Terry M.

Pizza Excess. I'm gonna steal that one. 🤣

Dunno if it's a fashion statement dude as a lot of people including myself just simply don't care for them. As always we have to factor in personal taste I guess ☺️

I mentioned Barts in my earlier post. I just don't understand them. They have a legion of fans however so it's probably just you and me ☺️

The power of the "correct" ultra thin decal never ceases to amaze 😆

The current Squier Affinity range is so capable it's managed to morph into the new Fender Standard to trick the badge snobs.

Told myself I needed a posh "industry standard" pair of headphones for late night silent practice. In came the famous Beyer DT770 PROs. Out went the famous Beyer DT770s via E-Bay! They were no more effective (at that task in particular) than my less than half-the-price price AKGs from Richer Sounds.

I completely forgot I did this too. Shows how useful it was to me.

Electric bass for me ☺️

There was nothing in my post to suggest struggling with a 5 string over a 4 string if the 4 is easier to play.

Shame it didn't work out for you as the above is all true.

Curious what Sadowsky model you tried?

Sadowsky preamp whether onboard or pedal format. Sold pedal and have the onboard on my Jazz Bass. Zero regrets especially when playing live. Agree with all the flatwound comments posted so far,I just don't understand them in comparison to rounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickguard You'll have to live with this I'm afraid 🤣

This is an excellent point. Not sure what that says about us though as a species 🤔

I've had a Bongo 5HH so I'm totally aware of the differences between them and this SBMM one. I was asking in general about the perception of ceramic magnets. It's a try before buy thing I think,weirdly enough I didn't get on with my Bongo tonally so it had to go.

Music stores where I have no choice but to demo a bass wearing headphones while the guitarists and pianists (Yamaha Music) get to make as much noise as they like.

It looks incredible. I've noodled on a few in between Bass Direct and BassBros and think they're incredible. The unfortunate thing (for me at least) is I don't get on with Bart pickups. I know what you mean about the string spacing. My Fender Player Plus Jazz V has 19mm spacing and when I tried its newer replacement I could feel it even though we're talking a fraction of a millimetre.

I had a 5 string EBMM Sterling with the single H which is what some say the ceramic SR5 always was. Anyway I'm still scratching my head over why I got rid of it as I preferred the smaller body and more traditional looking oval plate. They rarely pop up for sale these days.

I've had a few different EBMM SR5s and always preferred the ceramic era pickups over the alnico ones. My Warwick Thumb and Streamer have MEC pickups that use ceramic magnets and to me they're absolute tone monsters especially the Thumb. Bartolini US pickups use pretty much ceramic magnets exclusively.The famous MFD pickups in Leo's G&L L-series use them also. I guess I'm curious as to why ceramic generally gets a "lesser" reputation on the market over other alternatives?

Adverts that claim a bass is as old as the time it's been owned. No your bass isn't 6 weeks old you BOUGHT it 6 weeks ago. There is a difference.

I've never used Fat Beams but according to DR the construction process between them and High Beams are different resulting in a fuller sound. This is in concert with your description of each. High Beams are Sunbeams minus the nickel coating which is why I suggested them in a previous post. I didn't find them that rough at all though especially for stainless steel.

I'll look them up. Never heard of them till now.