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Christ, ignore me AGAIN, I was trying to edit someone else's comment... I am going for a lie down.

I’m in Dallas with work for the next 3 months and spotted a Guitar Center on my drive back from the supermarket today, so thought I’d pop in. They didn’t have a huge selection of new basses (although there were a couple of nice vintage P and J basses high up out of reach in their Premium section), but I sat down and grabbed a few to try. First one was a Yamaha BBP34. I’m a big fan of Yamaha basses and this is one of their relatively high end models (I think it was $1499). Played it for a couple of mins and it did absolutely nothing for me - I was quite disappointed. I couldn’t have told the difference between it and a $250 bass to be honest. Finish was fine but the setup was lousy, and it just felt disappointing. Next up was a Fender American Professional II Precision. This I absolutely loved, and it instantly felt comfortable. Great sounding too. Neck was very comfy - slim front to back but traditional P bass but width. Setup nicely straight out of the box and surprisingly light. This was up for $1500, and if I was in the market for a P bass (haha, which is pretty much all the time!), I’d definitely be considering one of these. Finally, and probably the most surprising to me, was a cheapo Sterling by Stingray SUB. Sticker price was $299, and I had very low expectations from it. Bear in mind that I’ve owned a couple of “proper” Stingrays in the past and have never really got on with them. Well, I plugged this in and was blown away. Build quality was great, it was setup nicely and neck was slim and frets were very well finished. No dead spots, 2 band eq worked perfectly, and it sounded great! All for the equivalent of £218, in a choice of a few colours (including a really nice powder blue which is actually called chopping blue for some reason). Quite taken with it, and I think I might grab one for the time that I’m out here for, and then donate it at the end of the trip to a local music group or something. Ordinarily I wouldn’t have given a cheapo bass like that a second look. Just goes to prove something we probably all know - you don’t have to pay a fortune to get a decent bass.

Someone got AM and PM mixed up fml, good start

Thanks folks, now bear with us as we fine tune this badboy

Now would be a perfect time to mention Brexit. 😁

Thank you mods for everything you do.

Was in Bass Direct today and had a little noodle on the OW (fretted) Jazz. Hugely impressed. Looks great, sounds great, plays great. The finish and overall craftsmanship is right up there. I’ve a CS Jazz that I love and, being honest, this is just as good, IMO. If anyone is in the market for a really good Jazz then this is definitely worth checking out.

Oh sh@t! Quick! Delete the Brexit comment!

Oops, sorry *tip toes out*

My latest

Maybe the update is taking longer to get to those of us north of the border

I know it's standard but it still feels like a flaw in design I've had the bass open and of course it's easy to flip the wires, but still...

shocking. Send them Here for scrappage… I’ll send you a brand new Ibanez premium SR in return - you know it makes sense…

Just taken a group shot of my p basses

Anyone else check the classifieds to see what they’d missed and then quickly realise there is obviously nothing new?

Slow slow progress this. It is still going

It should default to the new theme but if not make sure this is selected at the bottom of the site. We're working on a dark theme but it takes agggggess to do something as simple as that because Invision don't tell you what any of the buttons/areas are actually called!

Well that’s all that practising I was going to do, out the window 😉

Uh-oh

Dammit, I had a whole list of things to do today

Just checked, he said Thursday, but not which Thursday. Even better. He can control us through fear.

Christ, now you’ve done it *settles down to knit a jumper*

… yet another reshuffle of the Nano Max. I’ve taken off two larger pedals, a Markbass Compressore and a Cog Custom Dirtbox. In their place I have put a MXR Carbon Copy (love these), a TC Electronic Mojo Mojo, a Boss OC2 and finally a Seymour Duncan Studio Bass Compressor. I’ve also switched from the normal Evidence Audio SIS cables to some Squareplug/Mogami cables. These are quicker, have a slimmer width and tbh are a bit easier to work with as I seem to be changing so much. I guess we’ll see how long this setup lasts then 😁

isnt this the right vid? 😁

It's getting there 😊

Johnathan Richman - Abominable Snowman in the Market - he's down by the peas and carrots, apparently..............

An Avon (Rose Morris) EB0 copy in a sort of dark wine red colour. Played and sounded ok until the tension of the flatwounds, literally pulled the whole bridge out of the body. Fixed it and last heard it was in Canada of all places. Here's proof it existed from 1975

This (and no "next" option.

...and the "likes" under our usernames have disappeared

To be honest, I was shopping for a bass to put a Dimarzio Model P into .... essentially I've tried to create an impersonation of an early 80s Ibanez Blazer 🙃

Yeah those Freeman Squier basses are fantastic value and really solid. The new loom will just add that extra reassurance of sound electronics and the Model P… well it’s just such a solid pick up in its own right. The original isn’t bad but when I had a Freeman p bass it had a Model P in it too. Great pairing!

🤫😁

I’m very much hoping to be Wonder Woman.

Does anyone remember the great avatar massacre from the big update of a few years ago? We're about to go through the looking glass, who knows who we'll be on the other side?

Clear as mud.

I’d start out with the same cheap gear I could afford back then, so that I’d properly appreciate the good stuff I have now.

Thats the sort of missionary zeal we need! Tell them that the strings are named Evangelists Also Do Good, that faith without action is meaningless, so they had better start Doing Good!

Having spent the day playing the new P, I'm delighted with it, and I'm also delighted to find that there's just no overlap in character between it and my BB — they've both got clear personalities and voices of their own. Now, please can I stop throwing my money around? 😖

It does seem to restrict the amount of cabs that can be connected. Sure we can all use our ears to make sure that cabs aren’t struggling but I like to have my cabs at least equal to the power rating of the amp, just makes me feel that bit more comfortable.

I had an early-mid ‘80s Vox 3002 Custom that my dad bought from the guitarist in his band. Learned to play on it then got my first Precision and didn’t touch it for years. Then, about ten years ago, I sold it here to fund an Ampeg SVT. Sounded decent, from what I remember. Weighed a ton though!

Buy Apple stock early 80's. Don't sell the Wal, or the JD or the Warwick... Practice more.

Is it an unlimited TLRT update? 🤞

I'd probably spend more on a first amp with hindsight. And know not to get too attached to the bass as a load more would be coming along all too soon! 😂

I’d start off with a Precision rather than trying to get a Precision sound from so many other types of basses, I wasted so much time doing that it’s laughable.

Hmm. Shameful this. Japanese Yamaha BB300, in red. Don’t know why, but I did something to it. Eventually I sold it on. A mate still has it. About 3 years ago, I got a beautiful Taiwanese version, which made me realise I’d done a bad thing… And then I sold that one too 😩

My First bass was one of these. I still have the neck, pickups and hardwear but the body has disappeared into the mists of time.