Cuzzie

He’s just jealous as us Manc’s know that on the 7th day God created Man-chester

The biggest thing is to play the bass if you can before buying. Doesnt matter if it’s made by Dave down the road or Fender or whoever-if it feels right, it’s a good price in your range then go for it. No matter what the name or looks of it does not feel right to play or sound like you want you will always fight it and not be happy

Panther is a vastly underrated bass, beautiful skill and craftsmanship and super thin contoured body - the sound really surprised me. Joy to listen to and play

Black label pick ups are glorious, great punch and precision to them

Moog

@Bankai a fine choice sir

Well deserved buddy - looking lush

Crying out for a Status neck, keep it all black

And it’s on for way too much

You’ll be getting as bad as me soon

Pretty much any USB interface and then use a USB lightning converter

Tech21 DP3X pedal

And it’s a great cuppa, with great company

@Wolverinebass is much more adept at using this than I, but broadly speaking....... when you select a ‘sound’ the parameters which the dials represent are set to give you a specific tone. When you turn the dial and you start dialling back the parameter the left number flashes, if you boost that parameter the right number flashes. The controls are interactive in how they effect the sound. Easiest thing to do is to copy the patch into an empty slot and then play, you then never lose the factory preset (it’s absurdly easy to copy and paste the patch). That way you can tinker till you get exactly what you want. Buzz affects low end break up, punch mid range and crunch top end, although they all interact and punch can be a bit more like presence and not just distortion. Drive increases the amount of power amp distortion. Essentially, even if the start point is not to your flavour there is more than enough to reign it in. The presets in the manual are not - “here is where the dials are at” it is “this is what this number patch represents SVT/Jazz/Metal/Hiwatt/Van Hallen etc. Now make it your own” @dave_bass5 I am going to just say it once, just get it....! (But only if you want to put time into tinkering) Its like a good relationship, the more time you put in, the more you get out of it

Either way current climate or not, you would need to wipe it down...

I really feel all you Puny Humans should bow down to the best headstock ever. Your meagre efforts make me smile with pity Behold.......

Decent demo

I play bridge favoured in a blend - 70s works better for me with a slight extra bite

Aye Mine too

Roasted maple fretboard on a walnut neck - it’s very very nice. @foxyFuze nice choice, that bad boy used to have GZR’s in!

@sykilz @Old Horse Murphy looks like I have a poor man’s worn version of your loves....

These 2 legendary basses.

Crafted by a genius that.... It’s all evened out mate, you play it better than I could

And you can get the SVT sounding better than that, and that sounds sweet