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In that case, and this is very generalised as you can change the tone of all bass models, a Rick might work well. Going from most bottom end to most top end I'd put their core sound in the order of P, J then Rick. So if a J sounded clearer than the P, then a Rick might well be what you're looking for. But as I hinted at above, depending on strings and EQ any bass can sound different. Stick flats on a J or Rick and use the neck pickup and it'll sound deeper than a P played with rounds and a plectrum. In all honesty a good old P should cut through most bands if EQ'd right.

Three points here need attention. Firstly, best wishes to you and your mum, I hope you get to have some quality time with her. Secondly, yes of course you should get a Rick. Thirdly, what does your singer mean that he can't sing over a P bass? 🙂

Love Potion No9 (The Searchers) Edit: Ignore me, too late again.

Kill Your Television (Neds Atomic Dustbin)

Isn't there a luthier called Bernie Goodfellow (GB guitars and basses) Could be made specifically for a shape of theirs. 🤔

I'm happy to stand corrected. If fender use nylon as standard then it must me fine. That said, personally I'd still go with metal for no other reason than the cost difference is negligible, and it would satisfy my mind. 🙂

What's this obsession with knackered old Triumph cars on here lately? 😉

@Dad3353 has pretty much covered exactly what I was going say. Hofner Club if you don't want the Macca comments, same sound and weight but different style. With rounds they're a lot brighter than you'd expect but they are lacking in sustain due to design, no bad thing though I feel. The Ignition series or a proper German made one will be lightest as they are both fully hollow, the Contemporary series has a centre block to improve sustain, but it adds weight. Or something by Danelectro for a more 'usual' bass sound, a surprisingly aggressive tone with rounds and plectrum if needed. They have centre blocks so similar weight to a Contemporary series Hofner.

I'm not sure nylon washers will be tough enough, there's a fair bit of compression on the end nut.

To get enough 'milk' from the males they'd be going at it until they were blue in the face.

Not forgetting "ring in peace".

I don't like any Christmas songs until a week before Christmas, when I enjoy them all. Apart from that warbling, hamster faced monstrosity, Carey, who can shove her song up her hole! I'm particularly fond of the Jona Lewie and Wham ones though. It's great though isn't it how music can evoke such feelings and emotions. My daughter always says she only has to hear the opening synth stab of 'Wonderful Christmastime' and it instantly feels like Christmas, yet it was released 20 years before she was born. So I'll nominate that one as well as it'll be our first Christmas without her at home. Oh god, here I go.

There were indoor gigs happening in pubs (not music venues) in Plymouth by bands (not duos) comprising of non professional musicians for a month or two leading up until this last lockdown, to the point I was getting fed up of explaining to people why my bands weren't gigging.

Living For The Weekend (Hard-Fi)

I Believe I'll Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson)

This could be an expensive video to watch. 😁

Ouch! That's pretty steep, unless it's something special, and even then.

Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones)

Another Girl Another Planet (The Only Ones)

Well, there's the rub, a thousand of them. 🤣

They used to have wood tuners............. ........... but they wooden stay in tune. They 'wooden' stay in tune, They 'wooden' stay............. ah forget it! 😁

Not all modern Hofners have a centre block (or sustain block as they like to call it). The budget end Ignition series are completely hollow, the Contemporary series have a centre block and full fat German made one's are back to hollow again, there may possibly be German made ones with a centre block, I'm not sure. The Ignition have what they call 70s pickups while the Contemporary and German ones have the same pickups. It's an odd choice as, if you're not buying a German one, you have to decide whether you want traditional pickups, or a traditional body. I wanted fully hollow so went for a Ignition Club bass. It seems silly to me to pay double the price to get the correct pickups, but then have to give up that hollow body, it's what a Hofner's all about. Obviously the build quality gets better with the increased price.

How dare those pesky youngsters go around enjoying music that the older generation don't understand. It wasn't like it in my day.................. oh, hang on.

Spasticus Autisticus (Ian Dury And The Blockheads) I know, I'm going to hell.

Bass vi possibly?