Muzz

On listening to it again without watching it, yeah, the basses sound different, but not that different, and I'm still of the opinion they sound more like Scott than anything. And I'd challenge anyone to identify them in anything more than a very very rudimentary way without the visuals...in fact at least half of them could be the same bass with EQ, string and technique adjustments...

Oh no....that's bloody brilliant, and I've just bought a new house... 😕🙂

I think the really remarkable thing is how alike they sound, or rather how much they all sound like Scott Devine... It wasn't really all that relevant to me, as I'd make them all sound completely different to how Scott does*. The real question between them would be 'How would they respond to how I play them, and how easily could I get a sound I like out of them?' * And that's not any sort of qualitative judgement, obv, and not necessarily a good thing... 😕😀

Are you a MJ Tribute? If so, you have my sympathies...as long as you've packed it in... 😀

Whilst I've no doubt there were and are people in a position to unscrupulously jump on a bandwagon/gravy train, $25 million payoffs to prevent civil suits will draw that sort of thing, and it in no way should detract from other cases. It's amazing how slippery multimillionaires can be...the very definition of 'privilege'... And no, I wouldn't play MJ stuff.

Wow. It's like web pages had never been invented... 😕🙂 Not seen any more videos, and I'll probably stop tormenting myself anyway...it's a shame that the only amp I'd be interested in has this issue...

The pick stuff on the first vid has a lot of Bobby Vega about it...love it...😍

Mondayyyyy....hopefully 😀

Given that I work 10 miles away, it might just work out...

Well, it actually isn't (I will need a white one), but I was thinking it'd be good to try a 1024 and then see if anyone wants to swap for a white one...

I knowwww, I've messaged the chap...

I'll be interested to hear from the folks who find the prices reasonable once they put their money where their mouth is...no, I really would - user reviews are great 😀 I shan't be holding my breath, though...I have spent over £1300 on a couple of occasions, but not on anything that can be bought elsewhere for almost half that price...that Mug feeling would never go away... I hadn't even seen the cab prices. Lawdy... 😮

I'd expect a big company to build export costs into their pricing a bit better than that, to be honest.

$999 = £754 I'd buy one at that.

Lost it just about 10k...which was actually a pleasant surprise: I'd thought it'd be worse than that...

Lovely tones, right up my street, but unfortunately I don't need to play one to know that £1300 is waaayyyyy too much...I'll stick with my Walkabout... 😕

And let's not forget one man's luvvery 31hz fundamental is another man's Mud. I attenuate everything around 30hz at -15db on my Walkabout. Sounds great: clear, defined bass guitar... 😀

At least it's unisex...that's gotta count for something... 🙂 In all seriousness, that Ali Express one with the flame in the maple does look very nice...I'm asking myself how bad it could actually be as the basis of a project... 😕🙂

Covered like true pros...in fact, covered so seamlessly that everyone will have thought it was the guitarist's fault... 😀

Yeah, I had a fan-fret Sei BEAD, but I didn't get on with it...worth a try for a bit of nut-cutting, though - hope it works for you...

While I'm thinking on, and looking at the 414 as a cost-effective solution* (I'm only gonna play it for one gig, after all), 414 or 424? What's the real-world difference? Anyone had both? * Although if a white 1024 came up. I'd stretch to that - the 2024s I've played have been brilliant basses, and the 1024 wasn't far behind.

Thanks fella, I've got till November till the actual gig, so it's not a flat panic, but it'd be nice to rehearse with the bass a few times first, too. It's gotta be white, though, because we're going out as our own tribute act...just all a lot older and balder... 🙂

Thanks for the very kind offer Al, but I'm Ooop North in Oldham, and with 25 or so original songs to re-remember*, I think coping with a 5 (which I don't do well at the best of times 😕) would induce a panic attack... 🙂 * I'm listening to the recordings (some studio, some live) from the time and thinking 'Blimey, I was a bit busy back in the day...' 😃

Ooooo, that 414 would work, but it's pickup frickin miles away...thanks for the heads-up, though 🙂

Says '4 ohms minimum' on the amp... 😕