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Ahh should have mentioned that, the pups were swapped out a while back for the standard Toneriders

Im awful at using words to describe certain tones but i am certainly on the 'old skool' camp. I use an old MIJ Jazz with flats into a Cali76 compressor that feeds into a Fulltone Mosfet bass drive set to 'subtle' and into an SVT 3 pro with gain high up and valve voltage set low. Its not necessarily more breakup I'm after but a clear woody slightly growly tone. I fully get that the below clips will be through valve amps live but is there a pedal - say a Origin Effects DCX drive or maybe something else to get this type of tone. Or alternatively is this more of a P bass tone that ill struggle to cop on a jazzer? https://youtu.be/MOveYAuDJvw?si=rfNAZLNek5cOWRud https://youtu.be/znoxSwzjI3A?si=bze66A-MmRlXFXd4

That is stunning!

Those old SVT III non-pro's are superb!

Major thread resurrection but was thinking the other day.....Whenever I'm in any town i always pop my head in any Cash Converters to see if there are any bargains to be had. Years back you could find the occasional gem but seems nowadays they just check ebay and price accordingly. However, i was in Camden the other day and popped my head in the local CC to see an old USA Ampeg SVT 3 pro (older version with the red and blue logo). It was immaculate, like NOS immaculate. I didn't try it out but when i enquired about the price they said they would take £250 for it, seems very cheap to me so looks like bargains can still be had if you look around?

I used to love their flats and the 55 solo set. However, recent sets of their flats have been extremely inconsistent. The G & D's almost look like they are from a different set, very shiny but really dull sounding whereas the A & E are duller looking but more lively sounding.

Id echo a few sentiments here. I'm a Barefaced user (original 15" compact) and it does exactly what I wanted it to do when I bought it i.e be easy to carry. Does it sound as good as the cheapo Eden 4x10 it replaced - no. Is there a trade off on sound for the lightweight carry ability of the barefaced? Yes. It does sound good and is very lightweight. It doesn't do as some mentioned on other threads though and replace a bigger cab tone/sound wise...for me

Im currently in a 5 piece indie/rock covers band playing small/medium pubs say 50-150 people. Current rig is a flats loaded Jazz bass into a Mesa Walkabout head into a Barefaced original compact cab. I have an ‘always on’ cali76 compressor and a Mosfet bass drive for some rockier songs. Volume wise im never over quarter of the way on the Mesa’s volume pot and we do feed a little bass to FOH. However, recently the singer wants less stage volume and the PA to do most of the work and he stands out front during sound check and can tweak levels/mix as necessary. In view of this im wondering if i could get away with going back ‘all valve’ with the 30w ashdowns. I like my tone oldschool with a bit of hair but not full on mushy distortion. As the PA will be doing most of the work i think i could get away with it. Ive had an LB before but that was through a knackered old ampeg 1x15 and i have read my Barefaced is supposedly uber efficient. Has anyone done something similar with decent results? Whilst i get stage volume will be lower in my new scenario i still want to feel and hear that thump behind me

Now in stock at Bass Direct. Very intrigued as a 'groundwound' user https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/la-bella-sp-47107-super-polished-bass-strings-4-string-set-47-107/

Love the colour and how it contrasts with the gold-ish guard and maple neck. Way out of my price range and the messed about electrics make it non original anyway

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126609351907?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230823115209%26meid%3D31370409839d4932948103bff88c5f31%26pid%3D101800%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D126609351907%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2SignedOut%26brand%3DFender&_trksid=p4375194.c101800.m5481&_trkparms=parentrq%3A32b34e071920a88ae9259724ffffccc2|pageci%3A8fa53fb7-7cae-11ef-aa9e-e27a10b136fe|iid%3A1|vlpname%3Avlp_homepage Possibly the most stunning vintage Jazz bass I've ever set my eyes on. That is genuinely stunning!

I tried Sell Us Your Guitar's online quote system. About a week later they sent me a rather insulting offer. I assumed I would maybe get two thirds of the price that i would get by selling privately but they offered about 25% of a private sale value. I declined their offer and sold the bass a few days later for much much more

From memory of the Picatos the Elites are slightly higher though its been a while since i played picatos. I really miss their silkless flats, very old school with a pillowy 'whhoooomf' that ive not found since

I used top love their groundwounds and full on flats. However, they did change towards the end and the flats went from fantastic (pre silk ends) to dead and cardboard boxxy when they also added black silks at the ends - the E was unusable. I now use Elites groundwounds, a bit brighter/livelier but settle down well. I think they also used to make the Status strings as they also offer a 'halfround' but stock died out when picato went under