Maude

Sounds great, nothing to excuse. 😎 That's interesting that it comes with Chromes. Kind off makes it fifty quid cheaper as I wouldn't have want to change the strings. Who's trying to convince themselves? Me!? 😁

Walking in my Shoes - Depeche Mode

And a version of my avatar, I'm not so sure about the new 4005 😁

Go on then, all this talk of 1100s', and as it's sat there looking at me after Thursdays rehearsal. 😁

I'm being lazy as I could look it up, but are the nut widths all the same, just the profile different?

Are the 414 necks slimmer than the usual BB necks of that series?

I saw that white one for sale, some kind of phase issue iirc. Looked like a bargain. 👌

No Scrubs - TLC

Everything's Gone Green - New Order

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots

I wonder if it's the same red finish as the BBPH. I'd assume so as that is the same deep red indoors/bright red outdoors kind of difficult to photograph finish.

As far as I'm aware the 734/5 is the only BB to get the dark brown to black sunburst rather than the more traditional sunburst with the reddish hues like the P34/5. Like you, I much prefer it. As you say, it's very classy. I think I still prefer the range before this, but if I want a modern active then this is it... just behind the BBPH 😁

Just a teaser on the coffee burst. An old photo with a BB pin badge that our guitarist bought me as a little birthday gift. 😁

I have a coffee burst 734 and it's a great colour, even better in real life, but there's just something special about the new red and green ones. Classic vintage BB colours.

Thanks for posting that, I'll watch it later today. I saw Pantera back when touring smaller venues was still a thing rather than three massive gigs. A Friday night in Plymouth on the last date of their UK leg. Absolutely brutal assault on the senses. Couldn't avoid the moshpit as the venue was the moshpit, and why would you want to anyway. To be fair Downset got the place all riled up anyway, the atmosphere was electric and just got better when Pantera came on. Ahh those were the days.

I'm lost for words. So sad and a real loss. May I be so bold as to quote the final line of a beautiful post to Sam by @Dad3353 in the depression topic, a line which I think would echo all of our thoughts... "Thank you for your participation on this Forum; we are all the better for it."

What a pain! Those LaBella white tapes are really chunky. I had to file the nut of the bass I had them.

Zoot Suit - The High Numbers (Thoo)

Ha ha, that's exactly where my two came from. 👌

Never Enough - The Cure

Sorry, quoted the wrong post. This meant for @Chadu25 I suppose you have to ask yourself what you'll be doing with the bag, just a bit of protection in the car/public transport or being thrown in the back of the band van with all the other gear? If it's just in the back of the car, everyday type protection then I'd just get something like the TGI Extreme mentioned above. Or being that's it's a Yamaha, a Yamaha gig bag. The standard ones that come with their basses are really nice bags (as has been said on your Facebook post), good level of padding and plenty of pockets. This one on eBay looks like a different material to the ones that came with my basses but the design is the same so I'd guess it's just a newer version. To be honest, if you feel you need more protection than this sort of bag then you probably need to be looking at hard cases.

The Idiot - Iggy Pop I know it's an album but it just fits too well. 😁

One is 4 string the other 5 so that's your biggest difference. The 1024 should be the better bass being two models further up the line, but as with everything it depends what you prefer. I had a 1024 and it was a great bass in all aspects. I haven't had a 415 so couldn't comment but I think the 414/5 had slimmer necks compared to their counterparts in that series.

Only a personal view but nothing looks good in purple, not even plums.

I came very close to buying one a couple of weeks ago, but I was also looking to buy a van so held off. I got the van just over one fretless Jack Casady less than he was asking, so who knows... Maybe one will be on its way soon 😁 Enjoy yours, they look wonderful, and if my fretted one is anything to go by, they are wonderful.