CamdenRob

Ibanez stuff is pretty much universally light IME

I've used Gumtree with variable success in the past

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1459932621' post='3020885'] ...reading angry posts on Facebook without doing any background reading. [/quote] Are you related to Mrs C?

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1459771376' post='3019367'] Get them elsewhere, you'd think Fender would know about PJs [url="http://www.cafepress.com/+fender+pajamas"]http://www.cafepress...+fender+pajamas[/url] [url="https://www.target.com.au/p/men-s-fender-short-pyjama-set/57609263"]https://www.target.c...ma-set/57609263[/url] [/quote] that's my Christmas present sorted then...

I have different basses for different occasions Wals for my original projects and passive fender styles for the sort of music where that's required / expected.

[quote name='mfisher91' timestamp='1459868856' post='3020407'] I find with some basses the bottom B sounds like a wet fart. Well, this thumps out of the bass like a..... [/quote] dry fart? [quote name='mfisher91' timestamp='1459868856' post='3020407'] The black hardware looks great too. I'm usually against black on instruments, but this goes really well with the grains in the wood. [/quote] Always the best choice on natural instruments IMO [quote name='mfisher91' timestamp='1459868856' post='3020407'] All of the hardware feels firm and secure and not like a cheap metal peice of crap. The volume/pickup selector/bass/etc controls alllow you to change the levels to millimetre precision. [/quote] I think this is very important and a sign of a quality instrument... On a good bass everything feels solid and tight, knobs turn smoothly with the right amount of resistance, tuners are solid and firm etc. Nothing puts me off a bass quicker than flimsy cheap feeling hardware.

[quote name='linear' timestamp='1459875714' post='3020508'] 'pretentious music for 30-somethings who like expensive coffee and vegetable boxes, played by people who don't practice enough' [/quote] That's me... When's the audition?

[quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1459892836' post='3020706'] Ah, maybe it was my mood but NOTHING I played felt 'right'. I guess I've put in a lot of hours on my OLP so it feels like home but even playing some silly expensive models was frustrating and left me feeling very flat and dejected. I'll try again, have no fear [/quote] Not spending loads of money and discovering you prefer the gear you already have is never a bad thing... I'd regard your trip as a triumph.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1459922662' post='3020796'] It's a Jazz meets Stingray or, if you will, a Stingjay or 'Jay bass by Maruszczyc [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100441_zpsvyo33ci3.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100443_zpsl3ly0dvd.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100440_zps1jk0buz1.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100442_zpseocby5kh.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] It looks fantastic ez... really organic. I love the recessed control knobs, the whole instrument has wonderful flowing lines.

This is very interesting... Good to know which drivers everyone is using, would be great to see a spec comparison and find out just how "variant" the variants are.

We're nearly up to as many voters as entrants...

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1459846199' post='3020115'] Not much change in the last seven years then, eh? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/52982-my-favorite-bass-of-all-timehamer-impact/"]http://basschat.co.u...mehamer-impact/[/url] [/quote] That's quite impressive to be fair... my "holy grail" bass gear changes every couple of days

I had a Marleaux Consat for a little while with Delano pups... sounded very clean and modern, bart like I would say. They seem to do a very diverse range though, so I don't really think they have a signature sound.

April Fools thing aside, the whole roadworn thing only really works on painted finishes IMO... A natural wood bass with chunks out of it isn't quite the same really...

Tone over playability if it came down to it... Fortunately we don't have to choose and many fine instruments offer the best of both 🙂

I don't have a problem with any profile, or a preference really... it doesn't take long to get used to a change. I find tight string spacing a bit of an issue, but other than that I can swap between neck profiles and not really notice the difference.

[quote name='OutSpoon' timestamp='1459774366' post='3019422'] - jeez, do they seriously have to send you a letter in the post? How long does that (did that) actually take? Now I think paying for priority shipping was a mistake if someone is going to send me a freaking letter. 2nd class no doubt! [/quote] It wasn't too bad in the end. The bass sat at Heathrow for a few days with customs, then it got sent out to the local parcelforce depot and I got a letter the next day. Paid the charges online and then went to pick it up... but they would have delivered it the next working day (once the payment had cleared) had I wanted them too.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1459686920' post='3018606'] Wow I see we have had a deluge of votes! Haha [/quote] Everyone is just waiting until Friday in order to build suspense... It can't possibly be that no-one is remotely interested in listening to a bunch of isolated bass tracks 😯

Subsonic's DB noodle does it for me for the second month running in these early days of our fledgling competition... It just grooves so damn hard... I actually can't listen to it sitting still, you just have to move! KingBollock and Roland Rock were my other two choices out of another quality bunch

[quote name='mfisher91' timestamp='1459518523' post='3017362'] [/quote] Phwoor...

[quote name='nash' timestamp='1459501888' post='3017101'] Hahaha excellent pyjama comments! [/quote] I have to admit I did scour google images yesterday trying to find a picture of some fender pyjamas to post here... alas it's appears that at no point in their long history have they produced any.