What gear have you bought or acquired, simply because you thought you ought to..?

[Roger2611]

Bartonlini, had a Tune Woodbass fitted with Barts, hated the sound of it, had a top end Bass Collection fitted with Barts, hated the sound of it, had an ESP Horizon 5 string where the original pickups and electrics had been replaced by Bartolini stuff....double hated the sound of it....sorry if you just looked at you ESP and thought "hey! I'm stuck with that POS now!"

[Terry M.]

11 minutes ago, Roger2611 said:

Bartonlini, had a Tune Woodbass fitted with Barts, hated the sound of it, had a top end Bass Collection fitted with Barts, hated the sound of it, had an ESP Horizon 5 string where the original pickups and electrics had been replaced by Bartolini stuff....double hated the sound of it....sorry if you just looked at you ESP and thought "hey! I'm stuck with that POS now!"

I mentioned Barts in my earlier post. I just don't understand them. They have a legion of fans however so it's probably just you and me ☺️

Edited 5 hours ago by Terry M.

[paul_5]

Also the Sansamp Bass Driver never really scratched me where I itched - I still reckon the Paradriver is vastly superior 

[Russ]

3 hours ago, Roger2611 said:

Bartonlini, had a Tune Woodbass fitted with Barts, hated the sound of it, had a top end Bass Collection fitted with Barts, hated the sound of it, had an ESP Horizon 5 string where the original pickups and electrics had been replaced by Bartolini stuff....double hated the sound of it....sorry if you just looked at you ESP and thought "hey! I'm stuck with that POS now!"

I don't hate them, but they're very "polite". The MMC/MME MM pickups were decent in terms of tone and output, but didn't really have the MM sound. 

 

Their cheap Mk1 pickups are ubiquitous on basses from the Far East and are fairly terrible. Low output and not particularly pleasant-sounding.