jonno1981

I’m a bit torn over this as a former guitar store manager. Before they did this, there were retailers who priced everything up to be £25-50 a box profit. That’s all the way to US models. e.g customer pays £1050, store makes £25. They’d rather sell you any other brand to try and make the rent and pay their staff a wage. Basically they were destroying any realistic margin for any retailer for the brand, which isn’t sustainable. Dealers were going under, were dropping the brand etc as there was literally no point in selling Fender guitars. I honestly prefer keeping pricing level, meaning people shop for the best service and experience and not just on price.

2x12 shifts a lot of air. I’d sell everything and get a new, modern 2x12 that’s lightweight, louder & better than the ampeg and you can use for everything.

Super jazz seems right to me. Emergence of new active electronics and popular use of more exotic woods. Thinking sei, good fellow, moon, east, Bartolini, Sadowsky etc. Memories of bass magazine with glowing reviews of these sort of instruments.

Andertons bought 5 of them! Blimey!

They sound great! Can’t see them shifting at that price though. Look out for them in the next Black Friday sale.

https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/443/lot/196287?url=%2Fauctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F443%3Fpage%3D1%26catm%3Dany%26order%3Dorder_num%26xclosed%3Dno%26featured%3Dno%26key%3Dbass Advertised as a rack with some orange terror amps in it. Also has 2 x svt2s inside it!

Headstock distribution. I’d be disappointed with this on a premium model.

Carvin something?

My only experience is trying 3 different pino signature basses over the years, all of which were top drawer amazing. Sounds like I had a better experience than most with the CS.

That bit shouldn’t be there! Ouch! Hope you’re healing up ok!

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I love seeing a signature instrument that’s truly original and unlike anything else. It suits the player down to the ground, might not suit everyone but that’s ok!

I think body wear generally looks great on any classic shaped instrument. Where I get put off is too much wear on the neck beyond discolouration and light finish wear. Anytime I pick up a bass with proper chips in the back of the neck/ side of fingerboard I just want to put it back.

Grados have stunning detail (got some 225s), but I find them fatiguing to listen to compared to my hd600s which I could enjoy all day. It’s very personal and absolutely worth a trip to a shop to try some. Any hifi retailer worth their salt will have demo pairs of these that have been properly run in to demo. You might be surprised with what you prefer! I’d add audio technica to the list as well.

Thanks for the tips. I’m leaning towards the k&m. Great brand and looks sturdy.

Great guidance above. I wonder if your bass is too low an output to push the amp to overdrive. If you can get hold of one/borrow etc. I’d try running a preamp in front of it and see how much of a difference that makes. It’s clear you’ve got a sound in your head you’re trying to get to. If not a darkglass fan, sansamp or something similar.

I’ve got a jazz bass I want to wall mount horizontally. Not on a vertical hanger but a sideways one. Can anyone recommend one? Ta. Not sure about the plethora of £15 ones on Amazon.

Have you played one? I have and they’re monster. The pound is crashing so stick another 5-10% on the price over the next 6 months minimum.

I used one of these for years with a prog trio and it was a huge part of our sound. I used to love the bits in songs I got to use the fuzz with boost. One thing to mention, I found it responds really differently with a hot signal into it. I used to run a sansamp vt bass always on in front of it, loads of really satisfying natural compression from the bass juice. A very underrated device.

Agreed. Over polished to the nth degree. Dull!

This is worth a look. Eda900 maybe? https://cheapguitars.boards.net/thread/43/ergodyne-definitive-guide-planet-earth

Ibanez. Ergodyne?

Love the colour. Looks fantastic.

Thanks! It’s made me consider the higher end models. I’ve never really thought about them before buying this one.

I picked up a bargainous bb414 on Facebook marketplace a few months back. Fitted a gotoh bridge (after pic was taken) I had knocking around, new strings, setup and it’s surprising excellent. Light, well balanced and very high output. Nice variation and even the bridge pickup sounds good soloed. I had some friends over who thought it was a mid level bass, it only cost £120 + strings! Very pleased and ridiculous value for money.