Owen

I cannot deny, this makes me sad.

Some guys have all the luck.

Pretty subtle, huh?

I belive there is an exceptional Bravewood Jazz on the FS forum.

Just beautiful!

Thanks. As is the nature of these things, the GAS is les fierce after a couple of days, but I am still tempted.

Steve Slate did let you have a couple of kits for nowt. He emails you alot, but that is cheap at the price.

I sometimes feel like that as well. Not often though. Actually, not ever.

I feel myself being drawn into fretless world. Again. It will end badly, but it is what it is. I was watching Juila Hofer doing some Pino stuff and the MM Sire V7 Alder-5 FL BK 2nd Gen she is using looks to me like a coated board. Does anyone have any experience of this?

I'll be the parade, you can be my rain

It could become a Basschat-ism!

SBCTR-line. It has a certain ring to it, no?

100%. But to have an amp which will do what is needed in a smaller room situation without FOH support is where it is at. I do not believe that a 10" wedge will deal with an enthusiastic drummer if that is the only amplification for bass in the room.

I have a QSC K10.2. It is a very capable cab. Would it fight with a drummer? As a monitor? Yes. As backline? No.

It might be that a decent preamp is all you need. It is possible that the pickup will be just fine and dandy.

I have one of these and love it. I have no pickup recommendations. But I have been playing through a Sadowsky outboard preamp recently and LOVE what it does to my basses. A Sadowsky onboard is a good shout. YMMV.

I can dig that.

To drag this back on topic, I bought a trashed 66J in 1987 just because it looked like Jaco's bass. I had no idea of it's historical "value" I just knew it looked (and still looks) uber cool. Do I sound like Jaco? Not even remotely

Actually, he was . My brother has a 4 track recording of a gig he played locally on reel to reel somewhere. It is probably knackered by now.