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Cheers for that. I’ll have a look those sites.

I definitely see that. I will have to search if the uk or EU have distributors of these Japanese brands. On trusting your hands and ears, I couldn’t agree more.

wow yes you really have a rack of moon basses. I done more digging I played the groove master. Compared to my law suit Yamaha p bass the moon felt light. It was just so refined. What’s a shame is that due to business moving more towards online people don’t get to try different brands. I also tried the G&L 1000 from the 80’s. It was really nice also. I have to put a search on moon basses in the bay and reverb now.

I went to the bass gallery to get some tlc sone with my bass. I played at least 8 fender p basses. Two from Japan the rest from the 70’s. Out of the 8 1 mij a pb-62 sounded nice but the neck was too shallow for me. The other a 73 which was nice until. Went upstairs and tired a moon gm4! Didnt like the colour but my days was it amazing to play. Had a telecaster neck but it felt so smooth to play. Didn’t feel massive at all. I was able to play pocket funk real nice. This bass was a custom order. Has anyone played ,owned or owes a moon p bass? It really made me think are fenders really that good? I normally have a “get to know you period” before I feel comfortable. This moon and a Larry Graham jazz from moon didn’t have that at all.

I’ve got akg k52 headphones. I used someone’s bose noise cancelling headphones which you need batteries to activate that feature. Once the Bose headphones is driven by the batteries, my lord it made a world of difference. My akg seem wanting compared to the Bose. issue with headphones is there are so many. Audio technica ath-m50 are ment to be amazing, never listened through them though.

great advise. I think I tried the markbass you own. It was monstrous. Shock the basement of the shop even with me trying to tame it. I love the sound of the acoustic control amps back in 70’s. The videos I’ve seen show them being the size and weight of a teenager lol. You are so right about how things have changed. the laney digbeth seems interesting also. I’ll have to head to Anderton’s to try it. It’s interesting that it doesn’t have a gain control knob. Just to channels (clean and tube) both with volumes so I presume the tube emulation channel acts like the gain.

I’ll check it out. I always felt that Phil jones is perceived as hi-fi sound

Funny stuff it say this as when I was in wunjo guitars the 12” markbass combo was what my ear preferred. I’ve been thinking of maybe getting an amp head and cab. Which ever is more cost effective. Also I realised I need to up my budget.

cheers for the response. I’ve seen a fair amount of secondhand ashdowns some may be an older generation of the rootmaster as the amp layout looks very similar. I’ll keep this in mind.

cheers. I’ve not played a ashdown before I’m not sure of the tone.

i went to wunjo in central london. Tried the fender rumble, ampeg, markbass. Really didn't like the fender. Mark bass was killer!!! killer price though lol. ampeg rocket bass was alright nothing like the markbass. I may have to head to andertons to try GK,Hartke and laney.

wow that is a bargain price.

Cheers bud. Gonna order now

I need to get some foam for my p bass. Dies one strip fit the length of each pickup?

nicely put.

nice one mate. I’m glad I sent you the link. You are in londo so that’s a plus. He has an acoustic pre amp. Man I love the sound of those but it’s over kill for home use. I messaged the seller asking if he had any other basses and he gave me some great advice about buying from Japan. Seemed very genuine. Also as japan is in recession the yen is very low atm. When I checked yesterday it’s 190yen to the pound. A tokai I saw sold for 60000 yen. That is just over £300.

I have a 78 Yamaha pulser 400 which is a lawsuit copy of a late fender p bass with 40mm nut (mine is 39) and a deep chunky neck. Funny thing is it doesn’t feel like a baseball bat. It just feels right. Playing fast isn’t not an issue at all. The fender 60’s neck profile doesn’t agree with my tendons in my forearm after I broke my wrist. Definitely understand you on construction. Japans craftsmanship has always be so refined. Your mass has a neck through with ebony fretboard so it plays a big part. You seemed to have found a keeper. Delete all your saved searches on basses you are after and enjoy the beauty lol. oh how would you describe the jazz pickup?

Great playing and also example. Yes it does have the thumpy sound but with good definition like you stated. Sometimes the traditional p bass pickup tone rolled off can sound a tad muddy. move your picking hand and then you have even more sounds. 70’s-80’s Yamaha are less common here in the uk. Congrats on the purchase.

Nice. I’ve a question. As the pickups are aggressive and punchy (I presume tone wide open) when you rolled off the tone does it more bassy/thumpy like a generic style p bass sound or holds the same aggression and punch but with less treble?