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On 01/11/2022 at 21:36, NickA said:

Late to the party here, but DAMN. That Dolphin is flipp(er)in spectacular! 

Great video. I watched this intently, tonight, as need to buy a Pre-amp/DI.

For me, there were two clear winners ;

The MXR and the Origin Effects Vintage (Blue one). They sounded thicker, fuller and smoother, and more powerful than the others, with real 'body' and presence.

Conversely I disliked the Darkglass ones and thought the Trace Elliot and Ampeg were the poorest sounding across the board. Although TBF, it sounded like the settings for the TE were all over the shop.

On the back of this, I've ordered the MXR!

On 29/11/2022 at 11:35, Chienmortbb said:

There was a huge music superstore in Southampton, it is not there now. The mar was whereI first saw the Black Aerodyne.Loved the look, thought that it could not plat well, played it and fell I love. That was probably 2002 although mine is a 2003 model. It was £995 or £999. I could not afford that and was not gigging ,it was a dream. sI travelled to Japan-once or twice a year, I knew of the Ishibashi Music Store  in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. They had it for about  £420 so I arranged a personal import and with Shipping,i nsurance and duties it came In at about £550. If it were a an available here for£600 newIwould have ought it asI had no Warranty with mine. When it arrived it was still in tune!

I am not disputing your experience but could not find one here for £600 whenI ordered mine.

Now it's playing on my mind!

Just checked 'internet way back' archiving. GAK, had them at £549 in 2004!

Jazz bass has a nicer neck and is more flexible, but my vote goes to the P. It has an inherent 'body' and thickness to the tone which just underpins a band better than a Jazz, IMO (I say this as somebody who solely owns a Deluxe Active Jazz at the moment).

No matter what I do, Jazzes just have an inherent scoop to them which make it harder to punch through in a band setting (in my experiences). If I roll back to the back pickup, the tone is way too thin and makes you sound like a Jaco impersonator. The front pickup is a slightly worse facsimile of the P-Bass tone. However, they do have a bit more 'pop' and are great for slap bass type sounds - Disco, Funk etc.

Edit - I prefer the smaller body of the Precision too.

On 25/11/2022 at 14:03, Chienmortbb said:

I was just drooling over a white Aerodyne Precision and wondered if it is worth £1300? TO create context, I bought a Black Aerodyne jazz bass as a personal import from Japan in 2003. It cost me just over £400 plus about £75 in duties and charges. Was that worth it? Yes they were going for £1000 here and I love that bass. Since then, I have bought and sold a number of basses costing less than that, and each one was more than gigable. I am currently gigging a Marcus Miller M2 at £270 from Thomann, cheaper than a decent Sqeuir*. My third bass and again very gigable is a Peavey P bass. It cost £50 2nd hand and has a superb neck. So what are Fender, especially USA ones, worth?

 

* deliberate misspelling of a Fender missspelling

Are you sure they were £1000 here? I distinctly remember very nearly buying a Japanese Aerodyne PJ Jazz for around £600, new, in 2004, before settling on a Yamaha TRB4II in the shop.

Stingray has a much nicer midrange, but I vote Sandberg as it was warmer and a bit thicker sounding - would get my vote in a band context.

I'm 36 and I'd say, after the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles are my all time favourite band. They changed music completely. The sheer amount of incredible songs they wrote is beggars belief, all while young men in their 20's and early 30's. 

I sometimes see 'they weren't good musicians' bandied about as a counterpoint to them, which;

A - is absolute tosh

B - smells a little bit of the same attitude that we see online when people say they like a certain bass player.

"I like flea!, He's the best!

"How can you like Flea? Les Claypool and Mark King are much better technically, therefore they are superior bass players!"

Kinda defeats the point of music. It's about the songs created, not technical ability, and judged by that metric, no-one can touch The Beatles.

Green for me!

1 hour ago, Machines said:

Not an L-2000, but further fuel to support that G&L Tribute QC has gone down the pan

 

Yes, I thought it was called that too.

 

 

His video for the LB-100 also mentions multiple QC issues. 

I love Warwicks. *LOVE* them. Imo, the best bass brand, best sound, feel and quality.

But

Imo, these are gawky looking (like most of the cross-breeds they design). The price at £3400-3500, is bonkers. Who's buying these new? 

Also, Andertons bass videos only really work with Nathan and Lee. 

Dunlop Marcus Millers / Elites Stainless Steel are the brightest strings I've used.

Off the top of my head (and some tongue in cheek before responses from over-earnest brand defenders).

Ampeg - need to do a small, valve/hybrid head - Like a PF800 but more Boutique-y.

Ashdown - get rid of the VU - turn it into a tuner. A super light ABM too please.

Fender - I'd like to see 'Mini-esque' levels of customisation with new basses. Pick your colour/pickups/fretboard 

Musicman - lower your insane pricing - allow some form of customisation of orders if you don't.

Warwick - See above, and also some new designs please. You always make interesting, unique, designs, but, there's been nothing new for 10/15+ years. 

Markbass - slimline your range.  Your products all seem like the same thing, in different chassis.

Spector - you make possibly the best mass produced basses - stop marketing them solely to the rock and metal crowd. It does the basses a disservice.

