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He's the bassist of My Chemical Romance (I only know as it says in the advert as I'd never heard of him either) and it does seem like Fender are scrapping the barrel a bit of this one.

I've only just seen this but I'm going to have to agree that this statement is correct and the answer to all your bass problems, for now and forever. As @lownote says, everyone should play unlined fretless, there are no other options 😁

I pretty much exclusively only play fretless, all Fender's, Jazz and Precision's and they all have dead spots around the D on the G String (7th fret). Some are more severe than others and some are closer to the C# (6th fret) but it's an absolute pain to live with. You just lose all sustain on that note and it sounds like it's being squashed.

1978 to 1989 Start with The Police releasing Outlandos d'Amour in 1978 and then moving through into the 80's with early U2, Simple Minds, Madonna, Tears For Fears, New Order, Duran Duran, Talk Talk and finishing with New Order Technique. Highlights being, 1978 - The Police Outlandos d'Amour 1979 - The Police Reggatta de Blanc, Supertramp Breakfast in America, The Clash London Calling, Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 1980 - U2 Boy, The Police Zenyatta Mondatta, 1981 - Duran Duran Duran Duran, The Police Ghost In The Machine, U2 October, OMD Architecture & Morality 1982 - Simple Minds New Gold Dream, Duran Duran Rio, Michael Jackson Thriller, Prince 1999 and 1983 - Madonna Madonna, Tears For Fears The Hurting, The Police Synchronicity, U2 War, Heaven 17 The Luxury Gap 1984 - Simple Minds Sparkle in the Rain, Sade Diamond Life, U2 Unforgettable Fire, Madonna Like a Virgin, Thompson Twins Into the Gap, Howard Jones Human's Lib, INXS The Swing, Bryan Adams Reckless, Talking Heads Stop Making Sense, Prince Purple Rain, Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. 1985 - Inxs Listen Like Thieves, Simple Minds Once Upon A Time, Talking Heads Little Creatures, Sade Promise, Sting Dream of the Blue Turtles, Aha Hunting High and Low, Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair, Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1986 - Talk Talk The Colour of Spring, Peter Gabriel So, Queen Its a Kind Of Magic, Janet Jackson Control, Paul Simon Graceland, New Order Brotherhood, Pet Shop Boys Please, Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet, The The Infected 1987 - U2 Joshua Tree, GmR Appetite For Destruction, Pet Shop Boys Actually, John Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee, The Smiths Strangeways Here We Come, The Cult Electric, Inxs Kick, Marillion Clutching At Straws 1988 - The Sugarcubes Life's Too Good, U2 Rattle and Hum, Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman, Talk Talk Spirit of Eden 1989 - New Order Technique,

I think it's pretty common, it the current Fender 2023 Collection Traditional 60s Precision Bass in Sherwood Green Metallic so available to buy new now and advertised in Japan and Ebay Japan over here. https://www.ishibashi.co.jp/ec/product/0717669905088 They also do a Jazz as the same spec.

If there was a Fender bass I wanted that was only available in Japan, what's the best way forward? Speak to one of the impoters, order through Ebay, contact someone like Fender Fever?

I have a 70's Reissue Fender Precision that has a fretless maple neck strung with Rotosound 77 Flats that sounds incredible recorded so it's my go to recording bass. I tried my other basses but the 70's Precision just sounds epic. I don't however play it live as it just feels a bit clumsy and not as comfortable to play. For live I use my fretless Japanese 62 Reissue Fender Precision which is strung with LaBella Low Tension flats or my fretless 62 Reissue Fender Jazz strung with LaBella Black Nylon Flats. Both are amazing to play live but don't sound as good recorded.

How about Lord Dave of the Gates of Hell in the 10th Kingdom of the Minds of Angels Who Dance with the Leaders of Men??? Just makes Dave a Lord now 🤣

One song?? Can you help, I'm still struggling to find that one song 🤣

Well, if you can convince me why Dave is a better name than Lord of the Gates of Hell in the 9th Kingdom of the Minds of Angels who dance with the leaders of Men then I'll consider a re-naming one of my basses to just Dave 🤣

I had a yellow Fender Mike Dirnt bass that my wife called Custard Cream. In 1967, the Honda F1 car was fast but heavy and had the nickname the white whale. I had a white Honda Integra Type R which was given the same nickname.

