Rayman

Ahh, my first bass, 30 years ago was a Columbus, a Jazz, not a P bass. Fond memories.

MIM Fenders can be average, but as said previously, they can also be fantastic. I had a MIM Precision at one point, and it was a superb bass, in every way. MIJ (Japan) is widely seen as a good buy, QC seems to be good, but I have had my hands on a couple of clunkers too, so try before you buy is always best. I love Fenders, but that's just me, plenty on here hate them. Lakland Duck Dunn is a superb P bass, but under £500? You'll be lucky. How about a Yamaha BB414 or similar? Fantastic basses the Yamaha BBs, and you can still find 1980s BB2000s or 3000s on ebay, or even a BB1100S, great range of basses. How about this one? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171793-fender-cij-precision-fiesta-red/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171793-fender-cij-precision-fiesta-red/[/url]

I've gone the other way, I've always loved a cutting and bright tone. The mistake I was making was that I was getting a great sound for me, on stage, while standing right in front of the amp. It sounded fantastic to me. However, during one gig I went and stood out in the venue on a table (don't ask) during a song, and it dawned on my how thin and weak my sound was near the back of the venue. So over the last couple of years my live sound has become much more mid and bottom orientated, with just a nice little click to the strings as I play them to punch through a little, and the sound out front is a million times better. As far as a boomy sound goes I've had that too, in a couple of larger venues with wooden floors. So for those I brighten up the tone a bit, and boost the high mids a little, and that seems to work well.

Right I think I'm getting somewhere. Thanks for all the input, I'll keep playing with it, and annoying the neighbours. On a side note, the pedal, regardless of toneprints, sounds wonderful.

OK I'll try that, it's all plugged in now. I'll try the Family of Rats again, because it's so mad sounding I should hear a difference.

OK.... Pedal connected via USB.......power lead plugged in.......footswitch depressed so red light on......no jack leads plugged into sockets.....toneprint switch in the middle......downloaded sweet m***er zip file and opened it.......grey box appears with download bar.....pressed upload and bar goes to 100%......SO I assume that's it? If I plug in and play I should now have the Toneprint?? Let's try......... Sounds the same if I flick between toneprint and flanger setting, no difference.

Yeah it did. When downloading the toneprint via USB, the download bar goes up to 100% as it should, and then nothing happens? I'm sure it's just something I'm doing wrong, I'm plugging it in now to try again.

I couldn't get the USB download to work. Might try it again.

I did yeah. It was the first thing the software asked me to do. I'm assuming that once you've downloaded the toneprint and sent it to the pedal via Smartphone your sound changes automatically?

Yep, switch in the middle.

Has anyone tried to toneprint onto their TC pedals? I ran through the process with my Vortex flanger, and tried to toneprint the Mark King Sweet m***er toneprint, the pedal flashed as it should, all looked good, but the pedal din't sound any different. I then tried it with the Janek Gwizdala Family Of Rats toneprint, same again, didn't sound any different. Any suggestions?

Which song includes [i]THE[/i] bass sound that you love the most? I've got loads of favourites: You Are The Universe - Brand New Heavies Don't Give Hate a Chance - Jamiroquai Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - The Blockheads Lovegames - Level 42 5 Minutes - The Stranglers 3 Deuces - Marcus Miller [i]Anything[/i] Geddy Lee plays etc etc, but if I could nail [i]one[/i] tone it would be the one Meshell Ndegeocello gets on "If That's Your Boyfriend" If you haven't heard it? Youtube it right now, I defy anyone to dislike it.

My fiesta red RW Jazz is the best Jazz I've had my hands on, and I've had my hands on a few. It's light, sounds amazing, plays itself and to me it looks very cool too. The Stingray and the Precision didn't get a look in on Saturday, and the band were in full agreement. That said, I tried a sunburst one on Monday, in a shop, and it wasn't as instantly comfy as mine. Maybe a setup would've helped it, or maybe I just got a good one. Don't know.

I'm with Pete on this one, Marcus can do no wrong for me, horses for courses I guess, but I love his tone, dynamics, technique, everything. Sometimes the "lead" bass playing can wear a little thin, I prefer it when he's in a groove with the band, but otherwise, I too am a big fan. Looking forward to the Ritz in Manchester in May.

I use a Mono strap. It's very comfortable and I prefer it to the Comfort Strap I also have but never use. To be honest, I also have a couple of wide and long Levys straps, the car seatbelt type ones, and because they're wide, they're very comfortable indeed.

I bought my [i]FABULOUS [/i]Fender Roadworn Jazz from Kevin. He was an utter gentleman and a pleasure to deal with. Highly recommended. Russ.

Dave [i]had [/i]been using an Epiphone Explorer in Eliminator, and I doubt very much he'd fork out for one of these, in fact I [i]know[/i] he wouldn't in a month of Sundays. I like the bass myself, simple, functional, and dare I say it, stylish, I think it looks great. Waaaaayyyy too much though.