Found Basschat when I've been looking at used basses, amps etc. Been playing many years but why stop - the notes haven't changed after all. Now tutoring my 9 year old grandson!
Was always a Fender devotee (3 Precisions but only one at a time, a '67 Jazz) a Warwick Thumb thru-neck (about a '95), a Sei Flamboyant 5 string headless (got to know Martin Petersen).
When I started out there were very few actual bass amps - Fender bassman if you could afford, Vox Foundation, Selmer Treble n Bass 50... so I feel like I go back to the beginning. The 3 landmarks in bass that I see are / were, Leo's original design; bass sound systems (Acoustic 360 and onward); and round wound strings.
So now I'm playing at home - a budget Yamaha 4 string, a Dean (budget) fretless; a Trace 715 combo. On the lookout for a decent fretless, not too decednt, maybe around a £400-ish something.
Sorry to ramble on - I love bass, always have and it never goes away. I'll be in good company here I guess.
