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He's been mentioned by name twice already. Looks like I'm on someone's ignore list then!

I cannot participate, as there is no Steve Harris at time of writing this.

My doppelganger! I've been looking for a reserve Jazz bass hater to tag in whenever I need a nap, you in?

My Wunkay is really hurt. So are bullet truss rod Fenders. And every Gibson ever made, but that hardly helps my argument

They're bloody awful. Balance restored in the universe now?

I just linked to one which was within the stated budget. OK, only mathematically speaking - but £499 IS less than £500 - the stated "probable" budget of the OP... OP - if by <£500 you mean £300, maybe edit your post?

Your bass playing isn't being improved by debating the correct use of the word "tuner"...

How odd, I like chunky necks AND have small hands. Life would be boring if we were all the same, eh?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/rockbag_warlock_bassgigbag.htm https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-guitar-strings-accessories/cases-bags-for-bass-guitars/gig-bags-for-bass-guitars/bc-rich-premium-bass-guitar-gig-bag-mockingbird-warlock That's all I can come up with a quick google. Out of stock, naturally, probably need to be special ordered, because they're so niche. These may seem expensive to you, I don't know what your definition of £'ssss is. Welcome to the world of odd sized gig bags. Having owned a few Thunderbirds and Jack Casadies, I can sympathise. Good luck.

Tecamp Puma/Eich? I have a Tecamp Puma 900 and it's a wee head that sounds amazing (to me anyway) with simple 4 band EQ, more power than I'll ever need, and the Taste knob is genius - was able to dial in the sound I wanted very quickly using it. And - thank the heavens, a mute button. Bassbros are selling a Tecamp Puma 900 for £499 - in budget, just.

No Jazz basses, end of discussion. Not a huge fan of maple boards, especially if they're so pale that they look like they were photoshopped onto the bass in real life. Anything else, let's talk.

Wasn't it a Thunderbird last week?

Do as I say, not as I do Maybe if you have it in one of those travel mugs with the flip top thing for drinking out of. I remember one job I worked at, they had a rule of no hot drinks at desk, unless in one of these types of mugs. H&S I guess, but it was a reasonable request so I ran with it.

I don't think it would come across rude - your control room, your rules. Don't like it, go record somewhere else.

I had a four string of these stupidly named basses. Bullion gold 2014 model. Mine was decently made from the structural side. I personally didn't care for the unfilled (what looks like) ash grain through the finish, you might like that. Mine was pretty light, don't remember it being heavy, put it that way. Sounded decent, the coil split on each pickup gives you some extra options. I don't remember being blown away by the sound, just because there are exposed pole pieces on these didn't make them sound that much different from your typical Gibson TB+ pickup IMO, not necessarily a bad thing of course, but I had become somewhat jaded about those pickups having owned several basses wearing them by that point.

My first reaction was "duh, it's on YouTube". Sorry, I know there's some fine content on YT, but a lot of stuff on there has an axe to grind of some sort, or is clickbaity nonsense. I'm too old to get sooked in by it, I see it and go "oh eff off SBL/everyone else who indulges in it, that's a pile of BS" and move on. I always find myself answering the stupid "questions" in clickbait in my head. "How would John Bonham sound today?" - tired, I'd guess.

Nothing doing? If someone has anything beyond the technical to offer about the differences between the Pure and the Energy, I'm all ears.

In future, in this bleak, post obbm cable world we live in, if you CBA making cables, there's always designacable.com

Presumably you've tried a new battery?

Well well, isn't funny how everything can change in a few weeks? Looks like I'll be a two rig guy now. I was set on getting another cab to focus on using the Tecamp Puma 900 with 2 cabs and that was that, but an opportunity arose to buy a Markbass CMD 121P IV combo at an extremely favourable price. Of course, this sits perfectly on top of the New York 121 for a very agreeable 500W rig. It's more than enough to handle the pub gigs I've done with it so far. Trouble is, I really like the Puma and I don't want to move it on - I like how it sounds, it's so powerful and wee, so convenient as a backup, as a headphone amp, and as the main amp for the evening. So my new plan is to find another cab to partner the Puma up with. I'm wanting to stay Markbass, I still want to be modular and compact, so I'm on the hunt for a Traveler 121 Ninja. Logic being that it's 800W@8ohm so it'll handle the Puma by itself, and comfortably deal with it in a pair (the NY 121 will not be happy with its 450W share of the load, seeing as it tops out at 400W, but I'll know not to run it at full chat - I doubt I'd ever need to, TBF). I guess a second NY 121 wouldn't be a dreadful thing to have - the pair of them will handle 800W of the Puma's 900W full output so as long as I'm not daft it'll be OK. Anyway, that's the plan, I'm not in a hurry to execute it, but ultimately that's where I'm headed.

That's what we keep telling ourselves...

It usually does. As long as the mix sounds awesome, it's all good.

I don't think I have a best. I sometimes feel like my hair has been blown back. Most recently, that was my Wunkay, OMG mode, a Tecamp Puma 900 into a Markbass NY121 cab. But there'll be other times when I puff out my cheeks and think "damn, that's some good sounding bass" to myself.