BillyBass

I don't know the weight, I'll have to get it on the scales but it's a very comfortable bass to play. The tuners are hipshots and the body wood is quite light, it balances perfectly, no dive at all, unlike Happy Jack's Wattplower, mentioned above, which was quite divey. I tried a Reverend a few years ago at Peach Guitars and found it to be very light, which put me off. I commented on Talkbass that it felt like a toy (that was me @sPiKi, I confess, but I've seen the light now). This feels just right, to me at least. I've used it for one 3 hour rehearsal and our next gig is in a couple of weeks, so it will get its christening then.

You handed me this to try at last year's Bassbash. It's a lovely green, quite an unusual colour.

Pedals, I can get away with but basses she notices!

I was sitting in bed one Sunday morning, perusing Reverend basses on Glasgow's Merchant City Music website and Mrs BillyBass, sat next to me, started talking about going on a spa break. After a quick online search I suggested a spa hotel near Glasgow and she liked the idea. I then came clean and told her why, this was followed by a short negotiation and she agreed on a deal, she gets the spa break, and I get a new bass. On the first day in Glasgow I went to Merchant City Music and GuitarGuitar, which is just up the road from it. Both shops have a decent selection of basses; Glasgow puts London to shame on that point. In Merchant City Music I tried the Decision P and the Reverend Mercalli 4 and 5 strings. Lovely basses all of them, I picked the 'Venetian Pearl' Decision P due to its appearance, it didn't sound better than the Mercallis. They also have a couple of Reverend Thunderguns there too, these have set necks, which are glossy. The bass cost £879, which is a bargain. Reverend don't seem to have hiked their prices like Fender and most other brands. I've had the bass one week now so I've got over the initial 'wow'. This is a keeper, the pick ups sound right for the music we play, the neck is lovely, the string spacing/nut width is comfortable, and enables me to play root-octave-root-octave with a pick comfortably (my previous main basses-Charvels-have Jazz sized nuts)...and I love the look! Venetian Pearl, is actually a gold burst, going to a cream sparkle and the pickguard is a lemon yellow. It looks like a yellow burst in the website photos but it isn't.

Nice bass @BassAdder60 congrats. I've always been put off the Vintera range by the lack of easy truss rod access but most of what I read about them says they are a step up from the Mexican standard/Player range. I'm with @jd56hawk re the Pickguard. I have one of those gold anodised pick guards on my Squier 40th anniversary P bass. All subjective of course but they look great. If Fender are going to bring out a Vintera 2 range, I hope the 'unbolt the neck to access the truss rod classic feature' is discontinued.

These Squier 40th anniversary basses have lots of friends. I have one of the blue p basses with the block inlays; I can't see my Mexican standard P is any better.

Frank, a picture of a couple of pickguards is inadequate. Where is the JMJ?

So do I.

We played the Belle Vue in High Wycombe last night. Not a bad little pub, I was able to park the van 3 metres from the door, which made the load in/out a lot easier. The small crowd were up for it and we had a few dancers, which helps. We tried a few new songs and most went down well so all in all, it was a good night. Next week we are back at the Load of Hay in Watford Here's a pic of the stage area, I took my lime green Charvel, GK Legacy 800 and Super Compact.

I've had the Sine effects HPF on my board for about a month or so and I have just acquired the Genzler Re-Q pedal, which is a 5 way eq pedal with high and low pass filters. There is a noticeable difference in the high pass filters on both. The Sine Effects 24db cut is a step off a cliff, whereas the Genzler pedal is more of an EQ pedal with the HPF and LPF being used interactively with the EQ for tone shaping. I also have a Rafferty HPF and a Thumpinator. I was after a step off a cliff under a certain frequency, say 35hz, not tone shaping, and I wanted a stomp box, not a desk top unit, so I'm keeping the Sine Effects and will be moving the Genzler and Rafferty HPFs on. My Thumpinator is faulty. They are expensive for what they are and, in my experience, not very good.

Welcome to the forum. Post a 'hello' in the introductions thread and let everyone get to know who you are.

As a bassist I feel a level of gratitude for the start SBL gave me as a complete beginner on bass. I paid for this, of course, but I consider this to be money very well spent. As the owner of a couple of businesses, I both admire Scott for what he has built and also understand he must be constantly thinking of and trying new things to keep SBL relevant. More and more bassists are flogging lessons online, particularly since the pandemic and Scott has to keep ahead or his business could fold. It isn't a one man band with a couple of hard drives full of lessons, he has employees that require salaries and several well known/semi famous bassists that work for a fee. The business must need a certain amount of new members every month to keep afloat and this requires a very prominent online presence. Youtube and algorithms being what they are, short videos with photo of Scott or someone else looking daft with his mouth open is part of the game, as are regular emails. I would imagine SBL's bread and butter are novice bassists. Most of Basschat's membership are not novices any more and possibly wouldn't be the main targets of SBL's marketing. I'm sure Scott is aware that SBL marketing may irritate some but ultimately, if it is working and the subscriptions keep coming in, he can live with that. He has a family to feed after all. Good luck to him.

The management leave lines of Charlie on the PA for you? How thoughtful. We only get free soft drinks at our gigs.

So, in NZ and Wales, sheep have another thing to be nervous of. Sorry

I find myself gassing after a particular bass due to its looks. When in a shop trying a bass out I'm mainly interested in how it feels in my hands and over my left shoulder. The sound is not unimportant but I will generally rule out a bass I believe would not sound how I want based on its pick ups and their placement. I have 9 basses at home and I often look at my collection in admiration and pick out a bass to practise with because I love the way it looks. For me appearance and feel are the things I consider first, and like several others have commented above, what I like may not be the same as others.

You don't see the 800w version up for sale 2nd hand that often. Unless you are buying new you might wait a while. I've followed your head trials on here and I think we like different sounds, however, you might get on with the Genzler. The two contours bring a bit of variety to a relatively clean tone. It certainly isn't anything like an SVT, tonally. But its not a Gallien Krueger either.

Shell pink and rosewood! Lovely.

The Telecaster bass does look cool but that pick up is really close to the neck. How muddy is that going to sound? A little unfair I think...it will be 2026.

I currently own three heads: GK Legacy 800 Genzler Magellan 350 TE Elf I have a GK Fusion S 1200 arriving at the end of September. I've only just got the Genzler 350, and this might take the Elf's position as back up. Hate to give it up though, its a great little head.

That would be a tidy little rig wouldn't it! With the top cab getting close to my ears.

No one has mentioned the Yardbirds yet. They had one or two, or three, guitarists that went on to do great things.

I saw this on eBay and thought I'd put in a cheeky offer, it was accepted and now I'm the proud owner of a Genzler Magellan 350 head. My first impressions are very positive. The EQ is quite versatile, there is a semi parametric mids section and a couple of contours: a mid scoop and a bass/low mid bump. I've been using the second contour at about 1 or 2 o'clock and leaving the EQ flat; sounds quite nice too. I will predominantly use this as a home practice amp but I might try it out at a gig. I doubt it will replace my GK Legacy though. Another plus is that it can take a total impedance of 2.67 ohms, so three 8 ohm cabs would be handled well.

That must be about the most unsexy gig anyone could play. If I was to find myself living in a place like that later on in life I really hope there would be people like you coming around to play. Top blokes the lot of you. Well done.

This is exactly my experience. I will only ever buy something from PMT if it is unavailable or much more expensive elsewhere, and then, I reckon on a 50-50 chance it will have to be sent back with a complaint. I will say though, that PMT are always polite, apologetic and helpful whenever I do complain.