ezbass

Thread resurrection time. A keyboard playing and jazz loving friend of mine just shared this on Facebook. Very Mahavishnu, but not as extreme. Dave Weckl being brilliant as ever and Mohini Dey really nailing the low end on that Cort. However, for me, it's the doubled violin/guitar 'head' that makes me hit replay (reminds me of the Dixie Dregs).

I find the pre amp a bit clinical for my tastes, at least the one I had (Glockenklang?). YMMV.

We need someone to bring out a big, brutal head called The Troll.

The Sandberg’s pre amp stood out like a pair of doggy’s doodahs to me (I used to own a Basic VM). Didn’t like the Sire (too muffled) and it was a close run thing between the a Fender and HB. Just did the PJ and the Sandberg stood out as different again, albeit non as pronounced as the JJ test. The Sire P p/up, fingerstyle was dull (again), but the bridge J was better than its JJ counterpart. Of the four it was, once more, a toss up between the HB and Fender, with maybe the Fender just winning on the J tone.

👏👏👏

Still taken from a video on Saturday...

Can open, worms everywhere! I agree with @hiram.k.hackenbacker, pick a live album or DVD. Rush in Rio or R30 wouldn't be a bad bet.

Yep, this is what I have used a number of times.

Awful news. 2020 is off to a terrible start. 😢

When I converted my old Roadworn to P/P I just went with a Seymour Duncan SPB1 and matched the outputs through pickup height. I originally had it as a VVT, but eventually changed to a VT plus 3 way selector as any subtle differences in the blend were lost in a band setting.

You are in good company, Sir, as that's pretty much what Geddy has said in the past and why he uses Jazzes these days.

Not the footage I saw years ago, it was something on the Lakland website 'jukebox' long since removed. That Live in Montreux video tone is very smooth and un-Ric like; nice though (well it's Chris, of course it's nice).

£250?!! That’s a steal. Cool as a polar bear wearing refrigerated undergarments. Nice one.

I once saw Chris in a video playing a Lakland Bob Glaub, sounded just like his Ric.

Great minds, etc 😁. Old Smoky puts me in mind of the Gibbo Marauder, but better looking.

The dot maple neck didn’t work for me on the LP body, but those blocks just transform it in my eyes, it adds just the right amount of Gibson to make it work. Stick with the dots on the Tele for the same effect from a Fender perspective. IMHO of course.

Very Lee Sklar. I have to agree about the P/P config, I had one once, very solid tonally.

^^^ This.

Man alive BC needs to get a bass porn filter!

Quality collection, all very different in their own right. I love Wals (never owned one) but that Musician just calls to me.

This has had me looking at ‘grindy’ compressors (I used to use an EBS Multicomp, but haven’t had it for years) and I’m liking the sound of the Fairfield Accountant.

I think that’s that sorted then. @4000 makes a very good point.

Good God man! What are you doing? You’re removing all of my arguments for buying new basses in one sentence! Burn him, he’s a witch!

To be fair to GG, if someone in another store wants to try a bass from another part of the country, they have to put a deposit (fully refundable) down and this may have have contributed to the sold/not sold situation.