Ok, the new bass just arrived and it's great - a Bongo 5HS. The idea was to replace my Yamaha TRB5II, but having played both this morning, I'm not sure I can do it. We've had some good times, you know? And the slap tone on the Yammy is awesome. I usually use a 5-string for live so hey, you need a back-up don't you?
Of course this has happened before, so I now find myself with six basses. I can justify them all to myself:
Kubicki Factor - immense sentimental value, had it for 17 years. Fits like an old comfortable pair of shoes.
Japanese Fender Jazz Fretless with J-Retro - it's fretless innit! A whole new challenge.
Yamaha TRB6 - lovely, refined hi-fi tone but with bags of low-end punch. My favourite DI'd sound.
Yamaha TRB5II - slightly more middley than the TRB6 but the 5-string suits me better for live. Lovely snappy slap sound.
Yamaha BB1500A - absolute bargain eBay buy. Tone in buckets, slaps like a dream but can also do the old-school sound and sit great in a mix. Looks beautiful.
Bongo 5HS - still figuring it out, but seems to be the ballsiest sound of the lot. I imagine will cut through a live mix very well. Has that great rear-pickup phat sound. Needs new strings before I can deliver a final verdict on the slap tone.
Now I don't need to move any on as such, it just seems a tad decadent. Is this normal? Am I a bassaholic?