Killerfridge

Holy moly, that is a good looking copy! Like, really good; if it plays a quarter as good as it looks, you've got a great bass

I love his tone and playing, and the little line of fills from around 1:52 are some of my absolute favourites, especially in terms of articulation:

Also I don't know if it's a new thing, but I'm really enjoying the BD YouTube channel

The Gojira plugin has been a surprise success for me. I got it just because I thought it would be fun for the octave effects (and for guitar obviously), but it's got some great bass sounds too

Not a huge fan of the guy, but JHS pedals did a video recently on the costs of bringing a pedal to market, and he pointed out that original designs taken much less R&D than inspired by/clones of other pedals. Just thought it was interesting

You just need to do one

Wowzers!

As someone not familiar with it, can we see a photo of the full thing?

I love the VTC, I think it's one of the best onboard preamps around. It just gives "more" i.e. when people say "jazz bass on steroids", the VTC is the steroids. It boosts just in the right places to emphasizes that jazz bass two-pickup-scoop sound

Back on topic, I'm thinking about something for my 40th, and have been given basically given carte blanche to get/get made whatever I want. It's making me self reflect heavily on what I am actually looking for in an instrument. I was initially thinking some sort of single cut, buckeye burl, fusion style bass. Then I went down the path of MTD, or F-bass i.e. basses that people who's playing I enjoy play. But the more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards just (just) a P bass. It's something I've never owned, and they just sound beautiful. So in answer to the question, I think "vibe" is my number one element when choosing a bass.

It's so bizarre to me, as Sei make some of the most beautiful instruments, yet their headstocks look like they are drawn with a toddlers left hand

Honestly, this one takes the cake for me

That is one beefy pickup!