Machines

I'd suggest it due to them being in series, I am planning on changing to parallel when I have the time and patience. And on that - my other one came this morning. Same tweaks made as the blue, but it was very much playable out the box.

I started it, no apologies tbh 🤣

Just ordered a 2nd one in black. Only 2 blue left.

OK mine turned up today ! Superbly finished, the colour is much nicer than the photos on Andertons website. Setup was a bit shonky, it needed the saddles lowering considerably (truss rod was spot on) as well as pickups actually screwed in properly, other than that - good. Couple of fret edges needed a little tiny sand, but overall - this is a fantastic bass. The switches are single coil (bridge coil for each pickup), and series. Weighs in at 9lb 4oz, so definitely not a light weight but nothing crazy. Sounds great - bargain. May end up saving me money as it could very well replace something I have far more expensive.

These are on clearance at Anderton's currently - £149 ! Metallic Black - https://www.andertons.co.uk/soloking-mj1-classic-4-string-bass-in-metallic-black/ Lake Placid Blue - https://www.andertons.co.uk/soloking-mj1-classic-4-string-bass-in-lake-placid-blue/

I've heard this in person too, but I don't think it's a massive priority currently.

Option 4 - Bass tuned to Eb, and chuck a capo on the 1st fret for the E standard songs.

Well, they look pretty good. Not sure about Paulownia as a body wood, but we'll see. The Growler will always be legendary thanks to Windows XP:

The only other one I found was on a review by Mr @Dood a few years ago, but it is a different bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lHkkAx9KIM

2020 GPS Corvette $$. Amazingly versatile, plays like butter. Haven't been able to find many others with this finish, but doesn't appear to be a Special Edition.

The ergonomics of the lower pickups meant me not keeping mine, I need a pickup higher up as a thumb rest (I now have a Corvette $$). But as other have said - no bass can replicate that sound.

I use a GR Bass 210 (600w @ 8 ohm). I gigged it last week with no PA support in a village hall, and it was not pushed particularly hard and sounded great.

I've had several that were 'OK', but I would bet my mortgage on a Dingwall's 37" being objectively better.

34" can have a decent B, but I find that 35+ means that becomes a hell of a lot more reliable. I can't think of any 34" 5's i've had where they were as good as 35" (and a 37" just wipes the floor). The flipside is that the G string can sound a bit 'pingy' unless you get multiscale.