fretmeister

I owned 2 and still have one, I like it very much and I’m convinced it is completely unnecessary. Unlike a piano the differences in string length isn’t enough and it solves nothing that can’t be solved by getting the construction right in the first place and picking the right strings. I think they’ll stay around but I can’t see them replacing parallel fret instruments or becoming the more popular option.

Update….

I recently bought a cheap shortscale Precision type to see if I was happy with the scale length, and I'm playing that more than anything else in the house. And I'm well familiar with the Sandberg neck shape. It's my favourite I've found so far. My existing Sandberg is a Superlight TT4. So it's a bit on trust, but reasonably well informed!

Ordered a Lionel short scale VS4 passive, but going with the Superlight woods for hopefully the smallest lightest solid bass on the planet. Now the 12 month wait begins for delivery. But, surprise upon surprise... that would just about match up with my 50th birthday and the missus offered that it be my present! I was not expecting that! Going with black, rosewood board with abalone dots. Chrome hardware. Something like this: I'm already impatient!!

Definitely. That's the best thing about any of the modelling units - any model can be used for any instrument. I have a Helix Rack and I mix amps and speakers all the time. Whatever sounds good is good.

I think he's great. I love his tone on the Live at MSG, his obvious enjoyment of playing, and that his style is a development of Rocco's staccato thing. He's ace.

Apologies! I am operating on day 4 of Covid and my brain is a bit crap at the moment.

5 bassists I think Commerford Myung Dart (2 models at the moment) Herrera Williams And 8 guitarists - although several of them have more than 1 model. Some have 2, and JP has 5 at the moment!

I'm not sure that's right. JD isn't a gear fetishist at all. Half of his recordings were done with a Mex jazz, or a £100 ray copy into a Roland Bass cube. He still uses the Bass Cube on occasion. The person that pushes these collaborations is Jack Stratton - and he has previously paid to cover the overhead on the JD basses to lower the risk to EBMM and get them out there. Stratton is the brains and the money behind Vulfpeck and it's spin offs and he appears to be very good at that. JD is far from that in interview. He's happy to admit he's a sideman and doesn't even write his own bass parts for Vulfpeck. But so what - that could be said of a great many famous sidemen, even the legendary Herbie Flowers. I don't get the "novelty" argument at all. It's just a bass. It either appeals or it doesn't. 99% of the public won't know what it is - they'll just see a natural wood bass being played. It's far less obvious than something covered in graphics. When I gigged with an Ibanez Jem Floral nobody recognised it as a Vai signature. Non players just don't see gear that way. I can't see you being "encouraged" to buy it anymore than any other advert for any other product. You either like the idea or you don't. It's not "half-finished" at all, it's just another finish option. I find it hilarious that this clearly new, carefully finished bass gets as much slagging as relics do. Obviously no product appeals to everyone, but to actively complain that a product exists is bonkers. It will either sell or it won't.

you are right, but has anyone under 30 heard of them now?

Nah, it’s the Group flats (I emailed to ask). Far less treble than the cobalts, but a thick and chewy sound.

Don’t forget the EB Group flatwounds too. Brilliant strings.

I was just going to say that.

I really like it. I like the toy like simplicity of it.

This. Its an amazing pickup.

I love Sonny T, but I do think of him as Prince’s bassist rather than CW’s! The OP song was co-written by Rob Harris of Jamiroquai. It’s a cracker.

that’s just autocorrect and me not noticing.

https://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/joe-dart-ii Only 100 though…

Can you post the name of the seller so they can be avoided?