Yamaha or Fender…

[AndyTravis]

Just now, Geek99 said:

True but you do have a revolving front door and stick a deli counter ticket to each bass.
 

Also some of them have whispered to me about the post-it note you keep on your desk with the opening hours for cash converters on it - they find it a touch intimidating 

My local crack converters closed down…now we know why…

[Geek99]

18 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

My local crack converters closed down…now we know why…

Because they can’t cope with you relentlessly banging on the door all day screaming “I need a hit, man, deal me sum dat BB414 … I need a (insert colour de jour here) one” and now they have PTSD? 

Edited December 23, 2021 by Geek99

[AndyTravis]

23 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Because they can’t cope with you relentlessly banging on the door all day screaming “I need a hit, man, deal me sum dat BB414 … I need a (insert colour de jour here) one” and now they have PTSD? 

Think so. Something like that anyhow.

 

Think it’s when I told them a rebadged Squier strat wasn’t a £1000 American standard strat…

 

bless. 😂

[Guest]

How do the BB1100 and your BB414 compare physically, from your point of view? I know (or at least I think I know) that the 1100 has a 43mm neck and the 414 a 40mm neck, but I don't recall you ever making much mention of preferring one kind of neck over another, about any of your basses. Is there a slight difference in the shape of the body, too? Is the 1100 physically more similar to the 300 you had when you were a kid?

[AndyTravis]

8 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

How do the BB1100 and your BB414 compare physically, from your point of view? I know (or at least I think I know) that the 1100 has a 43mm neck and the 414 a 40mm neck, but I don't recall you ever making much mention of preferring one kind of neck over another, about any of your basses. Is there a slight difference in the shape of the body, too? Is the 1100 physically more similar to the 300 you had when you were a kid?

The bb1600 has a more “shouldered” feeling neck, it’s a tiny bit chunkier - but not in an unpleasant way. Very much like the 1985 bb1100 I had. The 414 is slimmer and shallower like a flattened C shape - they reverted to the deeper feel on the 424…

 

the body shapes are pretty much identical - slight variation on the treble cutout - about 5mm deeper on the older 80’s BB’s.

 

The bb300 when I was a kid was a mega early Japanese one with the really shallow treble horn cut out.

 

I don’t get involved in measuring necks/string spacing etc - I either get into a bass or I don’t, I never buy something just because of string spacing/nut etc.

 

😉

[ezbass]

Hang on, we’ve voted, given our more in depth opinions and now you’re selling both. I feel used 😆.

[AndyTravis]

Just now, ezbass said:

Hang on, we’ve voted, given our more in depth opinions and now you’re selling both. I feel used 😆.

i blame @PatrickJ

 

“sell all your other basses - you've found the one”

[ezbass]

28 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

i blame @PatrickJ

 

“sell all your other basses - you've found the one”

I feel a BC coming together with flaming torches and pitchforks.  

[AndyTravis]

Just now, ezbass said:

I feel a BC coming together with flaming torches and pitchforks.  

The coming together, I can get on board with…

 

Fire? Kinky…

 

Pitch forks? I’m not into that…sorry.

 

😉

[Machines]

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

Hang on, we’ve voted, given our more in depth opinions and now you’re selling both. I feel used 😆.

 

As neither bass received zero votes it was the only logical course of action.

[AndyTravis]

34 minutes ago, Machines said:

 

As neither bass received zero votes it was the only logical course of action.

Trav/Matt Logic…🙄

[Geek99]

3 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

i blame @PatrickJ

 

“sell all your other basses - you've found the one”

Coffee -> splutter -> new kind of screensaver