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I think that's just the over tones from his usual drive sound. that bass is very grindy. He's using a Helix these days - Line 6 modelled Billy's own Pearce Preamp to get the helix model dead right.

It's rocky funk - but damn it's good!

Brilliant news!

What's the weight like?

I fancy one of those too.

My Marleaux is like that. If the EQ if flat there is zero tone or level change with the preamp on or off. its superb.

If he was going to give away free lessons he might as well have just bought a new bass. What happened to just doing the right thing purely because it's the right thing? He didn't have to offer a reward - moaning that it isn't enough is distasteful.

Darkglass M900 Its great and very versatile.

IIRC they are on the Fender Elite basses too. By by far the best system.

I put 4 of them on my Urge 2. They sound awesome. Unfortunately it needs a pretty big truss rod tweak and I haven't got enough movement to cope with the heavy strings. At the moment I can't afford to have the truss rod replaced so my options are to buy a lighter gauge or go back to my old strings on it. Bah. Proper annoyed. They sound great.

Doug didn’t go into specifics, but he announced it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago. Apparently the maker of the mystery mystery parts are stopping production of that part.

Sandberg Electra? All Sandberg necks are the same - much closer to J than P.

At the time I don't think the P-Type was available. Maybe I should have just put a preamp in it. It was a lovely bass.

Lovely things. I sold my ABZ5 as it was a bit too polite for me, but I'm really looking forward to trying the NG3 5 string when they get here in enough numbers to actually try before I buy.

The complainants didn't complain about the "Viagra Substitute" one though. Steel Panther are a comedy act. This is part of it. TC should not have removed it over a petition with fewer than a 1000 signatories. It wasn't offensive. It was puerile and juvenile but that's about it. The complainants should also read about the Streisand Effect. Spectre Media Group / Glenn Fricker have started a petition the other way! https://www.change.org/p/rad-people-reinstate-the-meow meow-melter-preset-on-tc-electronic-effects?recruiter=21779915&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi

Many didn't have logos on headstocks. The neck looks right to me. But that does look like a preamp change has happened at some point. Aside from the pickups it looks like an Energy series. Ask on http://www.statii.com/ all the status nerds are over there.

Ooo! I've always wanted the board on my Urge 2 to be a bit darker. I might give this a try.

I had a Mesa 4:88 for a while. 265W IIRC It was astonishingly loud.

They have arrived a bit early. I'll try to get them on this evening.

He's awesome. That lovely clanky bass sound that really cut through the scooped guitars. Slayer are by far my favourite of the Big 4, but Anthrax are right up there. Great fun live.

I've started finding all the little things I've got that I never use in the hope of raising some cash. Pickups, parts, guitars, amps etc. Even old DVDs and stuff. I really want a 4 string with that dark maple board.

It's just a tool. I play a 5 purely because I get piano scores rather than bass parts and I like to be able to play the low end without having to thing about changing things. Half the time I don't use the lowest notes but I have more positions to play in because I can play across the board rather than up and down. TBH anyone who does the "4 was good enough for Jaco" routine is a weapons grade silly billy. There were hardly any 5 string basses around at the time. There was the 15 fret Fender V 1965 but the first really popular 5 was the Stingray and that wasn't introduced until 1987. The year Jaco died. Wal and Alembic did some before that but they weren't common or affordable. Who knows what he would have done if he had lived longer. But one thing I am sure of - he wouldn't have said - "Oh look! a 3 string double bass was good enough for Bottesini so that's good enough for everyone"

The copper one is lovely - needs a black plate though.