To me its quite a normal thing, is known as anthropomorphizing and is part of human psychology. We do it all the time with religion and the belief in a divine being called Elohim, Buddha, Allah etc. mythology like Zeus the Greek god, animals in certain cultures, films, TV and literature for example car characters in the film Cars having names and a certain teddy bear called Winnie, mascots as well as objects like ships and planes. We even give names to weather like storms, hurricanes etc. So if someone wants to name a bass 'Dave', a dog 'Butch' or a car 'Trevor' then they are just anthropomorphizing and no different to praying to Shiva whilst wearing a T-Shirt with a duck on it called Donald, whilst escaping from a hurricane called Barry on a plane called Mary-Ellen.

I wouldn't be able to resist, if I had a Mustang I'd have to call it Sally. In fact if I had a Ford Mustang I'd have to call it Sally, I just wouldn't be able to stop myself 😁

Thanks for letting us know Aalin, I was holding out for the newer model but may not as I have no use for the AUX input so I'll just from whoever has the best deal.

Do you have the serial number for the EUB? If any pop up for sale, then you can cross reference the serial no.

The maple Precision with maple fretless neck is called Sting as it's a replica of the bass Sting played in The Police. The sunburst fretless Precision is called Starburst after my wife said the colours looks like a starburst. The black fretless Jazz is called Lisa after my favourite violinist, Lisa Germano. The fretless Stingray when I owned it was called Pino.

The best amp I ever had didn't have Speakons and my current amp of choice doesn't have Speakon's.

I'm considering one of these also along with the Ampeg Rocket 210 and Fender Rumble 500 v2. Am I right in thinking that the Ashdown 210 is 300 watts so about 150 - 200 watts on its own and 300 watts with an extension cab??

I use LaBella Black Nylon Tapewounds on my fretless Jazz and they sound phenomenal but then again, they are designed for fretless.

Yep, totally agree. I bought mine new in 1998 and it sounded amazing back then. Bought another a few years back and it still sounded the best amp I'd ever used. Just a shame they are so big and heavy.

What a good question. Generally, I'm not a big amp lover, they don't really excite me that much but I would easily say that the best amp I have owned was the Hartke HA7000. An absolutely fantastic amp and if if wasn't so big and heavy then I'd be using one now. I wish they made a modern compact version as I'd be all over it but I guess being solid state and a tube preamp is the reason it's so big and heavy and not possible to condense. After that, then I would probably say an Ampeg PF500. Loved the tone and it just worked out of the box. Not massively heavy but by today's standards I guess it is. I really liked my Ashdown MiBass 550. That was a great little amp and I would happily use one now. What I'm currently using through my Barefaced Two10 is a Warwick Gnome 280 I Pro and I'm actually getting a great tone from it and lots of compliments at gigs. It's a little restrictive in creating lots of tones as it only has bass, mids and treble but that doesn't stop it sounding great. I'm thinking of getting the newer 300w V2 version and then adding a Sansamp BDDI into my chain to have a few more tone options. After that, I've used various Ashdown ABM and RM amps, MarkBass LM500, Genz Benz Shuttle 6 and 9 and a few Trace amps but by far the Hartke HA7000 was the best.

I look at my basses affectionately and have an emotional connection to them, especially my black Japanese Fender Jazz. I remember the day like it was yesterday my dad taking me to Nova Guitar centre in 1988 aged 18 to buy it for me. I had no idea what he was buying for me but it was an upgrade over my Tokai Jazz that I had at the time. I remember that night not being able to use it at my second ever gig, a civic hall gig in front of a few hundred and being devastated at not being able to play my new bass as the stage lights kept making it go out of tune. Now move on 35 years and it's still with me, incredibly beaten up but better than ever with bartolini pickups and a Shuker fretless neck. When I look at it, my entire music career is in that bass, playing at Brixton Academy, tonnes of recording sessions, two John Peel sessions, Radio 1 roadshows, Virgin Radio live sessions, 1000's of gigs and tours, recording my first album after getting signed, being in a promo video for ELO, tour dates with Paul Weller, European gigs and so much more. Most of all though, my dad bought it for me but passed away, never seeing any of my music career and what I achieved with that bass. So it may just be a chunk of wood but its a very special chunk of wood.

Thanks everyone, this is what I was wondering as I was thinking that I'd then run the DI to the desk from it so it would really need to be last in the chain.

Those who have bought one of these, any more thoughts on it, is is as good as the reviews say? I'm seriously considering one but it's a lot at £370 but does sound great in the reviews. Also, where would this come in the pedal chain. At the moment I run bass into tuner, octave, chorus, reverb and then amp. Would I put it after the tuner or at end the end of the chain?