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I keep seeing these studies of Jaco and other bassists advertised on Facebook by a chap called Igor Sardi. I'm very wary of handing over money for something like this, so seeing if anyone on here has bought or heard of this and has any views? I don't mind supporting someone who's done something like this to earn a few quid extra and it could be really good! I just know that Facebook is also rife with scams and half truths.

My band use www.gig.ink and they look great (band logo printed on Scratchplate) and I've just ordered some pickup surrounds like the Yamaha BB basses for my Bitsa, will report back on quality once I've received them.

When a bass made up to look like symbols of the British slave trade, or other atrocities committed in the past by the British Empire, I'm sure you will see similar commentary.

Gigging mine tonight with just the one cab, angled up with a wedge. Love the big, round, clean sound I can get... Then roughing it up and making it dirty!

Yeah but you're a lot bigger and scarier looking than me!! 😂

I'd be ok with it tbh. But whether it was "First name Surname and the backing band" or just a band name, if one member is a massive egotist and considers themselves hugely superior to everyone else I'd be out.

I had a sound guy do that to me at a festival while we were setting up. He was also in the "headline" band. "Sh!t bass" he said to me as I was tuning up. It was my Japanese Fender P, a true beaut of a P bass in my eyes. Was it a compliment, was it a dig? I don't know. Was it inappropriately timed, Yes! Did it make me think he was a d!CK regardless, Yes again!

I've been practicing this for ages, getting both buttocks to do this in time is very tricky.

Yeah I loved their first gen five string jazz, it was that bass that got me confident in active EQs. I'd always had two band or really rubbish actives before and never got on with it. I'm toying with their passive jazz for the neck, but I do like their active system, but it's a grand for the v10s that have both. Then there's the colour schemes on the v7s. But I like the D5 (is it D5, the fifties P bass?) Because I think a p bass will be more useful to me in the current band. I could get a V7 or V5 and a D5 for the price of a V10 and then there's no regrets........?

Haha I've got a "wishlist" on Thomann.... It's got there Sire basses in the list. Though I'll probably buy an MIA Jazz.

Well... I've never understood the whole neck dive thing anyway, but others don't understand why I like hi-mass bridges. Either way we're all keeping someone in business somewhere in the world 🤠

Saw this on Instagram just now.... Won't be rushing to do it to my basses right now.

Great to hear his analysis and praise of the session bassist. I like Rick, he has the enthusiasm of an amateur Youtuber type but then he deconstructs the music very technically (but in a way even I can understand) and replays it perfectly on any instrument.

I always think about resale when buying basses. There are so many better quality basses out there than Fender but it's Fender that keeps its value. Not criticizing Fender, they make really nice basses and I've had a few, it's just amazing how their second hand prices shoot up.

Aria SB series, most of those were passive one pickup basses. They sound great too. The previously mentioned Epiphone Jack Casady is a fantastic bass. There's tons of them.

I need to track down this book and use it as a prop at work!

I think it's in the Beatles Anthology he says he always considered Fender an expensive instrument "even though I could buy the whole company now" or words to that effect.

I get what you are saying here but your thread title and first line has created a bit of a pile-on over something that's not really the end of the world. It's poor, but it's not like you've been ripped off or anything. I don't want to have a go at you, I like a lot of what you write on here, but if I owned a small business for a niche product set that made a small mistake and caused all this to come up in Google searches I'd be mortified.... But then again, that seems to be the theme here! What is being done to correct things? I'm waffling, and having just contradicted myself, I'll stop.

My watch-out would be this... Do you sometimes use different basses? Some pre amp pedals sound amazing with a passive P bass but dog dirt with an active jazz, so if you like to rotate between different instruments you need to really get hands on to understand what settings are best. Also, some pedals don't play nicely with others, so it can be a bit of a lottery getting them to work together on a board without unwanted noise and fartiness (IME, I'm no pedal-head). And finally what sounds great on online demos might be awful when you get your hands on it, the way you attack a note, your string choice, the pickups, your EQ, all these things can wildly change the sound you're getting from a pedal, if you can try before you buy, or have the patience for trial and error on the second hand market then you should be ok.

I think I've seen one or two years back, never in that colour. But I thought, and could be completely wrong and can't be bothered looking it up, these were the cheap bottom of the range basses. Might even just be a guitar pickup in there? Obviously a few people know something I don't or want these so much they'll throw more than a grand at it... Or both!!

They should call that the P55. And the four string version, you guessed it.... Go and get your P45, bassist!

My 2019 MiM neck has a smooth finish, it's not thick gloss.

Depends on which models and when from I guess? As a right hander you've got a lot more options, but my simple way of looking at it is this: I've got a 2019 MiM precision neck on my Bitsa and it's lovely, very very good. I tried out a new MIA Jazz in a shop a few months back and it was light years ahead. It feels like there's no finish on it, and I think from looking at the woodgrain it must be this "quarter-sawn" business that gets spoken about. It felt like there was no finish on it at all, nice and thin, very fast. The MiM neck is a huge improvement on the rubbish they made in the 90s but the MIA feels premium. Hope that helps

We need a thread of recordings of good settings....

It's great isn't it? Speeding up and slowing down the sequencer, altering the pitch, it's great. I used a few settings with the band the other night and it was great. The synth sits really nicely under the guitars, it's not in-your-face, and the bass guitar sound still pushes through very clearly and nicely. I'm impressed. Going to use it on my next gig on Fri, hopefully can record it and see how it goes.