AndyTravis

Oh god. Loved my v just wish I’d ordered one when I worked at a fender dealer...

Then I shall no longer involve myself - I shall find more Yamahas...

Erm ooh...er... @TheGreek is this legit?!

Gauranteed. isn't that the name of a Level 42 album?

What a beauty. Now find me a 4 string

Placebo- without you I’m nothing. in fact, placebo always seem to have a great bass sound.

One of my all time favourite records, sincerely.

Mint

A Nash?

recently purchased 1980’s Yamaha BB350f unfortunately for this thread, my intention is to fret it.

Oh it will be a sh1tstorm

I’m promising nowt. If I see a Yamaha BB under £200 I’m not sure I’ll be able to not buy it... ive already done 2 in the last month.

The 414 is just mental, a very nice bass. the 350f needs to not be a fretless. The neck is unbelievable, flat and wide.

More like older and younger siblings...

Working with @TimAl on a pick guard for the 350f very subtle differences

Well, he wasn’t there to speak to on Monday, and hasn’t replied to my email. I did however strike up a conversation with a mate who’d asked the same luthier to build him a custom bass 4 years ago and the wood still hasn’t been cut... so im speaking with our very own @Andyjr1515 about options. it arrived today and feels great. But very, well...fretless. So we’ll see what costs are like.

dirty Birdseye maple on a 350f

If you were watching amp demonstrations online, what would you want to see? I’m in the market for smaller powerful combos, and there’s not huge amounts out there other than spec sheets. Just thinking about online demos generally...they seem to be slap fest look at me videos on the main. There is a guy who I think was referred to as the bass whisperer and he does great demos in America, but self filmed demos and YouTube content is so hit and miss. I would want the same bass line over and over again with fingers, pick and a bit of thumb while the settings were clearly shown... ”the mid control has this sweep...” etc. Any examples of videos you’ve seen and liked? just about to boil my head looking at gear reviews and wanted a break

Going to PM you

I’m in trouble. The second hand market is feeding my Yamaha BB addictiction

Why are you being rude? What an odd reply. Literally an opinion, a point of view - my 2p. The concept of a cheaper (‘kiddy’) Flea bass in itself was acknowledged by Flea when he brought out the “fleabass” range of instruments and further addressed by the introduction of a lower price point Fleabass (street bass). I was just pointing out that Fender may have missed a trick by only having the one price point which would be out of reach for younger/less affluent fans when they’ve done broader attempts to previously... Mike Dirnt has/had a Fender and a Squier model simultaneously BB King had a Gibson and Epiphone version of Lucille (there are plenty more examples) It just broadens their buying audience somewhat and more buyers means more money. Makes more business sense. And having left the guitar/bass retail industry after 12 years in 2015 - I might have an idea of what people buy into. As a point, the cheap fleabass instruments weren’t that great - but we sold 100’s of them because people bought into the Flea name/image. But what would I know, I’m only a child.