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All of them. Every single one.

This bass is just scary good. I mean, you guys know me - I'm going to naturally be attracted to just the bridge pickup in active mode, which is reminiscent of all my other basses. If I were still gigging regularly, I could have gotten by easily with a single H Reflex and never complained.

But. BUT. Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster! I'm still experimenting with the various settings and I just can't find anything that doesn't somehow work. I said the other day that I don't know what EBMM does to those single coils, but everyone should find a way to do that. The big fat hummer at the bridge is my security blanket, but the single coils are just gloriously PHAT.

And, well - LOOK AT IT.

I am fortunate, very fortunate to have the basses I have, and some of them are beautiful indeed. The 20th SR5 and the 25th Anniversary come to mind - dead sexy basses. But this may be the one bass that rules them all in terms of beauty.
 

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Very close relatives.

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There's your glamour shot!
 

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All of them. Every single one.

This bass is just scary good. I mean, you guys know me - I'm going to naturally be attracted to just the bridge pickup in active mode, which is reminiscent of all my other basses. If I were still gigging regularly, I could have gotten by easily with a single H Reflex and never complained.

But. BUT. Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster! I'm still experimenting with the various settings and I just can't find anything that doesn't somehow work. I said the other day that I don't know what EBMM does to those single coils, but everyone should find a way to do that. The big fat hummer at the bridge is my security blanket, but the single coils are just gloriously PHAT.

And, well - LOOK AT IT.

I am fortunate, very fortunate to have the basses I have, and some of them are beautiful indeed. The 20th SR5 and the 25th Anniversary come to mind - dead sexy basses. But this may be the one bass that rules them all in terms of beauty.

Hey Jack,

How would you describe the sound of this beast compared to the Big Al SSS?

On the surface of it it looks basically like a Big Al SSS but with a Humbucker at the bridge. I realize it's probably folly to think they sound more-or-less the same but my wallet wants to believe it's true.
 

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This is the 2nd or 3rd time someone has come up to me and said, 'That bass - what IS that?" Last night, some guitarist even asked me about the pickup configuration. Crazy.
 

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This is the 2nd or 3rd time someone has come up to me and said, 'That bass - what IS that?" Last night, some guitarist even asked me about the pickup configuration. Crazy.

Yap, ...the same case with my reflex! :)

The most funny thing was when some guys asked: ...may I touch it? :D

One guy was really confused, he said first: -ohh, come on man, this is ain't a Musicman, ...how could it be? :confused: :eek: ...later he asked: -OK what that bunch of buttons are for? :confused: :D

...etc... :p
 

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I am not saying that watching this is a good thing - recorded on an iPhone which was for some reason picking up mostly the bass (my wife did it, maybe she thought I would want it this way) but it is anyway The Buckholes and fairly representative of what we do a lot of, especially when we go on much later than we thought which gives everyone way too much time to say, "Yes, why not, bring me another one."

But clearly it is my Lambo Reflex (into LMII/MB2-10 cab) and probably on the bridge pickup although at that point who can say. You might here some bad notes, which are all the sound man's fault, I believe.

The main thing is - we have fun doing this and people do sing along and scream and whatnot.
 

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Hey Jack, ...Your reflex is sooo present in the mix that You're the leader through this whole song compilation!

I like The Wall "country" version too!

Great communication with an audience!

What pickup config did You used in this video?
 

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You might here some bad notes, which are all the sound man's fault, I believe.

The main thing is - we have fun doing this and people do sing along and scream and whatnot.

Love it - and you're definitely right about the sound guy and bum notes - not that I noticed any!

That Reflex looks great - the burst is really noticeable when the light catches it - looks to fade to yellow in the middle like a sunburst when the light catches it - very cool. I want one!!
 
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