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What he said ^

Gotta say, I like the original guard, lifts the body colour and works with the maple board imo. Nice bass, enjoy!

Yep, C# on G string dead spot on my Jazz fretless. Feel a little less annoyed about it now!

Have just received a comprehensive reply from John, suggesting the pot may be bent - which would be logical. I'll try to carefully bend it back, but if not looks like it can be replaced.

Thanks! I believe John has an excellent reputation for responding to stuff like this - I thought he might be away on an Easter break! To be fair, I'm not the original owner either - just hoping for guidance on a remedy from him or the BC hive.

Excuse the weird thread title! The stacked pot for the mid control on my East U-retro pre is binding. It's annoying, because when you want to cut or boost, the frequency shifts with it. It's not seized solid, just feels overly stiff. I've removed the knobs to check it's not them, rather than the pot itself, but it makes no difference, so deffo the pot. I've tried turning both top and bottom portions liberally to see if they'll loosen up, but to no avail. I emailed East last week, but no reply as yet, so wondering if anybody here has experienced and hopefully fixed similar? Pot replacement doesn't look straightforward as it's surface mounted... Thanks in advance!

Weird, but I kinda like it - from that pic at least.

These look truly excellent- enjoy!

I'm gonna stick my neck out and say the California thing started with Californication. Before that the place name drops were way less annoying e.g. Out in L.A., New Orleans (BSSM) etc. I might be wrong though - usually am.

Good luck!

This is great, really good job Huw 👏

Colour coordinates with your cats nicely too.

I believe he's saying he bought it from a shop, not from Overwater. If they had nothing to do with the transaction that sounds good service to me. The retailer perhaps less so! Lovely bass

Great pic and trousers! What's the black rectangular thing on top of the portable tele?

Re. the Jaco comments, I'm guessing he stuck with the Jazz Bass as he had so many thousands of hours of play in it that he was totally dialled in to it. I'm not sure that people were exactly throwing money or endorsements at him, particularly in the latter part of his career, which may have had something to do with it too. I'm sure I heard a story about him turning up to sessions and having to borrow a bass as he didn't have his own (maybe someone more informed can elaborate if this is true). Re. Ownership anxiety and being scared to ding it or play the local Dog n Duck, I can understand this if you're planning to sell the bass on. For me, I'm so sure I'm not going to part with my Fodera and had it long enough that I'm way past caring if it gets dinged, lives on a stand by my desk, gathers a bit of dust etc. The only ownership anxiety I have is around not getting good use of it or replacement if it were stolen(I couldn't ) but that applies to all my basses.

This assumes that enough people in the audience would know the value of your £5k bass and associate knobbery with it? 😉 Surely amongst the general populace ( not the insular and, let's be honest, niche world of basschat) a Fender would be the most identifiable bass? Hmmm I wonder what the audience think of me when I put on my Jazz Bass?! Probably "what a knob", but to be fair I get that whatever I'm playing 😉

Haha, sorry, I should have been arsed to read it properly then 😶

I can't be arsed to read through all this, but I've had a Fodera Monarch for about 14 years now. When I bought it (used) it was the most I'd put into a bass, flipped a Sei and a Modulus plus added some cash in to get it. I guess it owes me about 3 grand, but I reckon it's saved me a fortune as it's the bass that pretty much killed gas for me, and I had a serious churn of high end basses before getting it. Nothing else I've played feels as good, or frankly does such a great range of tones in a band context. I've no idea whether I'm good enough for it, and for all the times I've taken it out to gig (dozens and dozens), only one person ever has spoken to me about it cos they clocked what it was. Could I afford it now, no! And especially not for what they command these days. I'm not sure why they get so much stick for what they cost really, value is so subjective, and there are more than a couple high end makers charging close to Fodera money for what are in essence Fender variants. As I said in a thread a few month's ago, if you're offended that Foderas seem expensive, have you seen the price of bassoons?!!

I was an enormous fan back in the day and will always have a soft spot for them, but I'm one of the ones who doesn't like anything they've put out since One Hot Minute (and I didn't think that was great). In fact the quality of their output has always been variable imo, even on the earlier albums I love. They got away with it for me because when it all came together the results were a spectacular explosion of energy and creativity and a punk rocking, funky sound unlike any other band. But I suppose they couldn't keep doing the same old thing over and over, and age will inevitably affect their musical outlooks etc. I listened to this in the hope that there would be something in there that would give me a little spark of the band I used to love, but sadly no. I've been going through this process with every new release this band put out for the last 2 decades, at some point I'll just have to accept it's not going to happen! 😄

Yes, I do it all myself, initially because I'm so picky about how I like my action that I'd probably not be able to afford to keep playing if I paid someone else to maintain it on my various basses and guitars!. I also think that it's very hard for someone else to get the setup exactly to your preference and playing style - unless you're a famous/ wealthy person with your own tech who works on your gear regularly. I worked as a guitar tech in a previous life and used to hand instruments back with setups way different to my personal preference, apart from on the very odd occasion someone would be very clear about what they wanted and any acceptable compromises. Fret buzz was usually the issue. Person A might play a standard setup, experience no fret buzz and want the action lowered, person B would play the same setup but experience buzzing all over the place and need it raising etc etc So long as the fundamentals are there (and this is where techs can be really helpful if you're not sure imo) i.e decent fretwork, nut height correct, truss rod working, saddles not bottoming etc, then I'd encourage anybody to try their own setups but seek advice (on somewhere like here for example) if unsure.

My one actual visit to the shop was let down by the attitude of one of the (I believe former) employees. Mark wasn't about that day, so is not a reflection on him. In spite of the less than positive shop experience, and a moderate issue with a second hand bass, I can't fault the email response times or speedy delivery of any of the items I've ordered. Commission sale of a couple of basses a few years back was very straightforward and efficiently dealt with, so I'm sorry to hear of the incident with a bass going missing - what a 'mare The Gallery is miles from me, but I made a couple of trips down to get some repair work done on a bass. I thought it was great, and the vibe was super friendly. The place had a laid back and somewhat homespun vibe that reminded me of my music shop days. I think we're lucky to have both. Let's be honest, you'd have to be very brave/ mad/ to open a specialist bass shop.

Yep, that's how mine is setup. Tbh I actually dislike the tone and feel otherwise - it's a thin line for me between "meh" and sonic nirvana, but with the setup right and the tone controls in the right spot... *chef's kiss

I should add - and I know this can be a controversial point of view- that the Wal is schdua over mahogany which I believe makes a difference. Previous Wal was mahogany with poly finish, it sounded very similar, but the very present low mids I get from the aforementioned were not as in your face. So I say the wood spec has some bearing with the Wal. My profuse apologies if I now trigger a tonewood debate.