LukeFRC

Have you tried using it? It works very well. When I had one I had more issues with the bass control freq on the bass I had it on.

Or do the solution @Andyjr1515 said - stick a capo on it and tune it

If you don't know what you want it might not be the best idea to drop a load of cash on something just because it's a siginificant date. Unless this thread is all about us encouraging you that you should go for that Status - which you maybe should!

Ah - I was keeping the neck the same, moving the bridge and then chopping the back of the body off!

yes - simple. Remove all the hardware, take of the fretboard, fill the pickup routes, cut the wings off, put the new wings on, shape the new shorter body, attach the new fretboard and frets, put the bridge in it's new place, rout new pickup cutouts... put it all together and viola! I mean I guess you've saved yourself installing a truss rod compared to starting from scratch but hey ho!

The geek in me Knows that if the Yamaha PJ in the opening video was mine I would lower the bridge pup a smidge for my taste... of course saying something like that out loud would make me look a right knob

I fully fully believe you can get a very very good bass for not much money, and also think that there are quite diminishing returns for spending more... But with the basses you've got... which are very nice, but how much will you actually play the HB if you drop the cash on upgrading it?

If it’s an itch to scratch go HB... if you are getting towards Sandberg prices but already have different specs you would like... could you get someone U.K. based to build you something custom P/MM style?

Well I guess that’s one way to shift units

doh sorry!

bass gallery have one

If it was an aged olympic white where the yellowed top coat had rubbed off it would seem white....

I liked that. I wondered what it was I liked... then realised it was the lake placid blue precision! (I've got similar colour precision on order) Yamaha sounds good too, slightly more modern sound?

to my ears one sounds like a jazz and the other a PJ. I listened with my eyes shut and could tell them apart. Which is better? Depends on the track, for that one I liked the Jazz

Why not give John Shuker a bell?

https://www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/en/kawai-1978-catalogue/

He’s got one I think- I remember having unexplained GAS for it at one point

I’ve been reading @Bassassins posts enough down the years to recognise a Kawai sleekline

On top of that think about regular Pop music - for every Ed Sheeran or Dua Lipa theres about two dozen artists who copy the production and kinda sound the same but not as good - or you get probably good songs hidden behind whatever formulaic sound or production is in vogue that month- I think it takes skill And confidence for someone to punch through the noise With something that sounds original... and that’s in mainstream pop- CCM the budget and talent just isn’t there I think- and the whole structure of church worship music in some ways discourages taking risks. reading reviews of John MArk McMillians album last year was interesting- there were a few reviews In the sorta Christian press/blogs that just didn’t get why bits sounded like it did. By the way “the road, the rocks, the weeds” off that album is a cracking song IMO reguardless of genre and content

It’s sub, by Musicman - made by Cort, sold by Ernie Ball... it’s not as if Leo is still at Musicman - he sold the whole operation including the name. mind you anything with Fender on the headstock post 1964 would also fall into that camp- I mean, using your logic why didn’t CBS just rename the company??

Do you feel the same about musicman since they launched their sub range?

Warwick are also a distributor.... you get to a certain age and get offered what essentially is your retirement and rather than have a company in japan build your basses under licence For you to distribute and sell (I would love to know what else that factory make, Ive found a range of guitars and have my suspicions) you licence your name and a manufacturer/distributor builds your stuff at three price points and you take a cut on everyone? I don’t think it’s cynic, I think it’s a guy nearing retirement and wanting to enjoy the next twenty years making arch top guitars if he feels the desire too

I think that was disputed and for a while he had to have a “licenced by Alexander Graham Bell” on the label