Jonesy

Yammy's are OK to look at, my brain will just have to get over the fact that they also make calculators and boat engines! I haven't got anything against the Precision shape, it's just bonus points will be awarded for something that didn't look too traditional. I'd look at the Player Plus PJ and Charvel San Dimas, although from reading around I'd be better off with a Sire. Only issue there is their PJ's look fairly trad and no funky colours are available. Ah cool! Which one did you have? I'm trying to figure out what the best ones in this series are. Some seem to come with Bart's and different preamps etc. Are the early ones made on Korea? Do you know if they're any better? Yeah, completely agree there. Odd isn't it, when I say modern I mean something that sounds like it's 40 year old, not 70! Good point. I suppose it started off the back of listening to Alice in Chains, Pantera and Fugazi - so Spector PJ or MM humbuckers are the general wheelhouse I'm after, although I'd be happy with other humbuckers.

I don't really have any preference when it comes how the neck is attached. I'm fairly flexible on profile too, not to fussed on radius. I'm happy on my Jazz with its 38mm neck and Rick with its 44mm neck. If it is on the chunkier side at the nut then ideally it'd be slimmer back to front, rather than a baseball bat, just to keep things manageable. In an ideal world the neck will be glossed or painted, but it's not a deal breaker. I've seen a Fender Player Plus PJ, which very much looks like a P bass, but is acceptable as it's a metallic snot green. No idea what they're like though and I've read mixed things. I've also seen a Sterling 34 in seafoam sparkle that is pretty tempting. Headless might be a bit too far, one step at a time, eh?

I've had an eye out for a Decade for ages and they don't come up too often. There's Skyline on FB now, but it's the active model. I think that's the first one I've seen in about 7-8 years

Well, GAS being GAS and all....... I think it may be time for a change in the stable and I've got a hankering for something active and modern sounding/looking. All of my basses have been traditional looking and passive and I've got a bit of a GAS driven inclination to try something new. I've just got a hold of a fretless Aria SB1000 and (although it's not really modern in the whole grand scheme of things) I'm starting to change my mind on active basses, so am on the look out for something active. Problem is I've never really looked into brands like Ibanez, Warwick, Spector, even Music Man etc because I've always thought they weren't for me, so I know nout about them. And this is where you guys come in 😃 So, I'm asking the collective brain of BC to help me find a new bass. Budget wise I'd say somewhere in-between £300-800 Happy to go 2nd hand Zero preference on pups/preamp 4 strings Fretted Ideally it won't look like a P bass In my head I'm thinking of a Spector, but don't really know enough about their product range to know what to look out for and what's the best bet when looking for budget vs features etc. Is the performer line worth looking at - I know it doesn't have the reverse P's and will have a cheaper preamp etc. The Legend line has some older models that are classic and customs, newer ones have reverse P's - any recommendations there? Happy to look outside of Spector's too, so feel free to chuck some recommendations my way!

And another one for the 2nd hand Harley Benton idea. They're decent basses, less of a lottery and you wouldn't need to upgrade anything. Just had a look on FB and there's one in Shotts listed as a Harley Brenton for £80. There's about 4 others within 40km of Edinburgh, all under £90, but the HB would be my pick.

Hullo! That sort of thing def goes on (who doesn't love nerding out over gear and a cuppa?) and I'm sure a Warwick fan will be along to help out sooner or later. It might be worth asking, or linking to this thread in the Warwick thread over in the gear gallery..... Good luck!

Lovely basses and HUGE pups! Enjoy the new toy, they're really underrated and a joy to play/hear.

Was about to say the same thing! Having recently picked up a fretless, I know that smile on your face after sliding the harmonic. Maybe we'll grow out of it one day (I hope not!)

I was just listening to Fugazi today too, what an awesome band and Joe is an underrated bass player, love his lines. Add Break to your list, top tune.

Ohh, of course! I'll see if I can give it a go, thanks!

