HeadlessBassist

No issues at all, Steve. Some people recommend changing the spring washers on the tuners for a smoother action, but I've been using monorail headless tuners for 35 years and never had any issues. The only thing I've had to change on any of the three Space Basses was the jack socket on the four string one I had, as it was crammed in against the power supply and would short out the bass, but that's a small job on any bass, and a component which can always fail. My only criticism on the Cort is that the Bartolini preamp needs a lot of bass frequency boosting. It's a seriously flat preamp as goes the bass control, but you only need add a tiny smidge of treble for clear and glassy highs. Apart from needing to boost the bass frequency a lot in order to gain some serious shove, there's nothing not to like. Output wise, they're like a passive Fender Jazz, so if you have a general "Jazz Setting" on your amp that you regularly use, there's no bother. More than anything, having owned three of them, I like the consistency. The quality is great and they always sound good. They're quick and easy to play, too. And the final bonus? They're light to carry around. Mine in the gig bag is often slung over my shoulder while walking around huge secondary schools. It's no effort to carry either, being so light.

Hi Steve, It's a tricky one, and I guess it all depends on what kind of a sound you personally prefer. From what I've heard of the M6, they sound slightly gritty, but better than the Ibanez EHB models. I really liked the sound of the Hils Next Bass BN5 models, but the Cort is still my personal favourite. They have a polite and hifi-sounding quality which is more up my street as a Status, GB & Jazz bass player.

I wouldn't go as far as saying that EMGs are harsh, but they are always consistently very bright and bitey! They definitely cut through, put it that way.

Yes, it was thirty years ago now! I was looking at a Barracuda earlier this year. It's the one wooden Status I always wanted. Now I've got my eye on the full Status T-Bass up at Andy Baxter's. Might go and have a look at it in the next week or so, but it would mean sacrificing one of my Status basses... 🫣

In all honesty, they generally seem to be very well cared for and cherished. They're not an ordinary generic 'super jazz', more a full blown Status bass disguised as a Jazz bass. The preamps are seriously powerful and the build quality is stunning. We were discussing the T-Bass the other evening, and the original 15 limited edition models (a friend of mine has one of the 15) were more curved and svelte, and the later full production models had more of a slab-like body, hence the increased weight.

Maybe 'hate' is a little bit of a strong word, but I have definitely made mistakes over the years. When I was living in the South West, I would treat myself during the Xmas holidays, usually from the Andertons sale. Several basses I bought were epic, like my Fender Elite Dimension, and my American Original Jazz (both of which I've kept for years), but several would be returned immediately. One such case was a ltd edition spalted Maple Spector Euro LX. Yes, maybe the neck was a little thick (fingers to thumb), but the real issue was that the one in the sale was equipped with the insipid Aguilar pickups. Now I know Aguilar make fantastic pickups, but whatever I did with this bass, nothing sounded anything more than dull and generic. The bass had utterly no character. Obviously, I now know that Spectors need the EMGs for their signature sound, but in this case I personally drove it back to Andertons on the very same day to return it.

That sounds great, Sean. I'll look forward to seeing that one next time I'm in the area

As soon as I saw the picture I was ready to leap to Johnathan Frakes’ defence and shout, “… but he really DOES play the Trombone”, LOL!

Pretty much, apart from the Pure Vintage "Coastline" pickups. Maybe the Lollipop Tuners cost £1200..? 🤔 On a more serious note, I'm glad they've brought back Firemist Gold.

Fender American Professional Classic Jazz Bass (or in other words, "We redid the American Performer Series in satin faded poly finishes, and added '62 'Coastline' Pickups, a Grease Bucket tone circuit & '66 Lollipop Tuners.") Nothing to see here, then! Those new pickups based on the Pure Vintage series do sound good, though...

I'd be more worried if they chop the player's left hand off. 😳

This may be of interest...

This piqued my interest, being as Yolanda is one of my favourite players. Interesting colour choice, too. Scale: 34″ Body: European Ash Neck: Maple and Mahogany Fingerboard: Rosewood Frets: 24 Inlays: Oval, Glow-in-the-Dark Side Dots Pickups: Delano VT Spilt Coil and Single Coil Electronics: Sandberg 3-band Active/Passive EQ Bridge: Sandberg Tuners: Sandberg Finish: Brown Burst Matte Other: Made in Germany

That's a sad farewell Hellzero. I do hope you'll be sticking around these 'ere parts. I do understand though. By the time you get to our age group, we tend to have less and less tolerance for other people's egos and stupidity. I just recently walked away from one very lucrative regular job where the two [quite disturbed] people running the show would regularly go into a totally unreasonable 'red mist' mode and 'make up s***', basically taking their mood from their home lives out on people working with them for no good reason. When people start shouting aggressively in the faces of others and clearly don't listen, I just walk away. I don't do conflict. I deal with children in my semi-retired day job. I don't need to deal with yet more children in the supposed professional playing world. But I digress. I do hope you enjoy your Pianistic endeavours, and occasionally pick up your Bass and smile, knowing you had a good time and have good memories.

The weight distribution of that bass sounds like a home-made Precision I have knocking around. The body is so light that it's almost comical. The bodies must be made from the lightest mdf/ply or balsa wood. But they do still sound pretty good. I have two students who initially had G4M stuff. One had an average weight one, and the other had one that weighed more than a boat anchor. They must use the cheapest wood they can get in the Chinese factory. Weight be damned As for adjusting to 5-strings, initially just treat the B-string as an incredibly wide thumb-rest, then just accept that you have an extra string and more notes to play with. It will blend in in your mind in no time. I grew up with a 5-string Double Bass, so I really had to treat it as a full 5-string instrument, as opposed to just something merely with an extra string. You may find yourself occasionally playing on the wrong string. This too shall pass!

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I recently bought a TC Electronic Plethora pedal, which covers me for everything I need. I just download the Tone Print of the pedal/effect I want, and have six presets available. It was only £150 as well.

I've been using Gumtree for years now. Agreed, it used to be full of scammers, but these days it's very quiet, as if they made a real effort to get rid of them. As a result, I've sold many instruments on Gumtree and have always been happy with the results.

Yes, I'm afraid that level of finishing looks like the day before plant shutdown at Corona, but worse. I would definitely not accept that level of damage or sloppy workmanship for that kind of money. Get it sent back and rectified. As others have said, it's the luthier's name and reputation at stake here.

Nah, you only knock that end bit on mic stands and walls. Better without it! 🤣

I was idly perusing the Gear pages of 'No Treble' yesterday morning and stumbled on this very different creation by Chris Seldon, a Toronto-based Luthier. What caught my eye was the Scout 434's absolutely mahoosive Gordo Single Coil pickup, which he says produces a either a clean bell-like tone if played subtly, or an 'aggressive grind' when digging in, rather like a Rickenbacker. As for looks, I like instruments that deliberately look a little different, and the seemingly cut-off headstock just says, "we're not Fender, okay?!" to me. I have made contact with Chris to see what one of these would potentially set me back. (Prepared for a large Canadian Dollar number in response...) https://www.chrisseldon.com

Ditto. if it keeps it cheap for the herd, then so be it. Herd. Aurok. See what I did there..?

@Misdee is absolutely correct. It's a late 80's Overwater Artisan, a slightly downsized, single pickup version of the Overwater Original. Here're the specs from a 1987 review... OVERWATER ARTISAN BASS PRICE£599 BODYmahogany NECKmahogany FINGERBOARDrosewood PICKUPone humbucker CONTROLSvolume and tone; coil tap switch COLOURSblack/red/blue/sunburst