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I recently nabbed some NJ4 Nordstrands which are 60's wind and they sound good in a VM Jazz also the Aguilar 60's winds sound great from demo's I've heard but I've not played them in person. I think of you're going for a trad 60's wind all the major players and and the smaller guys like Creamery etc will be pretty period correct in their sound it's just which one's you can try or how many you want to try. Like most of this stuff it can be a bit 'down the rabbit hole!

The RW's are great basses and as Karlfer says the 50's will have a more substantial neck which will do wonders for the tone of the bass. Big fat 50's necks will add more heft (here he goes), more wood to vibrate and impart its thing on the overall sound. The woods might also have had some more thought put into them - I recall reading something years ago - they didn't 'treat' the woods (use a drying process them) per se but there was something about the selection of the woods for the RW series.

...and then some!

true day!

Yeah likely aimed at guitar amps but great to have more options. My amp has a footswitch for drive channel, para eq and and mute so in theory a Hx fx could be set up to engage these but a TRS would likely be needed. Don’t worry I’m not getting a hxfx. I already have a footswitch for the amp 😀

If you use a TRS cable you can further refine the function to Tip, Ring or Sleeve but I think that’s in amps with multiple channels. The stomp doesn’t have this feature just the bigger units with an exit/amp out.

There’s pedals which can enhance a sound or make it more pleasing to you as a player/performer and if you can make pedals work in the music you play more power to you. Early days I never used effects as I was poor and spent the money on things like food. Then I got a drive pedal as one of the tunes we played sounded better with drive. Fast forward to being in a 6 piece band and I had three types of drive because the songs they had written used various degrees of filth. Fast forward to today and I use a couple of effects - some occasional drive, an eq and a comp - which adds a nice little something but I generally play the songs in my covers band that suit the style of the band with occasional dirt on a few songs. If my band was an electronic band and I needed that type of sound I’d use what got me that sound but as it stands I don’t ‘need’ effects but I like what my small collection does for me and my ears on a gig.

I tried to upload some footage but YouTube is refusing to allow me. I guess YouTube knows better It was some of my old band, swagger-core pioneers, Bloodbath Callaghan and The WarCrimes. Essentially scumbag rock'n'roll/punk/garage rock nonsense played my men in cheap suits! I'll persevere with it!

There's a guy on the yank site Talkbass selling a Fender CS '59 as found in the Mike Dirnt model and if I had a need for one I'd have already bought it. Cracking pick up that! Actually....

Mine not quite as in proportion but still belting!

Great stuff!

I’ve said it before the helix can pretty much do anything in terms of practicality I/O etc. Well thought out units!

Their cabs are nicely designed and sound good too. I don’t mind the coverings so long as it keeps the cab ‘protected’ and it doesn’t peel off then it’s a winner...and its not rat fur. I don’t like rat fur covered cabs.

It’s probably the same busted unit passing about BC for years at a knock down price with original owner thinking I’m they have all got noise issues and the myth has perpetuated.

Yeah it was a mail out Strats and tele’s https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/black-friday-sale/?srule=price-high-to-low&sz=12&start=0