Just out of interest to anyone with a brass bridge......... have you ever had a go at removing the green oxidation from hardware? I'll have to check with the owner first and don't want to make it too shiny, but it is a bit grubby

I'm fairly sure it's a Sb1000 anyway, it definitely fretless 😂 So, it's not really a new bass day. It's more like I've become it's custodian since the owner picked up a Tony Franklin fretless. So it's mine to enjoy for the time being, and enjoying it I have been. The neck is lovely and fairly straight all the way down (as in little taper to it), it's really resonant unplugged and sounds great. Speaking of sounds, I'm still getting used to the circuitry and all of the tone shaping options, which are almost as alien to me as not having frets. I have to play it with headphones for the time being just to save the house hearing my bum notes.

Had our first jam with the blues band since our drummer passed away in May. It was amazing to be back in a room making noise with the band again, but it did feel a bit weird playing with someone else behind the skins. Still, roll on the next jam!

The Epiphone Classic and Vintage Pro Tbirds are great basses. I had a hankering for a Tbird and heard great things about the Classic Pro's when they first came out, watched a few vids on YouTube and, GAS being GAS, had to have one. I headed to a shop to try one out and fell in love immediately, neck profile was lovely, it looked the business and sounded HUGE. Just out of curiosity, I picked up the Gibson model out at the time and the Epiphone was miles ahead - fit , finish, sound, feel were all better on the Epi. The only thing that felt better on the full fat Gibson was the tuners, but you don't play those and the Epi ones weren't bad at all (just the Gibson ones felt smoother, but the Epi ones always held tune). I sold it a few years ago and it's the only bass I miss.

The people in Wunjo are brilliant - enjoy your new toy!!

There's a bit, about 2 mins I to that vid, where Troy just shakes his right hand. I might need a support!

Does anyone else play this game when they're bored and fill a shopping cart on somewhere like Andertons (other retailers are available), imagining what they'd buy after a lotto win? No? ..........yeah, I don't do it either. One of the first in the basket is always the Tony Franklin fretless

I hate Elvis Costello, apart from the odd track here and there, so don't really listen to much of his stuff. I know Bruce Thomas is a monster player and this popped up in a playlist the other day...... Wish me luck!

FYI.....not to derail......I only found out in the last year or so that G&L made a MIJ Tribute ASAT. One went on eBay for standard Tribute prices in the past year or so. I was umming and arring over it for too long and missed out. Been kicking myself ever since

It's a tough choice as it kinda depends on the situation..... - If it was a special birthday purchase, I'd rather have a shiny new one (unless there was something vintage I couldn't get new) - If there was a specific finish/model that was out now that I didn't want to wait for 3-5 years for one to hit the 2nd hand market then you'd have to go new. - For pretty much everything else I'd go 2nd hand and get the best bass I could budget for

Great call, I'd definitely look at lower tension flats if hand pain was an issue. I have a set of Labella 760fl's on a p bass and they're supposed to be a lighter tension than their standard set. I wouldn't exactly call them low tension though, just slightly lower than their usual cables 😂. TBF, I haven't tried Labella's specific low tension set. TI Jazz flats are very comfortable though and sound great too, so I'd also throw those into contention.

Ah nice, that sounds like the same sort of thing we plan to use it for, but I'll be chucking the tracks up to our Google drive. The idea of splitting one track out to individual instruments sounds like a bit too much faff for my use, but more accurately, well beyond my skill set! Do you know what Logic's built in mastering does? Is it just limit/enhance/compress?

Howdy folks, I've just got my grubby mitts on a Tascam DR40x to start recording rehearsals and was wondering if anyone then plays with their tracks to sort of 'master' them after recording? I have Reaper and, from a bit of reading around, it sounds like using a multiband compressor and limiter on the tracks will improve them, so I have some reading to do on that. We've previously just chucked a phone down in the room and the recordings have been good enough to share and listen to, so I'm assuming I won't have to do anything to the Tascam tracks for them to be listenable, but if anyone has any tips/tricks/a workflow to share then I'd love to hear what you do!

I'd imagine Mike Bordin will do most of the drumming and Bill will do the odd tune here and there.