Kev

^^^ He's trying to steal your thunder, Dad!

Fender. There are obviously loads of companies that make P Bass copies, some for reasonable costs and some beyond insane. There is no right answer to which of those is best! For the general image though, definitely can't beat a Fender logo on the headstock

Owned one for a couple of years, best practice combo going. Sounds like a proper bass amp, just at a lower volume. Useless for anything other than home practice of course, but very decent indeed. Cool thing about it is the speaker handling is far higher than the amp could ever produce, so you can boost it etc and it wont break up. You can get a lovely thick low end out of it. Its struggles with highs, if anything!

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1466441389' post='3075824'] I struggle to think of any track on IWY which doesn't sound like an active MM pup. [/quote] I struggle to think of any that do! Factory of Faith certainly the jazz, Raindance Maggie, Ethiopia etc all stand in my memory as being jazzy sounding too.

No, I was not speechless that you had bought it! I'm sure its a great bass, and certainly rare if for the wrong reasons. Enjoy it! I was speechless about how a signature series instrument built to a high and very specific spec could possibly go out wrong, be accepted by the dealer wrong, and be sold to the initial buyer wrong! But more than anything else the QC at Fender, even at instruments of this level. Crazy.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1466519392' post='3076447'] OK so I got a reply from Fender - they confirmed that it is indeed a factory mess up, the bass was built while the special run of crimson red ones were being made and someone has put a neck for a crimson red bass onto a black body. That makes it 'one of a kind' in my book. I'm having it. [/quote] Speechless.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1466339902' post='3075041'] By The Way was all Modulus. Stadium Arcadium was the stack pot Jazz for I think every track bar a couple which had the Modulus on (possibly Stingray). I'm With You was an upgraded version of his own company Flea bass with artwork done by Damien Hirst. SD or Lane Poor MM pickup, Aguilar preamp and carbon fibre or (gasp) rosewood necks. The Getaway most likely this white MM hybrid bass. [/quote] Agree with By The Way and Stadium Arcadium. Not so sure about I'm With You, I was fairly sure that was the Jazz bass too? The bass your describe I thought was the bass he toured with. The Getaway definitely has a different tone from the previous two albums, so I guess you are probably right.

Basschat has not been designed using RWD techniques and as such is not optimised for mobile usage, hence the mobile version being available with a design that does fit.

Slab body and binding kills it for me, the bridge pickup/cover design is just mental and entirely unnecessary. Why that has never been redesigned, with the same aesthetics but completely removable, escapes me. The 4004 interests me much more, but I have never had chance to try one.

I know Fender QC is awful at the best of time, but surely a signature series bass of the price point could not simply come out of the factor looking aesthetically entirely different in error???

Cheers for the heads up. Doesn't look like it works very well with the iRig interfaces, or the mic for that matter, very choppy and jumpy. Nothing has come close to the Strobosoft App for me, its more accurate that most bloody tuners!

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1463669727' post='3053258'] They're lovely. If only they made the nut width smaller and made the 4-sting pickups like the 5 string and got rid of those plastic surrounds! [/quote] Yup, two reasons why I sold my MK2. Stunning bass, that claro walnut one!

Do we know what bass Flea is using on the new record? I'm not much of a fan of the tone really, to be honest. Nothing will beat BSSM, but I enjoyed the Modulus tone. I don't think he has used Modulus extensively in the studio since By The Way?

[quote name='Subbeh' timestamp='1466256545' post='3074458'] I don't blame him for doing it [/quote] Why? These instruments were sold to him as Spares or Repair (equivalent), he is selling them as New Other, which whatever way you look at it is not correct. It is used, at best, as he is the second owner. Iv reported the listing posted, but doubt it will do any good.

Hofner?

The price boss pedals are these days, I would rather sell and buy something that suits more.

Each to their own The forearm contour does have some very smooth round wear, probably needs roughing up a bit to look more genuine.

Read the description, Mark has said it was a custom order with black blocks instead of the pearloid. Im sure Mark isn't one to be duped or anything, but would Fender really take custom options on a signature bass? Or, at least, without megabucks?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1466013439' post='3072842'] But thats just me.. [/quote] The majority of respondents would agree!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1465931191' post='3072259'] Because you have an amp for that and any decent should be able to outperform a pedal [/quote] I think you may be missing the point of preamp pedals. The preamp pedal is set the same, for all occasions. The amp? Well that is adjusted to suit it's purpose in the situation it is in, similarly a PA would be adjusted if you went amp less. The core tone of your sound comes from the always on preamp pedal, which remains a constant in all situations. It's similar to your active basses. Certainly for me, the settings on my basses are not altered, I will alter the preamp usually. I find a setting I like and stick to it.