Recent content by MochaFiend

Look at the Kala Ubass solid body. It's not a uke bass -- it's a legit sold body bass for small people. I got one from Sweetwater in their exclusive transparent blue to use as a practice bass for travel. It's not really for sale, but I'll make you a stupidly good deal if you're interested. It...

Hey John. Let me save you a trip. I own both the Boden 4 and 5. While I think they *can* be made to sound good by replacing the pickups and/or preamp, and moving the strap pin for comfort... the bass isn't going to do a single thing for you. The literal only reason I still have them: they are...

Thank you! I was leaning toward the cream version but the neck binding was a deal breaker. I haven't had an instrument with neck binding since I got rid of the Les Paul.

Absolutely did not need a new bass, but the sale price was just too tempting, and I needed to know. It's a keeper, for sure. Not taking tons of photos because it's a solid color so there isn't much wood detail to ooh and aah over.

It's official. NBD. I've played this bass for a few hours and I can honestly say I get it. There are some things that really leap out to me immediately. 1. The electronics are silent. I don't have to turn to find "the sweet spot". It's just silent. 2. This is a loud bass. Without changing any...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JT4PrmRse--dingwall-guitars-john-taylor-signature-4-string-electric-bass-gloss-cream?serial=20277

So not quite NBD, but Dingwall has a new line of John Taylor coming out later this year. Normally they are $3700 US, but on sale for $2100 to clear out inventory of the four-string version. Same bass that someone last week paid $3700 for, same Neve preamp, yada yada. I'm going to put it to the...

I wasn't. You compared Dingwall to EBMM in your post, not me. What I said was that everything you just mentioned is Ball Family Reserve. Not Sterling. So the highest tier EBMM sells for roughly the same as the lowest tier Dingwall MIC.

Okay, but considering that a really expensive Sterling by MM is under a thousand, I'm still not sure how you're justifying it based on the criteria. An "expensive" Sterling by MM is $1599. A Dingwall MIC is more that double that. I may be misunderstanding, but it sounds like you're attributing...

Come to NYC! I'd love to hang out!

Right. The "ready to play" line. Which start at $3K-ish and go up. Even the John Taylor is MIC. That was exactly my point. He played his Keisel for a bit, now it's in the closet and he's playing a Dingwall. So what's the Dingwall doing that the Keisel isn't?

Yes, but I'm referring to the (perceived) explosion in popularity, not the existence of a brand. Clearly, Nolly made a lot of waves for them, but I have to believe it's more than just the contribution of one bassist.

So, presently I have two fan-fretted basses from Strandberg because my fan-fretted guitars were also Strandberg so that was an easy choice for me. That said, I think the Strandberg basses are incredibly lightweight and sound like crap. I play them because they're comfortable and fun, but they're...

I see these basses more and more often. Are they just the most recent hot commodity that everyone feels they must have? The MSRP for made in China seems rather high. These are boutique prices. This week I saw Adam Neely playing an Afterburner instead of his NG, and he already has a completely...