Kiwi

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.

I was about to suggest a Yamaha APX...good choice.

These things bear more than a passing resemblance to the Yamaha Magi-stomp line of pedals. Would that be a coincidence?

I love the sound of them but they're very much one trick ponies.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1494486463' post='3296327'] Given that his parents were, let's say, bohemian in their lifestyle he must have needed to be from the start. ...Nile's parents were indulging in far more damaging vices. [/quote] They were but he's never criticised them for it. He was also shipped back and forth across the country to his grandmothers place twice because he was struggling to fit in at his school in California. In some ways, the experience with his parents gave him a fantastic grounding for being a producer, if you think about it.

He's very, very grounded in real life - tells it like it is, and he's street wise. They say don't meet your heroes but I did and left even more impressed than before I met him.