NBD - Soloking MJ-1 Classic

[Cosmo Valdemar]

3 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

 

 

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

I think they look great!

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Right. This bass sounds amazing. 

Front pickup single coil sounds magnificent with a bit of top end drive. Both pickups series sounds like a 60s Thunderbird.

I'm pretty gobsmacked.

[HeadlessBassist]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Right. This bass sounds amazing. 

Front pickup single coil sounds magnificent with a bit of top end drive. Both pickups series sounds like a 60s Thunderbird.

I'm pretty gobsmacked.

 

... and both pickups in single coil mode gives you a super bright 70's Jazz sound. It sounds huge for £150, eh?

[wingnutkj]

19 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

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.

 

You know, when I got mine a couple of years ago, I thought about getting a (non-aged) pearl pickguard done, but never got round to it. So... I might join this bandwagon. What's the best way of contacting Brian these days - still through Ebay?

 

[AndyTravis]

4 hours ago, wingnutkj said:

 

You know, when I got mine a couple of years ago, I thought about getting a (non-aged) pearl pickguard done, but never got round to it. So... I might join this bandwagon. What's the best way of contacting Brian these days - still through Ebay?

 

Yeah - he’s sort of on and off, he’s plenty busy.

 

email him now - mine got posted off today, happy for him to template from mine

[Harps]

After watching this thread, umming and ahhing and convincing myself I don’t need another bass (I really really don’t), I thought I was out of the woods when they sold out on andertons. 
 

but I thought I’d check eBay anyway. £149 and change later, an ‘out of box but unused’ black soloking will hopefully be on its way to me soon! 
 

I really need to stop reading these threads!
 

 

[HeadlessBassist]

11 minutes ago, Harps said:

After watching this thread, umming and ahhing and convincing myself I don’t need another bass (I really really don’t), I thought I was out of the woods when they sold out on andertons. 
 

but I thought I’d check eBay anyway. £149 and change later, an ‘out of box but unused’ black soloking will hopefully be on its way to me soon! 
 

I really need to stop reading these threads!
 

 

 

Yes, these threads are definitely bad for your bank account!

[bassintheface]

I 'did a Trav' and also bought a blue and a black one.......

 

Both played fine out of the box - I'll do a bit of playing then give them a tweak if needed.......

 

bargain - 2 decent basses for £298 delivered!

 

I've got  a function band gig this sat, so will take one with a Jazz and see how it fares.......

 

I used the blue one last night in a little low volume rehearsal and no issues really.

Still trying to work out the switching and pick up configuration options though.....

On 22/04/2025 at 21:40, AndyTravis said:

Sod it. Live once.

 

 

[ezbass]

3 minutes ago, bassintheface said:

2 decent basses for £298 delivered!

Crazy bargain! It was rude not to relieve Anderton’s of their stock at that price.

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Yes, these threads are definitely bad for your bank account!

The same happened to me when Thomann were doing the Squier 40th Anniversary models at daft prices and also when some company were selling the Yamaha Sessioncake for just over a tenner. Basschat filled their boots on both counts.

[neepheid]

15 minutes ago, ezbass said:

The same happened to me when Thomann were doing the Squier 40th Anniversary models at daft prices and also when some company were selling the Yamaha Sessioncake for just over a tenner. Basschat filled their boots on both counts.

 

It was Kenny's and yes, I have one of those too for exactly the same reason