Owen

Like Sunday morning.

COMEDY GOLD!!!!!!!!!!

Fair point. BUT, as you know, they are SO much better. I have been through 3 Bravewoods and put them all against my 66J. They scratched exactly the same itches. If I played 4 strings I would stop right there.

I totally agree with all you have said. There are so much better out there. But each to their own.

I also have no interest in sustain, but my 36" neckthrough Overwater has monster sustain. Not anything I am fussed about, but the immediacy it speaks with and consistency in that the bass does not eat any of the energy is quite exciting. £70 towards the next one! Excellent.

I put a Badass on a J bass I had. I went back to the BBOT bridge. It was different. Not better, or worse. But for me - not worth the effort.

You could 3D print a pickup cover to suit. So I am told!

Bartolini and Duncan make lovely stuff. Bartolini are voiced specifically. I am sure Mr CW could cover that if you asked him. Pickups are magnets and wire.

He has done several pickups for me. He is always open to tweaking stuff. Making pickups is not rocket science. Stuff from overseas is not inherently better.

I had a Columbus bass as my first bass. Easily the most horrible instrument I have ever owned.

That headstock is ALL sorts of wrong. Like it was done with tracing paper that moved.

Hey Simon! Welcome aboard

I agree, but I guess it might port pver eventually.

This looks interesting. https://pitchslap.rocks/

This is just the stuff we need! I fancy a white/cream pickup cover for an incoming bass.

Aint that the truth.

Clean wood. Apart from the neck. Body and neck done in two different rooms by different people. Screwed together by a 3rd person. It looks like a year 9 relic project. You would probably mark it as "well done, for a 14 year old" but be glad that you did not own it. I do love a good relic. This is not a good relic. But people buy them - and for a commercial company, that is where it is at, so what do Fender care about my opinion?

Very cool indeed. That is how cool it is. Really subtle. Less is always more.

The one there is not. The chase only there is.

The pedant in me cannot resist pointing out that a 16 hour band practice might be quite draining.

You are still young. There is time.

We have all been in bands down the local pub where not everyone is pulling their weight. Church is no different. It is just people.