Terry M.

Mind me asking why the geographic stipulation? I know it's your choice but if you bond with a bass and it's within your budget does it really matter? Where out of interest is your first bass made?

Definitely try if possible. I was in Bass Direct two days ago and tried it. It sounded really nice.

I favour Warwicks so totally aware of this 👍

I'll take the tone in the video over a P bass with rounds too 😂

Whenever I owned Stingrays I always anchored my thumb on the pickup as I never warmed to the sound as much when played nearer the neck. It's all very personal though.

Yep I agree with you. I'll take that over a P pass with flats tone. I'm not a fan of J/MM basses generally but unless I'm wrong that sounds like the bridge humbucker soloed or at least more bridge than neck.

I would say that's the more percussive end of the slap bass continuum that followed Larry Graham's example. I'm not an expert on the topic but he seemed to thump and pluck actual notes and less muted hits.

PC/laptop speakers will always make it sound like that 😂

That's hilarious. Anyway dogs as we all know have a wider hearing range than us humans so that will be the real reason. Those high pitched pops will be too much for some humans so imagine how a dog hears them 😂

Not a fan of slap bass are you? 😂

This has made my day,and I slap occasionally 😂

Yes they also feature on my walkabouts too.

What do you make of Mudpie Music run by Alfie? I pop in on my Brighton trips. It's worth the price of admission just to hear him put the world to rights 😊

Are these individuals you ask this of other musicians? I think it's just personal preference at the end of the day. Some don't mind it and others do. There is no right or wrong. And is it a rhetorical question or not? Would you be able to budget for anybody who might say yes?

Can you elaborate on this please? Actually I've thought about this and agree.

I saw the British 80s soul band Loose Ends warm up for another act late last year. They basically did a karaoke of their hits to quite a packed audience. I love them but I didn't enjoy that.

Backing tracks on a live gig? Not my cup of tea.

Just reading up on this and learning that there isn't a setting amongst the 5 options for the two outer pickups. Have you found a favourite setting of the 5 at all? I assumed the "jazz bass" setting would have been an option.

Oh it got my attention believe me 👍

I'm so anxious to get my hands on a 5 string Reverend to test drive but it seems to be only Merchant City Music in Glasgow that is a dealer in the UK. That's to my knowledge only. They're currently out of stock anyway on their website.

That's a point but they should explain why an item is B stock if nothing else. I've played Metro Express basses that have been awesome and some less so. There's no way of subjectively knowing which one is which until you have it in your hands. From experience I know they have an easy and free returns policy. I bought a B stock from them(Fender) in the past that was nothing more than a customer return. It was flawless.

Don't rule out asking them directly also. I've had good experiences with email exchanges with them in the past.

OP what did you do in the end? I already know you don't like wide straps but I deliberately this morning played my heavy 5 string Warwick with a different strap,it's both less padded and skinnier than the normal one I use. Anyway after about 20 minutes I was really feeling it. Swapped back to the regular wide padded strap and the bass immediately "lost weight" ( I know it didn't really). Still have the heavy bass you mentioned?

They've been in business since 1964. Are you referring to a different retailer?

Grammy award winning Esparanza Spalding set a few tongues wagging a while back when she was seen touring with a standard Mexican Fender fretless. I don't claim to know for definite but I'm sure many famous musicians have done something similar at some point. She can have access to any bass she chooses in terms of value.