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Spector Ethos at Bass Direct https://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Spector_Ethos_4_LH_Interstaller.html

and it's a reverse P!!!!!

Just skimmed through and I have to say, Style Council were great, as usual! Also, INXS kicked a** though!

Unless it's old stock, but still that'd mean the parts they used aren't so recent

I don't think there are new Brandoni basses anymore, I just saw that the owner died. Quickly checked their website.

Well, reading the thread it actually seems a no brainer more than a try before you buy

Brandoni P Bass in London Admittedly, I didn't know the brand until I saw this Seems interesting https://reverb.com/uk/item/64302611-brandoni-precision-bass

There was 1 on Reverb sold in the Netherlands for 2.3k, now it's gone. This to say, that 1 data point is not enough. I believe they might have hold up well, but not exceeded the initial price. That said, this is a particular model too. https://reverb.com/item/4155638-status-streamline-5

It might for sure. But I personally doubt that (apart for the one off) second-hand boutique basses will exceed the initial price. They might retain it, and still I think that is gonna be tricky. Often we say "it's an investment", and this is where I disagree. The idea behind any investment is that of getting some gain at some point, and I just don't see how this is possible with basses. Again, with the one offs and rare exceptions (eg old bass owned by a famous person, old bass with factory defects, etc.).

more on the dub side

Really like this one. Do you know who made the dub?

just saying... https://www.guitarworld.com/news/greta-van-fleet-jake-kiszka-cut-off-the-tip-of-sam-kiszkas-thumb

I agree 100%. My point is that, considering all you just said, the fact that the actual price of a bass is higher that 5y ago doesn't make it an investment in itself. It always needs to be compared with inflation, cost of living, etc. That a Ken Smith (just to randomly name a good brand) is now worth 3k more than in the late 80s, doesn't really make it an investment.

One thing that seems a recurring theme here and elsewhere is the idea that prices will go up. I don't wanna be a partypooper, but there's no way prices will always go up. Hard to predict when this will stop, but it'll happen at some point even if momentarily. Especially considering that the number of boutique bass brands increased exponentially in the last 15-20y. What was a "unique" thing until 20-30y ago, is becoming the standard now. Let's just consider how many people on BC, or even on this thread own a boutique bass. And that to me means that prices, also for boutique basses, will go down. Actually for mass produced one prices have already dropped (ie quality you get for money spent). Just my opinion though.

Something more to be said about Jaco is that he had really big hands and double jointed thumbs. All this to say that there might be occasions where he had an unusual fretting hand position. But, I'd agree with @spencer.b, usually he had a really neat fretting hand.

well, I guess there's people who just don't give a damn about the fretting hand thumb position...

I think we might be getting a little bit out of topic here. We all have our ideas, believes, etc. and they are all valid (within reason ), but I feel like we should probably backtrack a bit and get back to talking about "where we position our fretting hand thumb" and less about "whatever I do with my thumb is better than what others do" (paraphrasing here). I think the goal should be sharing experiences more than imposing ideas. So, let's share and then people on the other side will do whatever they want with the info.

did you try bypassing the DI? I would avoid having a DI between audio device and monitors.