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9 hours ago, chris_b said:

But it's not his factory or responsibility. That should be down to Warwick.  I'd like to have heard that phone call to Hans-Peter Wilfer!!

I totally agree with you in principle, but at the end of the day it’s still Roger’s name on the headstock and the consumer will still associate these basses with him.

He can’t not intervene personally. Doing so at least tells us he has a vested interest in these new basses holding up to his standards. It makes more sense from a PR standpoint for Roger to publicly get involved than if it were a Warwick representative.

2 hours ago, DylanB said:

My position has always been that having the same bass as another player won’t make me sound like that player, so why am I now doing searches for used Ibanez basses? 🤔

Glad I’m not the only one!

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Thanks cam, happy new year to you 👍

Same to you buddy!

6 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Looks like it could possibly be this one 

That’s actually a BTB1606 - https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-guitars/modern-bass-guitars/ibanez-btb1606-dtf-6-string-bass-in-deep-twilight-flat

It’s my favourite of the recent BTB models simply because of the finish. It’s almost identical to the one he used last night on the Hootenanny, but the 1606 has Nordstrand pickups whereas the 1906 from last night has Aguilars.

A Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones (DJ4 or DJ5 depending on how many strings you want) is a smaller, slightly reshaped Jazz style and can regularly be found used for under £1000

Great plugin. Basically turns your computer into a Helix! And you don’t actually need to have any Helix hardware for it to work - I use it through my Arturia interface and it works a treat.

GLWTS

@chris_b 100% agree with you.

42 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

The Jazz will be more versatile, and given its a better known model will probably be easier to move on should you not get on with it.

This.

The Cabronita is a cool bass for sure, but you’ll get a way broader palette of tones out of the Jazz.

Also, when you do eventually join a band and find yourself needing to transpose songs for whatever reason (into a more comfortable key for the vocalist, for example) you’ll find the 5th string to be a life saver.

Nice work, @ltgobis. Though I suspect the average person wouldn’t have the parts or knowledge to perform that fix themselves. I certainly wouldn’t!

+2

I’ll have the Solo 2.5 - PM incoming.

I should add that I left the arms in the box so I can play bass unhindered 

I’ve just picked up and assembled the “Markus” chair from IKEA, as recommended in this thread. What a massive upgrade over my previous chair! It’s really comfy with a thick padded seat, nice tall back rest and a good range of adjustment. £150 well spent I’d say.

If it suddenly falls apart I’ll edit my post 

9 hours ago, bazzbass said:

D'Addario nickel rounds and maybe Elixir Nanowebs work for me for mid punch, as I call it

+1 on both counts. Took the recommendations right out of my mouth!

For what it’s worth, the Elixirs will hold their tone far longer than the D’Addarios due to being coated, but they are of course more expensive as a result. Potentially worth it though if you’d rather spend less time changing strings.

13 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

I feel your pain seeing them stuck out on the edge of the headstock, I go 'stealth' and attach mine the other way around so all you see is the clip on the headstock and all the gubbins are on the reverse side. I pull the fascia up 45 degrees, tune and then flick it back down so it lies parallel to the back of the headstock.

This. And to the untrained eye of an audience member, the visible part of the clip could easily be mistaken for another tuning peg.

All of the above suggestions are a million times better than the stock square jazz pickup Fender have been using!!

Big upgrade, then. Thanks for clarifying!

I do wonder why Fender have insisted on using a full sized Jazz pickup on some of their Mustangs. It just looks out of place. You’d think they might try to be a little bit clever and try something like a single coil Precision pup at the bridge. I reckon it would look pretty badass! Certainly more likely to fit the aesthetic of a Mustang, in my head at least.

Anyone fancy throwing a little photoshop mock-up together? 

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Whey!

Ooh. What improvement does this give you over the stock bridge?

Yeah there are definitely lines where bouncing between the open string and fretted notes on the same string just makes sense! In those scenarios I’ll begrudgingly concede defeat and use the open notes, usually after spending some time attempting to do it using fretted notes only and failing miserably 

1 minute ago, owen said:

I am in the process of stringing a 6 string F#BEADG. I am looking forward to that "just got my 1st 5 string, why is everyone in the wrong key?" feeling for the first time in 30 years. 

When’s your first gig? Just so I can be sure to stock up on Imodium in advance 

3 minutes ago, Manwithvan said:

I was taught never to play an open string (but not much maths, clearly!)

Funnily, I was never taught this (I’m 99% self-taught) but I always avoid open strings if possible. Unless using open strings makes playing the line significantly easier than fretting everything...but that’s not very often.

I play 5ers pretty much exclusively as, for me and the music I play, it is an absolute necessity. I listen to a lot of Neo-Soul/R&B etc which frequently utilises notes below an E, plus I play covers with friends that often need transposing down from the original key to be comfortable for whoever’s singing. While the guitarist does mental maths for however long it takes to transpose the chord structure, I can simply shift the whole line down by however many frets and quickly get back to the enjoyable part of actually playing music.

With this in mind, a 5 string isn’t just a “want” for me. It’s a necessary tool.

A 6 stringer weighing 7lbs 11oz!!

https://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Sandberg_TT6_Superlight.html

Filth.

If anything, the 3+2 tuner arrangement makes life even easier in this regard as your D string (which on a 4+1 tuner arrangement would be the furthest stretch) is closer to the nut. All my 35” 5ers have been 4+1 and I’ve been fine.

I’ve owned multiple 35” scale basses and always found ordinary long scale strings to work perfectly. And I’ve gone through rounds and flats made by Dunlop, D’addario, Ernie Ball. Maruszczyk, La Bella, Thomastik...the list goes on.

As Storky says, the only reason you’d need to consider extra long strings is if stringing through the body, but through the bridge you should be fine.