to have the same neck profiles. The weights vary as much as Fenders do, but they probably start a little lower as the body sizes are smaller to start with. This is why I get Super Light models!

correct. VT = PJ Loads of info on the Sandberg website. The neck shapes are all the same apart from signature versions. So PJ, JJ, P all have the same neck. If they are active then they have a 2 band eq. Pickups vary depending on model. I’m not a fan of the Delano pickups. The Sandberg Black Labels were fine, just not my usual EMGs so I swapped them. When my Lionel gets to me in about 10 months I’ll be removing the Delano and putting in an Aguilar 60s wind. EDIT: also the jazz type body is a lot smaller than a Fender on the off chance that’s a reason. All basses are available as 32 or 35 scale for a small extra fee. All available with the Superlight specs too. Lots that isn’t on the configurator.

I sold and re-bought a Status fretless once. It was very nice but when I got it again the reasons why I sold it didn't take long to appear again. Once they are gone, they are gone.

Not a clue. It's available to buy directly though. I wonder if they are keeping it that way for the UK stuff?

Even if the festival has insurance (they will) that only covers the things that the festival organisers do wrong. If it's your amp that falls on someone then that's your fault, and if the injured person goes after the festival organisers, their insurance company will re-direct them to you / your band. And even if (and it's a massive massive if) the festival people are forced to pay out for something you did, they can then sue you afterwards to get the money back. PLI is cheap. It might even already be on your equipment insurance, or if not can be added for a couple of quid.

Whole body / prowl the stage / foot - all of it.

Bax doesn't have a particularly good reputation either. I just had a look - the ABM600 shows £849 on their own site, but there's no option to buy directly for that one. Just a "find a retailer" button.

Maybe they did some research and discovered that dual power section amps aren't as wanted as bigger output single section anymore? Not sure I can think of anything other than the Ampeg SVT and the ABM1200 that does that these days. And of those being used, how many get anywhere near the top of the volume dial? The idea seems a bit obsolete to me. Those that want 2 amps / 2 sounds often need 2 separate signal paths or at least stereo FX loops so there's a actually a benefit of having 2 power sections. But what do I know? Ashdown are stickling with Class A/B with a shrinking number of competitors and seem to be doing that well enough. I wonder if the RM series is outselling the ABM stuff? The RM800 is probably close enough on price to the ABM600 to let features rather than price decide, but the new 750 is well outside that.

If it comes down to £700 ish then I'm in the market too - as long as the quiet fan system works!!

As for the "they are all staged" nonsense. Of course some will be. I think it is reasonable to assume the older the listener the more likely they will have heard something before. But being aware is very different from actually listening, and listening to a song on the radio is very different to knowing anything about the act. One of the comments on the Bee Gees was "but this is a black song.... it's in all the black movies..." and when that or similar comments are made by lots of people the chances of them all being staged is about zero. But the younger generation? The One Direction fans who slagged off Roger Daltry because "The Who" was a stupid band name and they won't get anywhere and certainly won't last as long as 1D... Billie Eilish not knowing who Van Halen was... and let's not forget the Kanye and McCartney one... Music is such a generational and peer exposure thing. There is so much out there that passes us by. If you've got a reaction channel why would you pick stuff you already know when there is so much you haven't? Most of them ask for suggestions from their viewers and get their playlist that way. TBH some of this thread sounds a lot like people who get irrationally upset when someone wears a band t-shirt having never heard of the band. I bet some of you never even bought a CD by Harley Davidson in your lives.

The B-Social was a bizarre product. Ignoring the stupid price it was a product that just wasn't needed. It didn't fit into the ipad bracket of "didn't know I needed it till I tried one" - it was just an awful concept. And then the price!!!! Yamaha had the right idea for that sort of thing with the THR amps. Still not cheap but actually useful and sound great.

You're not. I like them too. Particularly when the young'uns discover some old classics. A favourite of mine was a compilation of black listeners discovering that Bobby Caldwell and the Bee Gees were white.

I bet within a year it's being built in the far east and the price will come down. I don't think it's a bad price for a UK built item, but as you say, it's not really competing against other UK built stuff. I'm not sure a lack of 2ohms is a real problem though. Most working bass players who would be the market for this would be letting the PA do a lot of the work leaving the cab for on stage monitoring.

Good idea!

Definitely rout out a slot for rod access. You'd have to raise the neck in the pocket by at least half a centimetre, maybe more otherwise.

Just about to say this. Easy way to spot - if the amount of things that can be switched exceeds the connections on a stereo plug then the footswitch is doing more than just connecting and disconnecting things and is actually sending product specific instruction signals.

I always go lighter on flats if I can.

Noted. I've ordered a couple of those, thank you. There's only me and an electric piano plugged in (rest is drums and a lot of horns and reeds) so hopefully that will do the job.

They did have this problem several years ago but I thought it had been solved. I wonder if you managed to buy new, old stock? Might be worth an email to EB's UK people.

I have some village fete type gigs over the summer and no doubt the power supply will be shocking (ahem) at some of them. Can anyone recommend a good RCD? (I've already got EMG pickups - so no ground wire to the bridge, and I'm thinking about taking my wireless as well even though the stage sizes won't need it) ta

Raise the pickups on that side. They are thinner and have a lower output as a result. Raising the pickups just on that side, and maybe lowering them on the E and A side should help balance them out.

Rehearsed with it this morning. It’s very loud and punchy. Great sound with a Super Twin.

I am seriously wondering about what I can off load to look at the Evo5 - if they've sorted the fan noise then...