TheLowDown

Of course, the P can play a central role such as in a lot of soul and rnb and reggae etc, when the music isn't busy. Sorry if I wasn't clear. With the J I have never been able to put it to any good use, whereas I view the P as more a plug and play bass that is either heard or felt. The bridge pickup may as well not be there, that bright nasal sounding tone that cuts through a busy mix is grating to me. When they are both on full, you're right, it disappears. When the neck pickup is on full and the bridge is off, you get something that tries to be a P but doesn't quite convince.

For me the P bass is the archetypal sound of the bass. The J and Stingray is probably better suited to situations where the bass needs to stand out("cut through") such as in slap based songs or in fusion, whereas the P is probably better suited where the bass is the supporting role. In most rock I would definitely pick the P.

The latest album of Cradle of Filth should get me through the day.

The ones singing in their native non-English language may as well pack up and go home no matter how good they are, at least since year 2000. (graph from The Economist)

Streaming only for me. Less clutter the better, plus my main aim is to try out as much new music as possible.

Not my thing, anything more than a natural wood look is too OTT for me.

I haven't seen many of those.

If it's free it will be ad based, I'm always happy to pay a reasonable one time fee to get rid of them. The thing is, subscription based is how most of them are going now. Hopefully there won't become a time when we'll have to keep a database or spreadsheet of all our app subscriptions to keep track of them all to avoid continuous payment of apps we no longer use.

Moises seems good but I wish it has a one time fee rather than being subscription based.

It's like with the Beatles' Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Many/most Beatles' fans would often read more into their lyrics than was intended. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, they claimed, was about LSD(Lucy Sky Diamonds), when it was about nothing more than Julian Lennon's childhood night sky painting.

They took a lot of their inspiration from the Velvet Underground.

What are they selling?

The pickups being far far away from the neck and the upper horn barely reaching as far as the 16th fret means that it's out of my price range, whatever the price.

I would select the options that would give me the greatest return from selling it.

I think Brexit is much more about economics than politics in this context because the discussion is about how it's affected people's buying power.

For me, no. There are fantastic basses for £300/400, above that and the value for money drops sharply for what I require. Fender know they can produce garbage but people will still want to have "Fender" on the headstock. The market decides.

Seems fantastic, but it depends on the weight whether it's a yay or nay.

If you set the metronome or drum track for a an exercise, and then consciously make an effort to play behind the beat or on the beat or ahead of the beat, then it will give you greater awareness of your own timing.

Sire do some nice ones with the M5 and M7. https://www.andertons.co.uk/sire-version-2-marcus-miller-m5-swamp-ash-5-string-bass-natural-ver2m5sa5nt

Exercises like the plank help so you're not straining your back as much.

At £2000+ and with enough anecdotes of QC issues, there's much better and cheaper and versatile ways of making music 👍.

I think it's better suited to collectors.

Some are quite light or reasonably weighted. The progressive range are quite light. I have 4 string and a 6 string that weigh under 8lbs and 9.9lbs, respectively.

That's good to know, I prefer the 38mm width. I think Thomann and Harley Benton are great, but the accuracy of the info on the product pages often leaves a lot to be desired and is best double checked.

I've seen a few reviews on it in the past. The general consensus seems that it's of really good quality but heavy.