PatrickJ

I love my Sandberg PJ. for my rock and Indie covers band I tend to blend to around 90% on the P pickup for that classic rock sound. If I'm playing funk or Chilli's then I bias to around 65% on the J pickup for a bit more treble and growl. I also have a Fender Deluxe PJ but I rarely use the J pickup on that bass and keep it biased 100% to the P. I'm sure there are many factors to the difference i.e. pickups, preamp, la Bella flats, but one of the reasons I liked it is that the Fender PJs have neck profiles more akin to those on a J bass than a traditional straight P. I also suspect the reverse P pickup design on the Sandberg means the PJ configuration works better.

No spoilers please , I've just finished P basses 😀

I realised about 6 months ago that I just don't like 12" cabs. I'm currentlyusing a traveller 102p and like it alot. I tried it side by side against a NY121, which I instantly disliked, and a few other 12"'s and it just gave me more of the sound I like. My first ever bass amp was a Eden EC10 - a small 10" practice combo; I loved the sound and perhaps that set my tonal preference. When I joined a band and upgraded to a GK head, I got a GK 410 for gigging and a Hartke Hydrive 12" for rehearsals. I loved the 410 but never warmed to the 12" cab. I upgraded that to a Barefaced Super Compact, another 12", thinking maybe it was a Hartke thing but I still didnt get on with it so that went too and hence the MB TRV 102P now being my cab of choice. Playing with the EQ is definitely a good idea, even with my traveller 10" cab I'm a long way from flat but perhaps like me you just prefer the tightness and punch delivered by 10s.

I love the relic job on my VT4. I totally get why a lot of folks aren't into it, and normally when I buy an instrument I spend ages meticously checking it over for imperfections but when I saw this at Bass direct I totally fell for it. Though I have to say the Delano pups look a bit out of place on it , would have preferred black label.

@ped are the Wingbasses like yours tuned the same way, I.e. octave up?

I emailed Mayones yesterday to enquire about prices and ordering etc, I got a response earlier today - no complaints from me on Customer Service (though it was delivered straight to my spam folder). Full cost looks to be around £1500 inclusive of VAT, delivery etc. That's a serious investment given you have no say in design, woods etc. You get what you're given. Will have to investigate Wingbasses

I've not seen him before ; will have to watch a few vids to see what the beef is about :).

Mark bass Travellers at the moment. 2x10 which I will add either another 2x10 or a 1x15.

Have any BC'ers picked up a Little Stubby?.. keen to hear thoughts, I briefly got to try one at the bass guitar show last year but didn't get a feel for volume - I'd like something I could use at Rehearsals. Doesn't have to necessarily keep up with an acoustic drum kit as drummer uses an electric kit so can turn the volume down but I want to be able to get a reasonable amount out of it .

I feel that this balding American player needs to be called out, we wouldn't want an innocent BC'er stumbling upon his videos and being led astray . I really have no clue who it is!! if it was a Balding English Fella with a Penchant for hats, well that would be easy but I'm less clued up with our Brethren from across the pond.

I always thought it was a daft name for that exact reason

I would love one of those !!!

For anyone unlucky enough not to get anywhere with Amazon there's one for sale on BC.

Today is my birthday and I just had the dispatch note to say the book will be delivered today! Thank you Geddy for pulling whatever strings you did for me

That seems very odd, I would definitely contact them and ask WTF. I haven't had an email but order status on the website says it will arrive Tuesday. I won't hold my breath.

Funny, I learnt that song last week for that exact purpose. So I ended up quitting that band, partly because of the experiences and partly because of some things going on with my kid that meant I didn't have time for it. However, I'm still working on those improvisation skills because they are important to me. I'm learning a lot of Flea's grooves and fills - figured if I have to play Rock I'll play it as funked up as I can :). i'm also working on jamming to common chord progressions in pop / rock music to build my ear and listening skills.

First update from Jon. Body taking shape so to speak.

BandHelper is a cross platform option I looked at. On song is what I've ended up with but its IOS only.

I could see 10-15 basses as a reasonable amount for as working / pro musician. The typical, J, P and MM's. A few goto gigging basses with a couple as backups or for alternate tunings Perhaps a vintage, YOB or iconic bass or two. But 20+ seems excessive :).. How many is in your collection, its probably earlier in this thread so apologies if you are repeating yourself.

Agree, I tend to tune out the static ads so I'm not worried about those. The problem is the pop up, on my phone screen it reduces the available space to read posts and when I try and type a reply like this is covers the text input box so I can't see what I'm doing. Will try ABP.

Enjoyed that a lot! @PUREJOYPEOPLE.. I remember your lead bass post a while ago. Some great tones in this that may interest you!

I'm not sure what's worse, the Ads or the puns.

I love bass guitar, and I love spending money on bass guitars but I struggle to get my head around such large collections.

Is it possible to remove ads for those of us with paid subscriptions? Thanks