Terry M.

I think it may boil down to personal comfort and how much you'll pay to achieve it.The Anaconda will have a flatter radius,slightly longer scale and if we're talking 5 strings will have wider 19mm string spacing over Sires.That alone on paper at least puts them over Sires (I've had a few) for me. I tried a 6 string Ultra J Essence in Wunjos once and even though I have no use for the high c string I thought it was phenomenal.

Good god and my wife wants to know why I need to have 3 basses 🤣

I ask out of genuine ignorance as I've yet to play one. What's the hype surrounding them?

There's so many basses mentioned on this thread that I've literally never even heard of much less seen 😂

That's fair enough. To be honest it was the reissue that made me aware of the original. I played one (reissue) in The Gallery once and thought it was ok 😊 Never seen or touched an original one (yet)

The newer versions put out in more recent years are hard to find as well.

Feel free to ignore this post as Thomann are German based but they have a decent supply of them and I've personally had a good experience with them with regards to no hidden charges and relatively easy and free returns.

I tried one of these in GAK (RIP) a while back and thought it seemed like a regular sized bass. I could be remembering it wrong however.

Funnily enough Bass Direct now have a used Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor 5 in stock.

People seem to hang on to their Carvins,selfish lot!!!

It's the same bass. They told me the customer sent it back because they didn't like the preamp. I didn't mention the weight of it though? It seemed okay to me but then my Warwicks are heavier so...

One popped up early last year on Gumtree in the amber finish,it was basically mint.£500. I contacted the guy and hesitated until...it sold!!! Less than a week later it resurfaced in Bass Direct on commission sale for almost double the price. I was in there while they had it and when I tried it that's when I REALLY wanted to kick myself. It was stellar in just about every way. I always thought they were the full 34" though? I know the 90s TRB5P was through neck and 33 7/8" scale. You don't mean that one do you?

Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe 24 fret. EBMM Sterling (especially in a 5).Older Ibanez BTB Premium/Prestige with factory fitted Nordstrand Big Singles pickups,not feeling the current Aguilar DCB equipped ones as much.Any Warwick Broadneck 5 strings(I have two).

Briefly had a 5 string version in black. The preamp had to go so in went a Glockenklang. Really great basses these. Good find 👏

No nothing like heavy metal,more jazz,blues r'n'b vibe I would say. We sometimes play established songs in major keys that utilise the 7th scale degree chord and vamp on it using notes from the Locrian mode until we decide to hit the (usually) home chord.

if you ever saw the videos on it all over Youtube 🙈

There's a school of thought existing right now that Contemporary Christian Music itself is evil. That's a rabbit hole I'm avoiding like the plague. I turn up,play bass and collect my cheque. Simple 😊

400 miles to pick up my Warwick Streamer Stage 2 Broadneck 5. Best bass decision I've ever made especially seeing what they cost nowadays.

Turns up often in Christian Contemporary Music. I mainly play in church.

Yes depending on the band leader and the genre it can happen. As mentioned previously I used random modes just as an example of what can happen. The band leader knew I understood what he was communicating so that might have been it.

I am currently working with a lead guitarist who uses modes,he's not "obsessed" with them however. I picked random modes just to illustrate my point so substitute Locrian with any of the others. Knowing modes has helped me in scenarios where I'm asked to improvise over changes and it's helped to steer me towards notes that nearly always sound contextually correct. Only sharing my limited practical experience of them.

It wouldn't hurt to learn the Greek names of the modes and shapes at some point. If you're playing for example in C Major but the bandleader wants you to play the intro as two bars of F Lydian and then two more in D Dorian before vamping on B Locrian and shouts that out to you,your fingers will automatically know where to go and what notes are available within those modes.

So no help then 😂