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I've spent the last 42 years searching for my perfect bass tone & gone round the houses several times. Until recently I had 2 Dingwalls which were beautiful basses,but just didn't give me that tone no matter how much tweaking I did. I even swapped the pickups in my ABZ but alas to no avail. I soon realised I was trying to get that P bass tone from basses that just can't do it,so after much deliberation I swapped my ABZ for a Modern Vintage MVP-62 at Bass Direct. I could not be happier. It is the perfect Pbass for me,excellent build quality & fantastic tone,my band absolutely love it,looks pretty cool too. I soon traded my other Dingwall in for a Modern Vintage Jazz bass which is also a fantastic bass,but as mentioned above a Jazz bass cannot do a good a P bass tone.

I've not heard the fans on mine,didn't come on at all at house volume & after a 2 hour gig I check 5 minutes after finishing,fans weren't on.

Well gigged the beat last night & bloody hell what an awesome amp,absolutely love it. Gimme "heft" baby.

Lol,I'm an old hand at this malarkey now after 36 years or so of gigging😁 I've been using a Darkglass Microtubes 900 for the last 3 years but after using an old class A B at a new rehearsal room on Monday I notice there was so much "more" to the tone,hence my purchase 😀 Can't wait to unleash it

Now that sounds like my kind of setting 😁

Thanks for the info 👍 I will almost certainly crank the valve drive pretty high as I play in a classic Black Sabbath covers band 😁🤟

I do like gnarly 😁

Indeed it is 👍 Thank you

Just taken delivery of my new Ashdown ABM 600 evoIV & am very happy with so far,build quality seems spot on. However I'm stuck at work & won't get home until late,all week too so won't get to fire it up until Saturday morning 🙃 I have a gig on Saturday night too so straight into the deep end with it & looking forward too hearing it in a gig environment. Hoping I really like it after a few years from switching to class D due to an arthritic knee which has now been successfully replaced 😁 Bring on the "heft" 👍

Absolutely beautiful bass,congratulations

I totally agree I couldn't be happier ☺ I'm really looking forward to your reviews,especially on the P bass as it is my actual bass you reviewed 😁

They are several times the price of a Modern Vintage bass though 😁

I'm absolutely loving them. I've gigged my P bass twice now & it sounds fantastic,my band really like it. The J I've only played at home so far but it is a superb Jazz bass in every way. I have owned dozens of Fender & clones there of over the last 4 decades & personality I think these are the best ones I've had in all that time. Build quality is second to none,superb finish & so playable with lovely necks. They both balance really well both on the strap & on the knee probably mostly due to the light weight Hipshot tuners,which hold tune perfectly. I love the roasted maple necks too,it really brings the wood grain out. If you are wanting a really nice P or J I definitely reccomend these,massively better then the Vintera P I had or indeed any MIA,AVRI,MIJ or an Overwater J bass I once had.

Lol Modern Vintage is a brand of guitar As in they make guitars & basses https://modernvintageguitars.com/

These are absolutely fantastic bass,let's see 'em * edit : as in the brand https://modernvintageguitars.com/ Here's my 2 beauties,both via Bass Direct. They are without doubt the best P & J basses I have owned.

I think Bass Direct has one in stock 😁 It is a very nice colour as is your Shell Pink & my Seafoam Green MVP 😁 there are fantastic instruments & well worth the money. Did you save much by going Direct? My brother fancies one of there Strats

Nice that matey 👍 I had a Vintera P a while back & that was an excellent bass,although I did fit KiOgon loom to it which was a very good improvement

Definitely worth a luck when you can get to try one,I think you'll be very impressed.

Thank you,I was going to try some she polish as I have some almost the same colour. I can very highly recommend them,my MVP-62 is fantastic too.

Lol they are rather nice aren't they 😁

Yes definitely agree re cymbals bloody drummers 😁 The bass is definitely a keeper,I just wish I'd known beforehand.