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Would love to hear some sound clips - I'm curious to know how close it gets to a Warwick with that combo of woods.

Joyo have released a simulation amp called the Klonz which replicates the pre and power sections of something like 15 amps IIRC. No digital modelling involved apparently. The tech is licensed I believe and the amps are around £1500 which isn't cheap, particularly for Joyo.

Already on it. It doesn't help that much musically as much as I thought. Really good fretboard knowledge is needed to get the most out of it as has already been suggested. After five years, the B string still catches me out if I'm not paying attention. Really wish I was playing a 27" scale baritone guitar sometimes too as the 25" scale is a bit cramped for my fingers. Is there a Musicman Silhouette in my future...?

He gave a shout out for Cold Chisel - archetypal hard case Aussie pub rock band. They were a stalwart of my high school years. I hated them at the time.

I've had a bit of TE gear pass through my hands. It started with an AH250 series 6 head, then an MP-11 programmable graphic eq and a V8 amp. Currently have a hexavalve amp which I haven't yet played through. TE's a mixed bag - some great stuff and some stuff that is a bit...mmmkay. I didn't like any of the series 6 stuff they made but the SMX preamp was pretty good. The V8 was monstrous - so much low end it wasn't controllable with the onboard eq. The MP11 was a nice idea but could only be used in a mono, full range system. I would like to try an early MkIV head at some point and see whether it's like a PA amp for bass as I believe they were designed as. I'm hoping the hexavalve will be like the Mesa Boogie Bass 400 I used to own, but lighter. We'll see.

Hell yes. I was in a motown band once, that a couple of other basschatters have been in since, where I left because the drummer was too loud. We actually played tighter when he played with some restraint because we could hear the attack of each other's notes. But next song, he went back to beating 7 shades out of them...and he had hearing issues too. I left out of exasperation. I've played a couple of gigs in a resort/hotel conservatories and at the top of the Gherkin in London which all had the acoustics of a glass jar. We had to turn ourselves down just to stop the reverb washing the mix out.

Ibanez are good...or you could consider a Yamaha RGX - loads on ebay for around the £250 mark.

I think Jerry overplays as well but Nile is OK with it and has been for as long as Jerry has been in the band. So...meh...not worth getting one's panties in a bunch. I just tune out. They've been doing the same show (set list and song order) for nearly 8 years now. Nile tours his arse off every year.

[quote name='VAMPYRE 5' timestamp='1498160524' post='3322921'] Just bought an OPTIfet compressor new which arrived this week. WOW!! My initial thoughts; Fat and yet precise. Fast whilst subtly gracefull. Incredibly quiet output. Full squash of bottom-end is very consistent, vibrant & sustaining. EQ section is real helpful droping bass a bit so mid & top mainly trigger compression. [/quote] Is yours the dual band? I've been on their waiting list for one since November last year. Hopefully I'll get an email soon...

Mesa Boogie 400+ without question and I've had some nice amps in the past like a Trace v8. Glorious, authentic, powerful, sweet sound through 12" cones using a single pickup bass. A back breaking bastard to load in and out though, which is why I sold it. If I were touring with roadies though...

Sorry for being late but John Griffin at G-tek in Shepherd's Bush has done a lot of great work for me over the years.

Have you considered Industrial Radio? Steve Chick has developed the systems originally in the Wal MB4 and Peavey Cyberbass and marketed them under his own brand.

[quote name='Floyd Pepper' timestamp='1496858748' post='3314356'] ...and I can't help notice that they have added Sire Basses to their website. Not in stock yet but somewhere to try before you buy is most welcome [/quote] Hah! Really? I recommended them to Lee a while back! Nice. [quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1496831382' post='3314104'] Felt the videos used to be fairly quaint, but now not so much, they're just churning them out. I used to really enjoy the bass stuff when it was Lee Anderton and Nathan King; I'd sit through anything they put out as there was a degree of gooning about and definite chemistry between them, but the King/Voss ones (starting off with the Spector videos 7/3/17), all that kind of disappeared. [/quote] The King/Lee ones left me unengaged, shall we say. Nathan, bless him, came across as a bit tense and awkward so I stopped watching after a while. I've not watched more than ten seconds of the new ones with Voss.

Slightly off topic but they've become masters of social media marketing, completely hit the ball out of the park. Mind you, it's taken them 8 years, as it would anyone in their shoes. Occasionally I've contributed a bit of silliness to Lee's facebook posts and sometimes he's responded. He seems like a genuinely nice guy, which I'm sure is why they're doing so well.

PM replied. Basically: Moses jazz necks are rubbish in my experience. The Status ones are superby made and super stiff. This stiffness can mean brittleness if mated to an ash body - better to use softer wood like alder or mahogany and specify a wood fingerboard to dampen further. You could always reverse headstock a Status neck. Modulus necks aren't available atm although there are rumours that Modulus will return soon under new ownership. Another option (as suggested above) is to ask John Shuker to build you a jazz neck. However you can ask him to carbon wrap it and put a richlite (phenolic) fingerboard on. It'll have all the advantages of a full composite neck, look like a composite neck but have none of the risks of harshness because it's got that little bit of dampening with the cedar core.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1483891709' post='3210896'] May consider this down the line. Sounds pretty lush to my ears without the upgrade of about one and a half times the cost of the amp �� [/quote] Get them to mod for saturated harmonics. I've been looking for the best alternative to a Rivera era Super Champ and a Super Champ owner suggested one of these after a bit of modification.

I've had my Alembic, Pedulla and Musicman Stingray I think for about 12 years after I went on a buying spree in 2005-6.