Recent content by allexcosta

Thank you. This is a BB404. I was thinking Indonesia.

Would you folks be so kind to help with year and country of manufacturing of this BB bass? It's appreciated.

Neck is probably too soft and compliant. Put same strings on different bass and see.

I don't know exactly what you call "stock strings". Yes, some manufacturers send basses with these on and they're quite common.

D'Addario 045 Nickel.

Yes, definitely anecdotal. I totally see someone who lives in the US having the idea that the P is very widely used, but that's not the case at all in most countries where younger players do not exactly play or want to play rock. And most music around the world nowadays has a low B, which is...

This entire thread is based on a fallacy. Vast majority of basses used by players worldwide are J's or J clones.

Super J 5's are probably the most used basses in the world.

Great looking bass. That looks like his Blaze model, though. He's been making great instruments for a while now with several options of scale length, including fanned. I did try a 5 string fanned Blaze last time I visited his shop and it was one of the best basses I've ever played. Few...

Another great bass from S.Martyn. Almost finished (still needs string tree), final setup, etc... Made with Brazilian woods. Classic and beautiful...

CS's are more consistent, but some pré-CBS do have that something else. Without trying out first, I'd get a CS.

It's funny reading this thread so many years after I started this one: Who else thinks Phil Jones missed it? And the guy even PM'd me with threats or whatever. 13 years later...

There's a catch here... His manual never says that a good cable, generic or different brand will "impair the performance of your system". It simply says that using inferior cables will, which is true... The power of marketing.

I do understand this perception from someone who lives in a country where rock is what most bass players play and grow up watching their idols play. But there's only a few of these countries in the world. Cor-Tek and Samick probably being the largest builders on Earth, you'll probably see a...