Rayman

Bartolini MK1s?

Can’t go wrong….. they’re fantastic instruments

Mmmmm…. Yeah, I’m thinking the same

Having said 2, before, I’ve only ever used one, I’ve never needed the spare, ever. 100s of rock gigs, clanking the strings pretty hard, I’ve never broken a string once. Of course, the day I leave the spare at home is the day I break that string.

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Anyone had one? Any good? I have the opportunity to buy an MLB1, but you don’t see them around often…. just wondering if anyone has any experience with one?

Alright, I’ll ask, what’s a BBoT?

Faron Young is one of my favourite songs ever. The entire album, Steve McQueen, is beautiful.

At first glance I thought it said Milky Way….. Now….. PETE Way….. there’s a signature Thunderbird waiting to happen.

I’ve often had the conversation with folks, is there was one bass, that could do almost everything? I reckon this bass would come close to that. Beautiful.

I’m old…. Who’s Mikey Way? …. and in my opinion it’s massively overpriced, but then everything is, so….

It was a shock… and always sad when we loose one of our members. I hope you’re doing better. Anything Phil Jones is great in my experience. I have the Big Head headphone amp, quality little device. You won’t be disappointed with your purchase.

If I was on a stage in front of thousands of people, playing music I loved and getting paid, with a successful career behind me and a big fan base, I’d be very happy indeed, and I certainly wouldn’t be moaning about it, I’d be feeling very lucky and grateful. Maybe it’s easy to forget all that and take it for granted when you actually have it, I don’t know. Never look down your nose at an audience. Without them you are a nobody playing with yourself. I expect Mr Blood went back to his trailer and did exactly that while watching Miley Cyrus videos on his phone and repeating to himself how awesome he is.

They’re also featured on the latest SBL pod/video cast.

Technically….. mine’s a sofa bed.

1670s…. Henry Purcell was really kicking it with his baroque concertos around then.

There we go…. all up to date, including the Thunderbird and all the modifications done to the others. All that’s missing is an incoming set of Newtone strings for the Embassy.

I saw them a handful of years ago, supporting Saxon. I was never into them back in the day, but I tell you what, they were absolutely brilliant live.

I’ll take back a little of what I said, in that I’ve spent all morning on the bass in question and I’m really enjoying it a lot. The pickups are actually really great in terms of tone, very very nice indeed, however ….. the rest, in terms of the presentation of the pickups I stand by. One of the wires had come off when I opened the package, so I had to re-solder it. Not ideal for a brand new pickup, and really, I’d like to see professional packaging…. it looked like a used item from eBay. Nitpicking maybe, and at the end, they sound really good, so in terms of the point of the pickups I’m happy.

I’ve just put a PJ set into a jazz bass. They sound pretty good, very modern and clear, quite high output….. but in terms of the build quality and materials used, I’m not so sure. Some of the work looks a bit scruffy underneath, and the wiring is really fragile. At the price point (these are not cheap), I’d like to see cloth covered wires, and tidier workmanship….. and some nice professional packaging on delivery. I saw none of those things. All that said, they sound decent, and I know very little about building pickups.

Some years ago I saw Andrew Levy with Brand New Heavies. He was using some kind of active jazz type of bass for a few songs, but it just wasn't holding up the low end. A few songs in, out came the Precision and boom, there you go, instantly better. Just got me wondering, if something that sounded great in a small room might not always work in the sheds?

Ok, so as a final note.... I've spent the last couple of days with this bass, and it's really grown on me. Very very comfortable to play, one of my more ergonomically comfortable basses. The pickups, yep, they've grown on me too. I really love the bridge pickup on it's own, played over it, the tone is the most Jaco esque I've heard in a while. I've played mostly groovy trip hop and funk type stuff, for which it's really awesome..... no metal at all, but I'm sure it can do that too. The P pup is tight and modern sounding and together they sound.... tight and modern? Not a traditional tone, but they're not meant to be being Neodymium magnets. The bridge pickup is a bit noisy, so at some point I'll try and shield it, but as I've said, the electrics at home don't help, and if you move around the room the buzz comes and goes, so I don't think the bass is the problem, and jazz pups buzz.... so.... Anyway, that's it on that one for now. A nice addition to the collection, and very different to any of the others, so that has to be a good thing.