Hi Kiwiboy, me kiwi too. Best tools? Hmmm..... mine would be my carved top double bass with Barbera bridge and Lenzner gut strings. Reason? Because I can do so much with it. I've played jazz, blues, country, Irish, latino and jewish on it and currently slap the bitch in a rockabilly band. Next best tool would be my mongrel Jazz bass with maple board, Duncan Antiquities, j-retro preamp and TI Jazz Flats. It plays and sounds as good as any Sadowsky or boutique bass I tried at Namm.
