Jonesy

The lollipops are a nice touch, the side dot markers are like an orangey colour too, so add to the vintage vibe. Chuffed with it so far. The fretboard is a tad darker than it looks in the pics too, but I might give it an oil to darken it again 😊

I recently sold a Pbass and thought I'd replace it with..........a PBass! It's a MIJ Hama Okamoto signature Precision.........who? That was my first thought too. He's the chap who has the pointy Katana as his new sig. Essentially it's a 62 reissue body, but with a jazz neck. Nice and light and the neck is a breeze to get around. I'm not too sure if the tort will stay, I'm possibly thinking anodised gold and whacking a pup cover on it too, but we'll see. I'm not sure how the chrome and gold will go together.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who wondered that!

I fall into the 50/50 camp personally and generally float between fingers and a pick depending on what I'm playing. I can't say I've ever thought playing with a pick was uncomfortable myself. Although there's no contour, the body is pretty thin so I've always found it to be okay for me. When I have played slab bodies with a pick, I've always found it comfier to push the neck out away from me slightly. Or maybe try holding it so the neck is more vertical?

I bought a Ric about 20 years ago without playing one and just hoped I liked it as much as my ears liked the clank it produced. Luckily for me, I loved it! I've just put flats on it and will be bringing it to a blues rehearsal on Tuesday. Can't wait!

Hey @neepheid, I managed to install the cover Ok, only added 2 extra holes to my bass and the rest of the finish is free from any drill marks! Thanks for digging this out and for the installation tips, Matt!

I'm not the biggest fan of prog, but have to admit that I've always had a soft spot for King Crimson (maybe because they seem heavier than others and don't dress up as wizards?) and have been listening to this loads recently......

I don't think anyone has mentioned these yet.......... Epiphone Jack Casady G&L Kiloton (Tribute version also available) G&L CLF L-1000 You also don't mention scale, so shorties include Fender Mustang G&L Fallout (Tribute version also available) Guild Starfire I Gibson Les Paul JR DC which you already mentioned. There are bound to be countless others.

The stealth Kiloton looks like a mean machine, it's a shame they don't do a version with black hardware too! What's the finish on the back of the neck like on your new toy?? Is it similar to the SB2?

Every bas should come with blocks!

That's lovely and I really like the CAR finish. It seems G&L have done pretty well from us on the forum recently! 😁

There's a great band called 'John'. Just a guitarist and drummer, who are both called John. I don't know if they were to ever add a bassist, if they'd need to be called John too?

Made up band name? Eh?

Hahahaha, we'll see what we can do for the next show! Massive Attack have done the best I've seen so far. They re-released one of their albums in DNA...... https://www.wired.co.uk/article/massive-attack-mezzanine-dna-album

This is what we did for our last show........

I'd probably avoid, but it might be worth at least getting in touch to find out what the deal is. I get the impression that you'd just be part of a backing band and wouldn't have much creative input, in which case I'd avoid.

Ah, shame you didn't get on with it. I picked up a SG last year and it's one of my favourite basses to play, every now and again I Google 'TV Yellow SG bass' and your one still comes up.

PB is such a great colour and I really love the way it ages too, although I'd have to go for a black or cream scratch plate. As lovely as this is, @Clarky, that TV yellow one you have (or had?) is probably the best looking SG Bass I've seen!

I really love the look of them, they're cool as, but haven't played one so can't say more than that. I think they did a model with J pups that was supposedly better than the P version

Ahhhh, I didn't know they did guitars in that finish too. When I saw the back of the neck, my first thought was they should have continued the finish, and the geetars look so much better for it

Any Stingray would fit into this category for me. They're an iconic looking bass, I love the design and tone, but I'd never use it in a band because the tone just isn't me in a band setting. I also keep looking at this LTD at guitar guitar. I'm not sure if I love it or hate it and I'm far too bald to join a hair metal band..

Absolutely lovely bass. Tbirds are stunning, really comfortable and their sound lives up the the 'thunder' part of their name. Enjoy it!

My Mrs has sets and props from 3 of her theatre shows in the house, so I think she's far ahead of me in the amount of space our artistic endeavours take up. Having said that, last time I sold a bass she told me I'd regret it. She was right. A mate has a good approach to this particular problem though. He just bought more cases than he had guitars and slowly filled them up.

There is something nice about having an axe from new and you causing all the dings on it throughout it's lifetime. But at the same time I appreciate the quandary you're in, I passed on a vintage fender about 20 years ago and decided to buy a new Ric instead. I don't regret the decision at all, I just wish I had both basses 😁 All valid points above about making sure you try loads before you buy and making money on a vintage as opposed to losing it on a new one. Depends on how susceptible you are to GAS too, if you reckon the Pbass will be a keeper then depreciation won't be so much of a factor. Just to throw a curve ball out there, you could go for a halfway house and look at a MIJ 70s reissue from the 90s. They're fantastic instruments.

Would make sense as the 2 areas aren't a million miles apart ☺️