Grahambythesea

Did you buy a Dean in the end? I got a 4 string in a trade and I must say the quality, playability and sound is excellent, right up there with the Fender ( MIM) & Spector ( MIK) that I own.

It just looks unfinished to me 👎

Smooth operator - Sade

Why not get a clear scratch plate?

I’m sure you have seen this and others, I think you would be brave to try but clearly it’s possible.

Really? It’s a bass with nearly a £4 grand price tag, it could be a very expensive mistake. There must be something out there that’s fretless and better than the Sire you’ve got, maybe a TRB would be similar to the NE2 and they are available fretless. When I saw Nathan live he used a 6 string TRB for virtually the whole concert. The NE2 sat there as his spare.

Bang, bang - Cher

It’s my life - The Animals

Bird dog-Everley Brothers

Just the two of us - Grover Washington & Bill Withers

Classy 👍🏼

Listen, do you want to know a secret. - Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas

Sometimes the blues is something else

Down, down - Quo

Never seen one of heard of it. Looks quite cool though.

Thick as a brick - Jethro Tull

Turn turn Turner - Byrds

Vincent - Don Maclean

If I was Jaco I wouldn’t have wrecked the bass of doom, then I’m not on drugs.

Jaguar and Thunderbird- Chuck Berry

Looks like another guitar that might be used by the Jetsons

Good morning star shine, the earth says hello - Oliver.

Boss Cube Street 11 might do the job. Only 10 watts but seem pretty loud when I’ve heard them.

When I saw the title I thought it would be this, also with a good bass line.

I had a Violin bass and many years ago learnt on a borrowed Senator bass. The spacing at the bridge is about 14mm which I found too close for finger style playing, my other basses are 18/19 mm. I think they lend themselves to plectrum playing. Almost all their basses are short scale which I suspect also lead to there lack of popularity back when everyone else was using long scale.