Jonesy

Ohh, with what? I know they have the Mike Kerr, Squire and the Pawn Shop reverse Jag, but I didn't know there was something else

My set arrived about a week ago. Only used them at home so far, but couldn't be happier with them.

A 70s Vintera P bass. B neck, 70s voiced pups and available in natural (ash body) and mocha. Both with maple boards. Fender to use the jaguar shape and put dark sounding humbuckers in there so it sounds like a Gibson. A Gibson & Epiphone flying v bass.

Lovely looking bass and I'm sure it sounds as good as it looks. Enjoy it!

Not many bass related pressies for me, but I did get some dosh and have just spent it on..... Xvive a58 - this means instead of standing perfectly still a few meters away from my amp, I can stay still up to 30 meters away from my amp. Gator pro go ultimate gig bag - should keep things nice and comfy when out and about. Some plectrums - wanted to try a few different gauges/types. I'm probably most curious about the felt one I have on the way!

As @Lozz196 said, if you like regular Guinness, then give it a go. It's really nice and I prefer it to the regular stuff tbh!

We watch it every year and absolutely love it. Just people in a studio drinking beer from mugs and having a great time whilst listening to top tunes. The funniest bit is when that couple fall over while dancing!

Really cool, looking forward to hearing what you think about it!

The silver sparkle looks cool with the mirror plate too, nice addition! Where did you get the maple neck from? I thought the silver only came with a rosewood board?

I grabbed a Spectracomp off eBay today, so hopefully it'll be here in a few days and ready for the next band practice! Thanks for the advice! I'll give it a whirl and see what my ears say. I'll be using it in a blues covers band and have 2 general tones. One with the VT, which is fairly flat-ish and just uses a pedal for a bit of warmth and slight break up. Then I use a catalinbread SFT for more grit. I switch between basses depending on what I fancy taking with me, but it'll be wearing flats. Any tips on which tone print would be good to start with? I hear good things about the Captain East...

That's probably my biggest concern. I really like the VT with the band and I know it compresses things, so I'm wondering if it's worth using a compressor. So then maybe something clean and transparent is the way to go, so it just looks at dynamics? Or does the VT inherently also help control dynamics?

I think the issue is that I'm still not 100% sure on what they do and what I want them for! Although, watching a few reviews where they show the sound wave and a talk with ChatGPT has been pretty helpful in me half figuring that out. From my understanding so far....... I don't really want them to shape my tone (although I don't mind an added bit of warmth, def don't want anything too clinical), what I want is help with evening out the dynamics. So an Optical or Tube compressor would be best? Given that tube compressors aren't cheap, then optical compressors might be the best route to go down? I do like the look of the Spectracomp, but I'm kinda torn on it. I love the simplicity of one knob (ooh err), but with all of the settings hidden in Toneprint, it makes making changes at band practice a bit more of a faff.

Good to hear, thanks for that! Do you put the compressor before or after the Sansamp? I've heard good things about the Ampeg too and it's not out of budget, if people think it's worth shelling out a bit more for a different pedal to the the Joyo or TC.