Mrbigstuff

You get good points for scale but lose out on the rest….

The drunk who says they can play the triangle

I like to keep things simple these days

It’s okay, someone has started a new top trumps list now anyway 🤷‍♂️

Off topic, but it’s the other way round. Reading as no use other than communicating musical ideas. Music theory is the building blocks of composition. You could know a key signature on the fretboard without knowing it on a stave and get through a tune. If you can read the stave but have no idea where it relates to on the fretboard, you’re screwed.

I love the old school look of these. But everything else in my flat is so modern this would be very out of place. Maybe if I ever have a country estate 😂

You haven’t seen the Alpher, Bassmods Cort, Dusenburg, Enfield, Fender, Gibson, Hartke, Ibanez, Jackson, Kramer, Labella, Musicman, Nordstrand or Overwater rooms he also has first

Year started playing: 2003/4 Number of basses: 3 Music theory: 7 Technique: 6 Groove: 6 For the theory, technique and groove I’ve used Marcus Miller as a yardstick (assuming he is 10 for each which he is)

That does look loverly but at £1k not going to be an option unfortunately

Gosh damn that looks a lot of fun

Thanks for the replies. I had considered orange but thought it would be too…. Orange. That purple one is definitely sexy though. I love Aguilar’s gear but it is overkill for my apartment. The Laney is a nice looker. My first bass amp when I was a teen was a Laney and it was weak as hell so I’ve always been a bit of a snob towards the brand but should see if I can try one of those. An original Ampeg B15 would be the dream! I’ve been looking at the micro ampeg VR stack as I think they’re pretty and power doesn’t really matter for at home. Ashdown, similar to the above have a nice looking micro stack. Tone is probably a bit warm for my tastes though. I used to have an ABM combo and traded it for Hartke gear that eventually got traded for Mark bass. Not heard of Hevos and can’t find anything online after a quick search? PJB is definitely a contender. Did not know Barefaced did requests. There’s a green colour in their ad on their website that would be perfect with a silver cloth grill. Will be seriously looking at their 110 or 210. Not heard of GR Bass, but they look really nice! Will be checking those out more for sure.

I’m currently ampless in the bass department but have a rather nice black star guitar amp. I’m looking for an aesthetically pleasing small bass amp+ cab or combo to join it but I’m struggling a little. The look tends to be black tolex and coloured speakers, where coloured tolex and a nice cloth grill is what I’m after. Any suggestions for a combo or cab?

I can only assume you tried to load pics of the bass but the mods removed it because they didn’t think we could cope in the trouser dept? It’s understandable!

I played the jazz version at New Kings Road and honestly didn’t understand the hype at all. I AB’d it with a real ‘63 and they were nothing alike.

Baritone guitar like Fender VI might be what you’re looking for. At least if you bought either of the options you presented, you’re not going to lose much money if you end up selling.

It certainly doesn’t. But it renders your view irrelevant in an argument of whether they’re worth the money or not because you’re not their market.

If you mess up or forget a line, just don’t play for a bar or two until you remember again.

Don’t have the OW J5 anymore but my go to is either the Fender P bass, OW J4 fretless or Sire V5 depending on what vibe I require.

The USA Fenders did improve from 2012. Japan’s reputation has been consistently high since it started with the JV series.

At least we know it’s good for metal……

Agreed, If it was possible to significantly undercut the competition with a US manufactured bass someone would have done it. And if nobody saw the value in paying that much for a US manufactured bass, these companies would go out of business.

Doesn’t matter if they do or don’t.