A propos nothing much, but was at All Points East last friday. I went to watch Jai Paul. His rather anodyne/generic R'n'B isn't really for me, but two things stood out.
The first is that his bass player is Rocco Paladino, and certainly in this case the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree!
The second is that Rocco's bass for the evening was a BB1100. Big amp, pedalboard, instrument leads and this bloody amazing-sounding bass...this combination of ostensibly "outdated" equipment and a player of taste and talent, without any intention of "it were better when I were a lad...." nostalgia, really struck me.
And particularly the fact that Yamaha BBs really do have a completely amazing sound all of their own.