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    Well, ask his bandmates, they might know, or be able to get you in contact with the former bass player. My best bet though is some kind of RAT based pedal mixed with clean signal and compression, also probably a Turbo variant of a RAT will get you closest. The MXR M85 Bass Distortion, which is indeed based on a RAT, and does in fact feature both a silicon diode clipping classic RAT mode, and a LED diode clipping Turbo RAT mode, as well as allowing you to blend in clean signal, might be able to get you in the approximate same ballpark. Be aware though that the song in that video was produced and mixed in a studio, so I think it is pretty safe to assume a lot more is going on than just that, most certainly a separate clean and distorted bass track, each processed individually with compression and various equalization, and that the bass player with all possible likelihood didn't actually sound exactly like that when playing live, heck for all I know the actual distortion on that track might very well be a VST effect. But as said, to me it sounds very RAT like with clean signal blended in, so that is what I would aim at, if the band can't be of any help to you.
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    Yeah, you are absolutely right, at 45 you are done! Just look at all those famous great acts that decides to break up and retire at age 45. I mean I can't really name any off the top of my head, but I am sure there a loads of examples... Ah, yes, how about: Iron Maiden, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra... And the list goes o... Oh, wait... They didn't, did they? Well, that admittedly was probably not of much help, plenty of great pieces of advice and helpful suggestions in this thread already though.
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    Santa's Coming Over - LOW Oh, well, on the wrong page *doh* Choke the Rhythm - Sentridoh
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    I quite like the color it seems to have on that photo though. Also if I actually learned to accept tortoise pickguard as a valid option for basses, something I never thought would happen, that bass/finish screams for a black pickguard, or maybe even a green one, if one is more daring. The tortoise one doesn't look awful, just doesn't really compliment the finish of that bass all too well.
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    Curious... But well, in any case every current production Squirer and Fender Mustang Basses are slab body designs without any contours.
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    Is that an original stock Fender one though?
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    You forgot to point out the really poor upper frets access. (Edit!: Well to be fair, not quite as bad upper frets access as the Fender Mustang, which it by the way also shares the un-contoured slab body design with) Oh, and then of course also the typical Gibson clunky/clumsy 3 point bridge that is notorious for failing, more specifically sooner or later likely to lift from the body.
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    Listen to the provided samples and pick the one you think sounds best? You really got no preferences when it comes to nut width and fingerboard radius, cause they are quite different in that aspects, from a playing feel perspective? Also one got just 20 frets whereas the other got 24.
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    Well, whether the higher end pickups have a higher or lower output, and whatever character they got, very much will depend on the specific pickup model in question, rather than price tag. Also as far as goes 3 piece bands, essentially Tool is so, that is a guitarist, a bass player, and a drummer, they just have a dedicated singer, instead of either the guitarist, bass player or drummer additionally also being responsible for delivering the vocals. As for which pickups I don't have any specific suggestion, but might be an idea to check out Nordstrand's offerings (note though that the pickup descriptions on Northstrand's homepage seems more like tongue in cheek parodies on the usual nonsense marketing babble than really being of much help getting closer to any kind of real idea of what they might sound like, though the tone charts provided for the different pickup models is of some help at least, but to really get a better idea of what to expect from them I'll advice you to look up YouTube demos/reviews). Here's the link to their homepage: https://nordstrandaudio.com/
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    By now I have grown quite fond of having it tuned like this. Don't miss the lower range much, and love the added upper range. Obviously it does change the voicing of the bass, but as said I really do like the change. Though actually the stuff I composed for my bass and drums sort of duo project still work perfectly well. However it is no doubt going to change the way I compose on it going forward, with more regular chord work incorporated than what was the case previously.
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    Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast - Pink Floyd
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    Bloophf squitzch quaquawble åbleøbÿõ ka'poq zhzkl-boiñgkh squáshtz plãgabloïnkzch lobleöph nøblé ZÄáPp zoïnk æhlph!
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    I suppose there will always be people perceiving having a sense of humor an offence.
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    An electric bass predominantly being an electrical instrument is not an opinion. You are of cause still free to question reality, it is not like it can actually be proven to not be nothing but an illusion. But unless assuming it is not all communication is rendered absurd and obsolete.
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    I heard nothing. Neither weeping or shooting. I am afraid that is all in your imagination. Simply stating the truth. You really prefer a forum full of misinformation to daring face factual misconceptions? I get you might already have your facts straight, but there are other people than you using this forum. Which as far as I see it is as much a collection of knowledge, a place to search for information, as it is a social space.
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    Also if you end up getting a Harley Benton, Thomann has a full 30 days return and money back policy, including shipping cost back covered, no questions asked, and I never had any issues returning items and getting a full return, that way the only thing you'll loose if the bass doesn't turn out to be to your liking is the initial shipping costs, which to begin with really isn't much.
