Al Krow

Good man - 2 to 3 hours a day!! Very impressed. I'm kinda running out of excuses for doing merely half of that. Time to pull my finger out!

Haha Dave! You're definitely not going to last until Christmas are you? 😁 Equally to the point, how come you're bored of your nail parlour Bergs quite so quickly? It took me a whole 4 years to get bored of mine but you've got there in 2 and a bit months flat! They've clearly been usurped for gigs by your JC and it's red companion back up to be so I'm not going to take any of that "yeh, but I still love 'em, they still have a special place in my heart" nonsense. Fact check: they've been unceremoniously dumped for a younger model. And just as equally to the point, I'm very jealous you still have gigs for the lady-in-red JC to be a back up to!

Can you remember what the cost and number of lessons /course duration were and broadly what it was looking to achieve?

Stay strong. We tempt each other merely to sort the chaff from the wheat! What pups did you go for and which bass will you be replacing the existing pups on / what's on there currently? PS A Sire is a poor man's audience-will-never-notice-anyway Sadowsky. They both look pretty bloody similar and both start with "S".

Haha - barely any foot-fetish switch things in the Krow household. Ok there may be the odd pedal lying around and three pedal boards but that's not a fetish. That's just normal 😂

It's not the first time you've bought an amp footswitch is it? In fact, you had a designer one made up for your Mesa. Definitely seems that you have more of an interest in these than is purely healthy 😂

That timing is pure class. Respect!

Two more days to fill our boots before purgatory kicks in on the 25th. and I can't think of a single thing that is giving me GAS! I'm looking through the FS and genuinely thinking "some nice stuff there, but not sure I would currently trade any of my basses or amps/cabs for what's listed." Which has gotta be a good test, right? Some folk are probably thinking he must have got a virus...

Aha! Well I managed to get hold of a used Schecter Stiletto 8 a while back and it is a lovely thing to have in the herd. Some things you just know are not necessarily going to get much live use, but are a treat to have.

You're welcome :) I'm not sure I was saying that at all however. If anything I was trying to get across the point that they are very very similar! I wouldn't compare it to other BBs. It's a COMPLETELY different animal. It is much closer to the TRB 5PII sound wise from what folk like @AndyTravis who I believe has owned both have said. In particular the BBNE2 doesn't have a P pup is and is purely active, whereas the more modern BB bases are PJ and the majority are purely passive.

Thanks for sharing that. What level is Joe's course aimed at and how much was it to take? I presume you got to keep access to previous weeks material so that you could back over older stuff if you wanted to? Must admit I do like having the whole of Mark's Talking Bass courses available from the outset so that I can go at my own pace, but I can see the benefit of having the discipline of a weekly course to work towards also!

Not sure how many of us have had both. My experience will be close in that I have a "played in" BB 1025 and had a P35. The fact that my 1025 was played in should have gone some way to achieving what the wood treatment does on the 2025. I found the P35 to be marginally sweeter in tone, I suspect largely down to the newer model pups. The strings were in a similar condition but any differences there would also play a significant part. In summary: very similar. So much so I held onto my 1025 as it was the lighter of the two basses, again not by much (0.2kg).

But aren't they Warwicks these days? 😉

Yup I too could start prattling on about Ibanez or softer wood Sandbergs which are all v light. BUUUT technically this is a Yammy thread AND still your true home, dear chap, even if you do go off and get expensive, albeit still lightweight, clones of Sire V7/P7 basses😁

Hahaha...that might explain it 😁

Is it one of the current 3 series Andy or one of the older ones?

You're already 80% of the way there then mate! The audience won't notice the remaining 20%, so you can let Dood take the rest of the week off.

Interesting you mention that - the bass that Dave just returned, a lovely BB435, tipped the scales at 4.1kgs also. But that definitely does seem to be at the lighter end of the current Yammy BBs

Just raid the neighbours' pantry! Apparently there are overflowing larders up and down the country to match the empty shelves being met by our health workers after their long shifts

It is kinda frustrating when the weight is just that bit too much on the P34/5. It was the exact same reason that it all three of owners of the P35 I had moved it on (at just a shade over 10 lbs). All three of us otherwise rated it as a fabulous bass.

You need to get a proper Marcus Miller bass if you're gonna do that. Something like this: And obviously a proper Marcus Miller amp And you're obviously not going to get anywhere without the key piece of TONE-MONSTER kit which is guaranteed to get you 80% of the way there even with a Berg amp and a Status bass...

Thanks fella. What I would like is to hear from folk is which paid courses they have actually taken and thought "this was great" and worth the investment. I'm kinda hoping we can share actual paid-for course experiences with each other (for good or ill) and then folk who want to invest time and coin on paid courses can have a bit of a steer. @burno70's recommendation above is exactly the sort of thing I'd like to hear about!

Great. Which paid ones of his have you done that you would recommend?

Perfect, thanks! Hopefully a few more of us who have purchased on line courses will be along in due course with some positive recommendations.

Apologies but I think you may have missed the key point of the thread 😉 For those of us looking to invest in paid online courses - it would be great to hear which actual courses we have done that we would recommend. The Slap Bass basics course run by Mark from Talking Bass is, in my books, a great example for any one looking to get up to speed on Slap and one that I would be happy to recommend. I'm hoping, between us, we can come up with a few other specific course recommendations.