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Gotta keep those Mesa shares viable 😀

I deserve it 😀

I suppose that might be the point...

I had a bet on that that joke would make it into the first 5 posts. Congratulation ...to you both

The difference at about one minute is huge - the low end is very noticeable or the drop off once he changes to the blue bass

What's the thought's on a person having multiple accounts on a forum. Is it all harmless fun, a social experiment, a way to play devils advocate etc. or do folk have other views on the topic? I can understand that the reasons to do so can be many and varied but I'm undecided on how I feel about it!

Where is it you big tease!

All right all right can all the haters form an orderly queue. There’ll be someone passing out seeeties if the queue gets to long but I really would like to meet each one of you personally and have a photo taken 🤣🤣🤣

I may have inadvertently said muddy in ace of not cutting through and have edited my earlier post.

All’s well that ends well 🙂

The Heston Blumenthal of Tone! Fair enough if it’s a failing of the pick up then there may be little you can do other than replace it. Would a regular pick up fit in the BB?

Honestly I'd be surprised if any advice/opinions that come up as a result of this thread or the one on TB offer any revelations. Having read numerous posts by you and had many a conversation with you in DM you already have the answers to this and many other questions. Right hand placement and technique, use of a pick, setting up the EQ on amp/multifx etc are all topics you've written about and offered advice to others on and could all be employed to help mitigate any issues. You've advocated for the 'essential three band eq' on some posts but say EQ wont help? You've advocated for HPF but don't currently have one in your live rig? The Yamaha mega thread repeatedly mentions the virtues of passive Yamaha BB's being aggressive and 'not a classic Fender P' sound yet here you are creating a thread about a BB *edit* not cutting through the mix The collective knowledge and wisdom shared across this forum only tells us one thing - we like what we like and that is prone to change on a whim. I wonder if the BB was so much more 'characterful' than your old bass but that character is now not what your want to hear out with the band? You have plenty of options so you'll be grand. Now for Gods sake tell us more about meaty crunch! It sounds like an oxymoron then I think of pork belly!

most gigs

A bass case with ammo pockets! Sound great!

I’ve not found the jmj muddy but it certainly has the short scale sound. Maybe because I’ve round wounds on mine just now it’s sounding just how I like with the toll dialled back a bit.

It’s grand the pt-50 looks great too

If you can find a TB600 or the 1200 snap it up (so long as you don't mind the 14kg ish weight)!

I don't think anyone suggested boosting bass but in your case the solo j nails the tone your after so it's maybe a moot point. Now back to this meaty crunch descriptor and when can we hear it

Why yes, yes I would! I have the TB600 and a Fender Pro 800 too. Cracking amps! The TB600 is such a great head, voiced just right and with enough features to make it versatile but intuitive to use.

The M6 is a super responsive head and sounds great - not a vintage amp but a great sound nonetheless! I have two Fender heads which share a similar power section to the M6 (and each other) and getting an M6 would be an embarrassment of riches...oh yeah and I'm running out of room!

If I didn’t already own two amps I’d have a M6 already bought for that price!

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/clearance/mesa-boogie/?utm_source=guitarguitar+Main+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2db0300963-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bb8007ee21-2db0300963-459599089

Some folks describe a 35” scale B string as being piano like. I’d say that’s a similar way of describing a 34” E string over a 30” short scale E but the short scale may have a warmer less piano like quality but that’s not to say it’s muddy. I have rounds in my jmj and it sounds great. It may be worth mentioning that the jmj is constructed differently to the new short scales with a thicker headstock, more tradition p type neck rather than a slim j and these differences add up to a very capable sounding bass. I think of it as a mini p and it’s not failed me yet in any context I’ve used it with flats or rounds.

I’ve played a JJ5 and P5 for about 6 years exclusively... If a solo j gives you all you need to make the song work then that’s right for you, your rig, your style and what you prefer to hear. What it doesn’t mean is that a P5 isn’t right for a low B,C or D in general- just that it isn’t right for you in the context in which you need it to be. It can often be the case that amp eq changes and tweaks to make a P5 work will vary from gig to gig and while an ‘all at noon setting’ might work 90% of the time sometimes we need to be aware of where and when to cut some here and add some there to make it fit. In your case it sounds like it’s simply a matter of all bridge pick so that’s handy. What are the amp settings btw? Are you making any changes or just going to the bridge pick up? Were you adding drive to the p and if so were you making some eq changes to pull some bass/lows if it wasn’t cutting through? I recently had to down tune the whole bass for one song in out set as the singer found it easier to sing Maria’s - All I want for Christmas in F rather than G but the flow of the song worked better in G for me so I tuned down. The bass sounded massive and it was great to sound ‘heavy’ on such a jolly tune! Before I go ‘meaty crunch’ is a sound I really need to be introduced to! Please let’s hear Uptown Funk with the meaty crunch sound! As I’ve reintroduced a Jazz into the stable I’d be interested in using ‘meaty crunch’ on a few rock tunes we play! Oh and if your multifx doesn’t have a patch called Meaty Crunch that needs rectified immediately!

The JMJ is a great bass it works well with rw strings with the tone control actually being effective at reducing just enough top end- nice gradual taper to the pot. Fender are bringing out a new version for the upcoming namm in black and the early pics look great!