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    Utter nonsense! EQ'ing the bass to sound the best is not emulating a sound, it's making the bass sound optimal, EQ'ing happens even if you plug the bass straight into your amp, the way your bass is constructed, your string choice, the way you pick the strings, the strings you use, and not least actually EQ'ing is very much happening in the amp, and the specific cab you use EQ your tone a lot. Further more saturation will happen to some extend in the amp part of a setup, as well as the speaker units will likely distort to at least some degree as well, heck, even the cable you use from your bass to the amp will affect the output signal of the bass. There is no logic behind claiming that a bass plugged straight into an amp somehow sound better, quite on the contrary. And in no possible way is the difference even remotely close to the difference between an electronic keyboard and a grand piano, not least because an electric bass is in fact predominantly an electronic instrument (the tone of the bass is for a large part electronically generated, also the name strongly hint at this too, an electric bass). Just because you don't know how to use pedals properly to shape your tone, doesn't make it true that they somehow inherently lessen the quality of your tone (but of course they will do so if you don't know how to use them properly). I do agree though that you can't make any given bass sound like any other given bass without compromising on the quality of the tone, each instrument does have a inherent tone characteristic that to some extend will always shine through, that doesn't however mean that it's tone can't be improved on or be made to sound closer to your personal preferences by for instance the right EQ'ing, without for that reason compromising the quality of the tone, in fact rather quite on the contrary.
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    You might run into impedance issues using a Y cable to split your signal, which potentially can cause signal loss (basically tone suck), better to get a signal splitter/ABY box with an active buffer to avoid this happening.
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    The JMJ Mustang might be a fantastic bass, but I just can't live with the really poor upper frets access of all the Squier and Fender Mustang basses, so if I do get something Mustang like it will by far most likely be the considerably cheaper Harley Benton take on it, which beside considerably improved upper fret access also comes with a properly contoured body. Though the next bass I foresee acquiring will be one of those new metallic green Squier Paranormal Rascal basses.
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    Not Trace Elliot related, though I am in fact a big fan of the old Trace Elliot amps and the tone they produce, and even if I currently doesn't own one I do regret selling the one I did own, and I do absolutely plan on reacquiring one of the old SS Trace Elliot amps at some point in the future (luckily the SS ones are both a quite common find on the used market and goes for relatively cheap money). Though I might end up getting the newer current production Transit B bass preamp instead, from the reports I've heard it actually nails the old classic Trace tone pretty spot on, and certainly comes closer than the ELF micro amp in terms of that, and certainly significantly lighter and easier to transport than one of the old Trace amps, though also a good deal more expensive than what a full old original Trace Elliot amp typically goes for used. But really what I just wanted to say was that the EHX tubes is my preferred brand of tubes too, and I got the EHX 12AX7EH tubes installed in all my tube preamps (sounds like I own a million tube preamps, all 3 that is, 2 of which are currently in active "always on" use as part of my main "amp-less" bass setup, and the remaining one in active use as well, but as part of my recording setup).
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    To get the familiar comfortable short 30" scale length of your Höfner, the Mustang-esque Harley Benton MV-4MSB Gotoh Deluxe Series, hands down (199£/229 Euro) : https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_mv_4msb_gotoh_bk.htm Just astonishing value for the money. Or for something even cheaper, but still genuinely great, check out their cheapest P Bass model, the Harley Benton PB-20 SBK Standard Series (111£/129 Euro): https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pb_20_sbk_standard_series.htm But really you can't go wrong with pretty much any Harley Benton bass. They just seem to be one step ahead pretty much any other similar priced budget brands in terms of quality.
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    I don't care about anything, unless other people do, and trust me no one does. Now excuse me, I'll be off shooting myself... On a more serious note, while I do care about looks (which though doesn't mean looking brand new and clean, like it have never been used and just been polished for two hours straight) functionality is by far the primary concern. If an ugly bass plays amazing I will buy and use it, if an amazing looking instrument sounds and plays like crap I most definitely will not buy or use it. I will however most certainly try to pimp a bass to look as close to my personal preferences as possible. Personally I love how my lowly Ibanez Mikro Bass both plays and looks (mind the knob closest to the neck is now red):
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    I own a The Box 502 PA passive 1 x15" woffer/mids driver + 1.7" high frequency tweeter PA speaker, and I am very impressed by it, outstanding, but at the same time tight and punchy, low end response (much better than most other PA speaker, regardless of price really, but especially at that price point, even most dedicated bass cabs), and overall very well balanced, articulate and clear sound. Just amazing value for the money. I use it as a FRFR cab, and it works exceptionally well for bass. Only downside really is that it weight about a ton.
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    Looks great, and nice low price too. That said I am probably more likely to get a the Mustang-esque Harley Benton, at about same price tag, or even more likely spend a bit more and get the new Squier Paranormal Rascal Bass, as my next bass, which spec wise is a bit more up my alley, and honestly likely slightly better quality too.
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