Recent content by John Machine

Mine is a BACK BREAKER

Not sure. The pickups are Bartolini, but the preamp has no markings that I can see. Judging by the solder joints I’d say it’s all original so the preamp is likely also Bartolini.

I have a Moon jj4. I don't know how to date it, but the pots date to 1980. The mid adjustment usually accessed from an internal trim pot appears to have been moved to the top of the bass, hence the extra knob. I just picked this up late last night so I haven't had a chance to hear what all the...

I completely understand that. I don't play with a that wide of a variety of bass tones, so I go for fat as a default. I'm all about the Jamerson. I gave up the twang years ago. Not proud of it.

Thanks! I'm not the best slide guitarist out there, but considering I'm a bassist I think the guitar tracks turned out pretty good.

A wide open P-bass sounds good, rolling the tone off increases mud to my ears. That's all I mean. You might find a use for it, but I prefer to do it at the bass amp. I'm a simple man, though.

I'm singing and playing all the instruments except the drums. They're all real, no programming. The signal path is Joe Dart MM bass into a very dusty SansAmp Bass Driver pedal into my computer via a cheap Yamaha UR22. I just did this the other day so I've included a picture of the crime scene.

I have one of these and I love it. I missed the first 50, but got in on the second batch. It's an amazing bass to my ears, but I'm not a progger/metalhead. I like to actually HEAR the bass (as opposed to just the clacky attack), when the rest of the band is playing. I've always loved MM...