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...About 1974 😏

Awesome early Tangerine Dream featuring "Happy" Dieter on bass.... obviously not a Basschat member then. 😄

How about for the easily offended by every thing that we seemingly can't escape from anywhere, not even bloody Basschat now, we call it "kosmische Musik" to keep the peace? There you go...sorted! .

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As you don't say you are looking to "upgrade" regards electronics, types of wood, sound quality brand name etc, then I guess you are just after something that appeals visually and might just feel a bit different and maybe more inspiring in your hands. I would say if you can, try out the Tanglewood Alpha then do so as it may just be the right instrument for you regardless of cost, brand etc. Personally I think they make really decent basses, the Alpha has a nice shape to it, and certainly the old Warrior basses they made are of very good quality. I've had loads of basses and I would much rather have a lesser known brand that just feels and looks great and makes me happy than just going for something that just has the name behind it but doesn't really make me want to pick it up.

Another recommendation for D'Addario Strings. Dunlop and Ernie Balls a close second. 🤘

I would buy a Harley Benton and with the rest I would spend it on cheap hookers, coke and bottles of JD so I could be the proper rock star I should have always been. If I can't play Paranoid properly on that , I'm not going to play it properly on a multi thousand pound coffee table bass either.

For God's sake don't tell him that it's fitted out with Sung Il hardware... !

Apparently word has it that this is what you are forced to watch repeatedly for 24 hrs prior to being shot by firing squad or blown up with a missile for looking at the great leader in the wrong way.

All those slap bass players on YouTube are in Kajagoogoo tribute bands... Not true. They are all lonely, have no friends, too much time on their hands, and no one wants to be in a band with them.

Couldn't he just use Fast Fret like the rest of us?

My newish Dean EVO-XM Short Scale Bass. After giving it a bit of setup, it plays great with a dead low action, looks killer, and the Dean pickups sound surprisingly good to my ears. Also note it has 24 frets, though I'm personally scared to go above the 7th, maybe the 12th if I'm feeling particularly adventurous, and the wind is blowing my fingers in the right direction. I prefer this even to the Gibson Les Paul I had, it's much lighter for a start, and cost significantly less. It's definitely vying for 1st position with the Gretsch Junior Jet as my all time favourite bass. I think it will have a couple of upgrades when money allows, but it's perfectly usable as it is in all honesty.

"plays like butter" … no, no it doesn't, it plays like someone playing a bass guitar.

Newly arrived Dean EVO-XM Short Scale.

I was looking at these a while ago. It seems at some point they changed the bridge to a Fender style which looks crap in my opinion. I like the much criticised 3-point bridge but then I'm rebellious like that. The bridge pickup is a guitar sized humbucker, and wasn't overly keen on the price also for what it is. For that sort of money you could get a used Epiphone limited edition short scale EB3, though not many around, so you would need a bit of patience to get hold of one.

I had this short scale Revelation EB-3 for a while. Really nice bass and it sounded huge! I added the bridge cover. I know it's not a Jazz bass but It shows the quality of the instruments nicely!

I find cheap strings are pretty much consistently cack in most ways, but are good for when I'm doing a setup /changing gauge of string. I can spend as much time as I like faffing / playing the strings without worrying that a good set of Ernie Balls will have lost their mojo by the time I have done all said faffing and testing and faffing again. I have just bought a set of these for that very purpose. These seem to be the least crap ones I have tried. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-STRINGS-40-95s-Light-Gauge-040-to-095/200980644509?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 😊

Pretty good deal for someone possibly? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-bass-guitar-3-4-size-and-Harley-Benton-Amplifier-with-case-and-leads/353064462327?hash=item52344827f7:g:V24AAOSwiI1eqXHY

He would utterly ruin Mustang Sally with his flamboyant display of technical prowess. 😆

Gear4Music ?

VR-B3, 11.2kohm Alnico V. I have had a Kent Armstrong before which I thought was a really nice sound, nothing like the Tesla, I suspect changing to 500k pots plays its part in producing the brightness though.

I put a Tesla pickup in a P-Bass with maple board using the original 500k pots. It definitely produced the brightest and most aggressive tone I've got out a P-bass. 🎸