Pretty bass in a rock band?

[SH73]

P bass is fancy looking!

[Number6]

As long as you give it the Klaus Flouride treatment.....

[EliasMooseblaster]

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John Entwistle played an Explorer bass for bloody ages didn't he? I don't recall anyone criticising him for playing something seemingly inappropriate
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Yep, not only an Explorer but also T-birds and converted 'Fenderbirds,' a wide variety of pointy-looking Alembics, as well as a couple of rarely-seen axe-shaped and spider-shaped basses. And that's before he co-designed the Buzzard...

[yorks5stringer]

Using the example of The Ox is a bit tricky given you had Daltry spinning a mic around his head, Townsend whirling his arms and smashing up guitars and amps and finally Moon totally off his head on drums.
I doubt anyone who watched the Who at that time said 'Hang on a minute, what the f88k is Entwistle doing playing an Explorer Frankenbass?' as Moon was climbing over the drums and setting the stage on fire...!

[Painy]

In my rock covers band (the usual pubs and clubs) over the last 21 years I've gigged with:

Both a royal blue and a black Aria Pro II Magna series.
A trans green Yamaha RBX765a.
A trans red Bass Collection SGC Nanyo.
A trans Blue Yamaha TRB5 II.
A Warwick Corvette Standard 5 Active in oiled bubinga.
A trans honey/curly maple Spector Legend 5.
A Warwick Streamer Stage 1 5 in natural flamed maple.
A Cort Artisan A6 in natural flamed maple.
And my current trio:-
Fender Modern Player Jazz 5 in satin Olympic white / black PG.
Sterling SUB Ray 5 in satin trans blue / silver PG.
Squier VM Precision 5 in 3T Sunburst / Tort PG.

Not exactly sure if any of them have ever really 'looked the part' for my particular band or not and I think there's a fair amount of variation in looks between them too. They've anyways just been the style that I've liked at the time I've owned them.

Basically I'd just say play what you like and don't worry about it .

[Skybone]

If it sounds good, use it.