The Fender Kingman was on sale at GC, so I ordered one and picked up today. This is the same bass that Steve Harris plays in some of the Iron Maiden Songs during the intro.
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Ok thatās nice!! The thumb rest, is it move able? Or the pinstriped line is misleading. Thatās a very interesting control layout for a classic look. How does it play? Chambered? Or semi hollow? Interesting sandwich body or paint design. Looks like an inverted Oreo, 
now Iām hungry. 
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Movable thumb rest.
Plays well, love the tones.
Full chamber.
Two-piece body with gasket. Plastic top (they call ātea-o-glassā - fancy term for plastic but itās plastic.
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Ooo thatās a good looking bass. Iām actually really into hollows / semi-hollows myself at the moment. Is it a medium scale? Howās that massive humbucker - is it a bit muddy? Is it hard to set the intonation (like a Hofner I suppose)?
So many questions!
PS Damn thatās a lot of booze
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Full scale
Not muddy, nice balance. Deep big tone. Piezo is actually nicely eqāed as well - not brittle.
Yep like a Hofner.
PS - almost enough.
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Very nice!
FWIW I thought Iād attach a pic of my new Jack Casady bass. Iāve removed the pickguard. Hollows are definitely the way forward 
In the end I sold the Squier - it was a nice instrument to play but I just wated something a bit more ā¦ well. ā¦ like this. I made sure it went to a good home though
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Just scored the Sonic Bronco short scale. Gotta say aside from blackened the fingertips this bass is a lot of fun to play. Punchy and crisp. Iād love some extra heft on the neck as it has this reverse neck dive action. Thereās some 60 cycles hum going on but itās not only not noticeable during the song itās going to be modded with the Active EMG SA pickup.
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I think you need more basses
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There is still a bit of room there to the right!
LMAO!!
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My favorite pedal right now is this Joyo a/b switch. It can create 2 effects chains but what is really cool is you can connect a guitar to a and b and use it to quickly change between guitars on stage. The bypass in this case kills all signal to the amp so if you need to unplug for any reason there are no pops.
Also a and b have level knobs so if one bass is quieter you can change these and even it out.
JOYO Line Selector Guitar Pedals 6 Mode Switch with AB 2 Effect Loops Independent Control Channel for Electric Guitar Bass (ORTHROS SELECTOR JF-24) Amazon.com: JOYO Line Selector Guitar Pedals 6 Mode Switch with AB 2 Effect Loops Independent Control Channel for Electric Guitar Bass (ORTHROS SELECTOR JF-24) : Everything Else
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Very nice!
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He has another shed full of them on top of that lot!
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Thatās what the Al-Evatorā¢ is for.
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Italia(ns) do it better!
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This holiday season Imma do something to that shed. I just learned about the corrosion effect in that environment and it almost costing a friendship with another member here. Iād definitely wonāt be put in the situation again.
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@terb might know this one.
If youāre looking to buy a new pedal, I suggest some form of fuzz or distortion. Specifically, one made for use with bass.
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- Chorus or Phaser
- Fuzz
because chorus in to fuzz is mind-blowing, as is fuzz into chorus
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One pedal? Iād gone with Cory Wong Wampler compressor.
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