What new gear should be produced?

[Beedster]

On 06/01/2026 at 19:21, Steve Browning said:

Mesa 1x15 combo, with a valve pre and the D350 power stage. Also add the Walkabout radiator. 

 

On 07/01/2026 at 13:40, Bolo said:

Mesa flip top counterpart. All the Mesa tube goodness in a studio/small room format.

 

14 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Mesa Subway combos 👍

@agedhorse 👍

[fretmeister]

5 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

I'd like to see Joe Dart Sterling basses available to the UK without the absurdly high shipping fee.

 

Me too - but with it being EBMM/SBMM you know they'd just massively increase the price instead.

 

The shipping fee for a one off was fine - but when it was obvious that there would be loads in a container at the same time that was taking the piss a bit.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

 

On 06/01/2026 at 13:27, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

A special edition of the JMJ Mustang bass in a custom colour nitro with the production line's 'road-worn' operation bypassed.

 

Just seen the Andertons exclusive player II series jazz bass, jazzmaster, strat, & tele in lavender haze. This colour in nitro on a JMJ with no relicing shenanigans would look good.

 

 

or perhaps a metallic version of lavender haze

 

 

Wow! If I dismantle one of my daphne blue JMJs, where can I send the body to get this finish done in nitro, and what would the cost be?

 

edit: matching headstock!

 

 

 

Edited January 8 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[Beedster]

14 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

Just seen the Andertons exclusive player II series jazz bass, jazzmaster, strat, & tele in lavender haze. This colour in nitro on a JMJ with no relicing shenanigans would look good.

 

 

Wow! If I dismantle one of my daphne blue JMJs, where can I send the body to get this finish done in nitro, and what would the cost be?

 

 

Message Dan @d_g 👍

[ped]

I reckon everyone should chill out and stop making new stuff for a bit 

[Lozz196]

4 minutes ago, ped said:

I reckon everyone should chill out and stop making new stuff for a bit 

But then we’d only have old vintage instruments to lust after.

 

Yep, fair point 🤣

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, ped said:

I reckon everyone should chill out and stop making new stuff for a bit 

I agree @ped, it’s become an arms race, especially in terms of amplification 

[Terry M.]

2 hours ago, ped said:

I reckon everyone should chill out and stop making new stuff for a bit 

Interestingly I was browsing in Anderton's just today and tried a few basses. Long story short I couldn't wait to get back home to play the gear I already own. Basically I agree with you 👍

[SteveXFR]

12 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

 

Just seen the Andertons exclusive player II series jazz bass, jazzmaster, strat, & tele in lavender haze. This colour in nitro on a JMJ with no relicing shenanigans would look good.

 

 

or perhaps a metallic version of lavender haze

 

 

Wow! If I dismantle one of my daphne blue JMJs, where can I send the body to get this finish done in nitro, and what would the cost be?

 

edit: matching headstock!

 

 

 

 

Id like to see a back metal band with guitars in that cheerful shade.

[nekomatic]

A thing that would make me practice enough. 
 

[itu]

A teacher, maybe? 

[Terry M.]

On 08/01/2026 at 11:40, fretmeister said:

 

They did a limited run like that once. Might have even been neck through.

 

It didn't sell enough to keep going with it.

Do you have any specifics by any chance? Tried Google but nothing so far...

[Downunderwonder]

On 07/01/2026 at 03:54, Suburban Man said:

I’m sure there’s a market for a bass ‘arpeggiator’. I just play the root note and it kindly fills in with a suitable walking pattern or fill. Not that I’m lazy or anything…

You would want it to give it the note to aim at for the next bar so not actually play any of your notes as you would be playing a bar ahead of the tune. Not so lazy if you can pull that off.

[christhammer666]

 a precision with with an ibby soundgear neck profile

[Woodinblack]

28 minutes ago, christhammer666 said:

 a precision with with an ibby soundgear neck profile

 

I'd get one of those.

Although to be fair, my main bass is a Maruszczyk which has a P and J pickup and an ibby soundgear profile neck

[ead]

A product to cure arthritis in my hands (and the hands of others).

[ead]

Also a Squier stacked knob Jazz.

[asingardenof]

On 06/01/2026 at 15:09, knirirr said:

 

An unlined fretless jazz, ideally with a maple board, would be nice though. 

Indeed. It's like we get it, Jaco did you a solid and gave you the template for a fretless Jazz, but that doesn't mean that every fretless Jazz has to replicate that in some form! I mean, they even managed an unlined fretless Precision in the Tony Franklin signature (which for obvious reasons will always be named the Imprecision in my head).