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Yes, same thing. I was tempted to post a clip from the Live At Wembley DVD but refrained as it's a bit cliched now and I'm probably dating my tastes in the same way the p bass guys are! But that articulation in the mids was fundamental in shaping my tastes. Plus it feels so good to play basses with that character, the string tension is loose. The p bass clips are the same sort of thing but neck pickup. Especially Tiram Porter.

What most of us do is learn to play our favorite songs. Plenty of YouTube videos out there now! Get stuck in.

Second bass but yes, not a great experience. It was the only thing I could afford with two pickups!

These are mine at the moment: Vigier Passion 5 Alembic Series 2 graphite 5 string (unicorn bass, realistically - only a handful in existence and this one is now a fretless) Hagstrom Super Swede reissue I really like hearing focussed and growly mids if I'm on stage amongst a loud foldback mix. It makes it easier to hear what note is being played without looking down at my left hand constantly.

Sorry I should have mentioned it would need to be a 5.

I want to try a Sire V7 with the swamp ash body. It'll have to wait until I return to civilisation.

That's a great first bass. Goodness me how times have changed since I started out. I would have killed for this level of quality back then.

Thanks :) We're hanging in there although our export business is getting a double dose - couldn't export during our lockdown and can't import into the UK during its lockdown. We've had to take finance out. So the timbre I'm going for involves well defined mids, some basses I've played have had them. The occasional Sei bass and ACG but a Toby Pro (with the same neck woods) didn't. Celinders, Yamaha BBNEII, Jaydees, Wals, Smiths and my Spector (s) also but in 'slightly different ways and for different reasons. A lot of it comes down to neck woods but there's no single way to do it. So it's not a quality that can be predicted reliably yet because the sound and feel is so dependent on the right combination of wood characteristics. I can't even rely on species 100% ! It's more a case of finding a maker with a stash of the right wood and putting together something that works ergonomically.

I sold it to LucOry just before I left the UK. It had 14mm string spacing at the bridge which was a challenge to play. Otherwise a fantastic sounding bass but I kept thinking about Ned Steinberger admitting he wished he had put out something like the M series before the L. I haven't missed it. In terms of timbre and feel, yes I guess so. I thought it would be easy to achieve once the recipe was right. But there's more than one recipe and so much seems to depend on getting access to the right woods and using them in the right places.

It's a great bass, isn't it? Really low action thanks to those metal rods in the neck. I'm planning on swapping out the Alembic eq for something else but all the spare preamps I have right now are 4 knob, not three.

I had a Sierra Precision Bass - white with black pickguard. Probably made in Japan but came with a plywood body. I hated it. This was a time when I lusted for anything with a bridge pickup. I traded it for a Westone Spectrum II and hated that as well. Then came back to the UK and worked my nads off for a Jaydee.

Very tasteful indeed.

Loved this, so joyful and laid back.

It's a recipe of ingredients. As an owner of a preEB ray and having faffed about with parts like a few others on here about 15 years ago, it's a combination of the pickup, ash body and maple neck, and pick up location primarily. Depending on what you want, having a Baxendal based 2 band pre is helpful too for that Louis Johnson muscularity but not essential. Nordstrand do versions of the pickup, East do an improved version of the pre and the rest is down to your router.

Yeah it seems to be double bass influenced.

Yes Lee is continuing to post on Youtube now and relying on friends to post links onto his profile page. So there is a work around. Today's Easy Lover post was an interesting choon, I kept catching myself wanting to throw an extra ghost note into the riff but no, Lee plays one note and one note only. Solid as a rock. Sometimes when he reaches for those low notes he doesn't always grab the root note either.

For any of you enjoying Lee's playalongs of Phil Collins and Genesis live, Facebook have hit him with yet another ban. You'll be aware of Lee's vitriolic hatred for Trump and who can blame him? I have lost count of how many bans he has received but this one is particularly inconvenient. Anyways his message to his followers is below. No more playalongs on FB for the time being and that's a shame. I found them fascinating. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BE3ZhJqgvcw

What year were the 5s introduced?

I've gassed occasionally for a Thumb 5, I like the look and I like the sound. But when I actually play one they feel dead to me. I can't feel much resonance and I end up feeling disappointed.

A spot of superglue will sort that. We'll have you plonking on a 5er in no time, don't you worry.

Heh, I could actually sell the whole lot off and whittle it down to two...maybe three but those basses would be unicorns. And I would probably end up building more to plug any gaps, as well.

mine is 7 now, I had purges in 2009 and 2015 1) 79 Alembic Series 1 2) 78 Musician Stingray 3) 93 Pedulla Pentabuzz 4) 09 Shuker Headless 6 5) 00 Spector NS5CR 6) 98 Status Series 1 5-string 7) 16 Self built headless semi hollow 5 string

April Fools...for a couple of you at least. :)

Notorious...?! lol