Jerry_B

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1045767' date='Dec 2 2010, 10:37 PM']I agree, I keep looking at videos that are 2 minutes of fingerstyle then 7 minutes of slapping and most people just don't play that way. Even fewer demos are done with a plectrum.[/quote] Yep, that's true. Very few demos show slapping, and playing with fingers and with a plectrum. In fact I can't think of seeing one!

Interesting! Similar in various details to my BB414, but with some nice extras! Is the bridge standard?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1044424' date='Dec 1 2010, 10:23 PM']Putting a Gibson logo on a bass that looks nothing like a Gibson is a good idea. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Matsumoku-Westone-Spectrum-bass-guitar-Japan-85-Black_W0QQitemZ320621800322QQcategoryZ4713QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D120654289830%252B120654289830%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5338709543184181872"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Matsumoku-Westone-Sp...709543184181872[/url][/quote] And adding the word 'rare' - are Spectrum's actually rare?

They're nice basses. I especially like that translucent green finish!

I like black basses - always have. I've tried red, white and sunburst but just don't like the look of any of those. I like green basses if the finish is translucent, but not if the grain underneath is rippled, etc. Wood finishes are also nice but not of they're burled - fine for a table, but not for a bass IMHO

If it's more than 5 years old it's 'vintage'...

My three black basses - Peavey T-40, MIJ Fender Jazz, and a Yamaha BB414.

I think the Peavey T-40 has a few bits of design which are inspired. For example, the way the pups work, and how the neck was created and constructed. Just don't ask me to explain [i]how[/i] the pups work - I get them in a practical sense, but writing that all down would end up sounding wrong. If pushed, ask FlatEric or maybe I can copy and paste the relevant text from somewhere

It's in very good nick too!

Very very nice! I'd bring the bass a bit more to the fore in the mix, but that's just me

With my fretless I aim for somewhere between David J and Glen Campling, just because both of them nailed a variety of fretless tones that I really like. With my other bass there's too many influences to narrow it to one or two.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1030208' date='Nov 20 2010, 10:29 AM']Wesley FTW!!![/quote] True. I was given one a year or so ago, and it's a nice bass. I just don't like the pointy headstock - and the fact that it was originally pink

I keep falling asleep after 5 seconds - is the rest any better...?

Nice bass...

This isn't anything to do with the Tron remake is it...?

MIJ ones are definitely a cheaper - and very nicely built - option. Solidly put together too, if mine's anything to go by after all the abuse it'd been put through by the previous owner

Nice! Shame it's a short scale tho'...

Perhaps Wizard could magic up something for you...?

Loweringthetone very kindly sent me a Pyramid flatwound E-string, for free. I've had no luck buying one from Pyramid themselves so this saved me having to stash the remaining strings and buy a whole new set. Everything was packaged up nicely and arrived within a few days of him initially sending me a PM. Nice!