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I had planned on spending the day recording for my new solo bass album. Someone else has other ideas 😂. She was fast asleep in the airing cupboard, then she woke up. I could hear her howling for attention; Siamese cats are anything but quiet. She came in, jumped up, howled at me, just in case I hadn’t heard her in the bathroom or on the landing, then settled down to go back to sleep.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Any chance of some Basschat carpet slippers for members who don't get out much? Asking for a friend. 😬

Playing for the RAF in Cyprus. We have to be at Brize Norton on monday and they'll load all our gear onto a plane and fly us out there. Coming back on New Year's day. We've done it before and our agents now supply masses of acts to HM forces. We get really well looked after and the pay is daft for something we'd happily do for free.

OK, I gotta ask - where did Mrs Mep get that from? I so want one...

Just got this from my Nephew 😁 he’s 5!

What a band.

My favourite colour is mint* green. While I have no basses in that colour for one reason or another, @Happy Jack has no fewer than two. The supercool curly lead is his Christmas present to me - but I'm so going to lend it to him at the next Damo And The Dynamites gig, when he'll be playing the Lull for a few numbers. 😎 *a.k.a. SURF green. 😉

The Epiphone Bass Probucker #760s as fitted to the Vintage Pro Thunderbirds & Embassy Pro basses are excellent, so if you can track down a set I doubt you would be disappointed.

So I went with the SR1820 as I couldn’t justify the extra £500 for the 2600. Especially when they both have same pickups, bridge and eq. thanks to everyone for all the advice.

Just traded a bass for a BB P34. Currently wearing cobalt flats. Gigged the bass twice so far and very pleased with the sound and presence in the mix (guitar, bass drums with occasional acoustic guitar by the singer). Mandatory pic:

This is/was my reason for wanting a 435. Cheap enough to experiment with pups in it. Dont want to mess around with my P34.

She's obviously a pro. My cats are such amateurs that merely interrupt play...

Guilty as charged m'lud....

Perhaps the question should be why some genres seem to demand a more conservative or unimaginative choice of instrument?

I accept Scott Devine has a few mannerisms which could annoy, but I think he's producing an excellent service for bassists around the world. I'm very happy he's created such a successful business.

Well, you can tell him, he is a member on here. i have plenty of time for him. I am a better bass player than I was because of him

As @Cosmo Valdemarsays, an all graphite status buzzard will happily take an action down to less than 0.5mm which is almost immeasurable. If that's not low enough for people I don't know what is. It really is scary. Ironically, when I got it the action was way too high for me (especially if you do tapping), but it adjusted down easily. My alembic also takes a truly insane low action as well.

The forum has a chequered history of engagement with famous bassists and musical instrument industry luminaries. A few of them manage to stick around in a low profile way but we've seen most of the fückers off, thank God.

@SpondonBassed is Lee Sklar. True fact.

And so is my wife.

I’ve just bought three pick ups from Talkbass. I doubt I’ll even hear a difference! 😀

That replacement machinehead deserves a lawsuit of its own. It’s too rough for £400 that. Needs to be £200/£250. I’d pay £4-500 for a very clean one.

I always wondered why the hell Yamaha’s own bag was too short for the bass. It’s like they made up the dimensions based on the TRBX basses and said, “oh I’m sure it’ll work fine for the BBs too” without actually measuring to check

I have zero Tats and a similar amount of hair. I play a zero amount of metal or heavy Rawkan'Roll. Actually, I play bass in a funky jazz group, and my basses are Spectors. (Gratuitous Couch Photo follows).

The first UK Rockinbetters were 21-fret & had a conventional bridge: If I remember from an ancient BC thread, it's another toaster under the Fender style cover. Not 100% about this but I think the first ones were MIK, as were the Indies I mentioned earlier. Rockinbetter's a bit of a curious brand - the name seems to have originated with a Canadian distributor called Dillion (or possibly Dillon, links are all gone now) which was also distributor for Tokai, presumably leading to the conflation many are mildly irritated by. I did see pics of the Canadian market copies in the early 00s and they weren't identical to the ones we got. These are nice basses - David still manages to sneak the odd one or two out if you keep an eye on the Fakers FB group, I'm sure he just finds a few under the bed or at the back of random cupboards from time to time... I have an original set-neck RV4, only two in the world in this colour, according to David: Any excuse to keep posting this pic! Scratchplate/controls are my own mod as I'm no fan of the original 4001 style plate.

