PatrickJ

These look really great! I really liked my MB500 head and GK gabs, I moved it on to give Mark Bass a go as I fancied a change and I could never get that GK grind from the MB that the old RB's were famed for. If the new legacy's reproduce it then I'd have no hesitation in grabbing one.

I (now) own both a California V4 I and V4 II. The II is superbly balanced but can't say I have noticed a neck dive issue on the I. Might put some light weight tuners on it all the same.

Reviving this thread from a few months ago to ask if anyone knows if it's possible to buy the Black Label pickups for an after sale swap. I haven't seen anywhere that sells them directly .

NBD for me! I picked up this VM4 from the classifieds earlier today, It's a 2013 so the body shape is more traditional P than my newer VT4 and so a little heavier but I really wanted to give a MM style pickup a go.

What's the bass? I did this with a Lakland once. It wasn't an expensive instrument but was what I considered my first proper bass and had an amazing spalted maple top. I still regret selling it.

Have to agree it's a pretty weak line-up, a few acts I'd like to see, especially The Cure, but overall it doesn't feel that exciting. Have to agree with the Kylie and Janet Jackson comments, I can't see why they are the big headline acts.

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Do we need to now add Operative451 to this list

Leo Moracchioli and his metal covers

Seems to have stopped now (phew!). Though I notice I'm now only being presented with 2 ads on rotation (rotosound and elixir).

Only started this evening, but I'm getting it on 2 phones now - my work Samsung and my personal Huawei.

I've trying to browse Basschat on my phone (Samsung) this evening. Logging into basschat as normal, hit main screen once advertising loads I'm getting redirected to a Samsung prizes website, at which point this massive red warning appears. Hit Basschat 2 or 3 times and the same thing happened each time. Tried multiple other websites including Wikipedia and Talkbass , nothing, so appears to be isolated to BC. Anyone else having similar issues?

This is interesting. I was going to change the preamp on my Fender deluxe (to get a better passive circuit ironicly). Maybe I'll disconnect the J pickup and Blend control and see how it sounds.

Markbass have just the thing for you .. hehe 😂

I was never unhappy with the songs, except for maybe one or two that the singer really wanted to do. I did find that I was becoming less and less enthused though and, as my playing ability improved, I was wanting to go in a different direction to everyone else. It wasn't my main motivation for leaving but there is a sense of relief over it.

With mixed emotions I ended up quitting the band I've been in for the last 3 years. It was only ever a casual thing, gigging a few times a year at local chairty fund raisers or private bookings for friends & family but it was the first band I was ever in, a great experience that I learnt a lot from. Family circumstances and some increasing needs my son has forced the decision though it hadn't been the same since the lead guitarist, who was a fabulous musician, left last year. I hope it won't be forever and that in the future I'll be able to find something else but for now family comes first - I'm also kind of looking forward to just playing stuff just for me, rather than investing hours into learning set lists of other peoples choosing.

Indeed, looks like a similar finish to what Alpha have been doing with their custom builds.