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Toneriders make PUPs that should make us all realise we’re being fed a load of shit by some of the better known and more expensive manufacturers 😡

Fair point, although I did think of that a while back but it causes some some back PUP placement problems I am pondering though, I might look for a short-scale FL neck and do some experimenting with a rather interesting test-bed body I have 👍

...have to say that if there were an FL in the new range I would be thinking seriously however, as Ric FL tone is sublime...... 👍

I'm not in the market as I imagine they won't be cheap, but the main problem I had with the only short-scale I've owned was that it sat in the wrong place for me, sitting down was OK, the only gig I did less so. I loved the frets being that little bit closer and the neck being that little bit faster as the result, but I couldn't get used to, well, dare I say it, the shortness! I considered getting a full length instrument with short scale fretless neck a while back because there's a few things I like to play on FL that challenge me on a full scale neck, so while I understand that people who might want an overall shorter instrument are not in the market for this, I would prefer this approach, albeit in the form of a fretless Precision 👍

Ours is very good, my previous was a nightmare which was a key reason for me walking, way too personal about, well, himself. As I tried to point out to him many times, punters in pubs don’t want to know about his childhood or his issues….. 😡 Very fond memories of a longtime ago frontman who’d announce before each song ‘This is a song I wrote after being dumped by a girl….’ to the point that it became an audience participation game 👍

Oddly won’t let me watch it either?

I’m reserving judgement until someone’s actually played one 👍

I struggled at first with my Bass 400+ for that very reason, i.e., I was using controls as if it were a standard hifi amp! There's a reason the amp is so iconic, and that is the eq, so I'm guessing it's well worth persisting with the tone controls on the 880D also. Of course, if anyone tries and fails, I'll be happy to take it off their hands given it's looking like a 3-month wait minimum 👍

If it helps, it's an amp that is well worth trying, which you'll only know works or doesn't work if you do (no matter how experienced we all are, none of us have your ears/your expectations/your band), and which is getting harder to find as well as more and more costly when you do. Given i'm confident that whatever you pay for it at Bass Bros you'll get back if you decide to move it on, I'd snap it up 👍

Despite what we may think, we rarely buy the best tool for the job, which is why Fender are where they are and G&L are where they are

Sad but true

Yamaha’s next buy?

....although he now plays wooden necks again...... (will be a great bass assuming it's what I think it is) 👍

Spend the amp cash on a decent acoustically oriented DI e.g. EBS Stanley Clarke and go into the PA or if needed a powered cab, you’ll have far more options and with an acoustic some of them are life savers 👍

It's the modern way 👍

Waits meets Springsteen, nice work 👌

I totally agree, trust is a big part of choosing gear for me, which is why I’ve ended up with amps from only two brands, Mesa and Ashdown, and cabs by Mesa only. Both Andy at Mesa and Dave at Ashdown have given me great advice also 👍

Came across this by chance and was thinking that if not you Andy, someone here should 👍

I can't find the car thread but the immortal line that sticks with me is "Mate, your f***ing cab has broken my car.....". We got the 1516 in the back, were walking around to the front seats to get in when we heard an ominous crack from the suspension. The rest, as they say, is history 👍