Linus27

I don't quite know why they didn't as it looks unfinished to my eyes. I think if I had one, I would have to do something with it.

I would have been all over this but sadly its lined with the lines on the top of the neck. If it was unlined then I would have one for sure as they look pretty (apart from the wood at the end of the neck), sounds good and I love Ibanez basses.

I didn't realise he does trade-ins, do you know if that is still the case?

I also bought a lovely bass this year from Fender Fever and I echo the comments directly above. Transaction was easy and the bass came well packaged and the setup was amazing. I'd also contacted them on another subject to enquire about getting me a bass and I had a super quick and helpful reply back. I would happily without hesitation buy from Fender Fever again.

Does anyone know what pickups these might be? From memory, I have a feeling they were Nordstrand but I'm not 100% sure. Just wondering if anyone recognises the SED/SEB writing on the pickup and grey and white wires?

Thank you, I thought that was the case and the same as my Sansamp. I just wanted to check in case I was missing something 👍

Andertons price is £449 which is inline with the other Bassrigs. Am I right in thinking that if I wanted to have drive, I would have to stop playing, turn the drive dial to suit and then start playing again? There is no way to play with a clean tone and then kick in the drive to switch to a dirty tone on the fly?

I pretty much agree with most of what you've said, the only thing I kind of dont agree with is being moderately well known. Despite being together for only 4 years, they still achieved success with Love Will Tear Us Apart which charted at No.13 in 1980 in the main UK chart and No.1 in the UK independent chart. Their album, Closer also topped the UK independent album chart. New Order however have the biggest selling 12" record in history, 2 No.1 albums and a no.1 single so quite a bit more success. If you replace Joy Division with The Smith's, then what you wrote fits both bands, short lifespan, moderate success and cult following, a no.1 in the independent chart but minor success in the main charts. I'm not a fan of either bands really but I do love New Order.

I totally agree and he certainly influenced me a lot. His melodic approach and use of playing an open root note while playing a melody on another string is something I learnt from him and an integral part of my playing.

In terms of iconic bass lines to popular songs and who played them, then I think my choice of photos would be Paul McCartney (Ths Beatles), Sting (The Police) and maybe someone like Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) or John Deacon (Queen) or James Jamerson (Motown/Marvin Gaye) or someone from the Disco era (Bernard Edwards/Louis Johnson). If it was my choice then it would be Pino Palladino, John Giblin and Jaco, be all out fretless bass and have contributions from Paul Webb (Talk Talk), Derek Forbes (Simple Minds), Sting (The Police), Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) and Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel) to name a few. Now that would be a show 😂

I agree, I find it quite baffling regarding the comments on Adam Clayton, who bass lines couldn't be further from playing just root notes, at least no more or no less than any other rock band like Queen, Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi or Iron Maiden. He also plays in the rock genre and is simply serving the song, the role of any good bass player. Plus it's about iconic bass lines and not virtuoso player, if you look at bass lines like Under Pressure, Come As You Are, New Years Day, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Money, all very recognisable so iconic, but certainly not hard to play or on any level of virtuoso.

Exciting times and they say the pedal will be available to buy on the 18th 😮

I personally can't wait to get my hands on one. I'm not much of one who will tweak and fiddle with sounds so I'm super keen to try and use the Michael Jackson Thriller preset. I also use octave all the time so the octave setting looks like it will be used and if it replaces my Boss OC5 then I'll get a space back on my pedalboard. I just have to wait for them to be available to buy again.