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19 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Justin Meldal-Johnsen, it’s his signature bass

Ahhh of course, the beck guy's signature Mustang as opposed to the standard Mustang  , all makes sense now! Thanks mate

I know MIJ is made in Japan, I assume CIJ is crafted in Japan, does this refer to a specific period of Japanese fenders?

What's JMJ?

I really rate sire V7s for the money and way more versatile than a stingray , I'm not really a stingray guy but based on some of the comments on here maybe it's worth upgrading the pre amp in the sterling to get closer to the musicman tone ?

Killer basses , absolute bargain 

I can see that the fender rumble is all wrong for you, how about a gallien Krueger rb700 head , great for sparkly high end , into a vanderkley cab maybe , very expensive but super accurate and open sounding

I had it on done on a p bass and it transformed it , think changing the break angle over the saddles made it way more resonant

10 hours ago, tayste_2000 said:

 

Mine matches this one

 

https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/38455499-kay-k-1b-bass-guitar-taiwan-1968

 

Which says 1965 to 1968 in Taiwan

I don't know where that seller would of got that info from, there's a lot of conflicting information online for these basses and I can see an older advert also stating 65-68 but all the legit historys I've seen of Kay instruments don't back this up,the Teisco era kays do have serial numbers but I don't think they can be dated from them as they didn't keep records , a 1965 Kay would be a US made speed bump pickup bass and be worth closer to a grand , your bass is a Taiwanese made Teisco bass , I'm not trying to start an argument or rubbish your bass , looks great and a good price

I've got a 1938 Kay upright and a few 60s US Kay bass guitars  and have geeked out on Kays for a while  but if anyone had one back in the day or has any more info I'm happy to be proved wrong on this 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company#:~:text=Early history (1890–1931),-Products by Stromberg&text=The Kay Musical Instrument Company,and renamed to Stromberg-Voisinet.

https://wesleyguitars.co.uk/2014/03/31/kay-k-20b-bass-guitar-short-scale-rickenbacker-4001-1970s-teisco/

I've got one of these , really fun , pretty sure it's from the 70s though, think Kay's were made in America til the late 60s then  they went bust and the name was sold to a distributor and in the early 70s they started putting the name on Asian made basses like this one

Surprised epiphone are going for a pantera sig! TBF I don't know if rex is still in the band?

Great band though, huge groove for a metal band IMO I don't wear my t shirts anymore though 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/26/pantera-shows-cancelled-after-frontmans-nazi-salute-prompts-fan-backlash

Location?

Excuse my ignorance but is the profiling thing on bass about going ampless? I get it if it's IEMs and I get it for guitar but a lot of gigs the bass is a DI going foh in front of the amp , sometimes a mic' d or a DI from the amp but IME often not even on big stages with an SVT 

So would a bassist with a kemper give the engineer an out and get it back in the wedge and the kemper signal go FOH ?

Looks like he uses a Fodera PJ with Aguilar pups

Great amp , had one for a bit , suppose it's heavy and bulky by today's standards though 

I agree with the OP to an extent and don't get involved however over on talkbass I see loads of people getting really arsey about someone asking a question when there may already be a thread about it and the tone is often harsh and a bit nasty , I love that on here people will always point a newbie in the right direction 

I often fly with a bass for gigs and it's never been checked or cross referenced with what I had when I flew out , can't see why you can't just come back with one ??

1 hour ago, asingardenof said:

There was a lot of "cross-pollination" of ideas around that time. The Birth of Loud by Ian S Port is a good read for the background.

Nice one , just ordered it

Anyone know if there were any 34" scale basses pre fender?

Excuse my ignorance and apologies if all this stuff has posted before but I always thought Leo fender pretty much invented the bass guitar as we know it ( I guess he kind of did) yesterday my mate sent me this ad for this Bud-electro bass 

https://www.retrofret.com/product.asp?ProductID=9917&name=BudElectro-Serenader-Solid-Body-Electric-Bass-Guitar-c-1940s1960s 

I then went on a deep dive and it led me to this , it's a fascinating read about Paul and Bud Tutmarc and there part in early electric guitar history 

https://jivetimerecords.com/northwest/paula-tutmarc/

Here's a 1936 audiovox that was on eBay!!!

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/on-ebay-the-worlds-first-electric-bass-guitar-forgotten-and-made-in-seattle/

Wow , that's looks killer with the mint guard 

They're alternative chord changes, the chromatic descending chords go with the melody and the bracketed ones I think get played in the solos on the original recording, they are technically tritone subs but I think of them as a different route to get from chord 1 (Bb) to chord 6(G7) so although different chords they have the same harmonic function and are in that way interchangeable, the bracketed chords are 1,4,3,6 which are pretty common changes for the first 2 bars of a standard and they work better for a walking line in the solos as opposed to the 2 feel with the descending chords when playing behind the melody 

Don't be embarrassed just to discuss it with the piano/guitarist before you start, with these tunes there's often not really a definitive version, the more you do it the quicker you'll be able to recognise the harmonic function and make confident choices about your route through and also you'll be quicker to hear if one of the others is playing the alternative changes, it's often the case on gigs that some people are reading a charts and others are not which makes listening even more important 

Great weight , is it chambered?

I've got one of these , I also use it for doubling gigs , absolute workhorse, so functional , loads of amp for the money

That's a crazy price for a top notch hand built bass

5 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Sounds like a very interesting life, and congrats to you for combining your love with your career, but to me it highlights how I couldn't do it, I am not a fan of travelling that much and staying in other places, especially when you have children and I would suspect there are quite a few in the same boat.

It's tough but I will say there are pros and cons to the work life balance with the kids , I'm able do the majority of school runs which is more than most of the 9-5 parents at my school, I haven't taken any tours since they were born just the odd week or 10 days maybe 4 times a year and I turn down a lot on Sundays unless it's particularly good , tbh it's my social life that suffers the most