Mrbigstuff

Sparkly teal or purple for me. I used to have a translucent teal SR with a maple neck and black PG and that was a looker. Add the sparkle and it will be unique.

The Stuart Clayton books are very good for jamiroquai material

Similar to this. If you can write the parts out like a left and right hand piano line you will see visually where they meet rhythmically. Then you start to think of it as one part rather than two in parallel.

That’s a good point. Aside from Sire, I always found that the pickups on cheaper basses lacked depth (bass frequencies) in their pickups. The originator of Sire was an electrician/ engineer, much like the founder of Markbass. My MIM P bass had American standard pups but I improved it a lot by swapping them for Lindy Fralin

I was only talking of the decal aspect. Already mentioned the knobs a few pages ago. Don’t think there’s any interest

Could just be a refinished neck and new decal added. Quite common

Looks like a P bass decal rather than jazz bass

In that case the OP should get a Sire and pro setup because they’re excellent when done right. If you get a V5 they’re passive and you don’t need to worry about active circuits or batteries. FWIW I had an early V1 and didn’t have any issues with that either.

I think we need to stay in context that the OP is a beginner. All hardware is designed to do a job, and will do it if properly setup and maintained. The tuners on my Sire and MIM P bass are excellent. The biggest difference I find when you go above budget basses is either aesthetics (fancy woods ect), preferences (scale lengths, body size, fret size ect) and setup (plays great straight out of the box). Of course it is a lot more fun to buy lots of gear but as a beginner you’ll never recover the hours lost just learning to play sufficiently.

Wow where to begin. knobs and decal for starters. Fingerboard looks like it’s been in a shark attack

Oh well if it’s a giveaway I will have the 62 please 😂

It will be much cheaper to address the issues with the bass. Ask a luthier to look at the setup/ frets. Cheaper basses are mostly cheaper because less time gets spent on the QC. Contrary to popular belief, new gear doesn’t make you better

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