Paul S

This has been a bit of a Holy Grail search for me, too. I like the P-Bass sound but can't get on with wider necks. I have the Power Jazz Bass Special (a rather splendid thing in 'Duff Mckagan white with black bits' livery). Ticks a few of the OPs boxes but not all - it has a slim and shallow neck, P-shaped body but that is where its resemblence to a P-bass ends IMO. Active, P/J pups. It sounds absolutely brilliant - very much its own thing and very much a rock bass - but I haven't managed to find a traditional P-Bass sound even used passively and with the P-pup on its own. I believe the Duff Mckagan sig model has a P-profile neck, rather than the Jazz profile? Similarly my Precision Lyte has a P-shaped body (smaller, though) and a skinny, shallow neck (one of the best necks I have had) but, again, active and with P/J pups - doesn't sound like a P-Bass. I have a J. East preamp in it and can almost get there, but not quite. Of the basses I have owned/still own the ones that sound most like the traditional P-Bass that have skinnier necks have been my old Westone Thunder 1A and, bizarrely, my Hohner B-Bass and identically sounding Hohner B2A. All have that woody P-bass tone by the bucket load.

^^what he said^^ I have 8 (new one last weekend - Westone Pantera deluxe X790 - yeehah!)

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1338847877' post='1680105'] my head is going to explode!!! MusicMan Sterling... ok Sterling by MusicMan... which can be a Stingray type, or a Sterling type... SUB14... now, they do a SUB as well!!! Of course, nothing to do with the previous SUB range from 2003-2006... [/quote] OOps. I meant Sterling by Musicman SB14. 3 band EQ, thin neck, smaller basswood body. Sell new for around £550+/- Good enough for me and what I do. Review here by Ed Friedland for this and the Ray34 [media]http://youtu.be/67Fo7AKwfA0[/media]

I have recently acquired a Sterling by Music Man SUB14 and it has a 38mm wide at the nut neck, somewhat deeper than my 38mm at the nut Fenders. And very nice it is too.

Fender Precision Lyte? More P/J hybrid, but certainly lightweight - they go for £300-350 ish.

Anything by Status Quo. That's what I did!

Thanks for that. Yes, I saw the strings were rather near the edge. Curious.

Listing has no info, does anyone know what it is or anything about them? I find myself mysteriously attracted to the look of it, and it is fairly local... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130703473421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130703473421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649[/url]

Bump this topic for more praise. I bought one of these Studio Spares isolation pads some weeks back but finally got a chance to make a direct comparison using it for the first time on a raised hollow stage where I had previously had a really boomy sound when the rig (Barefaced Compact and Midget, TC Classic 450) was set directly on the stage floor. This was at the Essex Arms in Brentwood, for those that know it. Anyway, it totally and utterly cured the problem. One time before I had the cab on a small table, which helped, but this *completely* eliminated the boominess. I'd go so far as to say that I got the best on stage sound I've ever had, plus (I was told) the projection was much greater and the tone much, much clearer*. As other people have said - this is the best value £30-worth of kit I have ever bought! For that money it really is a no brainer and it takes up no space at all. Happy man here Although it didn't stop me getting a memory failure at the start of 'I Fought The Law', which I have played scores, maybe hundreds, of times yet when the bass came in my mind was blank. Why does that happen!?

My Fender Precision Lyte has that sort of style tuners, rather than clover leaf, so that combo does exist in Fenderland.

For a low budget bass that will do what you require a Westone Thunder 1A would be my choice. One in good nick will cost £150 +/- and there is nothing to beat it at this end of the market, imo.

I had a Trace Elliot 1x18" that I paired with either a 2x10 or a 1x15 depending upon my whim. It sounded huge. It also weighed 40kg.

I bought a Korg Pitchblack tuner to replace the Zoom B2.1u when I swapped over to pedals from the multi. I have to say mine doesn't work that quickly and often have to pick the string a few times to get a consistent reading, whereas the one in the Zoom worked a treat each time. On the plus side it is small and the display very clear.

[quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1337806923' post='1665888'] What a crappy bass. [/quote] No it isn't. If you were to pick one up you'd find it is a beautifully crafted, handmade in the UK vintage bass that, in terms of build quality, can hold its head high. It does have some deficiencies. It is very heavy, has a very wide and thick neck and a weak tone. But it isn't worth anything remotely like the asking price.

40 years ago they were powerful, fresh and one of the best live bands out there. Also the reason my hearing is shagged, after standing next to the giant PA cab at the Queen's Hotel in Westcliff as there was a vacant spot. Rob Young's harmonica did something to my brain. [u][url="http://youtu.be/2ruTVsXr85g"]http://youtu.be/2ruTVsXr85g[/url][/u]

I had one not so long ago - bought for £200. Sold it - 3years ago? - for £180 with a nos perspex bridge fitted as well. This guy needs to join the real world, I think.

Another U2 'Vertigo' opener for our pop/rock band. Heavy rock band opens with 'We Belong To The Night' UFO.

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1337467794' post='1660618'] The more experienced you are, the better your ability to recognise how far away you are from being an expert. [/quote] ^^This^^ Not just bass playing but pretty well everything in life. I have been asked by the Royal Horticultural Society to review a book that has just been published on a single genus of plants that is within the scope of the small botanical puddle I inhabit. I have accepted, of course - who wouldn't? - but the very fact that I have been asked carries a weight of responsibility and expectation that I find rather frightening. I feel like a fraud. As they say, anyone who builds themselves a pedestal just has further to fall.

On Friday I used a Peavey 15" cab at a rehearsal studio that I don't usually go to - just because it was there, really - I had my Barefaced Midget in the boot. Put my TC Electronic Classic 450 through it and it sounded absolutely huge. That is for a classic rock covers band with a loud drummer and even louder guitar player. The big heavy stuff like this and Trace Elliot can be picked up for peanuts secondhand and are worth considering if lower back, transport and storage space aren't an issue.