Hi Joel,
I've been a subsciber for a couple of years now and I have a few observations:
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[*]I realise that many people like to read reviews on the esoteric £3000+ basses, I don't but I understand that you need to keep these in but I would like to see more reviews of the "bread and butter" stuff. In fact more reviews full stop would be good.
[*]I'm pleased to see that the references to slapping appear to be decreasing but stop asking the interviewees in the "Basically Speaking" section if they slap because 99% of them don't. Count them up if you don't believe me.
[*]The photos in the reviews rarely cover things mentioned in the review and try to be too arty rather than functional. I've lost count of the number of times where a specific feature of a bass or an amp is mentioned but isn't visible in any of the photos.
[*]Not enough amp and cab reviews and the ones that are reviewed tend to be the same manufacturers over and over. When was a Marshall last reviewed? It's very rare that we bass players can visit a shop that has a decent range of bass amps to try out therefore we have to rely on internet reviews and such like, these should be covered more by the mag.
[*]The "Bass in the USA" column is so utterly boring.
[*]This month's interview with Steve Harris's tech was really good, the photos of the gear could have been better. More articles on "pro's" setups would be good.
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Just my opinions and I realise that you can't please all of the people all of the time.