donslow

Argh for the love of god!!! (Spins round to check his SR’s and for calming purposes...)

Everybody get dangerous - weezer

Ha ha beat me to it

I must say this does get me also, what’s worse is when you line them up and the turn them full circle and for some reason, they don’t line up the other way

Yup and yup

This too...in a former life I was a guitarist so as a bass player, especially in a live/jam/rehearsal situation I find following the chords with root notes then adding the fills/flourishes later much easier

I did find a close second on a J&D brothers through neck bass once, pretty much identical in feel, great bass to play but pickups sounded pants and it would’ve cost more than the bass was worth to get them swapped over so I sold it

Reasonable point that!

Me three! Although to throw a curveball of sorts, I tend to break it down also, so I’ll listen to the intro (for example) work out positions etc and get that, once intro is sussed I move on to verse, same thing(s) again, break it down into palatable sections whilst also listening to the song as a whole so I can join the pieces so to speak on the other hand, the times I’ve learnt an intro and moved onto something else is uncountable...you need a bassist for an intro covers band...I’m your man!

Doesn’t seem right at all...

I believe you’ve just made me realise there’s more to my own list than I knew My niggle about pole pieces also goes to your dot inlays aligning with the strings its the only reason I have adjustable bridges or threaded saddles on any of my instruments

So, everyone has something that sets them off, call it OCD you like, or don’t but there’s always something to niggle at us Following a conversation recently I realised it’s not only me that gets a little...shall we say, anxious, when strings don’t line up dead centre of pickup pole pieces (there are many other things) what sets off your OCD? gets your goat? Or just plain irritates you?

For what it’s worth, I’m a bit of an Ibanez fanboy for much the same reasons as you but mostly just the neck, I started off with a vintage SR800LE and sold it because I “fancied a change” spent a looonngg time going through precision’s, jazzes, MM basses to name a few but none of them ever felt right or comfortable to me, I sold the lot and started buying SR basses again I now have two SR’s (with a plan for two more) and a precision, never touch the precision, always feels too...lumpy...personally, I’d stick with the Ibanez’s because, among other reasons, you’ll not find a nicer 24 fret neck to play IMHO Just my 2p worth

I learnt to play on an ‘89 SR800LE like @Doctor J’s one have since sold it and regretted it been through MANY different basses since but have since realised that the SR’s are definitely “my bass” currently own a stock SR500 and a modified SR300, currently on the lookout for another two as I have more mods planned as someone else said, cheap but extremely cheerful

When girls telephone boys - deftones

Woman - John lennon

Like many here, I was determined to get the best, most expensive basses that I could afford in search for that perfect match of tone and playability I happened to stumble upon an interview on YouTube with Tom morello and he mentioned he was once after the same thing then one day, decided to “just work with what I’ve got” something from that comment struck me and wondered if I could do the same. I started playing all of my cheaper basses more (mostly an Ibanez sr300) like some have said, with cheaper basses, your not so concerned with the bumps or knocks they can take and I found my cheaper basses are more fun to play after making what I had work for me. I sold off my nicer gear and am thoroughly content with a modified with PJ pickups sr300 (does that contradict my “work with what you have” statement?!) and a stock SR500, more tonal options than I know what to do with realistically between the two but quite happy with my cheap basses to the extent that I no longer have the urge to look at the more expensive gear bonus points with the wife also for reducing the amount of guitars and basses wherever you look in the house

Glad I’m not the only one thinking the same thing...

dynamite - jamiroquai

Swings and waterslides - viola beach

Ghost town - the specials

Something like a zoom b3 possibly?!