Beedster

He's a love him or hat (geddit) him kinda guy and I f*****g love him (and his music). His shows in the 90's were extraordinary, especially those with SZ on bass 👍

This ^ I've done a LOT of P/Js, and while the initial outlay seems high, the path of least resistance is ALWAYS to not modify either the body or the pickguard, but the circuit only. I get my PJ circuits from John @KiOgon on BC, you'll struggle to get anything like as good quality for the price anywhere else. Don't make the other error of leaving 1xT 1xV with a selector switch, it really limits the options on a P/J IMPORTANT: measure the width and depth of the cavity into which the two stacked pots and make sure to let John know so that he in turn can build you a circuit that will definitely fit. Some photos probably make this process even more reliable.

The Cure are a band who I’ve never been able to get into but am going to give this album a go 👍

Metaphor of the month award goes to @2elliot 👍

It’s tough in digital retail let alone in four walls. And I doubt Basschat does the UK bass retail scene too many favours 🤔

Is it MIA or MIJ?

Ha, had completely forgotten that you have THAT bass mate 👌

Eucalyptus 👍

But I think I may have just solved the 'Bass I need for a Who set' problem

Thanks folks, I was asking as we've got a Who project coming up and I have this sense that neither a Jazz or a Precision is going to do exactly what I want. Anyway, I found myself watching a clip with Pino playing a Jag and two things stood out; first it sounded massive, and second, given he can choose any instrument he wants (I assume), the fact he chose to use a Jag through that tour struck me as something of a recommendation given the wide variety of tones needed across the setlist. Now I'm sure the combination of Pino and the Who's sound engineers would make any bass sound awesome, but it got me thinking. So, I checked out a few threads on TB and the consensus appeared to be 1) they sound a bit 'thicker' than a Jazz (I assume that's a function of series/parallel switching which let's face it can easily be done on s standard Jazz anyway), 2) the active circuits are noisy and not all that elegant, 3) the switching is also crude and binary and the switches themselves feel a but cheap but 4) they look so f***ing cool you just gotta have one anyway. There is something extremely visually appealing for sure, I worry that I'd end up modding the hell out of it and then realise I still prefer a Precision and sell it. i was kinda hoping someone was going to come along and say 'Best decision I ever made was buying a Jag.....' or similar.......

..........that a standard Jazz Bass won't/can't? Looking at this model with 2xJ-PUPs.

Very sad news, condolences to his family and friends 🙏

Less based on and more an evolution/rebranding of, they were the same company

Lovely offer @silverfoxnik. I'd like to go to this but can't, if there's anyone out there who can go but can't afford the ticket, give me a shout and I'll sort the fee 👍

Crazy isn't it mate, they could have done something so iconic given those three legacy connections, and they produce something that looks like a B- school project

£16 for a loaded red PBass body…..? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156509129406?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=4zJtbUY4RxO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=155UlNbXQGW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Very nice 👌

Nice one, every day’s a school day 👍🙂

On a Precision I'd record with flats, but gig with rounds. I love the nuanced tone of flats but live that can get lost and sometimes you just need that top-end energy that sounds bring.

Not sure, I suspect it was just a chancer scam, if I'd not replied it would no doubt have been the last i'd hear. To be honest, I was f***ing naive; I listed it on eBay and within a couple of hours got this long message about how her kid had seen my bass and had decided it was the one for her because of the colour and the shape and how she would love to be able to buy it for her but couldn't possibly afford to so please do let her know if at any point I'd sell it for a lower price etc. I don't think anyone would even try such a blatant scam these days as we're wise to it, but I expect that if they did the same to a sufficient number of items - perhaps just send a standard message to a load of items - they probably did rather well out of the naivety of people like me.

Always hard to know what processing the bass signal has undergone in the studio, but I'm not hearing anything I'd not expect to get from any decent Precision there? But listening perhaps too deeply, the grindy bit is easy, the hollow bit perhaps less so (although I'm not hearing. alot of what I'd call hollow, the only bass that's ever really given me what i think you're referring to is a Ric with neck PUP soloed), and there is the risk that you're about to head down one of these....