franzbassist

I've been down a bit of a rabbit hole with strings over the last couple of years, but just before Christmas I ordered a couple of Newtone sets for my new Franz bass. I wanted to string it through the body and so needed strings that were 38" long from ball end to top nut. I went for Platinum wrap, round core, nickel plated in a typical 45/65/85/105/130 gauge and WOW, I am blown away by them. The feel, tension and tone are all just perfect for me. So pleased to have rediscovered this British classic!

This is very true.

I will always have a soft spot for this 😍

My Sirius singlecut by Franz bassguitars. It is the perfect fretless for me.

Well hurrah and huzzah. Not sure how I missed that.

Super smooth sale of some parts to Michael. Would very happily deal with him again

Yep, I used the WL20L for my active basses with no issue. Now I use the WL50 and it's even better.

Hello Phil. I hope you’re doing well. The choice is really good these days. Personally, I’d go with Sire or Cort.

Nope

Mrs FB has bought me one of these! I suspect she's hoping it'll make me as cool as JT himself.

If we're talking good looking singlecuts, my Franz Sirius is a tasty bass.

Thank you! It's a Rockboard Tres 3.0.

Nor did I. Close up shots look amazing, full body images not so much...

As a bass player, probably easily enough, but as a bass player who also sings harmony bass parts on a lot of our songs and lead vocals on some songs.... not so much.

Indeed! I would never ship a bass without extra insurance that actually works!

I posted a bass in a semi-rigid gig bag inside a proper bass shipping cardboard box last week for £21 plus £5 for proper insurance with Securesus. Total weight was 12kg and I used Parcelforce 24.

It looks to me like it's already been refinished, just without any colour matching? If it's a decent enough repair I'd be inclined to leave it and chalk it up to "mojo".

I would love a Spector PJ5, but I am so used to 19mm bridge spacing at the bridge I think it would feel very cramped.

Early Ken Smith basses too I believe.

Another super smooth sale to Mike. He's a good 'un!

I haven't found this to be an issue. I use a (1x12 + 1x10) 4ohm cab rated at 600 watts and the amp is more than capable of keeping up. I never go through the PA unless the venue is larger than your typical pub or club, and have yet to find an occasion where this amp is lacking. I get this. As I've said before, the amp isn't really for live work unless you are happy with spending some time tweaking the amp to get the sounds you like set up. I have settled on chorus, octave and envelope filter as my live effects, and I'm fine with that, especially with the compression and drive on tap as well. Indeed. My amp doesn't do this!