Al Krow

@Stub Mandrel go on, ask him what his favourite musical instrument is? 😁

No it's not, I agree! We seem to be settling, as a group, on £1k as being the de facto boundary between normal and boutique. Is that what folk would typically consider to be their "price boundary" (albeit no doubt blurred at the edges!)? But it's kinda funny, 'cos my Ibby SR Premium for me is a goto workhorse bass and I wouldn't have considered it in any shape or form as being "boutique" even though it cost me a fraction over £1k new.

That is high praise indeed if your Ovation is more of a keeper than your Wal Mk1! Please don't mention this to @OliverBlackman, but I actually feel similarly about my £550 Yamaha 1025 vs my three higher end basses. Fortunately neither of us are being forced to choose!

It's not better. And you'll need a very decent PA speaker to compete with a decent bass cab, for purely bass use. But there are potential cost savings and the ability to get everything mixed perfectly. I think there are pros and cons to both approaches and you will find some very content FRFR users and plenty (like me) who stick to a dedicated bass rig. Big topic! Best jump on that thread, if you're interested - it's been done in a LOT of detail

Lovely bass! But in this case, loyalty can't have been cheap! 😁

I've got a Barefaced cab. And some RCF active speakers. I think that qualifies as pretty FRFR, right?

More like yin and yin, I would say, Mr Yang? 😁

Full range, flat response Interesting FRFR story.. - Amps and Cabs - Basschat

Very juicy! Now where did I leave my feather duster? 😁

That is a serious play room you have there @prowla! And a very tidy pedal board too (although we really should discuss finding a successor to your 12 year old bass synth technology at some point in the coming the decade...)

Having your own studio? Heaven

Gear too heavy?...EBS head? All appearing in one sentence! I see an alignment of stars in your future when an @EBS_freak shall appear as if from nowhere and utter the magical incantation "FRFR"....

So the sweet spot with Thomann is going to be above their minimum value [£99? - seems to change all the time] for free delivery and below £135 where they sort out the VAT and make the risk of losing VAT on returns disappear.

Well you boys are immensely helpful for dealing with any guilt issues for me having a dedicated home rig separate from my gigging rig!

So exactly how many rigs have you got Dave?! I think I've tallied four from the pics plus mention of the Mesa rig!

Thanks for sharing that tab and link to your website - looks great!

Nope - hence my question / quest. Still the realm of keyboard synths AFAIK. But if anyone is going to crack this on something like the FI or SA C4 it's going to be our talented Mr @Quatschmacher

Oooh - if you're after a nice 5 string bass, I'm sure we will all chip in with great ideas to help you find a nice home for your £700! Particularly for a fellow West Midlander (well I was once). And don't believe the naysayers: of course a nice new bass is going to make you play better 😁

Ok thanks. I guess that particular MJ track (the way you make me feel) is a really good litmus test for me as to whether a bass synth can deliver a usable 80s synth tone.

Mate - I told them about your Boss EQ pedal!!! If it was any good at all...just sayin'.

I tried to you use one at open mic, but they took away the mic before I could. I then told them "my mate Dave had a fancy boss EQ pedal" but they came back with some cr*ap about my "needing to be able to play or sing"...or something. "What about equal opportunities?" I cried. Not for bass players they retorted.

This guy has +11,807 likes. So what he said.

+1^^ @Quatschmacher do you reckon that would track sufficiently tightly to handle something like the bass line to MJ's "the way you make me feel"?

Well there is a £390 duty free allowance for items personally brought by hand into the UK. Anything above that is subject to VAT on the full value not just the excess.