JonnyCumbo

Is anyone here a member of SBL and has received emails encouraging you to apply for a 40 person only one year course, promising one-on-one mentoring? I just need to be sure I'm not being scammed. They haven't told me the cost yet, but a suspect a couple of grand, as they say it's a fraction of the $61,000 it would cost to attend Berkley. Thanks in advance guys. Jonno

I'm aiming to thicken up an old school sound in a three piece setting whilst the guitar solos

Is the TC Electronics Ditto Loop pedal a good purchase for Bass?

Is the Ampeg Liquifier analog chorus pedal a good purchase for Bass?

Is the Cry Baby Bass Wah pedal a good choice?

Ampeg and Aguilar apparently make decent overdrive/distortion pedals. They both have blend. Which would you choose or would you go for another brand?

Gee, thanks for all that @crazycloud, and especially about neck inserts. I've seen issues with frequently removed necks before. It's only likely to happen twice each year with me; at each end of the holiday. If I needed to travel with a Bass for gigging, I'd use a proper hard flight case. I know someone in Perth who makes carbon fibre flight cases. A luthier colleague put his guitar in one and jumped up & down on it. Not a dent. Thanks for the heads up on Streamlines & Synapses. Jonny PS. I should try to build my own headless, slim bodied bass, maybe. With guidance I built a great J Bass.

It's been very interesting reading all these experiences of these basses, the XL-2, the XT-2, the Status Streamline and even the Synapse. My original intension was to find a bass I could travel with, leaving my prized Fenders, self-made Jazz & Stingray 5 at home. I considered taking my Ibanez GSR, the neck in a hard trombone case, but the body took up too much space in my suitcase. So a Steinburger looks like a good option, except now I know the L-2s are one piece! And maybe the XT-2s are lacking in tone and sustain. A modern version like a Status or Synapse may be preferable. To cap it all, I'm left handed! As I just need to keep my hand in whilst on holiday a 2nd hand XT-2 may be the sensible option (I already have 6 great Basses!). If I take fewer clothes on holiday my Ibanez body fits in quite well & I like the feel & sound of that bass. Decisions, decisions.... Jonathan

Wow! You have a similar story to me. My first Bass (I'm a lefty) was a '78 Fender P, and I didn't replace my Mexican Jazz but bought a '68 Jazz on which I replaced the cream pick guard with a tortoiseshell pickguard. Jonny