ezbass

As I've been getting into short scales recently, I'd like to try a Mouse and see if I prefer it to my 35" MB2.

Fairground - Simply Red

The level of friendliness and going the extra mile that many BCers demonstrate never fails to impress me.

Block inlays FTW! I like the finish on the sunburst but gold hardware isn’t my thing. With all these new ones you’ll have to let something go, the Mouse* perhaps? 😉 *Dons tin hat and hides.

Drunk Again - Reel Big Fish

Nut width might be your determining factor here. The Performer has a more P style width (as do the JMJ and Vintera).

I’m glad it’s not just me. I’m still wracking my brain for what I consider to be the prime example of ‘what’s all the fuss about, that’s awful’ track. Unfortunately, Lady Ez suggested Californication and now I can’t get that out of my head!* *it isn’t that.

The 3 different tones displayed by Eric Johnson on his track Trademark are my favourites: sparkling, airy cleans; solid, slightly overdriven crunch and that searing, violin like lead tone all do it for me. At the other end of the scale, John Frusciate’s often clanky, ‘uncaring’ tone winds me up and wonder what people see in it (he does have other, more pleasing tones of course). Of course now I can’t think of the specific example I was going to post - watch this space.

This just popped up in my YT feed and might help. The same intonation rules apply.

I’ll Be Creeping - Three Dog Night

Waterfall - Stone Roses

Turquoise - Donovan

Don’t forget that this what these guys do for a living, both performance and teaching. Therefore, it is (or was) in their interests to put the time in. Don’t feel bad about not being able to have the same dedication, their drive often comes from a different place. Of course, I realise that there are those who can and do have this level of commitment without the financial driving factor, but I imagine the vast majority of us do what we can, when we can so that we can also pursue the other activities that make up our lives. In addition, there are potential physical limitations that might stand in the way of that high level of dedication to a practice regime. Having had a lot more time for practise recently, coupled with the added drive of a new bass, has resulted in me acquiring tendonitis in my left forearm (too many one finger per fret, across the things and up the neck exercises). If you don’t rely on playing for putting food on the table and paying the rent, do as much as gives you pleasure (surely that’s why one does it). Regarding vibrato, I come from a guitar playing background where side to side vibrato seems to the de facto technique. However, when I came to play fretless bass (I don’t remember using vibrato on fretted when I first started and turned to fretless really quickly), I naturally used and use the nut to bridge action and I don’t know why (perhaps I was tying to emulate Pino). It’s certainly more controllable than sideways movement and, therefore, more subtle and pleasing to the ear IMO.

Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington

Stir It Up - Bob Marley

Royal Orleans - LZ

Good spot, that man. To be fair, having scored a right bargain, the money saved could be spent on a basic set up. Although, as you say, a local BCer might well be willing to check and sort it.

You won’t have gone wrong with that Yamaha, they just done make a bad instrument at any price point IMO. My first foray into bass was with a Yammy BB300. I did, however, return to the guitar full time . But I saw the error of my ways and returned to fold many years later and my first (second time around) bass was a Yammy RBX 270 (I think). To echo @PaulThePlug’s comment, this is Basschat and we even have our own emoji for posts without ‘evidence’...

Live Wire - AC/DC

Ride the Lightning - Metallica

Southern Cross - CSNY

The ‘59 DC bass looks interesting https://www.thomann.de/gb/danelectro_dc_longscale_bass_cb.htm

Oof! That is all sorts of lovely. 😍

Big in Japan - Alphavillie

Dead Babies - Alice Cooper