From series 2, I've owned a 425 and 1025 and from series 3 the 735A and P35. My take on your question would be as follows: It seems to me that the Yammy approach has been to listen to what their customers are saying and go for incremental improvements to an already excellent bass with each new series. So from series 1 (414 etc) --> series 2 the focus was on neck and body construction e.g. laminated necks to improve rigidity. Series 2 --> series 3, key changes are slightly more refined pups, VVT tone controls, standard pup sizes and slightly honed body shape. Tonally I found my 1025 to be very very close to my P35. The P35 was very slightly 'sweeter' and the J pup on the 1025 a touch more aggressive. The bass player who sold me the P35 and the one I moved mine onto are both in a league more capable than me as bass players and both have raved about how good the P35 was - the only reason they both moved theirs on was due to needing to switch to lighter basses for individual personal issues. They both have said that the P35 was one of the very best basses they have ever played, and I have zero reason to doubt them. Having met them both and being aware of what other basses they have played, believe me that is high praise indeed! In terms of comparison to Fender P basses, I think two key points - many Fender Ps are just that i.e. P basses with no J, whereas the Yammy BBs have for some while been PJ and it's the ability to combine (series 2) / blend in (series 3) the J that, for me, gives the Yammy BBs it's particular flavour. There was quite a nice video comparison a few pages back done between a Yammy PJ and Fender P. If you are finding your BB424 to be superb, then why not stick with it? Exactly the conclusion I came to with my BB1025.

https://reverb.com/uk/item/16566237-boost-willis-clean-boost Boost Willis 😂

I want to be buried with my basses so I can rock the banquet hall in Valhalla.

It's the percussion, especially the use of the dreaded sampled handclaps... I think Peggy panicked a bit at the thought of not having a drummer! The sleeve of my cassette copy is signed by the man himself (he did seem a bit astonished, I seem to recall he said he'd never been asked to sign a copy before...)

Many people have an emotional relationship with high-value vintage Fenders. You can’t have it both ways! Some people like new instruments, others old ones - there’s room for us all in the bass playing world. As for what happens with my basses when I die, I hope my children want them and if they don’t then they can sell them/

More so for me. I find it much easier to relate to that, than going out and spending thousands on, let's say for example a Fender, which was basically a mass produced, relatively cheap instrument when it was created. But because it's a certain year, or has been played by a certain person, it's now "worth" a small fortune. Then again I've never really understood the vintage thing either. I'd much rather have something brand new, than some rusty, battered old bass that is somehow perceived as better.

Good shout

Ours are usually £15 - but prices/values vary abroad. Our shirts are all tie-dyed by hand by a specialist in Devon, and then screen printed with the name of the band and a logo, so there's not a lot of profit in them, but they get the name out there among people who will hopefully want to find out more about the band when they see the shirts.

Three nights at one venue, and no song repeated - total of 8 or 9 hours playing, I believe. A German couple were selling tie-dye shirts there and offered to have ours on their table - but insisted that 15 euros wasn't enough so sold them for 25 each - and shifted the lot! It was hard to get them to accept some money for their work, but we managed in the end. Very good people.

It’s like the general economy in micro , while people have confidence in the value of these things, the value will hold up , but if the value in a guitar is that it was a present from grandad, mum and dad or wife for instance , or it was one that has particular band or gig memories. then keeping it on a stand in the corner of the room is value enough. Nail it to a wall as a decoration or as a cherished memory, fine by me, I think an emotional attachment to an instrument is easily as important as its monetary value

I'm really fond of my Series 1. Really wish it was a 5 string but the only one I'm aware of with the same spec as mine is Jimmy Haslips. His sounds phenomenal.

Looks like this has been a worthwhile thread for you Dave

Sound samples

I wasn't aware I had a nephew in Birmingham

I have no problem with it and neither do I.

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What a load of rubbish, and you have no evidence whatsoever. When I post under my @Osiris moniker, I consistently use a completely different language and reference frame. Also, under that moniker I'm the erudite guy. I don't really wanna pick a fight with you, but it's very tempting right now. ...but you know that.