LukeFRC

I forgot the link - sorry @burno70 http://drtonelab.com/lab/balanced-eq/

Try these as a starting place.

Every time I play a load of fenders in the shop the Squier come out second for me, the custom shop was top. Taking price into consideration ten Squier or one CS...

Even if you ‘know’ more expensive doesn’t mean better It’s easy to forget And be swayed by expensive shiny things. I do it all the time.

No, I think the bad ones are due to the construction/finish in my opinion. a dead sounding Bass acoustically isn’t going to become more resonant by changing hardware in most cases.

Also I’ve played a lot of fender mex. some of them have been amazing, some awful. Equally I’ve played some Insepid USA stuff ...

Mexican bass is good enough for that fella in Vulfpeck... Honestly though, by the time you’ve speced and bought some custom pickups and had them put in it, it’s not going to sound much worse than the US one is it?

They used to use Schaller custom bring hardware, from memory they switched to using their own alloy non solid brass stuff around 1992

hello from West Yorkshire too!

And it doesn’t now?! love that Rochester comp

see this is what Basschat is great for... not just chat, but equipment reviews based on real life usage... AND a picture showing the emotional response to using the gear!

it seems level here. I wonder if it took a slight knock in postage and the neck has moved a bit - would also explain the stress cracks to the finish you showed.

So - the government has issued a paper here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-from-4-july/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-from-4-july with guidance - it’s up to the legal leadership of the church (or denomination) to decide how to interpret this. IE the worship team can’t just decide to start playing as the churches trustees would need to sign off on the plan and risk assessments. For some church groups Elim for example they have their own guidance on how to interpret the rules... our building mean Sunday gatherings are not safe, additionally having worship with only one person singing seems pointless - so we are planning on bands of three all spacing out and sticking the singer behind the drum screen. I’m not allowed to sing along (probably a good thing) - to be honest, it will be nice to play again, but not overjoyed of the idea of there being a permanent record of it!

@Sibob - what do you perceive the differences to be tonally and while playing? I guess if we're all here going "they sound really similar", do you agree, and how will you be using them both?

that was good to hear. listened with headphones, and then went and got my fancy studio monitor cans to hear even better... to my ears the '71 is fatter in the bottom, which makes it a wee bit more flabby. the Moollon sounds more even string to string and is slightly more punchy... all of which could be down to the age of the strings!

+1 looks normal to me. It looks like what I expect a quality nitro finish to look like. I’m convinced the matt fender style nitro is as much about saving the cost of polishing, and risk of possible rub through than anything else.

Check - but I think you can record inside the building As long as all the risk assessments are done, you are socially distanced and only one person sings. i think we’re planning on playing and streaming live

So the next question is... what you building with it?

Anything Yamaha will be quality and good value for money