Mrbigstuff

Low action mostly. Sounded like it could have been a stack knob to my ears as there was more tone on the bottom end than the top.

Yep smaller body and active only. It had a trans red finish with a maple board and was a real stunner!

I bought an American Dlx off eBay for £450 just over 15 years ago! The preamp wasn’t the best so I’m it moved on, but in hindsight I should have just changed it and kept will the bass because it was a beauty to look at!

Telling a bunch of addicts there will be gear available is a bit cruel. My first thought was how good kick drum mics can sound for recording a bass cab. I neither have a drum kit, bass cab or the need for any recording but I still wanted it 😂

It’s explained on the first page

I find that crazy! Even when I gigged I just used 1 comfort strap. But now I don’t gig so a strap is there just to stop the bass falling off my lap!

Nah straps are like clothing and aren’t for me a particularly joyful purchase. I’ve had the same ones for an age.

I’m late to the party and was just going to say the same thing! Not helped my GAS at all!

The sheer arrogance to not even disguise your guilty sins! 😂

Yep I was going to say if you could get one from the bass gallery (Sei) it’d far exceed anything Fender could produce.

I completed this year after life outside of music took a dive. Let’s see if I can make it again in better times!

Sire have you covered. 34” scale so not completely alien to a 4 string, passive or active, maple or rosewood, ash or alder, jazz or precision, and if you get one with the roasted neck and rolled fingerboard they’re loverly to play.

Close to my utopia: 1) vintage fender P with flats 2) vintage fender J with rounds 3) fretless jazz bass 4) modern 5 string (probably soapbar or similar). If I found a money tree I’d probably have a bigger vintage collection but I wouldn’t see the point in more than one 5 string in my situation, not even a fretless one.

I prefer this shape too. My grievance with the KS shape isn’t that it’s a KS copy, but that it’s been done so badly!

thanks! Quite a different scenario to those I was talking about! Loads of sonic space in a small outfit with cranked amps! You’re not reading the details of my point so you’ll never agree. I also have no idea how you play and what band setup you play in so couldn’t advise on your specific scenario. Anyway, hopefully these Jones basses have very good electronics to match the Competition they’re sitting in, and make up for the boxy aesthetics.

I have no idea what live in Leeds refers to…. But I did also say modern passive fenders. IME the pickups from the 80s onwards lost something. The notes cut through superbly live on some 60s and 70s fender basses, whether that be down to wood or pickups. edit. If all passive fenders were good for all occasions, there wouldn’t have been a need for development in electronics at all!

It depends on the makeup of the band. But my experience is that in larger setups especially, with a modern passive Fender the audience are unlikely to hear much definition in the notes. It tends to be all the low end which can make the sound a bit wooly (nothing wrong with that if it’s what is desired). My experience with boutique instruments is that the electronics are all of significant design and quality that they do not suffer this same issue. I guess this is why they are popular in gospel, musical theatre and big bands. Plus in those musical situations the player is often seated and not throwing the instrument around the stage ala the who.

Depends what you class as decent. To my ears only the recent ultra and elite series have had enough depth to easily cut through the mix of a professional band. Whereas with a KS, Fodera, sadowsky or overwater they do it with ease I adore them but it’s the thinness of the body, smooth neck join and amazing woods that appeal to me most. I can see why they command the prices they do because to my hands, eyes and ears they’re the best money can buy.

I made a mess of the anonymous bit, or have I stolen someone’s identity? 🤔 we’ll never know…..

They remind me of these characters:

I didn’t want to be the one to say it 😆

As long as there are people enjoying music, there is nothing wrong with it.

I wouldn’t worry about the equipment too much. Something that does help the gospel tone is low action, which gives it a bit of buzz and helps get up and down the neck quicker. Then when they dig in a bit more with the right hand, the gain will be above the recording threshold and produce a little distortion.

I’d be in favour of anything that would stop the above but criminals always find another way. Event companies go to huge lengths to stop touting but it still happens on a large scale for anything in demand.