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[quote name='silddx' post='1373420' date='Sep 14 2011, 05:10 PM']I need a bass that ticks my boxes. I need at least 22 frets, active if possible, and something that looks tasty. I have narrowed my current feelings down to a Sandberg California PM4 or JM4. They look fantastic but I can't find one to try and I'll be going for a S/H one. I think I have a good idea of tone, but what about feel and reliability. What do the necks feel like? I love shallow Jazz necks and nut widths no more than 40mm. The neck is the most important thing to me. Good balance? Reliable? Stay in tune, etc.? Anyone had any problems with one? Thanks all, Nigel[/quote] I've looked at a couple of them in the Bass Merchant. I'm not sure they're what you're looking for as the necks were not particularly narrow or attractively contoured and most of them are equipped with MM style pickups. They look okay but don't stand out sonically or ergonomically IMO.

Who the hell invented musical keys, anyway? What a ridiculous concept.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1358395' date='Sep 1 2011, 08:14 AM']I'd consider this to be on the heavy side Comes in just over 15lb.[/quote] What??? 15lbs? That is absolutely appalling. I mean -what were they thinking when they made it? Sheer incompetence IMO.

Over 9lbs feels pretty heavy to me these days.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1353122' date='Aug 26 2011, 10:15 PM']"You have to touch them on the inside." Good grief!!![/quote] yes... disgraceful.

That is nice. Don't see them that often in the UK...

Hmmm... Nearly september and I haven't seen one in the UK yet.

I notice that 3 and a half years later that guy on Talkbass still hasn't reverse-engineered the Wal pickup yet: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/won-wal-pickup-ebay-432803/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/won-wal-...up-ebay-432803/[/url]

Quite simply, the Wal pickup has a unique, recognisable tone (at least to my ears). If you think about it, there are only a handful of bass guitars that qualify for this accolade: Rickenbacker, Fender, Alembic and maybe a couple of others. The Wal is there with them. The rest just go boom boom boom and you can only tell them apart by the player (well, that's how it [i]should[/i] be, I suppose). Wal basses came to prominence at the same time as the bass guitar became a special feature in pop bands (when recordings sold in vast quantities) so everybody heard examples of the Wal sound a lot. The various famous players made a big impression and that has lasted over time.

[quote name='ras52' post='1285769' date='Jun 28 2011, 09:52 PM']Very interesting! The control layout is the same as the Pro IIE, but it's scratchplate-less, like the later Custom. I'd say it was a transitional model between the Pro and the Custom - possibly a very rare specimen.[/quote] I agree with this assessment..

I think a visual guide is far preferable to anything else suggested here

I'm surprised dear old Jeff Berlin hasn't claimed he was the world's first fretless bass player yet ...afterall, he practically invented slap bass, don'tcha know!

[size=5]Mullet Funk[/size]

Any shops yet?

[quote name='Clarky' post='1263637' date='Jun 10 2011, 09:47 AM']There's one FS on BassChat (a 5'er) although that doesn't directly answer your question [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=133456&hl=grooveline"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=grooveline[/url][/quote] Looks nice. I'm strictly four, though...

...Anyone seen one yet?

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='1245087' date='May 26 2011, 01:59 AM']Or how about one of our very own: Brendan[/quote] I forgot about that one!

They've come back with a vengeance.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1242749' date='May 24 2011, 11:28 AM']Wow! I think I need to get involved in this bass-playing world... can anyone join?[/quote] Welcome to [i]my[/i] bass-playing world!