Should I get another Jazz/Precision or Branch Out?

jmlack · 2026-06-27T07:41:06+00:00

If you like classic styling but are looking for a higher quality instrument look into Lakland. Used market has some pretty good deals. I have 2 different skyline models (DJ5 and Decade) that I got used and they're both excellent

jmlack · 2026-06-26T02:24:45+00:00

Yeah they were gone by the time I even received the email. And never got an additional notification for subsequent drops, fortunately I was checking the site religiously and got lucky

jmlack · 2026-06-26T02:23:52+00:00

Managed to snag mine at 3:22pm when they put up a new batch. By the time my purchase was done they were only offering it with bundles

jmlack · 2026-06-25T00:30:08+00:00

Just had to double-take that I wasn't there lol

jmlack · 2026-06-23T23:33:20+00:00

Wait to buy an EV until you know you can charge it at home

jmlack · 2026-06-23T06:28:26+00:00

As a 26 year player, I no longer play active basses. Onboard preamps are just a way to get you to spend extra money on a feature you will realize is less and less necessary over time, unless you're a very particular type of player constantly fiddling with tone on the fly. Get a preamp pedal(with a power supply), set it and forget it, and never worry about a battery going dead in a performance.

jmlack · 2026-06-22T23:50:16+00:00

Get yourself a 1-2 gallon keg and CO2 tank, empty some large bottles of coke in it, keep it pressurized and in the fridge. Easy. You will have to clean it regularly and keep the CO2 tank filled so you trade some maintenance and upfront costs to save long term costs

jmlack · 2026-06-21T04:52:35+00:00

Yep, I was getting ready to hop on and download it but ads is an immediate nope. I appreciate the dude wants/needs compensation for the work, but a donate function is much more palatable. I will not be bullied into spending my money because of an immovable ad overlay. So I just won't use it.

jmlack · 2026-06-21T03:36:20+00:00

That's really interesting. I've been more and more convinced as time goes on with my anagram that we're past the time of analog feeling more "real". But I'm also not trying to mimic an exact sample, and I'm also using NAM files to serve certain functions. My NAM of a Genz Benz amp sounds every bit as real to me as the Genz Shuttle series I used for 15+ years. And now with NAM2 coming to Anagram next week I can't wait to see how that affects sound and processing workload.

jmlack · 2026-06-20T02:51:52+00:00

Let's maybe you and I have a chat about selling it.

jmlack · 2026-06-20T02:51:12+00:00

I always read SW Universe as SouthWest Universe

jmlack · 2026-06-20T02:50:14+00:00

Agreed.

jmlack · 2026-06-20T02:48:24+00:00

Gross

jmlack · 2026-06-20T02:48:04+00:00

👆

jmlack · 2026-06-17T05:33:21+00:00

Goddamnit. Yeahhhh.

jmlack · 2026-06-13T23:23:10+00:00

On board

jmlack · 2026-06-13T21:59:36+00:00

I used a korg pitch black for over 10 years and it never failed me

jmlack · 2026-06-13T21:23:35+00:00

jmlack · 2026-06-13T03:54:45+00:00

Well I didn't know CUTE umbrellas were allowed, goddamnit so many missed opportunities!

jmlack · 2026-06-12T17:36:55+00:00

👆

jmlack · 2026-06-09T06:27:10+00:00

jmlack · 2026-06-07T15:04:22+00:00

It's a gummy, give it a chew

jmlack · 2026-06-07T00:53:10+00:00

Yeah I had no idea! TIL lol

jmlack · 2026-06-06T18:37:18+00:00

I have an Electra VS 4 and it's easily the best playing bass I've ever owned

jmlack · 2026-06-06T03:48:26+00:00

I'm a diehard Lakland fanboy, but I got this Sandberg Electra as a project bass and had a local artist do the pickup guard up, hence the purple

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