I have one of these in gunmetal grey metallic. Fantastic bass for the money, and my current go-to bass (despite owning a few costing a lot more money!)
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Tone is tone. It's not necessarily the 'hottest' signal through the lead that gives the best tone for any particular occasion. Just sayin'.
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True.
A good tone is a good tone however you achieve it
I suppose it depends if you change your tone much for different songs and whether you can reach your amp shoehorned in the corner of the Dog & Duck. Or indeed if you have time between songs. Personally I find my passive tone control very useful and use it all the time. I don't feel I have anything missing from my tone when it's rolled off
I was supposed to be the keyboard player in my first school band having learnt piano. I'd also done a lot of stuff on bass trombone. I didn't have a keyboard, the band didn't have a bass player and was considered more important than keys. A bass was easily available (another Kay SG plank of crap) from my then music teacher for a couple of quid and a bassist was born
The loft wasn't very kind to my Aria (refinish thread linked in sig!). I wouldn't put another up there. Under the bed or in a wardrobe is lot better place.
I can't comment on basses but my guitarist loves his thinline telecaster copy and users it regularly in his pro band. Well constructed, light as a feather, cheap as chips and sounds great
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It's coming, I'm still planing and brooding on the next project.
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I'll look forward to that. /EndDerailment
I think it was Mike Rutherford that really made me notice the bass before I started playing. I can't say I play anything like him (I wish!) as I have only really played in cover bands, but a truly inspirational bass player
Edit: Oh, and Roger Glover