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I played a set last night sharing the bill with two other bands (smallish club). One of the other bass players had an Emery Bass Baby, which I would call a medium power amplifier. It was powering 12 and 15 inch bass drivers in separate cabinets. Beautifully constructed thing with two 6550s. It...

I just bought a 1999 MiM Jazz Bass V and the pickup cavities are of different sizes, and it looks like the bridge pickup is also higher. I think these are the same dimensions (bridge being 4.10 wide) as my American Standard Jazz Bass V. I changed that bass to Quarter Pounders, and as I recall...

I could give a shag less what Gene Simmons thinks.

My new project is taking a MiM 5-string and painting it Daphne Blue with matching headstock. Just because that color is beautiful. Your bass is proof of concept.

I may not have read all of the various posts on this this topic, but with a quick scan, I don't see any mention of the position of the tone control(s) on the dual concentric vs V-V-T. I always thought that was the main reason that some people believe the stack configuration is more "proper". The...

My current preferred strings are DR Pure Blues.

McCartney. Not even a discussion in my mind.

She has a long interview on YT where she played both guitar and bass. The bass was some modern thing I didn't recognize and didn't look into. Didn't seem relevant which says something about her. BTW, I emailed her after I saw a picture of her with Roy Burns at a long past NAMM show. I used to...

I think Jamerson used some kind of custom wall mounted contraption as an amp for the Detroit Motown sessions, and not a B-15. Can anyone confirm or deny?

So funny. This is like ED advice.

Amateur psychological analysis: Thing's aren't going well, so he's looking for the equivalent of comfort food. Probably not the right fix. Unless it's a must-have instrument.

If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Maturity? Man, are you in the wrong place.

My wife has more money than I do, so that's a lucky thing. The main issue is too many things cluttering the house, so it's all at the studio except what I'm practicing with at the moment. If something new shows up, the only question might be about when it will be gone. I am primarily a bass...

Probably right, and point taken. And the credentials escaped my attention, which is a good reason to not pop off hastily, but my opinion has been tainted by tales many quacks. I'm usually in the Producer or Producer / Engineer role in recording sessions, and I give some space to the session...