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Sounds really good with the flats too.

The B string on these sounds amazing, better than a lot of 34” & 35” scale B strings I’ve heard.

Assuming that there are no pickup routs then, as @Paul S says, go for what appeals to you aesthetically and physically. If there are existing routs, however, a SS body will effectively move the pickups towards the neck leading a slightly more ‘plummier’, whereas a LS body will add a slightly more mid range focus to the sound.* *I’m imagining these scenarios without getting out of my chair and looking at a bass and I think I have it the right way round, either way, if the routs are already there, there will be a tonal aspect to consider too.

This cropped up on my YT feed and the excavated P above sprang to mind. I didn’t post for fear of feeding certain BCer’s GAS (you know who you are ).

And my '63?

Love the bark from the roundwounds on the ‘burst. This has been a great story and a marvellous endorsement of the BC collective (definitely needed recently, what with quite a lot of shouty threads going on without an end in sight). What happens to other basses in the WoT quiver, now that #1 is back in the fold?

Whilst not necessarily a tone that makes you sit up and go, “Wow!” this P sits in its own spot in the mix so well, that it’s hard not to be impressed. In addition, to my ears, there’s something extra honky about the tone for a P, especially during the solo at around 3:20 onwards, to the point I had to check it was a straight ahead P and not a P/J. Oh, the guitars aren’t bad either.

Having an Admiral Nelson moment?

Nurse! Nurse! Quick the screens, I have GAS!

This was my thought too, add a Behringer BD121 (or something from Tech21 if you’re feeling flush) and Robert’s your mother’s sibling.

Definitely a trough, you can see the internal corner and the cut edge of the p/g. Given that only about half would be visible under a complete p/g and that it’s already somewhat battered elsewhere, a colour matched, fill block wouldn’t be a total necessity.

That is scarily brilliant work, I honestly couldn’t see it at first glance and had to really look close on my tablet. We really are not worthy.

I once forgot to bring my bases home from a gig. Fortunately, I didn’t get very far before realisation descended.

Wow! It's really going to feel like a totally different bass, which is what @Happy Jack was hoping for, I'm guessing.

This so cool (as are all of Andy's threads). That Shinto files looks awesome and answered the question in my head that was, what about the frets? However, how wonderful a tool may it look or be, it's the hands wielding it that counts the most (yeah, yeah, I know I'm embarrassing you, I'm OK with it ). And now to the actual point of my post, beyond blandishments; how far down the neck does the slimming go?

Very much this ^^^ You need to have something that makes you want to play. Also

I thought The Wildhearts, but assumed I'd confused them with Autograph. Curses, I could've been the one to save the day, rather than the berk who said Donna Summer. 😂

Not Donna Summer I’m guessing

When I was in a Bowie tribute band, it was Trevor Bolder’s lines that I really enjoyed playing (Ziggy is great fun). Although, come to think of it, all the songs were pretty good fun bass-wise (including Visconti’s lines on MWSTW - nice), except Heroes. I never really think of Tony V as a bass player, it’s his production work that I normally think of when his name is mentioned.

I’ve never heard of a Keith Lowe, but I have now.

This is the DB track that just makes me shiver all over, straight out of the blocks, no waiting: the wonderful Danny Thompson...

I assumed that that was Neil Young's guitar (or maybe his rear end).

This ^ One of my favourite bass tones of all time is in that video list, The Real Me. Love it! However, in isolation, it’s horrible and I was aghast the first time I heard it like that. Of course, when the mix buries the bass tone, what’s the actual point of being there at all? I feel sorry for Jason Newstead, seems a nice guy and a decent player, forced to work with that goblin behind the drums. I bet Trujillo doesn’t put up with his shít. Interesting the Scott D refuses to concede that Jaco’s tone is challenging for some - he’s such a massive fanboy.