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Does anyone know what the actual differences are? Is the Vintera a replacement model for the player and if so what are the apparent upgrades or differences they’ve introduced? I’m guessing the Japanese Fender workmanship and quality is going to be top notch, I own a Player and the quality control on that is pretty damn good. I’m considering a new P bass and it will be one of these three (there’s absolutely no way I’m paying for a US model).

You say ‘ripped in’? So does that rip and store as a standalone device?

From what I remember, this has always been a complete shzit show. I remember some label guy once telling me that if a cd costs a tenner the band usually get less than a pound out of it. It’s probably worse than that now. I’m not all that worried about this anyway tbh, most of the bands I listen to are either dead or that rich I think they’ll be fine. I’ve also bought some of their albums more than once on various formats already.If there’s something new I like, I’ll put my hand in my pocket.

I’m even more unsure now than at the start of this thread. I was honestly expecting it to be a lot more one sided towards streaming.

I own some vinyl and the player, but at this point I’m pretty much ruling out a large vinyl collection because of the price. I like vinyl mainly for the artwork tbh. If I had to subscribe for music for the rest of my life it would cost me about 4 grand or something near. I reckon I could rack that up in LPs a lot sooner! No snazzy artwork though.

If I was going to go for a subscription Apple would *probably* be what I’d go for. I do own some stuff on iTunes - not enough to really tie me to it, but it’s enough to make me think I’d probably stay with Apple. At this point I don’t really own much in the way of CDs, vinyl or digital though - more like an assortment of them all - so it would be almost like starting from scratch. The only thing I would need to buy hardware wise would be a Bluetooth receiver so I could use my half decent old amp and speakers. That’s also something else I need to consider; some of this gear is from the 90s and won’t last forever, if it packs up is it worth replacing considering some of it (CD player mainly) is considered ‘old tech’?

How does everyone listen to music these days? I’m coming to the end of a discounted period of Amazon’s Music unlimited. It’s been fine while I’ve had it, but I’m not sure I want to pay for a full price music subscription - basically paying to own nothing - and have been thinking it’d be nice to build a collection of music back up. I’m pretty sure you could buy a ton of used CDs for the cost of a years Amazon or Apple Music. Am I just living in the past and should I just suck it up and pay for a subscription?! I have been using it on my phone on the way to work and stuff, but there’s always YouTube etc.

I Want to be Straight - Ian Dury & The Blockheads.

I fitted a Badass II to my Fender Jazz some years ago. No problems whatsoever, it’s pretty much the easiest upgrade I’ve done. Been fine ever since.

Brilliant, sorted (kind of). I’ve at least narrowed it down to some pickup/pole piece noise now. That’s a job for another day.

I’ve been getting a lot of noise from my Precision, so this morning I decided to shield it. I’ve covered the cavity in copper tape and attached a strip from the cavity to under the pickguard which is also shielded. It’s all one cavity, no separate PU cavity. I’ve also checked the bridge wire and added a bit of tape. It doesn’t seems to have made much difference. Do I need a wire going from the ground on the jack socket to the cavity? Or the bridge to the cavity? I’ve done all this once on a different bass and can’t remember exactly what I did.

They also do a very good job of bringing out every pop, crackle and scratch on my old soul 7 inchers 😂. But yeah, they sound really well balanced for most uses including casual listening.

That’s what I went for in the end (80 Ohm) 👍. Seem pretty decent across the board so far.

Maybe some kind of bicycle wall mount would work (hung sideways, not upright)?

I had a 70s Fender Jazz in the 90s - sold it. Had a Stingray - sold it. Had a Spector Euro LX- sold it. Had a Squier P I bought used for 70 quid - sold it. The only one I actually miss? The Squier. It was the one I expected nothing from, so felt like I got the most out of (I also really like P basses tbf). If I had any of the others land in my lap I’d probably wind up selling them all over again. Sometimes the hunt is better than the catch.

Well that’s certainly different!

Oops, forgot about that - Sheffield.

Interesting. That probably helped the bass stay audible on the radios etc of the time (as someone else noted above).

I’m guessing this is the exception rather than the rule though. And it doesn’t really matter either way considering the rest of his work: