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One of them looks like Anthea Turner.

Damn, seen this just as I've finished filing out the routs for the ears! Oh well, I've heard theyre good pups so hopefully they aren't going to be changed out too soon! Neckwise I do really fancy a right handed neck upside down. Got my eye on a Squier neck and some fender ones so will hang fire on the Jinwan neck in case I can snap up something else suitable in the meantime. Suppose I'd best stain the wood then...

So, it's a minefield out there. I phoned Andertons and they recommended the Nektar pedal at 20 quid. Got one on reserve for when they're in stock. So if anyone else is in the same boat, that's the one to try on a budget

My LX 4 string from years back is a bass I regret selling. I didn't know at the time how to get the best out of it, wish I still had it

You could weigh your bass and get someone with a similar bass but the original tuners to weigh theirs, subtract the difference...?

I've probably had a bit more noodling time. I have a covers band with a huge set list and started up an 80s band. I haven't practiced much specifically for either but have just tried to get back the enjoyment and every now and then look at songs or pieces I've always wanted to learn. I've also had my first and only ever bass lesson which was a good inspiration and took me back to basics and gave me a good kick up the bum for how I approach stuff. I generally think I've improved some aspects of my playing but don't know what it's going o be like for the first few rehearsals back with either band.

Looking for a recommendation on strings for a fretless 5er. It's currently wearing EB Chrome flats. I want the roundwound on fretless sound that I get from my fretless Warwick Corvette, that really bright, mwahh filled sound. My fretless 5er had the chrome's on before an electronics upgrade and now I feel it deserves the roundwound treatment. Ideally I don't want it to eat the fretboard but aware its a risk and I'm happy with that. I like quite a light string for this bass. Had both steel and nickel rounds on it before. The bass will be used for all manner of 80s covers. And also, it's a bit of an experiment to see if I can live without the Warwick fretless. Thanks in advance!

I think in 20 years' time it will be one of those things... My kids will be looking through ebay asking me "Dad, this says it's a Covid era law-suit Amazon Essentials copy of a Sire P10 but it doesn't have a roasted neck, is it a fake?" I also think I heard Marcus Miller say that they sound more like a rosewood board, or someone else talking about Sire. Maybe it was a way to produce a dark and softer sounding neck when we all thought rosewood was being outlawed?

Looks like a good price to me

You're on to something there. There's such a mind boggling array of choice. For my big bass purchase a few years back I went in to Wunjo with a budget in mind and came out with a deal done for my number 1 bass. There were only 3 appropriate lefties, only two were realistic choices, so it left me to make a judgement call and form the bond. I'm happy with what I got. If only shops were open!!

7s were the original models, 9s and 10s are more expensive than 7s. 5s cheaper then 3s cheapest. Not sure why those numbers but at least they indicate something

Would you have paid 300 quid for it? Or is 129 about right? I love Ashdown generally for everything but always thought 300 quid pedals was stretching it. Be interested to hear your view.

I'd personally go for the P7. You get a J pup you don't have to use and an active pre amp that again, you don't have to use. But as said before the pre amp is the big plus on Sire's for me. The unfortunate thing is that the 5 series, the passives, all come with that lovely roasted maple neck that you don't get on the 7s.

P was already used. I think that's the only logical explanation!

That's absolutely awesome!!!!

Am sure this has been done a hundred times over but hey, I have no social life these days so just incase anyone hasn't heard about these or wants another opinion, here tis What's good... It packs in a serious amount of effects for bass, guitar and acoustic guitar. Very small footprint, lightweight, won't be carrying a metre long flight case any more. That's all good. Its quite easy to use when hooked up to my PC, and though I haven't tried properly, I've not worked out how to change settings once it's set up to play live. It's really easy to edit in the PC. I just chose a bass preset that was OK then started adding in things, swapping the order, trying out different compressors with the filter and seeing what works best. I guess once I find what I want I can easily set up effects under song names as I had on my previous multi. Quality of tones... Well, I'm comparing this to a Boss GT10B which I thought was incredible, though big. Through headphones I'm not hearing a massive upgrade on the Boss but I expect through FOH or recording is where the HX will really take over. Negatives... None, but some watch-outs The HX is very good but I expect to do a lot of tweaking to get close to what I had at my toe tips on the boss as presets. Some of the Boss presets really were very good, and this is where the HX is lacking in my opinion. Then again, it's so much easier to edit the HX and the voyage of discovery will be a great learning experience, so I'm not downbeat about that. I can create my super clean compressed amp sound and my driven more traditional amp sound and learn about all the stuff that lies in the middle. What surprises me is that, though never owning one, I have an idea in my head that the MuTron must be the best filter sound, so I go to that first on the HX. Well, for me it's actually not. So work through the effect types in order to find what works best for you. I love just dragging the order of effects around on the PC and then the endless options on tweaking each effect how you want it. I'm not bothered that there's much more guitar stuff, I'll play guitar through it too, but the guitar effects work really well on bass you just need to tweak them right or give them the right input. I can see me spending a lot of time on this. It was easy to do synthy 80s stuff on here too. Filter, octave, fuzz, compress, tweak to make it work. Might get rid of my EHX Bass Mono Synth now, I'm not sure I need both. Only thing I now want is an expression pedal so I can bring in some Wah. I do like a Wah pedal!

I think it's the darker wood colour

I play all my basses through a Blackstar BEAM. It's not a great bass amp, I'd prefer an Ampeg. Maybe a few barely used Ampegs will be coming up second hand soon...

Me too, something about it 👍

July to August this year... P5, roasted maple neck passive split coil P and the D5, passive roasted neck single coil P. Both look fantastic.

Just seen on Facebook. Looks like passive P basses and single coil pickup P models....

I bought a Jinwan neck, a lefty P bass neck with binding and pearl blocks. I ordered the black painted one to go for the 80s MIJ look and got glossed maple. That was one of a few issues... The neck is made for either a lefty or for right handers to use it upside down, there's dot markers on both edges! But also, the nut is in upside down! It fits perfectly to a P bass body I had built by Guitarandbassbuilds.com and when I eventually get time I will be building the bass with that neck attached. When it arrived with issues I emailed Jinwan and got a response within 1 day and a satisfactory resolution a day after that. Good customer service I think.

Yeah, I get you. Mine was heavy, but it was a 5 string so there was extra meat on it. I think the hardware is a personal choice thing. Some people complain about sharp bits on bridges, my hand only goes near the bridge when I'm changing strings, all down to the individual. I just wouldn't write off the hardware, it's good enough, not spectacular.

I pre ordered an HX Stomp from Andertons a few weeks back, orders due to arrive with them on the 29th. It arrived with me today at lunch time. Just need the kids to go to bed early tonight! I funded it almost in full by selling off my Boss GT10B which I loved, but found a pain to carry around, a Zoom guitar multi effects (G7.1ut) and a Zoom 506 ii acoustic guitar pedal. Figured I'd get everything those pedals do and more out of an HX Stomp, except a bass Wah. So the plan years back was to get rid of my pedal board and have a decent multi. In the time I've not had an effects set up for bass I've been thinking I could loop a bass Wah and synth pedal in with my HX Stomp and I'd need a board and power supply and....... I've read the manual today and I've read chunks of the long Helix thread on here, but any tips on starting points other than downloading latest softwares of course, very gratefully received!

I had a vintage V7, so it had the BBOT Bridge which was just never an issue for me at all. The more modern bridges look more solid. The tuners feel cheap but I never had a problem with it slipping out of tune and I gigged in a tin shed in summer and at an ice rink in winter, no problems! While they could have been better I saw absolutely no reason to change, the bass performed perfectly with no issues from either. I've never understood "neck dive" being a problem so for me lightweight tuners etc are a luxury and not a necessity whereas other people would say the opposite. I saw Marcus Miller at a Sire plugging event and he was asked about the different models. He prefers the V7 and his view on the V9 etc was, not a direct quote but words to the effect, fancy wood tops and so on are for you to enjoy looking at and inspire you to pick up your bass but they are not making a difference to the sound. And that's from a man who is one of the top living bassists AND who makes money out of people buying Sire basses with his name on them!