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From another Surrey denizen (well that’s what it says on my address).

Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live Wishbone Ash - Argus & New England Dire Straits - The first 2 albums Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom (plus Venus Isle at a pinch) Steely Dan - The Royal Scam & Aja Rush - R30 (before Geddy’s voice really went south, or any best of) The Police - Regatta & Zenyatta Robben Ford - Robben Ford & The Blue Line Deep Purple - Made in Japan & Made in Europe Steven Wilson - Home Invasion (live @ the RAH) Marillion - 6 of One, Half Dozen of the Other Runrig - Long Distance (best of) The Who - Who’s Next (although I prefer Quadrophenia) Bad Co - Bad Co Led Zeppelin - The Mothership (for me Physical Graffiti and Houses of the Holy would do it) Pink Floyd - Pulse YMMV

I had a ‘59 Bassman (4x10) reissue for guitar duties back in the day for which it was awesome, the best sounding guitar amp I’ve ever owned/played through. When the low end came a calling, I obviously wondered what my new bass would like through it. It sounded great. However, IIRC it did rattle a bit as they were then built for midrange and up guitars, rather than thunderously low P bass action.

The Nano+ case

Rebate the bridge, go with the pink.

Agreed. Whilst I like MM and some of the tracks on BiA, those 2 first albums border on perfect for me. Just when I think that I definitely prefer one over the other, I hear a track from the ‘loser’ and it’s all tied again. Communique has a special place for me, as it was the first DS album I bought. However, it was hearing Sultans in a pub that made me rush to the jukebox to find out what the marvellous sound was. Favourite track from those days for me is probably Single Handed Sailor, or is it Once Upon A Time In The West? GAH! So much goodness. 😌

Happy to oblige...

Wise words. Due to the lockdown, my short scale GAS seems to have abated. However, my 5 string Sadowsky GAS remains fairly intact, which is a pain.

I think PP is a great p/up combo and I don’t understand why we don’t see more basses with them. I had an extra P p/up added to my old Roadworn 50s P, it sounded great but went the way of all things when I went on an all 5 string jaunt ☹️.

I love the sound of those SD Foderas.

Or make it completely bland. I did a demo using my old Ric 4003s and in the rough mix it had that lovely Ric growl. When it came to the final master, it was reduced to an anodyne, beige sound - I was not happy, but didn’t want to ask for a remix as it wasn’t about me and would’ve probably cost more. I thought it was a P bass at the get go, but didn’t stick my head above the parapet (easy to say now 😉).

With those pickups, you have a Roger meets Vinny; that truly is an NYC bass. What's the bridge on that BTW? Nice groove too.

The one that I played a while back in GuitarGuitar was very impressive too (I played it just after demoing a secondhand Metro which was annoying wonderful - GAS and all that). I'd be interested to try a Japanese Express next a new Sino/German Express.

Beat me to it.

Both P basses to my ears and like some of those above, I prefer bass number 1.

Do you mean the original Japanese ones or the new China via Germany ones? I'm not making a point here, just looking for clarification.

I should say so. Some of your FS items have had me drooling but I've been strong (the Sad 5 string was a close call though).

You want a Rob Allen Mouse. There is one for sale in the community:

The price for a Masterbuilt is a bit stiff, 😱.

That’s the badger!

Yes they are.

I've always been a fretless fan after I was turned onto the sound by Pino with Paul Young back in the '80s. I pulled the frets out of my 2nd bass to be able to sound like that, so I've been playing fretless almost since the beginning of my affair with the low end beast. With restraint where necessary, fretless will fit in just about anywhere, you can even slap them (although not overly recommended due to potential 'board damage and the sound isn't exactly right - if memory serves a manufacturer came out with a fretless with 'slap plates' back in the day; it didn't catch on). I've only ever seen Pete Stroud, who gave a session at the at the SE Bash last year, use fretless basses live and a lot of the time you can't tell. It's not all about mwah and slides, but they are there if you want/need them. As we all know, your average punter isn't too bass savvy.

Shame on you 😂

I’m often in a similar mood, but I won’t be giving anything away except in exchange for money.

Didn’t EBS do a phantom power feature from their heads to their pedals? I wonder if many folks actually used it?