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I use a Roland Tr-8s for practicing and recording. Very happy with it. My Novation Circuit has great sounds but is a little limited. So the Circuit is collecting dust 😁.

They are a bit stiff on mine. Maybe a little grease will help, or loosening of the screw on the back of the tuners.

I repleaced the original pickup for the Seymour Duncan SCPB-1 which has a vintage sound. I like it very much.

I was also looking for a tuner replacement, but the only tuners that appear to have the same dimensions (the placement of the screw-holes) are from WD music (WD Music wd9l). They have an UK website that delivers to the Europe mainland.

Maybe I will order them someday.

5 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

The pickup is beautiful too!

Which pickup is it? Or is it just a white cover for the original?

That pickguard is beautiful @Bassfinger!

I bought the CV 50's Sunburst a few months ago with the idea to mod it. Lovely neck with good fretwork (no sharp ends). Saw the white bonde one in a shop and did not really like the color. So I ordered the sunburst.

I have changed the bridge for an Allparts Omega one, the pickup for a Seymour Duncan SPB1 and the strings are flat Fenders. My bass is rather heavy. Heavier than my Player P. I will upgrade the tuners too in the future.  I have to say I needed some time to get into this bass. I love how it looks. I love the T-style headstock. But playing mostly roundwounds, I had to used to flats a little. It feels so different. 

Soundwise this bass is awesome. Deep, warm. I play exclusively with a pick on this bass. Can't get a good way to place my thumb for fingerstyle.

I took the horrible cheap white pickguard off and ordered a black pearl one on Ebay. Hopefully it will fit.

All in all a great bass with a distinct, beautiful sound.

Maybe I have to get those stickers too, to get me into microtonal AFX soundwave spheres 😊

2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

As a fan of 70s/early 80s funk I'm a big fan of slap in funk but tone is everything. Slap with a clanky tone and it sounds shyte. My fave slap players are Larry Graham, Louis Johnson and Marcus Miller and no one's done it better than them IMO. I've no time for these professional YT fretwinkers like Davie 504 and Charles Berthoud however technically proficient they are. Slap in rock generally sounds bollix unless done like Bill Gould or Tim C. I've heard it on played on several metal songs and it sounds just plain bad though that's probably more because 99% of metal sucks.

My idea.   I love some good  slapping, but as jou mentioned, the sound is so important. I have just written a new bandsong with only slap bass. Rolled back the treble, engaged the discumbobulator and it sounds great. It really fits the song. The YT bass-acrobatics from Davie at al is not very musical. And you don't have to try to slap your strings through your bass. A gentle slap with a subtle pop can sound great and it sounds a little bit more percussive than fingerstyle. 

I have always refused the pick until I decided to really try it. Then I discovered that the bass can definitely cut better trough in a band situation and on recordings. One of the reasons I did not like the sound of the pick is that in my mind it sounded harsh and thin. But that all depends on how you use it and your tone settings. I turn the treble a bit down when using a pick. Also, I really like the sound of picking the strings on my Fender Mustang JMJ with flats. So now the pick, for me, is a great tool for different purposes, just like fingers or slapping & popping. I currently use 1.14mm nylon max-grip Dunlops. I have one in purple 1.14 pick which just sounds better than the standard black ones, just because it's purple. I think I also want to try the Dava's 😊.

I carry my RM500 around in a 15" laptop bag. Enough room left for cables and such. 

I have the RM500 I. The reflective panel does not bother me. It sits on top of my ABM300. I bought it because I wanted the Ashdown sound, but being able to Carry it around for gigs. Therefore I also got me two Hartke 112 lightweight speakers. I love the sound of my Rootmaster.

I use it. More at home than when practicing with the band, but I like it. I use it with the resonance on 2 or 3 o'clock, rate on 9 (slow) and the range somewhere at 3. I like the sound of slowly openening and closing high-pass filters

Hi Owen, I have this little amp. It is very cheap but it sounds okay. I use it at home, so I haven't really pushed it. But it sounds very clean, modern, but not "digital". I have not used it in our rehearsel room. furthermore, I am planning to use it for small gigs. For the bars we play in I use an Ashdown RM 500 with one 112 Hartke speaker. I will buy the TC BC208 to accompany the BQ250 in the future. I think, for the money, it is a no-brainer.

I bought one form Thomann recently. It was a B-stock model. The plastic on the scratchplate was present and the bass looked very new. No idea why it was B-stock. It plays excellent and the sound is awesome. I don't touch my Warwick basses anymore because of the Kiloton. I like it so much. The only thing that bothered me a little was the sharp fret ends in closer to the body. I can feel them when I slide down the neck. I don't feel them when I am playing though. It is possible it left the factory alright, but due to climate differences the wood of the neck has shrunk just a tiny bit? Who knows. I am very happy with it and am now considering a LB100 Tribute in the future.

I remember the warm and round tones and power coming from a 15" combo I used on a gig once. I was impressed by the sound of this little Ibanez. I think it's a good amp for the price. Good luck.

I use Rockboard, EBS and Harley benton flat cables. I need all the space I can get. Too many pedals 😁. They all seem good quality.

I am looking at this bass too the last couple of weeks. I like the shape and I want a humbucking bass. I allready have a RB Corvette and a Streamer fretless. There is not a lot of information about the RB Infinity on the internet (vidoe's/reviews). Maybe I will just buy it for Christmas :-)

I have a Big Muff and I like it. I also have an EBS FuzzMo which I like very much. This pedal has a very useful blend like the EHX soul food. It is still available at musicstore.de for 59 euro's.