Gibson - reissue your classic basses. Do you not like making cash or something? I want to see an import line of Grabbers and Rippers.

Barefaced - nothing. You are perfect.

I'd always go higher power. It's not necessarily about volume, but about cleanliness at volume. Smaller powered amps will get you loud, but normally you'd work the gain control that bit harder, resulting a lot of harmonic content. You may think this is a good thing! For me, gigging, minimum 500w for a composed tone.

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

I can only speak with clarity about my one recent G&L Tribute (an LB-100, bought in Dec 2021), but nothing springs to mind about ones I've had in the past.  The only flaws I found were as follows:

 

Furry nut slots - yeah, a bit untidy, I picked away the swarf because it bugged me.

Shielding - fscking awful, partially daubed shielding paint in the control cavity.  I lined it with copper tape.

Knobs - I don't recall them being askew - I replaced them with flat tops because I think the dome tops look cheap - just a personal preference.

 

No fit, finish or fretting issues on mine.

 

As far as setup goes, I really don't care - I do my own setups anyway.  I don't expect a bass to arrive set up for me so I don't think it's fair to list any setup issues in a critique of a newly arrived bass unless it was so far out of whack as to be unplayable.

It is fair in this Instance. It was the worst I have ever seen. It was so far out of whack as to be unplayable. I reiterate - how that left the factory and was signed off, is utterly beyond me. I appreciate this is not everyone's experience, totally. But it was mine, sadly.

7 minutes ago, Ralf1e said:

Did you accept it and put it right or did the store sort it out? It it now OK? It seems to me there must be a lack of training of basic setups at the factory. I believe they are earning a bad reputation for what are fabulous guitars for the sake of a proper setup. The bones are all there as is the electronics. They are worth their money easily once sorted and more.

Yeh it's alright G&L we will finish them for you but you are loosing potential owners hand over fist from people that cant finish them off themselves.

Strangely enough my 5 string came set up so well I haven't even felt the need to dressed the frets yet. Ends are fine although the frets would benefit from a polish. Just goes to show the odd good one does get through🤣

I rejected it there and then and went and bought a far superior MTD instead!

When I went 5-string shopping earlier in the year, I got GuitarGuitar to order in a L2500 in Jet Frost, and much like you, I had heard nothing but great reports of QC. But, calling a spade, a spade, here, it was utterly shoddy. White stains in the lacquer by the neck pocket, poor fret ends and nut, loose tuners and worst of all, a set-up that was beggars belief in how that ever left the factory. The strings were resting on the pole pieces and sticking to them due to the magentization. No neck relief. It was a complete dog. 

Something must be going on at their factory, as I've seen QC issues reported elsewhere recently.

I've had another look. Missed the non-original electronics and missing decals. Even if you stripped this back and completely refurbished and refinished it to an expert standard. you'd genuinely struggle to hit 2-3k. This is utterly pie in the sky pricing.

Lovely bass. Are you sure it's a 99 model? The Masterbuilt series is a rebranding of the German standard line, that they started using in the mid 10's?

When I started playing bass in 2003 aged 17, it was Stuart Zender. It was all sparked off by listening to the song 'Travelling Without Moving'. I then downloaded a load of live bootlegs from Limewire and could scarcely believe a Bass guitar could sound that good. His insane feel and phrasing, combined with that rubbery, growling tone. I started to try and ape that - I'm no closer 20 years (and numerous Warwicks) later! 

Taking the owner out of the equation entirely (I don't want to be disrespectful at all), when viewed as a standalone bass, I legitimately wouldn't pay £300 for that.

Lee just bought my Gator Dual Bass case.

Quick responses, Hassle free and came and collected it quickly. Deal with total confidence!

Thanks Lee!

10 hours ago, ern500evo said:

Been looking at going down this route, rather than my 2 hard cases. Do these offer a good level of protection? 

Yes - obviously not to hardcase levels, but better than a conventional softcase. It has strengthened sides, so maintains rigidity pretty well and prevents crushing. Plus, the cushioning is fairly thick (around 3cm?)

Hope this helps!

4 hours ago, Prymabassist said:

Hey I'm looking to buy your case I was wondering during if you did postage ? 

Hi,

Sorry I cannot post at the moment! Always find it difficult to source packing materials round my neck of the woods.

I recently got one of the new design BB3's.

I too, was completely skeptical of the claims Barefaced make with regards to them, thinking they couldn't possibly be that good. In short - they are.

You can trust them. It's absolute witchcraft how loud and low this thing can go. 

It goes louder and lower than the Vanderkley MNT210's I had, and both the Hartke and Ashdown 4x10s at my rehearsal rooms (a good comparison as you see these sorts of cabs fairly often on the circuit).

Unless you're doing huge outdoor gigs (when you would or should be in a PA anyway) there is no situation where a BB3 doesn't cut it.

With super clear tone and great off-axis projection they sound incredible too. Also, weighing just 12kg, you can't go wrong.

Hi,

Here we have my Gator Bass Duo hard/soft case. Bought new 5 months ago for £175. From a smoke free home. All as new, with the rain cover. As the name suggests, comfortably takes two basses!

Can't post at this point, so meet up or collection only. I'm based in Moreton in Marsh, which straddles the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire/Warwickshire border.  

Thanks for looking!