Owen

I know, I know. Mixing different speaker cabs. Comb filtering etc. However, massive air shifting trumps all that malarky

I had one for a brief period. It appeared at a price I could not resist. I paired it up with a 6x10". It was like being carried on a wave of LF power. I shall never plug into it's like again. I sold it to someone who could actually move it.

I did a session where I took my passive bass loaded with my finest Fralin J pickups and it went through my Jule Monique pre. It sounded glorious as I put it down. In the final mix it sounded like a bass. Producers do not want the sound in our heads. They want the sound in their heads. That will be a sound they have been listening to for years. Not our fanciest, shiny basses. Also, they will not have time (or sadly, the interest) to audition several different flavours of bass.

The older I get the more lax I get with reading what is actually there. And proof reading, but will come as no suprise to my followers. Imagine my surprise when I did not hear The Cardigans when I pressed play.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=18585&srsltid=AfmBOoqthV76YOiuviVyhG7nRSzO6p5AC7McW50CZ4qqIzqaGBqNarBx

We get proper excited about this stuff.

He is not wrong. I have owned RA and JTG basses so am commenting from experience.

https://acguitars.co.uk/mule/

ACG did some stuff which was the same vibe.

I used to be obsessive about this sub forum. I have relaxed a bit about it more recently. But it still brings the same emotions up for me. "I did this Then I did this Then this happened Then I did this And then this beautiful bass appeared." How is this even a thing? How can people get wood and turn them into playable instruments? Crazy madness.

I have turned up at a studio and taken out a vintage instrument and the artist's eyes have lit up like a christmas tree. I do not believe I played any better or worse, but the artist felt that they were getting the real deal.

Dunno.

We truly live in the golden age of luthiery.

With an A neck on the P5, obv.

I get the pre CBS thing. I desire one. I have a Jan 5th 66 J. I am fully aware that (bound neck and machine heads notwithstanding) it is to all purposes exactly like a pre CBS one. I like the look of that faded paint, the gloss has gone, it does not need looking after aesthetically. All that stuff is very attractive. I would like a pre CBS because when I was growing up if it was not pre CBS then it was not worth looking at. This is what the cool kids/gatekeepers told me. We all know that is not true, but that narrative has stuck with me. Formative years and all that. Interestingly I have owned 3 Bravewoods. They all scratched exactly the same itches as my 66J does. Of course, YMMV, but for me it triggered the same "Ahhh and Ooooh" responses as my 66. Exactly the same. If only Mr Bravewood would build me a J5 and a P5.

They are lovely when you blend them.

I could live with a set of CARs

You are our leader in these matters.

Went to see M'eshell Ndegeocello last night in Ronnie Scott's. Sublime it was.