MichaelDean

Just got an awesome gig lined up for March, local support for Dopethrone at Exchange in Bristol! Plus, we've organised this in May, which should be excellent:

It's more about convincing the Mrs that I need a new one!

I need one of these in my life. The black sparkle with blocks and binding? Yes please. Need to work out how to make that happen... https://www.andertons.co.uk/sire-v7-alder-5string-bass-2nd-gen-in-black-sparkle/

I can't really remember the first song, but I did get the tab book for Rage Against The Machine's self titled album very early on. That was a really good introduction to bass. Lots of good rhythmic work, some speedy fingering, and a whole lot of fun.

Ooooh, I didn't notice it yesterday and it's more expensive, but I think I much prefer the black flame burl finish. It doesn't look so empty with the wood grain. Still, the G4M one still appeals to me more because of the longer scale length.

A new range that was teased ages ago. Not entirely sure about these! Feels like there's a lot of body with nothing going on. 33.5-35" scale, 4 different finishes, 18v 3 band preamp, stainless steel frets, glow in the dark side dots. https://www.thomann.co.uk/multi_scale_basses.html?manufacturer[]=Harley Benton&gk=GIEBMS&sp=solr&category[]=GIEBMS&cme=true&filter=true

My Laney Digbeth can go very dirty if you want it to. And blending in the clean channel doesn't sound like having two separate signals, it sounds more integrated than that.

Looking at Ashdown's website for the Rex Brown amp, it is just a UK made Rootmaster. None of the specs are any different, but they've just added his name to it. Other than the initial description, the rest of the product pages are the same.

The new Sire stuff all has prices on the Anderton's site actually... https://www.andertons.co.uk/browse/all-namm-2025-releases/namm-2025-bass-guitars/ £729 for most colours of the headless 5, £779 for the black swamp ash. There's a lovely black sparkle V7 as well: https://www.andertons.co.uk/sire-v7-alder-5string-bass-2nd-gen-in-black-sparkle/

There are new Fender Standard series guitars and basses. Made in Indonesia, presumably the same factory as the classic vibes? There's a few different colours, the Fender link I put didn't work, but they're up at Andertons. https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-standard-p-bass-mn-black-pickguard--olympic-white/ https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-standard-jazz-bass-mn-white-pickguard--aqua-marine-metallic/

Ooooh, I like those a lot!

Yep. You can do everything without the touchscreen. You can even turn off the touchscreen functionality. Sometimes accidentally dragging a cable over it can change parameters 🤦‍♂️

You can do all of the same expression pedal bits on the GX-100 too. I've been using the heel down tuner for ages. My top tip for the tuner in that setting is to have the tuner on thru mode. You're putting the volume down with the heel down anyway so it's allready muting. Then it doesn't just do a hard cut of your volume at a certain point and any reverbs or delays will still finish their various noises.

Can't go wrong with a Zilla Bass Fatboy in my opinion.

I don't know. Never played that configuration. I like the way it looks though! 😅

There are two in the classifieds that are even cheaper...

I really like the look of those. I feel like the double p configuration isn't common enough.

I've got a PJ set that came stock in a Revelation bass that I picked up dirt cheap. They are indeed pretty hot. Doesn't feel like there's too much treble, but in a good way. Still plenty of detail but without being hi-fi. They record nicely too. My only con is the font used for the logo. Just looks quite dated to me. Could probably do something about it if I decided it really bugged me though!

I kinda miss my first 5er, my SBMM SUB 5. It wasn't too heavy, very comfortable neck, I'd put a Retrovibe stinger preamp in it so it sounded great, the tuners held just fine. I played it a lot in my hip hop covers band but it got marching orders when my Dingwall arrived. I think I prefer the 5 string stingray body/scratch plate to the 4 string one too 🙊

Yup, ACS 17s here too. So pleased with them. I had them done at Boots and the person that took my impressions was a trained audiologist that normally sees people for hearing aids. They do this stuff all the time.

Just measured up the flight case my pedalboard lives in. 600mm. Lordy.

I keep having intrusive thoughts about integrating one of the Harley Benton PowerBars into one of these. I don't need more power on my pedalboard, I don't even need a new booard. But I'm still thinking about it 😅 https://www.thomann.co.uk/search_dir.html?smcs=81f6e8_6233&sw=spaceship power bar&sp=bloomreach&category[]=GIEFNT&cme=true&filter=true

This is such a lovely bass. Plays great, sounds great, looks great. I'd love one with all of @neepheid's mods done to this one. The pickups in there are monstrous.

Just seen this other Warwick Adam Clayton come up on Facebook! Do you need the set? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15fyrUdHcf/

Oooof. I saw that on Instagram the other day. Looks right up my street! Enjoy it when it arrives!