bassbloke

I nearly bought one, but opted for an MB Fusion 800 as GAK has a couple of B stock items. The Legacy looks a little cheap IMHO and I didn't like the overdrive. You can get plenty of drive out of thr MB800 Fusion with the added flexibility of the second channel.

I can pretty much guarantee that no parent is going to buy one of those when you can pick u a short scale Ibanez for half the price

They're great instruments. My son has a VM jazz that i bought him 2nd hand a few years and a classic vibe p that's the first bass he bought with his own money. A spare SD 1/4 pounder and new wiring loom in the P has transformed it. I A/Bed it against my mate's US precision and there honestly isn't much in it. Cheapest and easiest upgrade would be a set of pickups from the forum - there's a fair few on offer for a great price including a Fender vintage set - and a wiring loom from KioGon on the forum.

Give them a call, say you want to return it and try and negotiate either a 30 quid partial refund or couple of sets of strings Then, pop a matchstick in the hole and break off the end. That will give the strap button extra purchase.

I have 10% overwound fralins on my mij 70s jazz. Ash body, bound maple fingerboard and I keep a fairly fresh set of dadarrio roundwounds on it. Unamplified it is a loud and bright sounding bass. The overwound pickups have really tamed the top end and pushed the bottom end and low mids. It is a really easy bass to EQ. It isn't for every instrument. My fretless has standard wound fralins.

Plenty of responses to my original post, so here's my take. We've played with them before and they're local and the bassist is a good sort. I handed him bass with my strap fitted, with straplocks. He was reasonably gentle with it, not that he had much choice; i play with a pretty low action. Actually, I think possibly learnt something, which is play more gently and let the amp and PA do the work. More dynamics and it just sounds better. We also got lots of thanks from the stage, a good turn out and credit for being decent chaps. If he'd been a bit of a pink torpedo I wouldn't have helped him

Heavy pick player and, to be fair, they hadn't been changed in a while.

Last Saturday's gig, bassist in opening band broke 2 strings 😮 Plea went out for assistance and as my bass was already onstage tucked away in a gig bag and tuned down a step fished it out for him. Totally changed their sound (passive ash jazz with overwound pickups vs active yamaha) and was clearly setup very differently, but it was an interesting experience. I guess he was lucky it was our first gig in a while and I didn't fancy using the fretless.

I've done plenty of gigs where due to the ridiculous number of bands booked and the tardiness and lack of professionalism of other bands has meant insufficient soundcheck times. In those circumstances, sometimes the most professional thing to do is offer to just do a quick line check before playing. Guarantee you'll gain a new ally in the soundman and he will try and look after you. We accepted a last minute gig on Saturday after main support pulled out due to illness. Headliners turned up late and spent time pissing around at the bar, particularly drummer. They went onstage to soundcheck and had to cut it short because doors opened. Not a great look.

This. Let people enjoy your set however they want, as long as it isn't spoiling things for others.

It's like a game of delusional b*llshit bingo. Widespan separate coils humbucker. I wired pickups up in series. I also love his precise approach to trussrod adjustment. I made the neck too flat and lost clarity on the first 5 frets. But it sounds great above the 12th fret.

Maybe it's an elaborate drug dealing operation. Those 'instruments' are worth £100 tops. What the photos don't show is a chamber in the body filled with several hundred pounds worth of your finest Bolivian marching powder.

Great price, but it's collection only from Northumberland.

You lot are just getting too fussy.

So you reckon around $800 is a fair price? Weighing up if I can make back $699 on the signed 8x10 photo.

Been hankering after a Peavey T40 bass for a few years. Found this one on the Bay. Not just any old Peavey T40 though. This one is owned by a bona-fide celebrity and even comes with an 8x10 photo https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CELEBRITY-OWNED-PEAVEY-T-40-VINTAGE-BASS-GUITAR-BLACK-/124862910750?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Petrol station toilet foto-finish

If he thinks that's poop brown he should see a specialist. Either an optician or a proctologist.

Bass > pedalboard > amp. Over the years I've settled on which elements of the signal chain from fingers > FOH have the biggest impact on my sound. 1. Relatively fresh Roundwound strings 2. Single coil jazz style pickups. 3. Compressor 4. EQ to remove 1kHz 5. Relatively high gain input or light overdrive. 90% of the sound processing is done before hitting my amp. The only thing amp wise that really impacts sound is having a cab with a tweeter.

Begs the question of why you wouldn't just stick a 5 string bridge back on, pop in a new nut, shove an old 5 string set on and let buyer decide whether the B sounded muddy or not. Lazy

Trade you one for a nice bass. Got to love tech. Try now 🤡