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I've seen several in shops with fairly high action and the saddles quite low. I had concerns about this on the one I purchased, but it was lovely and a shim sorted it nicely.

Michael did an interview with SBL recently, which is on YouTube, where he said the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe has been his goto for the past 10 years.

Bought tickets for Squeeze on Friday. They sold out in a matter of minutes. Just need to wait until Nov 24 for the gig itself.

In the small pocket when wearing jeans. Always have a few picks in there.

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Love it with the white.

Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better for me. It's a superb song, added to the simple fact that when I grew up Roger Moore was Bond. So many of the early songs were great: From Russia, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds ...

I don't think KD Lang's Surrender (closing theme for Tomorrow Never Dies) has been mentioned, but it would have made a great theme.

Love that colour with the maple board. Tried the right handed version a while back, but it was with rosewood, and that colour cries out for maple. Lovely.

Young MC's Bust a Move.

I tried one of these my local shop and the frets were sharp and would need some work. Other than that the finish was fine, but I didn't find the bass particularly inspiring.

I also tried the Mononeon Jazz whilst there, and it was superb. Fit and finish was great, and it comes from the same factory. I guess the signature models get the extra tlc .. I have a JMJ Mustang and that is top quality.

My 2019 MIJ hybrid jazz bass. It's well built, not heavy and came with very nice 'vintage US' pickups. But what edges it for me over my Am pro is the neck. It's more chunky, closer to a U, and it just works for me.

It's also very, very nice. I recall Paul Weller's bassist playing one of these with a pick and it sounded great.

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Rob Jones aka the bass thing, played on the first two Wonder Stuff albums. Big influence for me back in the day.

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

So what is going to happen with print subscriptions? How will my remaining two issues be delivered ?

I have a print subscription which it seems they automatically cancelled. Next payment was due in a few days so I'll need to check that they haven't taken that.

Was thinking about cancelling my subscription since the content wasn't great, but that was weighed against having a physical magazine rather than a screen for once.

I saw Scouting For Girls a few years ago and was really surprised to see that the bass player had switched from the Fender Jazz he had used before to a Gibson Thunderbird. I immediately thought that it wouldn't work. But it did ... looked good and sounded great.

10 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

It’s been on before but, Rudeboy the story of Trojan records is on sky arts, it’s worth a watch if you haven’t seen it 

I caught the last half of this. Superb. Really hope it will be shown again soon.

Nice! What strings are you using? I've been switching between rounds and flats on mine over the past few weeks. Both work really well.

I'm glad you included The Low End Theory because that was the only one I actually bought on release ... on cassette.

Nice ... Just this month I started listening back to my old Spin Doctors albums. What a great band!

Simple Minds - Live in the City of Light.

I recently bought an Ampeg Rocket 30 which is available for £139 ... it's a great option for home use.

Gutted. One of my very favourite bands. First heard them in the 80s, loved working thru the back catalogue, and bought everything since. RIP Dusty.

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

Bit of a thread revival.

 

Did you tryout the Fallout? If so, how did it compare to the JMJ?

It was very nice. Well finished, the pickup sounded great and it was a lot of fun to play. But it was heavier than the jazz I was also trying out. Still love my JMJ 😀

Along with several basses I own one guitar, a telecaster. It arrived with a very small knot about a millimetre in size on the neck towards the headstock. The guitar played beautifully but I still thought about returning it. Then on day two I dinged it (no surprise there) so no more  chance to return and it hasn't bothered me once since. 

I think keep it, so long as it plays well otherwise. It adds a bit of uniqueness.