uk_lefty

Agree wholeheartedly.

Looks like a reverse body to me.

Rootmaster 1x15 and Rootmaster 2x10. I had two 1x15s at one point and preferred that for me and my sound. I occasionally gig with just one cab too but prefer to take the full stack out

Is it too trebbly for home practice or in the band mix... Or both? I dont use that bass but I find I crank the treble a lot with the band to cut through a bit.

I understand I missed the boat on the first wave of Sires at less than £300 but I think the pound has taken a dive since then. Also, when you compare to what else is available at that price range not complaining with the £500ish I paid for my Vintage V7 lefty five string a few months back. There's no way I was getting ash body, maple board, decent active EQ, five string, left handed, at that price new anywhere else. It has become my main gigging bass which I didn't expect either, I bought it to see if I'd get on with certain aspects of the bass with a view to ordering something higher end later. I recognise some parts could be better, particularly the bridge and tuners, but they are hardly the rubbish that comes on a Westfield for example, they are functional.

Used my RM500 set up on Saturday night to play outdoors for the fireworks display to 3-4000 people. Amazing sound and clarity, easy load in and out. Sensible easy to use EQ, DI, I changed amps so much over the years but I don't think you can beat the Rootmaster range without spending a considerable amount more. They've nailed what a gigging bassist needs IMO.

I can't comment on build technique but they look simply lovely. I like the jack input hidden at the back too. No clutter, just great woods nicely shaped. Given unlimited funds to buy whatever basses I want I'd have one of these.

Being left handed and playing on cramped stages from time to time the headstocks of my basses are always smacked in to guitar headstocks or cymbals. They never end up looking too healthy regardless of how well shaped they started off!

A complete beauty of a Rick: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362474887867

I'm saving up for that.

Nowt.

Probably. But I've bought enough shite in the cheap end of the market that I've been scared off Mooer and Behringer but I am from Yorkshire so there's no effing way I'm spending more than £100 on a single-effect pedal. I can be a bit of a "brand snob" but only a bit... So I do have faith in Boss, EHX, moreso than the cheaper brands and I'm wary of brands I haven't heard of. When I was starting out though a £20-£30 useable pedal would have been very welcome.

I don't think cheap pedals will kill off the big and established names. Hopefully it makes them up their game, push to innovate more and make me want their new pedals and sounds. Then there's the price point issue, will it mean Boss for example does a cheaper range to compete with Behringer, or are the margins so low its not worth doing to them and they don't want to degrade the £80 per pedal position of their main brand? Either way, I'm glad there's cheap pedals about. If my multi effects experiment fails I can buy my missing bits off the cheaper end of the market for experimenting. And of course BC has enough good quality reviews of things the second they hit the market!

I liked it but ultimately moved it on. I generally like a clean bass tone with grit coming in from open tone and the finger attack. I felt that in my set up the soul food added some good drive to the high end but wasn't there in the low end.... Like I say, in my set up and for my playing style, others may coax something else out of it. I use drive as an absolutely not subtle "here is the heavy bass" or to thicken up the sound under a solo, I couldn't get it to suitably do these for me. I preferred its character a lot more than the EHX bass blogger I used to have.

Some good info in here... In theory, if the OP wanted to gig this amp would a speaker upgrade and some carefully placed holes cut out the cab help, if done by someone who knows their stuff? Or is there more going on than that making it a costly but pointless exercise. I genuinely don't know much about Amps. I just need an on button, rotary knobs for volume and a big speaker that goes louder than the drummer.

Andertons are advertising them... Whether that's pre order or in stock I'm not sure

Lefty on gumtree... Wishful thinking on price! https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/left-handed-fender-bass/1318793773 "Open to offers over £1,000" I bet you are!!

I'd stay away. If someone spends over a grand on a bass then they know the difference between a P and a J.

Saturday 3rd November from 6pm One Fat Finger will be the live band accompanying the fire works at Bishops Stortford Rugby Club. Come along and throw a toffee apple at the bassist!

All sounds good to me, I'd prefer a satin neck. I haven't had tuner issues yet but they don't feel as substantial as those on my other basses. Nothing wrong with the pickups to me but an upgrade is welcome. Might lead to a price cut on the series ones too.

They won't sell Jagermeister any more because it's European but they still sell Stella Artois... That's from Belgium. Is it cos they'd go out of business if they didn't sell Stella?

I don't think I'll ever "love" my Sire, I wasn't in love with the idea of getting it. But if the drummer kicks a cymbal over in to it, like he did my Japanese Precision, or if a drunk punter sends loads of kit flying and it ends up face down in a pool of cider, again like my Japanese P, I won't mind so much. They're good working instruments, they sound damn good and feel good but you won't care if they take a pasting live because they're never going up in value.

And this is why hard working journalists, like my brother, hate their jobs. The Mail office is full of kids trawling social media for anything they can make a sensational headline from to drag in traffic. They're paid peanuts too, but that's all they are worth. Journalism has been devalued so much firstly by this need for everything to have its own unique opinion and now by this "results by number of clicks" it makes paying for a newspaper ridiculous to me, but then that feeds the cycle. No money coming in = no pay for skilled people or incentive to have skilled people at all.

I bought one because I wanted a five string lefty jazz and it was the best option without spending crazy money. No regrets whatsoever, it's my main gigging bass. The headstock is a bit ugly but I forgive it. There are a lot of pots, I'm using this to see if I like active basses.... Well, I now bypass the EQ on my amp and my pedal board to purely have the bass onboard EQ pumped out. There are bits that could be better and more refined, I think the new series 2 has addressed that with things like satin neck finish instead of gloss. Don't let the headstock put you off if you want a solid working instrument. I'm not able to display mine so...