Mrbigstuff

I always think I’ve seen it, so have the notorious dealers. I wonder if it’s just the poor photos that have put them off?

Deps tend to have more availability during the week so might be more inclined to take a gig with a lower fee just for the extra income. If your gigs are weekends you’re competing against £150-300 fees for weddings ect. You can’t compare to tour fees because normally they include days when you’re travelling and not playing, and are a guaranteed income.

Just polishing up my J4 after quite a bit of use. Can never get over how cool this top is!

Not familiar with that style of music at all, but chromatics add a lot of movement to a bass part without necessarily impacting the harmony too much.

I’ve unintentionally ended up playing just one bass all of 2025! Still loving it as much now as I did in 2017 when I got it so will take something special to sway me this year.

You will be hard pressed to make much money from an originals act.

The neck isn’t. Put a maple fingerboard on and it will be a different sound!

Funnily enough when I see a bass I often think, ahh that’s great if only it was a 5!

Depends if you want to risk your name/ legacy or not. If he has enough money to enjoy retirement and pass a bit on, he may not what to.

Hope you’re right and it’s just a scam but there’s nothing about changing bank details which you’d usually see on a scam attempt.

I would have said Fodera but might be a struggle budget wise 😅 i always associated Ibanez basses to have lots of top end but then I was never keen on the low end of their sound.

Won’t ever sell mine, fantastic cases.

Under the signal path laws you’re still in

I guess that is it. These are specs that I can take or leave. The 34.5 scale length intrigues me though because I struggled previously with a 35” so need to try one.

It’d be good to hear one in a side by side comparison to the more common super jazz favourites like Sadowsky (US), Overwater or Fender Ultra. I’ve had two Sire’s and never had any issues with setup, electronics or hardware but understand I might have been lucky.

I’ve been following what they’ve done on FB for a long while now and love the sounds I hear from the demos. There’s one on here in my favourite green colour. My problem is that my Sire is very very good and I don’t think the Anaconda will be enough of an improvement to warrant the price difference.

Bass bros have one

The philippe dubrieulle jazz bass I once played and missed out on. It was for sale in Wunjos maybe 15-20 years ago and never to be seen again. I check online occasionally just to see if it’s resurfaced but no such luck.

I think we’ve deduced it happened but isn’t a sign of originality that can be used to accurately date a Fender bass. An interesting find nevertheless.

“Shall we fix it Leo?” “Nah who is ever going to notice that!” 60 years later….. 😂

Sounds just like a bass balls to me

I have had a few Warwick’s and love them, but I’ve played a few Spectors and never gelled with the necks or sound. Although the streamer shape was copied, I wouldn’t say they’re the same at all.