AndyTravis

I started with a Yamaha BB there will always be something about them I love. Never let me down.

Some people like flash stuff, some don’t… end of thread? well, I always look at the band and they say “bass solo?” And I oblige - and it’s crap, first time round - but I refine it and make it a thing… as I said earlier, I sometimes follow vocal melody, I approach everything as it suits. some people really buzz off making the foundation, some people like to show off - some like to add a counterpoint to a song. the guitarist and I have to make all the noise, so I do what I can. I dunno - the best thing about music is that there’s effectively no “right” or “wrong”. Just don’t listen, if you don’t want to. I steal ideas every time I see a solo bass player. im sure I signed off the same earlier in the thread - each to their own. but - on the subject of Richard Bona - this was an awakening for me. Jools Holland…

And sell it within a week 😉

I’ve got one. Does what I want. Erm. Pleasant sound, warm, not super hard. Happy with it.

Wonder if they sound better in blue…

A friend…ahem, May have happened across a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass… Has anyone among these pages had much experience with them - it’s been years (about eight…) since I’ve played one - And a lot of my prior experience was filing nuts and setting them up in BEAD tunings for lads who’d splashed their student loans on them. How are the stock pickups… This mate of mine…they play funky stuff, rather than the rock/metal they seem to be used for. I know Fender did a Dimarzio (DMC) edition for the Japanese market. Just general musings for an evenings thinking…

Good, I thought something fishy was going on…glad we’ve climbed over that obstacle…

my approach “what’s a scale…”

I don’t get the snobbery for or against bass solos. out of 12 songs, I reckon 5 of ours have “lead bass” parts. I sometimes follow the vocal melody, sometimes I go off on one - and smash a shed together…because, why not. our guitarist shoves solos in the others, there are songs where we both do it. i don’t really care for the sentiment that bass players have to just sit and hold down things, or plod along. In our band we all have a pop - it makes it different to other stuff. Anyhow, Kindergarten by Faith No More Please Do Not Go by Violent Femmes two examples of where the bass just does what the guitar would conventionally “solo”. Some guy on a stage leathering out slap bass solos without accompaniment gets a bit dull…but more power to them if they get paid to do it. each to their own.

This. But they’re not cheap. About £650

yeah - I think the bb414/614 but with the laminate necks, through body stringing and posh mitre joint would be a more sensible evolution. A mix of the last 3 series.

Battered on around €350 I can deal with

1100s? 85…MIJ? OOOOOH talk to me.