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The irony is, with the belief that a fast neck is narrow and shallow, that I played faster on my old baseball bat neck, 50s P-Bass than any other bass I've owned! It was super comfortable. When they're too narrow/thin, I find you can actually trip over yourself a bit.

Same here. I've never had that happen with 30+ basses, or even heard of that until today. I don't understand how a tightly drilled (fnar!) bolt *can* move. Happy to have that explained though!

This also brings to mind the oft-quoted statement when referring to Fender bass/guitar place of manufacture (I'm paraphrasing slightly) ; "You can have a Fender made in Mexico by Mexicans, or a Fender made in the USA by Mexicans"

The basic finishing and set up will be human. The rest of the construction process, automated. Let's not ignore the fact the Mexican factory has pumped out some stonkingly good quality basses and guitars for the best part of a decade now. So, imo, specifically being from Mexico has very little do with this.

Not sure how all of this affects the CNC machines they use in the Fender factory in Mexico, as they use the same ones in the USA, China, Indonesia and Japan. Where people are from would make little to no difference to the end product given the high level of machine automation in a Fender product.

These were a smidge under £1000 less than 2 years ago. That's quite a hike.

How did these ever get signed off, QC-wise. Didn't someone at some point go " maybe we should recall all of these, to prevent reputational damage?" Maybe they just don't/didn't care and assume/d people will buy them and not complain or notice? Pretty poor, either way you spin it, from Fender's point of view.

I agree. While an instrument is only worth what someone will pay for it, I think we can all agree that most, if not all, instruments have a rough market value (you're not going to sell a Wal for £200, although I think some poor chaps probably did do that in the 90's). You'd think given money is tighter for most, you'd see basses actually going for more competitive prices, as there's less willingness, perhaps, to part with large sums as people tighten their belts - but I don't see this at all ATM outside of Basschat. What I'm seeing a lot of late is a propensity to go well above that value on other selling sites, which is fine, if the market will bear it and people will buy at those prices, but they often don't, and you see the same instruments knocking around for ages, before they invariably accept an offer, or price it more in line with the rough market value. Maybe Basschat tends to be better in that we're (mostly) well versed in buying and selling all sorts of stuff, and are quite exposed to what things will actually go for, etc. I'd also add, that in my experience, the brand of bass goes a long way. Some brands just aren't that popular with the wider bass playing populace, regardless of how much it cost the original owner, your potential market to sell to is much smaller than Fender and the like, so you're going to take a hit, more often than not.

This really is the best place to buy and sell basses on the net. The pricing of instruments on here, seems to reflect the real market value a lot better (most of the time). I've been looking for a particular type of bass recently, and have been scouring Reverb, eBay, FB Marketplace daily for it, and the prices are mental across the board - this is the only place where it seems to be *right*

I was playing at a private party in which Jon Coughlan (he of 'Quo' dame) was attendance. Well, naturally, he was asked if he would get up and play a song. So I got to jam with him. Great drummer - surprisingly Jazzy.

The J4 in Surf Green has tempted me a few times. I just can't get over the pickup routing. Circular ended pickups in square routes - leaving a lot of space. What is that about?

Is it any good for metal though, if it's that heavy? . . . Oh wait it's a Dingwall - as you were!

I'll keep mine short. I'm 36 and I find modern chart music the absolute fecking pits. Identikit, simple, dance-hall, ragga type stuff, with a high pitched, autotuned vocal about being in a club. The sort of music you hear being played at full pelt on a mobile phone by the local scrotes. That said, I don't think modern music, as a whole is worse. It's as good as it's probably ever been. The great stuff is still there if you scratch below the mainstream surface (my personal fave being Tom Misch). However, I do agree that the general quality of what I'd call 'chart' music is at a nadir at the moment, and doesn't hold a candle to the chart music of the previous 4-5 decades.

I do apologise. I stand corrected. I've just gone to check mine and it is as this one.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Interesting stuff! I have a September 2002 Rockbass Streamer 5 and it doesn't have that truss cover, so this one must be a very early one. I think they started selling Rockbasses early summer 2002? As an aside - this bass needs burning. I wouldn't pay £50 for it!

It's like a 1970s Japanese, Reverend Mercalli, Warwick dolphin, Gibson Les Paul hybrid, made by a one-armed squid. It just needs killing with fire, quite frankly.

I've never been in a dictatorship band - I'm not sure I could be. I get the feeling that style is more likely to breed resentment and result (on the whole) in bands that have a lot of friction or don't stay together too long (unless paid/compensated well).

That 2x12 I no longer have! With my current Trace 2x8 stack, it's tall enough to, more or less, be at ear level. I can hear a nice full range of sound apart from 'deep' bass. It is there - just not stood next to the cab. The crowd are getting it though. This was my original point to the OP who felt he needed more guts in his sound - he probably does have it!

KZ5 by a mile. I had the standard model with factory preamp and MTD P/Us. If the quality of the B-string is your primary concern, the MTD is in another league to pretty much anything else - let alone your other choices. I found the standard Pre-amp nicely voiced - a lot of that biting MTD sound was present. I think people began this trend of swapping them out because it's the done thing to do with them, rather than just using their ears. The standard pickups I had (double coils though) were practically silent. Good luck in your hunt!