soulstar89

i spent three hours in the camden guitar guitar today playing the p bass vintage II, the cs 63 pbass and a cs Pbass with jazz neck. I found the vintage II pick ups to not have as much output than the custom shop hand wound. At first the neck and the frets made the vintage II not the greatest to play, not bad at all just sticky and a tad awkward until i warmed up. compared to the 63,65 originals and mij pb-62 I've tried before it didn't feel or sound similar. They will be getting in more colours and the jazz 66 vintage II. i will try it again then.

i went to guitar guitar today in camden. they said they will getting some in in the coming weeks. i tried the fender vintage II p bass 60's. was cool

thanks for this. i struggle with gloss necks. will give this a try

overwhelmed by the responses. I decided to head to camden and kill two birds with one stone. try some basses and amps. the advise of not overloading my mp has helped ALOT. It funny how i went to guitarguitar and the bass gallery and there wasnt much amp choices. I shall keep searching to try as many as possible. At the moment i won't be recording or gigging for now. I need to better my craft. the way the bass sounds inspires me to keep wanting to pick up the bass and explore. i just find this this amp meh. I play acoustically alot as i like the sound of the bass more than the amp

what power wattage would be suitable to look at?

thanks for the responses. I had a play and when i had both volumes on amp and bass at 9 o'clock it helped but its so so quiet. looking for a new amp is overwhelming. not sure whether to get a combo, amp and speaker or a audio interface which i can hook up to my computer. I think that question is for another thread. appreciate the help.

ok cheers ill try it now.

Hi guys, hope everyone is well. I have extremely little knowledge on amps. over 10 years ago i got a stagg 20 ba bass amp combo with my p bass. never really used both my and and until the first lockdown. IF all the turning dials (volume, treble, mids,bass) are at 12 o'clock the bass becomes extremely distorted on the E string. If i turn the bass dial to 9 o'clock the distortion goes. i thought the speaker had gone so plugged in some headphones the same thing happened. All the videos ive watched state that 12 o'clock is normal not adding not subtracting. is this normal? I fully know how crap this amp is before people say. lol

i second the customer service. they had a fender 89 pb-62 MIJ reissue which i was interested in. Extremely helpful. sadly my indecisiveness lost me the bass. I have now bookmarked the site so when they get a 80's pb-62 with us pick up and electronics ill purchase.

wow as novice learning bass this was inspiring i must say. REAL NICE. put a smile on my face. Shows how much you enjoy playing.

Thanks for the detailed Response. It’s is extremely helpful for me and I’m sure it will be helpful for people in the future. I will reach out to moollon and possibly make a day trip to bass direct to try the mvp out. I won’t lie. I would want a sun burst which they don’t stock lol.

And another option lol. Thanks a lot. I think I’ll start writing these in a note pad to research

cheers I’ve just realised that it could be a case of “how deep is the rabbit hole” lol

Thanks so much for the run down. When I tried the 75 P bass at the bass gallery the neck was gloss. Didn’t like it one bit. A factor could be also that my wrist didn’t take to the neck at all. Did the moollon have the same feel as your 71 neck in terms of gloss feel on neck? When you say he wore down quickly did it reach the feel of say fenders satin neck? Having different strings definitely would make it hard to compare. Would you the sound similar to pre cbs fenders?

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oh amazing. look forward to the response. Enjoy the gig

Hey, hope everyone is enjoying the sunny english weather (it won't last lol). I have Looked on the net for a comparison of the moollon P-classic and the modern vintage MVP4-62 but no luck. Has anyone on here got both or have played both? I wondered how they differ in sound and feel. Would be interesting to get a place of reference for people interested. The moollon has a 30-36 month awaiting list which is CRAZY looool cheers 👍

😧 thanks

what a year to be born. my mother was born in 1960.

oh wait a minute. Are these basses made within the past 20 years?

thats a good point. even the finish of the neck plays a role. the BB2024 felt chunky with a satin finish. Wasn't uncomfortable Just different. I will say i prefered the 2015 neck to the yamaha but its wasn't like the 75 which i REALLY disliked. The sound is very different to the fender pick ups. more aggression. I forgot that i tried a MIJ fender fretless P bass. That felt good as well. They said it was made with like last 25 years. In all honesty i went down the bass gallery to try a MIJ P bass but when i arrived it had been sold.

oh cool. yes it had a flat fretboard. learnt a new word slab fingerboard. thanks. sounds like you built a gem of a bass.

its felt so different. It had flatwounds and the foam in the metal shielding at bridge was intact. i just wonder if the neck profile is made in any other brands. i looked up moollon but it is slightly differenr and the wait is 30-36 months lol.

Oh wow. thanks for informing me. so many basses ive never unearthed before

hey. I popped into the yamaha store in london today. i didn't see this bass. what model is this?