NBD - Soloking MJ-1 Classic

[AndyTravis]

3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I was trying to work out why you had a lanyard with JD Vance’s face on it 

It was a picture I took in March when I was at the guitar/bass show “do you look smart?” - the lanyard obviously confused the genius AI and it put a face on it.

[HeadlessBassist]

I just thought, "Oh God, is this the beginning of a TalkBass-style SoloKing Club?!" (Shoot me noooowwwwww!)

[AndyTravis]

Just now, HeadlessBassist said:

I just thought, "Oh God, is this the beginning of a TalkBass-style SoloKing Club?!" (Shoot me noooowwwwww!)

What number member are you.

[HeadlessBassist]

1 minute ago, AndyTravis said:

What number member are you.

 

Aaaarrrggghhhhh!

 

 

[LukeFRC]

43 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

What number member are you.

Is this where every single “what bass is best for x” you’ll pop up and say “oh a soloking”?

[AndyTravis]

3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

Is this where every single “what bass is best for x” you’ll pop up and say “oh a soloking”?

2 answers

 

bb414

soloking

[HeadlessBassist]

12 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

2 answers

 

bb414

soloking

 

Nah, 80's Encore P-Bass from the Kays/Empire Catalogue.

Oh... and SoloKing!

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 25/04/2025 at 12:58, Cosmo Valdemar said:

The last blue one's sold... I wonder who bought it? 😎

Oh very well. It was me all along! 

[HeadlessBassist]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Oh very well. It was me all along! 

 

 

Aha! Welcome to the SoloKing Cult, er I mean Club!

 

Best £150 you've ever spent?

Edited 8 hours ago by HeadlessBassist

[AndyTravis]

3 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Aha! Welcome to the SoloKing Cult, er I mean Club!

 

Best £150 you've ever spent?

What number is he? 🙄😆

[neepheid]

5 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

What number is he? 🙄😆

 

I sold mine - does than make me number 0?

[HeadlessBassist]

1 minute ago, neepheid said:

 

I sold mine - does than make me number 0?

 

Wha? Sold? Really..?

[neepheid]

9 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Wha? Sold? Really..?

 

I'm the OP - I bought mine back in 2023 before all you coat-tail riders came in

 

Edited 8 hours ago by neepheid

[AndyTravis]

13 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I sold mine - does than make me number 0?

Patient 0

[AndyTravis]

Pickguards being ordered tonight.

 

just think that SoloKing will charge £25-£30 plus waiting for a few weeks and possible import.

 

Brian Pilanz will do great work so he’s sorting me and @Machinesout with my pickguard going as a template.

 

Going aged white Pearl for LPB and aged tort for black.

 

tried chrome knobs on last night - they don’t look right…

[HeadlessBassist]

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Pickguards being ordered tonight.

 

just think that SoloKing will charge £25-£30 plus waiting for a few weeks and possible import.

 

Brian Pilanz will do great work so he’s sorting me and @Machinesout with my pickguard going as a template.

 

Going aged white Pearl for LPB and aged tort for black.

 

tried chrome knobs on last night - they don’t look right…

 

 

You're right, Andy. Chrome rotary controls don't look right on it.  I actually quite like the small black ones. They're quite distinctive.

 

 

[AndyTravis]

27 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

You're right, Andy. Chrome rotary controls don't look right on it.  I actually quite like the small black ones. They're quite distinctive.

 

 

They’ve grown on me.

 

I might feel differently when the pickguards are changed.

 

i have a drawer full of controls…maybe jazz style knobs will work.

[HeadlessBassist]

Did you just email your credit card details across to SoloKing for the scratch plates?

[ezbass]

The original Fender Roscoe Beck lV came with chrome knobs, but the V came with black, Strat type knobs, which I think would be my choice.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

2 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Aha! Welcome to the SoloKing Cult, er I mean Club!

 

Best £150 you've ever spent?

I dunno, I've paid less for a car in my time...

[ezbass]

9 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I dunno, I've paid less for a car in my time...

Me too, but I reckon one of these Soloking basses would be better value for money and more reliable.  

Edited 5 hours ago by ezbass

[AndyTravis]

57 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Did you just email your credit card details across to SoloKing for the scratch plates?

No - they didn’t reply, so I’ve just ordered via an eBay pickguard guy I’ve used before.

[AndyTravis]

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

The original Fender Roscoe Beck lV came with chrome knobs, but the V came with black, Strat type knobs, which I think would be my choice.

I remember well, damn fine bass.

[HeadlessBassist]

49 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I remember well, damn fine bass.

 

 

Yes, I remember playing one in my twenties at a Nottingham jam I used to frequent in the early 90s.

[ezbass]

52 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I remember well, damn fine bass.

 

Yes, they were.