jonnybass

Thre snothing like playing with other people especially jazz, nice one dude. jonny

I think the craftsmanship looks fantastic and from the electronics being offered I think they will sound amazing too. Love when bass builders design new shapes. However, I dont like the shape of the four string. Love the double cut SM2 basses in five and six string format. If i was looking for a very well built modern five I'd look at a Jones SM2, not sure how they play though. Any owners out there? Jonny

Bass collection SB315 in pearlescent white, with black hardware. Great bass to play but pickups and electronics were a bit meh, in was 1995 so had no idea about being able to change electronics so traded it for a mexican jazz, which was traded for a Fender precision lyte, which was traded for a yamaha BB1500a, which was sold to fund a Stingray V, which was sold to buy....etc etc Still have an occasional thought of buying one and getting new electronics in it. jonny

I used to use a Zoom b6. This was to switch between various 'styles' of sounds Vintage, modern, dubby that sort of thing. really easy to use, has dual inputs (if thats important) balanced DI out and a great tuner, used you'd be looking at around £200=£250. I moved it on to get a HX stomp XL but thats as i was no longer playing live with the band where i needed these styles of sounds and i was wanting to do more experimental effects. Jonny

@BigRedX uninstall re-install worked Hx stomp xl now working. Thanks for the advice. jonny

Thanks Big Red X 1.I'm trying this I need to restart my desktop which i can do later today. Hopefully it will work. Annoying that my macbook just wont allow me to run the Line 6 updater. 2.ready to try this once step 1 is complete. 3.Yeah lesson learned there. Sleep mode will be well and truly off. I did, although to be honest i use 4 patches at the moment. I was about to start working building a whole load. Jonny

Hi I decided to update my HX Stomp XL today and midst update my macbook went into sleep mode. This generated an error message and now the stomp is stuck on the load screen. Any ideas how to fix this? My Macbook (2020 M1 chip) wont install Line 6 updater and my desktop (2013 running Catalina) wont install the Line 6 HX stomp XL drivers. Do i now just have a very expensive door stop? Can i carry out a factory reset without a computer? Jonny

These things happen sometimes. I quit a band I had slogged away with for four years. I was scunnered, ready to jack it all in and enjoy my evenings weekends and make plans without thinking "do i have a gig'. Quit the band in July, joined an originals band in August, bought a double bass in October, now looking at recording an EP with the originals band and gigging/recoding on the double bass with a singer songwriter. Feels far more relaxed and enjoyable again. Dont rule out playing again, and dont sell your gear too soon, unless you'd sell me a lovely ACG bass for the £1.43 i have in my savings after buying the double bass Jonny

That is a fair point, strings are expensive without trade tariffs etc kicking in. Are there many significant DB string manufacturers in USA?? I'm very new to DB playing (started in October) and rather than following the trend, I have an idea what i want to sound like, which seems to be very similar to the tone he's talking about. Jonny

Thanks for sharing I that sound interests me. Agree doesnt seem fashionable but I dont have a problem with that. Jonny

Hiya Doug, Nice to see another local I'm from East Lothian, hope you enjoy it but be careful before you know it you'll own a different bass and amp for each day of the week Jonny

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Personally, i'd say play them (if you can) and get the one that feels/sounds best to you. I dont think where they were made matters half as much as how well they play. That being said, I've not played a MIJ fender or Squier that I didnt like the feel of. I have also got on well with around half of the MIM fenders I've played though. Black does look cooler IMO though... Jonny

Thats a lovely looking bass @SimBass congratulations!! jonny

I have a fender custom shop custom classic jazz bass. Love the playability of it but the pre amp and pick ups were the same as in the Jazz bass (ultra/elite/whatever) from 2012 and i found them a bit lacking. Fender N3 pickups i believe. Now the bass has an East preamp and Nordstrands and it sounds like a proper super jazz. Jonny