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I bought a Monaco a few months ago on here and last night was the first gig I've had since playing bass. It's a venue we play a few times a year, so I'm familiar with how my bass rig usually sounds there. It's a social club and we're a band of drums, bass, two guitars, keys and a singer. There's a raised stage in the corner and I'm right in the corner behind the keyboard amp and one of the guitar amps. The PA is vocal only, so all the instruments heard front of house are coming directly from the back line. We never sound check, so it's a case of suck-it-and-see. I'm using the cab with an Ashdown RM800 evoiii and a few pedals. Origin Effects compressor and the Origin Effects DCX bass for some extremely slight grit. I used a MusicMan Stingray Special for this gig. Right from the first song I was impressed by the separation and clarity of the sound coming from my rig. I've not experienced that with my other cabs. I was standing right next to the cab and could hear it perfectly. I enjoyed to overall sound so much that I didn't touch any settings on the amp or pedals throughout the whole 2 hour gig which is unusual as I usually tweak a couple of things as I go. I was worried about whether I was too loud, but it's impossible to tell what it sounds like out front without a soundcheck. I wasn't sure if the clarity of the bass sound was giving me the impression that it was louder than it usually is. So I just stuck with that volume and enjoyed myself! I am very impressed. A fellow bassist said it sounded great and was asking about the cab. He said he was thinking of buying one, so I gave him the website address.

No it's not. It's also "a bold step forward in tone, reliability, and performance". Are the Chinese built ones unreliable and do they sound bad then? I've only just bought one. 😬 I think it's good that they are being manufactured in the UK, but not clear on if this is replacing the Chinese ones or is just an option if you prefer to support UK manufacture.

Do they tell you it comes with a counterfeit logo when you buy it?

I play Classical guitar, so perhaps that's the same reason for me too. I haven't played for a few years, but have just restrung my Ramirez with the intention of getting back into it. I'll have to get used to the treble clef again!

I find it easier to use the notes on the G string if I'm reading music. I score out bass parts for the bands I'm in. None of them play particularly frequently, so it's so much easier and more time efficient for me to turn up to a rehearsal or gig and read the bass part rather than try to memorise a whole set again. If there are notes G or above (i.e. the same octave as the G string) it's easier for me to play those notes on the G String rather than jump up to a different position in a split second. It was the same when I had a 6 string bass with the C string, although that string was needed far less frequently.

Sonicake and Valeton are both part of the Hotone company so I wonder if it's more work less the same as the GP-50 but in a different box. I've got a GP-5 but not tried any Sonicake products.

Thanks for this. There seems quite a big price difference for a different finish. £1700 vs £2500 approximately. If that's the only difference, then I'm keeping my eye out for a used Artist Club Bass as very keen to buy one after trying a Club at Wunjo in London.

That seems the opposite of what I understood... which is very little, but I do know that there are more year specific models and they are considerably more expensive than the Artist models! I do use Google AI, but take what it says with a pinch of salt as it is often inaccurate. The benefit of a bass guitar forum is that I can get answers from a range of people, some of which will be experts in the field and can give sources of their info and be questioned further (usually with logical responses unlike AI). Thanks for responding though. I particularly like the Eggle bass in your profile pic (at least I think it is). I've never seen one in the wild but am a fan of their New York guitars.

Does anyone have an answer to this?

I've not read all of the posts, but the vast majority of them seem to be about things people do not like rather than prejudices. The definition of a prejudice is "opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience." Here's mine. Bass players have poor reading comprehension ...🫣

As I understand it "a) " doesn't guarantee they're not fake. They're not from D'addario, they're from Amazon i.e. It's from an Amazon warehouse, hence it states "Shipper/seller:Amazon". Also, if another seller has sent a batch of fake strings to Amazon, then they will be mingled with the real ones from D'addario. You are not guaranteed to get the ones that D'addario sent to the warehouse. Personally, I've not had any problems and the players code checks out, but it is probably safest to buy from a reputable musical instrument retailer as their stock will be the genuine article.