Lfalex v1.1

Agreed. Or maybe a Warwick Thumb?

Or maybe even the Rick..

Except its not from the 80's

Be that a Stronglight chainset?

With the notable exception of so-called "Christmas Songs"

As per the title, recommend and discuss alternative bass choices for your favourite famous bassists based on... well, anything really! (Credit for this idea due to a picture of Tony Levin playing a Dingwall) I'll kick off with; Someone get Dave Ellefson (ex-Megadeth) a Musicman Bongo. I think the tone would suit him down to the ground.

Nor have I. Mk1 in my case, though.

As per @Waddo Soqable , I use a capo on a 4-string in D standard. Naturally, it frequently resides at the second fret for E Standard, but has been known to move further up, for "Barbarism begins at home", as an example, or if I need a pedal tone that's further up but out of reach unless I tap. Gives a good compromise that covers a lot of ground.

It'd be better if it were one of those little clip-on LED lamps, so you could play in the dark. And if it had a strobe mode... well, the possibilities are endless.

Felix!

Not a big FX user. But. There's a dogma that suggests that drives and distortions go before the pre (or head) and that modulation fx go in the FX loop ( IF there is one) However... do you envisage using the synth and distortion together? The synth will probably be wanting a nice, clean signal to help it track properly, so needs to go before the others if they're going to be used together.

If you don't like valves, you could get one of them fancy Nortons with a rotary engine.

I thought the Garage Days EP cover bass was a Sadowsky minus the headstock decal... could be wrong though. Otherwise, I do believe Billy Sheehan plays factory Yamaha Attitude BS sig instruments. Having owned one, I can see why. The (MIJ) build quality is exemplary. Didn't get on with the tone, though. Maybe John Myung uses "factory" Bongos. His is pretty niche, though.

It is. Not that blue/gold abomination that they did!

Beat me to it. My first bass was a Raider 1. I still have it, though !

Ah.. they're about £1200 new. Sorry.

I think the MTD Super 5 would be worth a look.

GWB?

Finding it pretty good so far. Not too heavy at 9½lb, and the balance is fine with a suitably broad (and short) strap. I'm surprised that big old headstock and 6 full-sized tuners don't drag it down more. The instrument's balance pulls the nut back towards you, so the reach for the 1st fret isn't at all bad. The neck is great. Broad, flat smooth and quite fast for a 6. The only slight negative is that the fretboard radius is slightly smaller than I'd find ideal. It's not a deal-breaker, though. A Rosewood fretboard is a plus for me. The electronics package is good. Plenty of tones. No noise and almost too much control from the 4 band EQ. Tons of headroom from the 18v pre-amp. Definitely one to set flat and tweak with small adjustments. Came strung with what look like EB Slinkies. They ought to be 32-130, and it seems like that's the case here. Stainless steel frets are showing little sign of use even though its 10 years old. Overall tonality is fairly neutral if left flat, with decent variation available from the pan control, though it's not that great at the extremes without heavy eq. It can be a little bass- heavy, and favouring the bridge pickup doesn't do a lot to reduce this until it ends up being too nasal. Gently cutting the bass eq is the better option. All in all, pretty good, and I can see the playing experience improving as I become more accustomed to it.

For what it's worth, both the best and worst on-stage sounds I've had were using venue- supplied backline. One was Ashdown, one was Hartke and another one was Gallien Kruger/ Ampeg. Nothing to say you and the guitarist/s can't put some of your kit in front of the house gear in the signal chain. Unless you're using valve amps or something with a power stage that won't play nicely while running with no load.

For those struggling with being seen to like Progressive Rock, I find it best to insist that [insert band] do not, in fact, fit into the genre at all. 😝 Or just claim that you like "the later stuff". (See: Genesis, Supertramp etc.)

See also the Spalt Viper/Wiper. That looked clever, but I wonder how well it worked?