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I've just discovered Throttle Elevator Music, they're definitely not a reggae band, more of a jazz group that crosses into other genres. Anyway just heard this on the 'Emergency Exit' album and really liked it.

I like it. It's a definite step up from my V7 headstock . Although I have to say that 's grown on me somewhat over the couple of years I've had the bass.

I'd say 3mm is fine. I wouldn't be too worried about adjusting the truss rod or action at this stage, just enjoy getting to know your new instrument. Nice bass by the way, the quality and features available at the lower end of the price spectrum are pretty jaw dropping these days.

Forget the above. This video covers what the switches do and shows the positions for each setting.

This is from the Andrtons M5 page Powerful Pickups Sire basses are known for emitting sounds that far outweigh their modest price-points, and the M5 is no exception. Marcus Pure Humbucker Advanced active pickups deliver a thick and powerful sound, projecting plenty of low-end, a meaty mid-range and articulate highs. Want to go for more of a traditional, passive pickup sound? No problem, just use the toggle switch to flick between active and passive modes, and use the two additional switches to engage/disengage the front and rear pickups.

Are they definitely 3 position? I'd expect the active/passive switch to be 2 way as it is on my V7, I can't think what a third option would be. The pickup selectors would make sense if they were on/off, again I can't really think what the third option would be.

There's a diagram for the M7 controls here. Presumably they're the same on the M5.

Got mine a couple of days ago. Just waiting for a new purchase next month before I attach them...

Someone's sleeping outside tonight..... ....... it's me, isn't it?

You're getting nothing until you apologise for throwing up in my walking boots this morning.

Is that you Tiddles?

I've got a cat, which is pretty much the same thing, only less subtle.

Leo Fender had something similar which he used throughout his career to experiment with pickup positions.

This caugh my attention on the radio today. Not least because it's one of those lines that I'm 90% sure is either a synth or programmed but every now and then there's some articulation (is that the right word?) that makes me think it might be a genuine bass guitar with a synth effect.

Wise words.

No idea whether OP is genuine or whether he's just winding people up but just in case he is genuine I'd point out that the BPM of a song and the number of notes you might play in a minute in that song are not the same thing and the relationship between the two is dependent on other factors. I can guarantee that almost no bass player or any other intrumentalist for that matter knows how many notes they can play in a minute, because it's never occured to them count.

Makes sense. Why would whoever owns the rights want to price themselves out of any radio income? I read an article somewhere (can't seem to find it online so it may have been in print) a while back that said that R2 was planning to play less music from the 50s and 60s and more from the 70s and 80s. Something to do with the changing demographics of their listeners.

About 25 years ago I started thinking that maybe I was too grown up for such things, but I never got round to doing anything about them. At this point it sort of feels like they're part of the instrument. And I suspect if I tried to scrape them off I'd find that they actually are.

My Washburn Status that I've had from new. Complete with 30 year old glow in the dark Batman stickers.

I think Washburn just lost their market position, at least in the UK. Back in the 90s they were in direct competition with Ibanez and Jackson in the super strat rock and metal market and their bass product lines reflected that. These days for whatever reason the only Washburn lines that you seem to see on sale in the UK are acoustics and archtop semi acoustic. electrics. Bass wise they seem to be down to 3 models, 2 entry level precisions and a lower mid range Taurus reissue. https://www.washburn.com/instrument-style/electric-bass/

I've still got my Washburn Status. It was my 18th birthday present so it's not going anywhere, even though I only pick it up once in a blue moon.

I found that hard work. As much down to the bizarre camera work as the music.

I think there have only ever been 2 or 3 fairly short runs of production Gibson Flying Vee basses so there's not that many around. I played one identical to the one in the link below in Musical Exchanges around 1990. Looked the absolutely dogs. I remember struggling with it a bit, looking back I think maybe it wasn’t ideally set up for me. I remember it was priced at £350. It's a bit more than that now. https://reverb.com/uk/item/38109418-gibson-flying-v-bass-1981-transparent-blue

There is a part of me that thinks that once you've got the basics - pickup in the right place, playable action, stays in tune - then everything else is just window dressing designed to justify a higher price tag. And I say that as someone who owns some reasonably expensive (to me that is, I'm not talking Foderas) kit.

I think it may be a case of 'if you have to ask'. I seem to remember a youtube clip of Andertons visiting the Fender stand at NAMM last year or the year before and saying that every one of that years collection had been sold before they'd gone on show, which I think would have been before they were officially unveiled.