80Hz

This is about the best rendition I've found of said finishes (TW: not a bass) https://www.langleyguitarcentre.co.uk/products/fender-limited-edition-player-ii-stratocaster®-rosewood-fingerboard-sparkle-3-color-sunburst-coming-march-2025 It's more subtle than the heavy flake finishes but I still like it. With that said, Sire might be doing the best production instrument sparkle finishes at the moment with the V7 red burst...

I fully support this! They don't seem to photograph very well though.

Oh, I wasn't trying to out you! It was a pretty clear mystery 😄 But you made the point a few pages ago about how, internally, for, let's say, "heritage" brands this is a disaster. My point is that, personally, I don't really see the sense in targeting good products that people actually want to buy. It won't punish the people who are most directly responsible for this, because they have a wealth level where, essentially, there are no consequences.

I mean, that's valid, I can't argue with that. I'm conflicted really, because I know nothing will be learned if no-one hurts. But I also have sympathy for the many non-Trump voters who will lose their shirts.

I think the issue with boycotts is - who really gets punished? I have no desire to see brands such as Fender damaged - for me they represent the best of America. These are products we want to buy (well, ha, that's another debate right?) I don't want the skilled people who work there to lose their jobs. Skilled people aren't easily replaceable. So I do feel for companies such as @Russ's mysterious employer who have done absolutely nothing wrong and for whom Trump is as much of a nightmare as for everyone else. Which is why retaliatory tariffs really is the best way because it's first and foremost a demonstration of power. The Trump administration needs to learn that they are not the only ones that can exert power. Learning is hard, and sometimes painful.

Definitely agree on that point and I would venture that piano-based arrangements were the norm then, and that affected the sense of what was an appropriate range for the bass to be in (upright or not). I wasn't around then but I doubt bass gear in the 60s and 70s would have struggled to reproduce one semitone lower than standard tuning.

That'll give a nice juicy B flat on the E string, so I can appreciate why that would be a preferred "voicing". Maybe I'm wrong, I've just found certain tracks made more sense to me to tune down. I also say this as a four string player - with a five I'd probably stay in standard tuning.

Very cool. I was thinking about the Rithmic a couple of days ago after watching the Scott's Bass Lessons interview with Jeff Berlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFV7fKNDjQ&pp=ygUVamVmZiBiZXJsaW4gaW50ZXJ2aWV3

One additional observation - a lot of wind instruments, trumpets, saxophones, etc are tuned to flat keys, so it can make sense for the bass to be tuned to E flat so everyone can play in a relatively straightforward key signature. You will find some parts will sit "under the fingers" more easily that way, especially horn-heavy genres such as soul and RnB. I tend to keep one bass tuned to E flat for this reason.

Welcome! Good luck with your musical endeavours - I enjoy veering off into less-well-known (to me) styles. Always something new to learn. Nice Warwick too!

Yes I've been eyeing some of this chap's stuff for a while. He has a nice G&L Tribute L-2000 in tobacco burst with colour matched headstock. Would need to be 20-25% less for me to inquire, but maybe he's factoring in some haggling. I guess if you can afford that number of basses, you can afford to have them around until they sell for the price you want. I can also relate to being on a mission to try a wide range of basses... +1 for get him on Basschat 😆

Everything is obvious until you're sitting there by yourself trying to figure it out!!

Male XLR is output, female is input. The outputs on the MG mixer are the male XLRs on the top right. Or you can use the 1/4" TRS outputs and go TRS-TRS.

There was also an L-2500 that sold yesterday, listed at £1,250 (wonder what the final sale price was). So G&L buyers are out there for the right price! I don't sweat a moderate loss on gear I sell, to me that is the price of the hobby (I acknowledge a big difference in attitude there to a pro).

The American people are not well served by their two party system. The Republicans have been carefully playing identity politics for decades, tying (mainly white) people's sense of their culture and religion tightly to their brand. So to an extent there is no informed choice, because it's your candidate or the other team, and voting for the other would violate your sense of self. So a lot of people don't really think they have a choice - it's very emotional, and as we know, that serves to shut down rationality. Throw social media and misinformation into the mix and, well, here we are.