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Bass neck or divan, that is the question?

Yep the number of gigs we see you do @Bluewine it’s definitely working for your band.

I think the player themselves is one of the main things, whenever someone plays my basses I - irritatingly I should stress - invariably prefer the sound they get to the sound I get, with same bass/amp/pedals etc. I must have a “bassy” sound as usually other bassists get a treblier sound than I seem to.

Yep, I look back fondly at my memories of my Kay EB-O like bass bought in 1980 but it wasn’t a good instrument, I can get a much better bass now for a fraction of the cost in terms of monetary equivalent of now compared to then.

I’ll watch the whole vid tomorrow but for me the main things that impacts on my tone are roundwound (not dead ones tho) strings and the attack of the pick on them.

Same here

Great bass @andytoad

Just got in from seeing Tremonti at The Forum in Kentish Town. Went along with my mates for an evening out but although the band are obviously super talented and incredibly tight it’s not really my thing. I don’t regret going along but I don’t think I’d go to see them again. Big shout out to the support band Florence Black though, enjoyed their set and imo they had a better mix than the headliner. Wonder if the bassist is on here?

I did this @KingBollock, in 1987 I had a Yamaha BB1100s and nostalgia has gripped me recently so got the same model/colour scheme. I did actually think it could be my old bass as has wear & tear in same places but the seller had had it since 1985.

I`ve no info on these but an old mate (sadly deceased now, RIP Mike) had a CMI Jazz bass and it sounded amazing.

Yes, our old producer had a Squier Affinity Telecaster, he had it set up so good that it played and sounded fantastic, I`m sure someone given the guitar with the headstock/logo covered would have thought it was an instrument costing 10 times more.

Priority response I should think

The Gulf of Tort

I look at this in the same way as Marathons, someone may have rebranded them but to me they’ll always be Marathons, Gulf of Mexico will always be that no matter what anyone else calls it.

A bit like a cat marking its territory @SimonK

Just not right, in all cases. Some I’ve returned straight away as not for me (a recent one due to neck size and my arthritic thumb) others after a while I’ve realised they just work out long term so sold them on. Fortunately I’ve never bought an instrument that I’ve found horrific.

I prefer to try a bass out if it’s not a model I’m familiar with wherever possible, a few times I’ve done the leap of faith and it’s not worked out.

This has been my backup plan for a while, in case I ever have to give up bass & guitar.

Hope it all works out for you @thebrig

There will be a revolution - musically of course, happened many times, tastes change. I think of my youth from early 70s to my 30s in the mid nineties, punk, new wave, two tone, New Romantics, hair metal, grunge, Brit pop. Admittedly all bands unlike what’s current but people get fed up of the same stuff after a while.

First off look at what your current bass isn’t doing for you, then the question is do any of those mentioned solve that. If so then put the miles in if possible to try them out.

Think that’s great that Jamie Stewart replied to give advice/info.

Yup, ACS PRO 17s for me, their most natural sounding ones apparently.

It happens, in my first proper band we played at Manchester poly. On the way back, once we were on the M6 I fell asleep and when I woke up we were in this dark lane with Welsh sign posts. Apparently the driver/singer got lost cos I was meant to be navigating. Manchester to Hemel is essentially south on the M6 then M1, that’s it.