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More or less- it helps my flatwounds poke out a little in the mix. It’s quite subtle, only really gets hairy when i dig in or play chords. Playing normally you wouldn’t think there’s a drive pedal on- until it’s not on. We have a quieter section in the set, but it’s the compressor that i drop...

I’ve been using just the compressor, tuner and di on a mini board for about a year, so this represents quite the expansion! My band recently finished recording our first album, which has highlighted to me what good a little saturation and the odd bit of chorus!

A classic to be true!

The fellas. A 66 sunburst with la bellas, predictable jamerson worship- though i can’t get along with the pickup cover. The fretless is my Pino tribute and project bass, the idea is it’s a split between his fiesta red precision and his fretless stingray. I’ve been thinking of adding a bridge...

That’s nuts! (if you’ll forgive the pun) The Musicmaster’s nut width is 41mm, which feels appropriately tiny compared to the 66P’s 44mm. It’s wild how variable the specs can be when it’s all being finished by hand

I’m not aware of Musicmasters ever having phenolic saddles, but i did wonder when i first saw it- but no, they’re metal. It appears someone painted them black at some point for some reason??

You’re really not far off. Mustang body with a single coil Mustang guitar pickup to cut down production costs. 30” scale and a narrower neck/ string spacing than typical of Fender. They were intended for the student/ beginner market. They’re fairly common while being less desirable to other...

Would that dude happen to be the bassist for Improvement Movement? Because yes, it does indeed sound fantastic!

with the serial number on your bass’s neck plate, that serial would date that bass ‘74- ‘75- but we’ve since dated the pickup to ‘72 on this one. CBS seemed very fond of changing up their serial systems throughout the 70s, so everything is with a mucklesome pinch of coarse salt!

I truly hadn’t imagined that the neck and body came from different years, but that speaks much better sense than whatever was going on in my head. The scratch plate and body are definitely a match, the screw holes all match up. After reading your response, I realised i hadn’t looked at the...

Very happy to welcome this little fella into the family! I had a nice example one of these in the past, but regrettably sold it off… i’m nor making that mistake again! It took a fair bit of work to get it up and running. It’s had a lovely refret job from Bon Guitars here in Brighton, UK- and...

Along with an angled shim, you’ll feel a massive difference with a properly cut nut. For fretless this can be VERY close to the fingerboard; 0.5-0.2mm! More or less a 64th to 128th of an inch.

If you don’t mind a bit of a MacGyver approach, i’ve found the edge of a metal ruler inside a folded piece of fine sandpaper very usable as a nut file. Be warned, let the paper do the work, it can really eat through bone very quickly if you really drive it too hard- but it’s very effective. Try...

This isn’t the first place for me to show this one off, but i really like to show it off. My first fretless, Tony Franklin neck on a mexican road worn body, La Bella 760s and a Lollar vintage voiced pup. It’s become my main bass in the band- so far they’ve not complained about my intonation...

That’s so sickkk! I had a ‘78 Musicmaster a while back and it’s the one sale i really regret. Oddly enough, i sold it to finance a fretless p bass! Perhaps the solution was under my nose the whole time 🤦‍♂️

Great minds, i’ve also made a Franklinstein bass! I had a Fender Mexico road worn vintera with a problematic neck, slapped a Franklin neck on there and Bob’s your uncle! I had been wondering about installing a pickup in the bridge like yours… Very nice!

Why Not!- Michel Camilo with Anthony Jackson on bass. Big Mario Kart energy!! I love the shout section towards the end ~4:35

I had a couple of sets of these, one on a Precision and a short set on a Musicmaster- that i still regret selling. In a word, BALANCED. Great strings. I found the silk winding is a little on the long side at the ball end, i had to cut it back to let the string rest properly on the saddles. In...

My two. The sunburst is an all original ‘66, except for a refret, with La Bellas. His name is Beans. The red one is a 2018 Mexican road worn 50s reissue- now with some real wear, a tort replacement guard and a Tony Franklin signature fretless neck with Thomastiks. It’s name is Beppe and I...

Played on a 1992 Japanese Precision for about ten years. Build quality on Japanese Fenders is super consistent. Just be aware the original fittings/ electronics are metric. I’d also recommend searching for a Vintera road worn: thin coat poly on a maple neck, nitro body paint, good stock pup...

I’m a Compressor only kind of man… Philosophically at least. Sadly, a tuner and preamp are a must. Such is the frailty of my resolve 🥲

I’ve sold this bass, but it was a fun time! JMJ and then we installed a Serek B90. Pickup is in the scale-relative position of a Precision pickup. As per, tone is all in the cat.

Thanks very much! I really dig them. It’s surprisingly liberating stripping everything down to just the two instruments really care about most.

The sunburst looks fantastic! It’s so easy for that to go awry. Killer looking bass 🔥

Hmm.. kind of. i’ve only my Musicmaster and Precision now, and while i gig exclusively with the musicmaster… that’s only because the precision IS my number one and it stays safe at home.

Great job! Really love how the 70s P was just the gnarliest of the group, bery satisfying. I like the format, i think you made a good call not talking throughout the video, as i imagine most people seeking out tone comparisons want to get to the examples as quick as possible. It was nice at the...

I play relatively lightly so i just bring the one bass, but there’s a lot of other stuff that can go wrong. I always bring a backup Tuner, DI, lots of cables, spare strings and string winder/cutter- and bring a multi-adapter wall plug 👌

Recently scaled down to just the two. ‘66 Precision and a ‘78 Musicmaster. I had Dunlops on them both in this picture, but they both have La Bellas now. Not knocking the Dunlops, they very much have their place, i just prefer the La Bella thing.

I had this exact issue with these strings on my Musicmaster, cutting back the silk works fine. Keep a little super glue handy when you do and you can fix the frayed silks ends and keep everything mice and tidy. As some some others said, running the string through a bracket/ nut from behind the...

On an old P bass, I Preferred the Dunlops. It felt like i was hearing the bass more. The Cobalt’s character is more recognisable irrespective of the instrument they’re on. The Dunlops are tonally BALANCED with an airy top end. The low strings sound-out as evenly as the higher strings, so while...