The Last Bass Outpost

It sounded nasty in '82 too!  I wish they'd release the whole Toronto 82 concert video remixed like this.

This is a very good description of the bass.  Only someone who has spent some quality time with the LP DC Jr.  would be able to make these observations.  And anyone who hasn't may not see exactly what is being said when you praise such things as simplicity and a bass having only one pickup.  The minimalism is a plus and the fact that the bass delivers a punch is even more of a plus.  I wouldn't look at ''made in America" as a mystique, though.  Through the years some American companies really have established a reputation for making good guitars and basses.  As a typical American, I've spent much of my life buying various goods made in other countries.  If something I buy is very good, and it's made here, too, that's more lagniappe than mystique for me.

Yeah, it's quite aggressive in the mids, but also has depth and snap if you want it. And something about that pickup puts a lot of pop in the attack if you play with a pick or a percussive fingerstyle. And it's easy to fit into a mix.
The neck suits me - it's round and chunky in a way I like but feels easy.

I know the matte finish is partly for economic reasons, but I love how it feels on the neck and I like that grainy look. And I'm a sucker for blue.
My only aesthetic gripe? That weirdly squared-off end of the pickguard is a strange and I think slightly ugly choice. Oh well, it's a minor blemish.

Would I have bought one if it was priced like a T-bird or SG? Probably not, but I was eyeing them at $999, and when they were on sale I couldn't resist. Mine was $650 US with tax, and Chicago Music Exchange did an excellent setup. Now it's my main bass.
Add me to the "maybe getting too old for long scale" club - I don't know how long I'll still be able to play a full set on the old LPB-1.

Rats. I like those, glad I got one when I did!

I had a wacky idea to have mine hot-rodded with a bridge pickup. That's the one thing I occasionally miss from playing my LPB-1... I am mostly a neck pickup guy, but maybe about 25% of the time it just works better for me to have that different midrange tone that two pickups give you.

I have a terrible completion rate on project ideas though. Forget I said anything 

These guys are pretty good as a backing band. I never paid attention to Glen Campbell as a kid - unjustly wrote him off as "boring country" because I was young and dumb... Quite a voice, and I like the understated baritone solo.

Will Lee aping McCartney on the bass. 
It's kind of fun also seeing/hearing four different singers doing their best McCartney vocal impressions within the first three minutes.
Will gives a McCartney lead vocal a go later on, at 11:10.
Cool fuzz bass tone at 7:00 as well.

 

I have the same feelings: it's great and warming to see kids as good as her, or that awesome drummer Yoyoka, but the pushy parent aspect is troubling... Good analogy to athletes...

Yeah I wondered what on earth the tuning could possibly be.
Maybe it's 17 E strings

Apparently it really is 17 strings and you can actually buy one (not available in yellow sadly)
https://www.amazon.com/SRLIWHITE-Electric-Rosewood-Fingerboard-Fretless/dp/B09TK22DQ1

My question is.... who else is buying these... and what was in the mind of the builder?

I especially like this note in the listing:

Suitable For: Home-schooling