Drax

Wouldn’t read this as bad service, they just haven’t understood the question. Happens a lot in these global times.. just reword it and ask them directly again.

Paul McCartney will always be the most famous bassist that has ever lived, so guess he’s always going to be the most under/over rated player in the world.

Mods / Ped - can we have a 'gently disagree' button?

Or maybe you’d have been taught to drive by the guy who used to play bass in Hot Chocolate

That's globalisation and CNC for you... Can't go wrong with a Harley Benton.

That's it. Very well put

Can you remorse over 'factory made' kit you can just rebuy? Maybe. Cort Jeff Berlin 4 was very lovely bass to play, do miss that. Squared off with the knowledge I could just re-buy another one day. Vintage gear though.. occassinal pangs for the '72 Jazz. Focus on the £3.5K and less sad, but wish it was still on the rack..

@Radchenko you don't have much luck with custom builds do you mate?

Trigger’s broom but great chance to see JB live. Will probably go, if it ever happens. Hell I’d be happy to see any gig right now. 🙁 Old pic though - ‘tache and bass.

Didn’t know he’d stopped, that’s a shame. Used him on your recommendation last year, did a brilliant job. Had another to put his way ..

All my Dont’s already mentioned. Couple that Do work ; Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 1 Kate Bush - Aerial

LaBella were great. Std scale E too long for new 33 inch scale bass, and looked like Medium scale would be too short.. Contacted New York HQ, they queried bridge / peg measurements, said they'd see what they could do. A week later, 2 x custom length E strings arrived in the post, no charge. Great family owned and run business that went above and beyond.

The frets on the Sire won’t feel different to your Fender , they might even be the same size. There’s a variety of fractionally different sizes that get labelled Medium Jumbo. Sire uses 2.4mm, which is often called MJ.

Even for this, you’d assume a regular J / P would be up to the job?

Sure, totally appreciate studio can add something. Would have thought live though, so many variables that bridge is pretty low on the list?

Great question and thread. Totally agree that sustain per se is not a marker of quality. We expect some sustain in any instrument, but it’s just one of many parts of the voice. Bridge manufacturers have done a persistent job telling us we need more, but stacks of records out there with beautiful, long sustained notes and harmonics via BBOT.

For sure, totally agree. I guess my point was that starting a thread on here bemoaning them has more than a whiff of mischief, and predictable results See also Jaco, jazz (daily), range rovers, cyclists, music stands etc etc

Totally agree they’re unknown in the wider world but Chris Squire is venerated on here by many.

If you weren't such a long standing poster here, I'd say slating Yes on BC is pretty much trolling

#justiceforJason